West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1905-02-23
wHETsELL SETTLEMENT.

c. T. Beatty aud r. d. Fields are doing
good business with their feed mill this
winter
We arc deluged with snow and ice The
heaviest snow fall for number of years.
with considerable zero weather.
We arc sorry TO chronicle the death OF
Sam whetsells war horse. "Durbin. who
departed this life on last Ground Hog
night. sam says that "Durbin" stood with.
out peer in this country
Lee Garner and s. Chidester are prepar.
Ing to burn large kins Of lime this spring
Wesley Childs and Ike whetsell say that
Lee has given up going 10 Kansas. as they
have not heard anything about IL since last
fan.
Theirs was an old fashioned spelling
match al Buffalo last week. IL seems that
the Buffalo scholars carried of the prize.
as the Buffalo school was as chosen on one
side irom the biggest to the least. SO they
"walloped about three schools out their
boots
Our schools are progressing nicely and
quietly-the one at Whetsell under G. II.
wilson and the other at Buffalo taught by
jennie Harshberger. She seems to be civ.
ing general satisfaction TO pupils and pa
irons, and from indications she looks well
after the intellectual and moral improve
ment Of her scholars.
J. o. Wheisell had the misfortune to lose
one OF his blooded cows that he brought
from Ohio. John was trying the Ohio plan
OF stabling his COWS. and left one loose TO
regulate the others and IL lifted one that
was tied into the manger and broke its
neck john says it relieves him OF giving
her Ia to the assessor. as he would have
valued her at SIso
There was great excitement in Rowles
burg last Saturday. The ice gorged at
McComber and piled up great mountains Of
IL until the whole McComber bottom was
submerged and threatened violent destruc.
ton to the town Of Rowlesburg. But for
the wise Intervention Of Frank Hardesty.
Bob Hollis and J. w Carrico Esq, the
whole town would have been DESTROYED in
short time. Frank and the Squire hus.
lied Hollis out with his express wagon to
Shoch's Tor load OF dynamite and started
Tor the scene OF action. with Sam Jackson
following behind with a bucket of cider
saying, by CIast, am not afraid to 20
out on the ice and set off the explosive and
save the town, which It appeared that
the courage OF Hardesty, Hollis and Car.
rico had fed when they arrived at the
scene. Sam discharged the dynamite
some 5000 lbs-at one shot. which opened
the way for the water to pass After the
water subsidized Hollis saw something Jump.
ing around over the bottom where the
water had been, and further Investigation
showed IL to be FISH stranded-large nnm.
bers OF them, and large sire, too. So the
crowd began to gather them. Hollis loaded
MS express wagon full, several farmers of
the vicinity happened to be there to view
the gorge, began to gather fish up in
great piles until they could get teams TO
maui them away The Squire says he never
saw such multitude Of FISH, and such large
ones. lie says there were hundreds Of tons
oil them. Shoch captured a monster pike
20 feet long, weighing about 500 pounds.
He got Orb Sanders TO lasso Il with big
chain and snaked II into town with his
team, where il can be seen any time al
Shoch's store. The Squire saws he has
read about such a multitude being fed with
few loaves and few fishes. There we're
no loaves stranded with the FISH, but he
thinks there are FISH enough to feed the
Russian army all winter, There was lie.
gal question in the Squire's mind whether
the people were allowed to take the fish
and consume them, but the timely appear
ance OF the Deputy Fish and Game Warden.
> I. Wheeler. sett led IT, and removed the
doubt from the Squire's mind. "Sherm"
said from the expediency Of the case. and
from circumstances upon which the law
had no control and such a multitude OF fish,
he thought the people he'd a right to take
oil the FISH such as their immediate neces-
sites required. but not ship any out Of the
Stale for in all probability it would be
many years before such an opportunity
would avail itself TO get such a multitude
Of fish again. els