The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-07
cIJRTIs VILLA. Iriy q 1906

CURTIS VILLA. Ialy g. 1906
Editors Of tue Great Faper
once more come p you with y
handful 81 sliagine from this place
once more the gloftpua Fourth OF
July has come and goFie and e great
many n our Young men are poorer
than they were Tues niorning and
III course d great deal wiser.
The young folks of this place gave
a surprise picnic TO Miss afaggie and
Master Lesley Htbbs Of Laurel Run ll
avenue and after enjoying themselves
With pleasant songs, games and ram
bles through the fields and gathering
wild flowers from orchard and mead
oW and being tired and hungry the
lunch boxes were brought out, g re-
past was spread under the old apple
tree and all did Justice to the sub
stantials OF life and voted it per-
feet success. Those Of the visiting
ptcknickers were Misses Mia and
Ida Cordray, Gussie Musgrave Hat
tie and Rena Bes ~, Sadie and Lille.
Gump. and Masters Clarence and WIZ
Der Beatty.
yes, we got everything fixed up al
right and all parties were agreed and
the wedding took place on last Sat
urday night, the contracting parties
being Mrs. Dora shuman and T..
Floyd. i don't know Of any more we'd
dfngs to report at this time; but there
are lots Of people out here that want
to get married and expect there are
some that would like to get unmars
ried.
IL the fool killer will cali at our
ofice some evening we will see II we
can't give him job. He must not
cali later than 70 o'clock p. N.
we had a free street parade and
some OF the tallest bare back riding illg
ever witnessed in our village before.
Tecumseh and Lealaway rode the 81
raffe. The sensational part Of the
performance was Miss Lealaway rid
ing with one foot on each side OF the
saddle. II we had known Of 1t soon
er we would have advertised It and
would have had an officer on hand
too.
Drunk was the decision passed on
the Manningtonians that were out on
a lark one day last week. AS we did'
not hold the inquest we say If they
were not drunk, they had a severe att
tack ot the simples and IL our sons
and daughters would go to Manning
ton and act one-half as bad as these
people did, when out here, they would /,
see inside OF the lookup before thirty
minutes. mo names mentloned) II
YOU throw a stone at o lot OF purps
Won can always tell which one gets
hit by It's bowling and whining and
snarling (see?) we never were
much on hew. but we could score
right smart. II you don't want to get
hit please step out Of the way: (see?)
We kickers, same as other people,
never heard Of that kind Of animals
speaking but once: that was Baalam's
property, SO since they were deprived
Of speech, they can do nothing but
kick.
We have plenty Of gas here. It ex-
.plodes some times when the pressure
is too high, but never burns.
Mr.. A. j. Arnett, Of Wallace was
calling on, his father, Mr.. Perry Ar
nett, Oh Laurel avenue. Wednesday,
the 4th.
MI. and Mrs. Tom Gil passed
through here on the way to the lat
ter's sisters, Mrs. w. McIoclan's, on
'Brumage street.
Mr.. w. e. Gump is smiling all over
that broad face of his and It is all on
account Of a boy that has come to live
with him.
Among those from here that took
in the free show at Fairmont were
Guy Musgrave. Boyd and BERTHE Hays,
Jay and Beu1ah Gooch and Fred Bea-
II.
So wishing the great West Virgin
ian success and ye editors long and
happy lives and this scribe some kind
Of an office we will say, EMO.
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