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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-29
FAIRAI()N
MERCHANTS
OUR SCRIBE GOES AFTER THE
CLERKS TO-DAY-A JOLLiER
SET CANNOT BE FOUND.

In our sketches Of Fairmont mer-
chants we have heretofore failed to
give the names of the clerks, without
whom the stores would be failures.
To-day we give the names of the
clerks of the stores already skefched
and hereafter we shall give the names
in the sketches. At Hartley's besides
]. NJ. and Harry Hartley, the custom
ers are waited upon by the following:
Frank Jolliffe, Frank Evan, H. B.
Likens, NJ. J. O'Nea1, Frank Crawford,
II. S. Skinner, J. H. Rownd, Fred Da-
Wis and Ernest Harden; Mesdames
Leah Hough, Minnie Martin and Mat
tie Davis and Misses Laura Robinson,
Ada V. Lindsay, Anna Ford, Halle
Martin, Ella Snider, Jennie Fisher,
Helen NeilI Ruth Kelley, Anna Bra
den. Nell Blackiston Margaret Ice,
Ruth Fleming, Bessie Mcfarland and
Ola Lloyd, while a part of the manual
labor is done by Seymour Scott, Mar
vel Peters. Earl Newell, Howard
Meade and Thomas Braden.
AT the Coal City House Furnishing
Company viii be found: w. H. Bill
ingslea, R. S. Hartley, D. B. Morley.
Sam Kopp, c. r. Hamilton and Miss
Myrtle Wilderman, while Miss Clara
jerks is bookkeeper- Joshua Haw-
Kins is the driver.
AT Mansbachs' the force is com
posed of George NIansbach, Arthur
Lynch Harry R. Cole and G. W.
At the BonTon will be found: J. z.
Anderson, and Misses Georgia Ice,
Cora Wilson, Jennie Snyder and Eta
Black.
At Jolliffe's are: w. J. Miller, Miss
es Rose Shuttleworth. Louise Waldo,
Josephine Hough and Eliza Sadler,
Fred Gibson and Frank Tough.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-29
TIE & UNN q ~ FER
q Ffsh T9s<se Blows fn,sssa UDI INTO .
tEsouSld BkII1. si!E BE f

"a Fish Tfsese BLOWS Hfmsssf Up TnSo d
tEsouzld B<lIl. 35E III
& The funniest little fellow in salt wa
ter is the puEer or sw ell fish. Fisher
men call him the blow Ssh.
When he is swimming around at case
with nothing to alarm him he looks
queer enough, for the skin Of his aldo
men is all loose and wriukIed. and he
has such funny little tail and such
ridiculous little fms and such big.
three cornered bead that be looks en-
tireIy absurd. His mouth, instead Of
being big and gaping. as most fish
mouths are. is only q tiny round hole
at the end Of a pointed. conical snout.
Out Of this circular mouth. protrude
his teeth, like those of rabbit.
He would be about as homely fish
as could be made If 1t were not for
the beautiful orange and yellow and
silver colorings that play all over him.
But queer as be looks when be is at
ease 1t is only when be is frightened
or excited that he becomes really run
ny. If be Is hooked. for instance. he
comes to the surface grinding those
protruding teeth so that the sound can
be heard good many feet away. And
then as soon as the hand touches him
he begins to Grunt hoarsely, and with
each grunt he sweIls n bit till within
few moments he has pulled himself 50
full of air that be is quite round and
firm like ball. SO thoroughly does
he dtstend himself with air that when
the fishermen hurl him at the water
with all their force, as they often DO
he will bounce just like q rubber ball.
If he is dropped into the water after
blowing himself full of mir he floats
ON it as lightly as thiStledown, and be
will stay that way until he has assured
himself that danger has gone by. He
does the same when he is pursued by
other fish. And as he floats almost en-
tireIv out of water, with only 4 little
bit of his hard, spiny body sunk under
the surface, very few fish can hugt
him once he is inflated
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-29
HIS CLEAR MEMORY.
The yFitness Proved to the Lawyer
Tint IEc Could Remember.

