West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1903-12-10

News, Notes. Comments and criticism
From Red Brush Writer.


Here we come 10 full harness with the
beautiful snow covering the bosom OF
Mother Earth and our best girl with her
merry. rippiing laugh. keeping music with
the Jingle Of the sleigh bells as we while
our time away over hill and dale. TO singing
school and church We 60 10 hear the
parson sing pray and preach and wish the
snow would never fail and the good time
never cease.
oh. John" said she. don't you wish
that we could ride on the eternal snow
bound frackf yes. answered John" my
dear. II that turkey OF father Tom grows
tat we will take that eternal ride on Christ.
mas day--nit.
We cannot afford TO embark in future
anticipations. but will conhnc ourselves
to history. politics. schools and the news
as we find It hanging around in slippery
Bottom District.
Twilight-Possibly some OF your many
readers have never seen much less never
heard OF. We ancient town of Twilight.
which Is situated in the western suburb OF
greater Manown. just s.aso feet south OF
the Cool Springs. Il contains population
oil less than four hundred brawpy gentlemen
that observe the Divine Injunction Eat
bread by the sweet OF thine own frow.''
Educational. classic In all departments: :
Religion. Freethinking in all modern ex-
periences and red.brush applications:
Municipalities. executed by the Mayor In
PuritanIcal styie--oId Silver Leg not cx
cepted.
our land or real estate. is surrounded by
the natural beauties OF almost every cline,
the sense OF sight and the faculty OF memory
oil our very Honorable Mayor has a strong
inducements for all iaw-breakers to leave
the city two miles in the rear and we
recommend Brown and that lot schemer
OF Morgantown who scalped C. Y. Bishop
TO the tune OF several thousand 10 locate at
Twilight--No better place on earth TO sell
town lots. Twilight has one policeman:
one detective; one singer OF music; one
hfer; one hdier; one newspaper reporter:
three churches whose members pay their
gospel expounders fifty cents per year
each member; two school houses. Stab.
town borough. Miss vernie Christopher
teacher; Turnef's college. w. K. Shaffcr
teacher. and by the way. MIR. Editor, we
want every body to understand that we
keep our shoulders to the uniform ex-
aminations and the polecat Legislative
compulsory School Law. but some Of our
citizens kho live in the thickest of the red
brush wont send their children 10 school
and our truant officer does not know the
law that should govern his actions, so he
has to call upon your humble servant to
ask the Hon. or Colonel 1--WE don't know
which is the most proper but Colonel is the
most common and common custom is what
establishes the best grammarians.l Super
intendent to cause to be published an ex-
tract OF the school law so that the truant
officer may perform his exact duty in
compliance with the polecat legislature.
Rev. Engle closed few days since a four
weeks protracted meeting at Hopewell
chapel. very little accomplished by the way
OF new installmcnts for the better land but
the same old song that has occurred for
twenty years working the old members
over. but Colonel Burke said that the lig 1T
was Coming. Also Rev. Jones, the new
Protestant Methodistpreacher accompanI,
ed by his wife, preached at Pleasant Dale.
on Birds Creek last Sunday-at 10 a. IN;
Bethleham chapel at p. m; and at D. m.
Gordon School house. Our people are on
the go at lively rate. II this section Is in
the red-brush district.
G. Asbery Fortncy and his eslimable
better half returned few days since from
visit to Elizabeth, Writ county. this
State, where they spent a week of much
pleasure and Incorporation OF health with
friends and relatives in the valley OF the
little "Kanawha'
Miss Basha Fortney. daughter Oft. A.
Fortney, who is teaching school at Chestnut
Ridge, Lyon OSTRICH. came home for a
week. School closed on account of Scarlet
lever being in the neighborhood. She was
accompanied by the handsome grand
daughter OF Jessie Johnson OF greater
Manown. Miss PelI of Austin
Assessor and Prof of Newburg high
schools was out at Hopewell on last Satur.
day looking up new property to be assessed
the real estate was some what Icy and he
returned to Henry shaHers Of AIlender's
Mills
W. X, Shaffer teacher at No II and who
is getting long with his school all o. K.
SO we are informed, will go to Morgantown
some time this week to visit his family.
The schools in this section OF the district
SO Tar are rendering satisfaction in gencrals
Politically we are all for the Republican
party, Republican tariff and the Polecat
Legislature. and uniform examinations.
compulsory school law without truant
officer
Here is our best to SaIlie Mander, we
kenw she mated with gander. but glad
we are that there Is no little eoslngs to
quack to ruffle her (by) thunder.
mo. Ten" brought Mrs. Col Isaac
cossady home in a two horse rig a couple
OF days after the insertion OF tenth adj
veriisement. We have some doubts as to
efficacy Of the advertisement scheme this
time we think little winter poetry did
the thing.
Its growing colder weather.
us hard for one 20 Law alone
When two can lay 10 gether"
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