The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-20
THE FARM"
OWNED BY THE MON NoNeAHELA
FISHING CLUB is DESCRIBED
AS ONE oFTHE PRETT!EST
SPOTS ON EARTH.
THE SCENERY ALONG TIE MO-
NONGoHELA RIVER is UNE<-
CELLED IN THE UNITED
STATES, SAY STEAM
BOAT MEN.

The Monongahela Fishing Clubs
/ Farm, . at Little Falls. is, without eNas-
/ seraIion, one of the prettlest spots on
earth Travellers on the Pittsburg dl-
/ vision. OF the B. & o. and on the river.
have commented upon the beauty of
! this place, and have wondered Why 1t
has never been utilized for this lur-
pose before. The only explanation IS
that navigation on the river here is
seeing it's first summer, while Morgan
| town has her Cheat.
The Farm is situated few nun
| dred feet below, and across the river
from Little Falls, and forms a prom
| ontory from which a long view OF the
/ river can be had from each SIDE
| The tract which the boys have pur-
| chased is an ideal one for every pur-
pose: The land slopes gently from
the river to the extreme boundary line,
! and a rustic bridge, which spans a
| shallow ravine, the large shade trees,
the flowers and ferns, and a a'1ew large
painted boulders, make it a place OF
beauty to the eye.
In the center of the of the cleared
portion, stands the two buildings
which have been erected this spring.
Both are commodious affairs, Two
stories high and connected by coV-
cred walk. The first one contains the
club house and lobby, and the second
the dining room and sleeping apart
ments 4 third building is for the use
of the band, which the boys expect
to employ frequently this summer.
Just below the houses is large grove
of trees, extending back quite a dls-
tance from the waters edge LOCK
No u is about two hundred yards be-
low the ..Farm,'' and is supposed to
be the best lock on the riFer for fish
ing purposes. Steamboat men who
have navigated all the streams in this
section of the United States, say that
the Monongahela is the most plctur'
esque of them all; that is, between
t sFair,nont ana Morgantown. The
beauty of this stream can be appre'
ciated from nowhere except its center
The opening will be held Sunday next
and the boys are expecting an I'M
mense crowd of their friends to come
down and share their new home tor q
| few hours.
Fred Raymond, Leon Coombs and
| Charlie HlcDoaa1d have labored 1nces
sanity for three weeks to get the place
in shape, and they have just about
completed their task. Saturday hight
will see everything running just as II
| should.
| Notes From the Farm
..Happy" says Charley Boy is fail
..IJ <f('OOneT
caught a nice string OF fish down at
the lock during the first few days OF
their stay. Charley was dong the
cooking, (only Happy didn't call II
thaD and didn't prepare much besides
bread and butter, banking heavily on
! the iuny tribe for the main feature
OF their meal. Happy describes II
as a cannibal cocktail. with dough
bail wash.
Two show boats liven things up con
sideraply at the Farm The Grea'
Whale, sixty-6ve feet long, is one OF
the attractions, and a medicine snow
is the other. "Cooney'' is wanted by
both companies for his hiSh-dlVlne
proclivities. He and Charley 10y
with their girls started for the meoi
cine show in a row-boat CooneS
was the last one out of the boat ane
in stepping to the landing, lost his
balance and fell into 16 feet OF water
Happy mournfully started Tor the
coroner, but Charlie Boy and couple
of men fished "Cooney" out. An actor
loaned him some clothes, which chanc
ef; tO be a Dutch makeup. Charlle
Bow swears that "Cooneys girl dldn
know who was sitting beside her 1lntl
the show was nearly over.
Happy" says that if he can breal
Bill. (E,rn McCoy's dog) OF licking al
the whitewash off the stones ne WI
get a car load of Bills favorlte dlsh
: namely, paving bricks.
.sBiil'' got mixed UP with poleca
one night last week and lnslste'
I upon sleeping with HAPPY That!
: the night they spent in thro"1n'
stones dt "Bii.'
a Narrow Escape.