The tSit:teSs Proved to the La " We +
That IEc Could Remember.
\ story is told of an eminent klwyer
receiving severe rezorimand from a
witness whom he was trying to brow
beat. 1t was AN important issue, and
in order to save his cause from defea t
it was necessary that the lawyer should
impeach the witness. He endeavored
to do it on the ground of age in the
following manner:
How old are you?" asked the law
yer.
"Seventy-two years" replied the wit
ness.
Your memory. of course, is not SO
brilliant and vivid as it was twenty
years ago. is it?'' asked the lawyer.
II do not know but it is" answered
the witness.
state some circumstance which &C.
Cured. say. twelve years ago said
the lawyer. land we shall be able to
see how well you can remember.
Il appeal to your honor" said the
witness. .'if am to be interrogated II
this manner 1t is insolent..'
"Yon had better answer the cues
ton" replied the judge.
Yes. sir: state it sid the lawTe-.
We'll. sir. if you coic,pel re to do /
l will. About twelve years ago &c
studied in Judge IS Office. did TO-.
not?'
Yes" answered the lawyer.
s.Well. sir. remember your father
coming into my office and saying 70
me. Mr.. D.. my son is to be eN:ll:;c9ct!
tomorrow. and l wish you would ir:31
me SO to buy him suit of clothes.
remember also sir that from that
day to this he has never paid nc that
sum. That. sir, remember rs thGI-t
it were ay."-PhiladelDhia Lex
or
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-29
A wide-Awake Campaign Needed

New York World (Dem.)l
1t is matter of disappointment and
regret that man of greater ability,
better training and larger experience
than Thomas Taggart could not have
been found for chairman of the Dem
ocratic National committee. His
choice is but another sign of the
times, indicating that politics has be-
come too much a trade or a business,
rather than an adjunct of statesman
ship.
. However, Mr. Taggart seems to have
been the best man available. He ap-
that are useful in such a position If
he will make up in action what he
lacks in education, and will henceforth
practice little of Judge Parker's ST
lence-and especially if he will carry
his own State of Indiana for Judge
Parker in a commendable campaign
he will demonstrate beyond doubt the
propriety of his choice.
1t is high time that the managers
of the party organization should wake
up. There is vast amount of work
to be done if Judge Parker is to be
elected. So far the politicians have
done nothing since the nominations
were made. All that has been accom-
plished since Judge Parker's history
making telegram has. been done by
the newspapers. Judge Parker can
not be elected by Boosting or lying,
as Committeeman Mack and McCarren
and other politicians OF their class
have been doing in their loud talk that
the Democratic ticket is sure to sweep
the country.
The World will continue to support
Judge Parker. but it Will not lie for
him. 1t hopes that he viii carry New
York, and sincerely believes that he
will, if no blunderS are made, and
there is an intelligent, thorough, wide
awake campaign.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-29
Artificial SNOW.

A curious instance of the for!na ton
of artificial snow was witnessed on one
occasion in the town of Agen. in
France. \ fire broke out In a saw-nill
when the temperature was 10 de-
grees below freezing point. The water
thrown upon the fire was instantly
vaporized, and, rising in the cold. dry
air, was Immediately condensed and fell
as snow. With bright starlight and a
strong northwest wind blowing the
whirling snow above and the raging
fire below. brilliant spectacle was pre-
Sented.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-29
Vision of the Raymond Seer.
Atlanta Constitution

Atlanta Constitution
Jackson, Miss, July 25.-(Special)
A political prophet at Raymond has
put forth very weird prediction. The
Raymond seer says that the Parker
and Davis ticket will be elected, but
Vice President Davis will die of ex-
haustion during the inaugural cere-
MONIES and that on the morning of
June II, 1906. at 1882 O'Clock, Presi-
dent Parker Will be at his home at
Esopus and viii dive into the Hudson
river and never come up again. John
Sharp Williams, who is slated for
Secretary of State. viii then succeed
to the Presidency s
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-29
Judge Parkerr Il 1896 and 800.


s2s fudge Parker ii 1896 and 1900.
From the Times 4Dem July
1901 iii
NO one viii ever hear from the.
Times word of excuse or paIliation:
OF Judge Parker's two votes for w j.
Bryan. Any reasoning by which a de-
Tense Of his going with his party in
1886 and 1900 might be attempted
would pretty certainly be false and
dangerous. From the point of view of
sound money Democrats Judge Parker
was guilty either of fault in political
morals or of serious error in judg-
ment in the Bryan campaigns. Which
ever it was he will in some measure
suffer the penalty this year, since it
cannot be doubted that this support Of
Bryan will ALLEVIATE some Democratic
support from him
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-29
PILES PILES PILES

DR.. Williams Indian Pile Ointment
will cure Blind, Bleeding, liberated
and Itching Piles. 1t absorbs the tu-
mors, allays the itching at once, acts
as a poultice, gives instant relief Dr..
Williams Indian Pile Ointment is pre-
pared only for Piles and Itching of
the private parts, and nothing else
Every box is guaranteed. Sold by
druggists, sent by mail, for soc. and
S1.OO per box. WILLIAMS MFG.
CO., Props, Cleveland, Ohio.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-29

lsAfrss Murphy and his travelling COM
lpanions up the mile OF roadway to
f;Rosemont yhen they appeared
Judge Parker stood ready on the We.
randa OF his home to welcome Murs
ply. Downing and CONWAY, which he
did with considerable. warmth. Then
Fthe program was followed out as on
Wednesday week ago. when the
Vice Presidential candidate Henry G..
Davis was here.
Bowling and Conway were sent
over to the barns, while Judge Parker
got Murphy at the south end of the
veranda, where two comfortable
chairs were drawn closely together,
into which the candidate and the
Tammany leader dropped
This was the first meeting Of the
two men, the newly found party lead
er of the Nations Democracy and
that of tammany. They were dis
turbed at the end Of half an hour by
the announcement of the luncheon
hour. At the table Mr.. Murphy was
introduced to the candidates aged
mother, his wife, and the daughter,
Mrs. Hall. After luncheon Judge
Parker appeared with Mr.. Murphy,
house and across the lawn to rus
tic bench, over which the lower limbs
of birch tree hung as canopy. The
two men had come to understand each
other, and as both subsequently adj
mitted. to like each other. 1t was
now that Murphy had much more to
say than he had at first and intro
ductory session. He made his
wants and wishes known. Mr.. Muir
ply was firm but not aggressive: en-
phatic but not brusque. He dispelled
all doubt in the mind of Judge Parker
as to what he expected to have done
with Patrick McCarren and the chair
manslip OF the State executive com
mittee. McCarren. he said, could not
be permitted TO continue in that po-
stion.
Mr.. Murphy said that he could not
permit McCarren to, remain at the
head of the committee with himself,
Murphy, member of it. Not only
this, but Mr.. Murphy was not inclined
to stand by and see the State organ
ization used for the settlement Of old
political scores with the power of the |
in the hands of Hill and Nc
Carren, to be used to disrupt Tam
many Hall and to work injury to the
latter organization.
The Tammany leader was having
an opportunity to be heard, and he |
was taking advantage of it. He sur
orsed Judge Parker q MOMENT later |
~ announcing that he (Murphy) was |
lot committed to Mayor Mcclellan as |
he Democratic nominee for governor.
Judge Parker has all along favored |
he young mayor. Mr.. Murphy really |
wishes to see Mayor Mcclellan have |
he nomination, but there are polit-
cal reasons why, as he explained to
Judge Parker, that the question must |
'emain open for awhile at least.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-29
You Want the Best.

Are you going to- spend your vaca-
ton somewhere out of town.?
If SO, of course you will want one
of your home papers to follow you.
Why not the West Virginian?
It's the best, and Of course you want
the best, and it will only cost you ten
cents per week mailed to any address
in the United States.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-29
would Show No Mercy.

Hogan Calling on next door neigh
bor)-1 suppose we've heard tn iilisant
classical music that's bin imynatin'
frum me residence for tn pasht wake or
SO? We got wan av thin mechanical
planny players on thrilc. Clancy (herce-
lyon thrile, is it? Glory be! I only
wisht l wor tn judGe.-Puck.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-29

Mammal am sure, Miranda, that
Harold thinks as much of you as ever
He still eats your cooking. doesn't he?
Young Wife-Yes, but I'm afraid. mann
ma, he does it now from a sense of
luty.-Chfcago Tribune.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-29
HAMPERED

by lack of funds at the crucial mo
ment many man has missed the OEs-
portunity to put himself beyond Bant,..
if not to make fortune Acquire the
saving habit by putting your hrsts
dollar or your first five or ten Gnllar
enlarge through the four "a per cent
interest we pay and SO be ready For
the first chance to make an even
bigger income.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-29

He who tells lie is not sensible
how great task he undertakes, for
he must be forced to invent twenty
more to maintain that one.-Pope.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-29
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD

BAL M ORE & OHIO RAILROAD
To the Worlds Fair-very Low Rates.
j
Various forms OF excursion tickets
to ST. Louis, via Baltimore 6 Ohio
Railroad nof on sale from Fairmont
as follows:
SEASON TICKETS, good to return
until December is, 1904, to be sold
daily at the rate of $4,000 round trip.
SIXTY DAY Excursion Tickets,
Is, 1904, to be sold daily at rate of
$22.1O round trip.
FIFTEEN DAY Excursion tickets,
to be sold daily at rate of $3.50 round
trip.
VARIABLE ROUTE EXCURSION
tickets, either season or sixty day,
will be sold going via one direct
route and returning via another direct
route, full information concerning
which can be obtained from Ticket
Agent.
STOP-OVERS not exceeding ten
Washington, Deer Park, Mountain
Lake Park, Oakland, Mitchell. Ind,
(for French Lick and West Baden
Sprinss), Cincinnati and Chicago
within return limit, upon notice to
conductor and deposit Of ticket with
Depot Ticket Agent Immediately
upon arrival.
STOP-OVERS not exceeding ten
days will be allowed at ST. Louis on
all one-way Except Colonists' Tick
cts to the Pacific Coast and round
trip tickets reading to points beyond |
ST. Louis, upon deposit OF ticket with |
Validating Agent and payment of fee |
of S1.O0.
Three solid vestibuled trains are
run daily from New York, Philadel-
Parkersburs and Cincinnati to ST.
Louis:
Magnificent coaches, sleeping cars,
observation cars and unexcelled dining
car service.
For illustrated folder, time table
and full information, call at, Ticket
Office. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
If you are in the market for a re-
do not fail to see US. We
have them at bargain. J. L. Halls
hardware store. x
81 have some fine lots IN Morrow
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-29
CITIZENS, DOLLAR SAVINGS BANK
JosEPH scHusTER.

Contractor for Cement SidewaIkse
Cellar Floors, Yards, Retaining walls.
and Steps. Stable Floors and Cellars
made water tight, speciality
Residence-Spences street, near Ma
pie avenue. F. & NJ. Phone, 534- p
o. Box, 476. Fairmont, W. Va
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-29

and full information. call at Ticker
Office. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-29

If you are in the market for a re-
frigerator, do not fail to see US. We
have them at a bargain. J. L. Halls
hardware store. x
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-29

/ have some good bargains on Fair
mont avenue. Call and see me- e.
H. Lanham.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-29

Looks good, tastes good, it is good
Halls ice cream.
5s-sss9zzs -
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-29

Ask for Hairs best ice cream
In Fairmont. &
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-29
! have some fne lots bal MOTION

Fiace vet. Il. Il. Lannam,. 4
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-29

observation cars and unexcelled dining
car service.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-29

SIXTY DAY Excursion Tickets
final limit not later than Decembe
Is, 1904, to be sold daily at rate O
$22.1O round trip.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-05-26
BlTuARY

10 Lltleton, Mass Apiil rs, 1904, Mrs
Jerusha g. CLiuh} wife Of Harvey ID
Brown, aged 10 years and Q days. She wa,
born II Morgan, W., April lG, 1884, and
was msrritd at her fathers home Jolly T.
1855. TO II. d. Brown Of Acton, Mass.
They then went TO Manchester, VT, where
they lived for ~ years. Mr.. Brown car
ried on most Of the time he lived In Man
chester a saw mill and was In the lumber
business. The mill was on the Bittenkill
river and Ia now an electric light plant.
Josiah Brown, a brother Of Mr.. Brown liy-
ed IN Manchester at the same time and had
stas mill also. Ia ls6s the family moved
to hiddleteI County, Mass where Mrs.
Brown has since lived. 10 1873 they NOV.
cd from the South to the West part Of the
town Of Llt,leton and 10 1876 they moved
to the house where she cied. She was q
member OF the Bip,ist church at Aver,
Mass, tina, being the nearest Baptist
church. To the few lefs 10 Manchester
who knew her 1t will be pleasant for them
TO know that she Was an active christian to
the last. She /, survived by husband and
1--we children, William W., Of Ewing, Mas
Mrs. Mary A. Chamberlain Of Lowell,
Mass, Mrs. Myrts A. Hayden OF Bed Bluf,
Cal, Cora ). and Francis II. OF Litteton
Mass, and eight grandchildren. Ia poor
health for many years she had piralytic
shock April 20, and was unable to move
after that. With look Of peace on her
face she was laid away April " in West
lawn cemetery, Littleton, Macs.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-05-26

Captain Lowell l. Blake, "forty-niner
Of the California gold crtze and for the
past % years the beat known stesmbos,
captain on the Potomac, died at his home
In Washington Friday. He wss a native
Of Vermont and went to California In 1919.
About Is years ago he secured the eXclu-
sIve RICH, to ,skq passengers to Mount Yer.
non. Lst,r he bought Marshall Bal on
the lief, bank u the Potomac, the historic
home Of John Marshall, ard operated 1t as
9 pleasure resoft. He was almost as well
known all over the United States A. be WAS
10 wa.hlus'ou. For quarter Of century
the various Gamers which be commanded
bad daiy taken parties Of tourists to the
tomb q Washington.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-05-26

F4s he esi iins The Ispsngfe sem 10
have runerrd saus severe rsvsl wrcfses'
Asm.rsi Togo reports The ioa 81 the ersis'
sr lassIss IA |, collision, ]. vas . vgr
haa la8, fof shs was poseffsl ship Of
ri snsis ipcet and cceid not sell 10
spaf.d
Bet the greatest lees ~ Thai q the bat.
ileshig ns,ssse. Which wss sgnt By nlps
ergiosiSr, Japan has oEly slI hs,ticships
10 Aos. ard The Hatsss wu ore u The
mo.s formidssle. A few mere saeh lsss'
wosis be fatal.
n mosi be groertsln foo,ing Tor ship, IN
the selshhorbcot Of For, Arthur az, hos.
A big warship 10 liable TO tread on Mise
III xay moment. Tbs Hslsu1 Was cruising
60 Port Arthur when shc struck a Russian
mlne and her digtiiy sahsiscd Ia = brief
bali hour.
II 0uly ,howt That two can play 81 iht,
desperate game II piantins mlres The
Russian. sem TO have initiated The tactics
Of the "Japs and to have carried the bu,.
ines, Of miDe parting 90 far that dating
mines are said 10 be sdiin everywhere. II
is Impossible TO ay how many other vessels
have been sunk Ia these ,reacherous wat
ers.
As for J,pln she eau stand the Losses IS
long rs abe Ia master Of The Immediate sli.
asiion. Bu, The would be In sorry plight
II her losses should conilaue and the arr.
val Of the u ltie iqusdron should entrsp
her armies Ia Cores aud Mstchuiia
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-05-26
ADVICE TO MoTHERe

Are ron disturbed at night and broken
Of your rest by sick child suffering and
crying with pain OF cutting teethi II &C
send at once aud get bottle OF Mrs. VIM
slows Soothing Syrup for children teeth
ing. II cures dysentery, disrhoes, regui
lstes the stom ,ch and bowels. cures wind
colo, softeus the gums, reduces in6sma
ton. and gives tone and energy to the
whole system. Mrs. Wipslow's Soothing
Syrup for Children fee,hipg is pleasant
o the taste AMI is the prescription OF one
Of the oldest and best female physicisp
and nurses In the United States and is for
sale by oil druggists throughout the world
drioe Is cts bottle
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-05-26

The Chicago News cor graduates the ex.
position management upon its stand re-
gsrdipg Sunday opening; Il now appears
that the recent statement that the 81.
Louis fair aulhoili,s were considering the
opening Of "lhe Pike" on Sundays was
without Justification. Not Only Ia no such
action contemplated, bat the directors OF
the fair are perfonslly pledged to the sec.
rotary Of the treasury to carry out in letter
ard sprit the agreement under which 2
National appropriation WAS msds. The d.
eetors are to be congratulated on their VIII
dom and good faith alike. Their action /
In grateful contrast to tho bad faith Oft
directors Of the chie,go fair.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-05-26

The Union block In Northfeld was dam.
aged to the extent Of $25, 900 by fire early
Tuesday morning. The whole business
section Of the vlllsge was threatened, and
assistance was called from Montpelier and
Barre, but before help came the fire was
under control. Miss Minnie Smith, Fred
Parker and G. d. Edgerton were the own
ers Of the building, which contained Miss
Smiths store, the public library, the Gen.
trail hotel, God Templars hall, II. II.
Heath's wall paper store, +. W. Chase's
meat market and two fruit stores. A small
building adj lining, owned by John Larkin
and George Sanborp, and occupied as a
photographers gallery, was also burned.
All of the books In the public library we're
burned.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-05-26

Lswls Shore recently purchased an old
bulldog belonging to the estate Of Art
Gibson. me building was formerly used
for tool shop. Mr.. Shore had II tori
down and the lumber removed to his place
10 Forestdale aud Is building q barn with
It. Last Saturday one Of the plarks tina,
had been csrelessly used for staging and
other purposes, attracted Mr.. Shoros at.
tention- Upon locking at the end Of II
be discovered that II containId tin box
There had been hole made In the plank
just large enough to stcrete the box. The
box was found to contain $1,000 In gov,
eminent ben 10, besides all Of Mr. Gibson's
valuable papers. The papers were well
preserved and some Of them were dated
1856. 1t 10 thought the box had been ther Z
since that time