The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-02-17
RIVFSVILLE

We 5ead in Tie West girginian
sery Interesting letter from Hcult and
NE desertp ion u the Hondefftl work
that IS being can on there q to III
the least immsase bnt We cannot al
actly 80 back on poor old Riyesytlle,
which Is i've years older than Chfca.
so. IT'S like Tie frishman,s Gov, she
Is little. but ola. But Riyesyfiie has
never reached tie age Of maturity yet,
and no one knows what ist "a store tosI
our village IL! de future ana maybe IA
the eanr future too. "a
The old oak tee that starts from an.
acorn IS q long time getting Is
growth. but It VIM be found standing
firm, when many sttnhower and snap
shot delicate little bushes are blntted
OF the map and forgotten. The signs
are that this section IS bordering on
the eve Of q revolution and that befora
another year rolls around this town
wtlfbe crowded with OH masnatea and
the whole surrounding country on this
side Of the Monohgahela win be dotted
with OIL derricks as surely che token
of such enterprises as that has been
heard, and heard by those who do not
believe in the Fairy or Gent, the witch
nor the wizard, but never fan to inter.
pret the sounds and signs Of the
times.
Something Of the above nature Will
help us all, while the old B. and o.
trains VIII san over the mammoth
bridge and the boats will steam
through the locks at Hoult and so soon
be out Of sight and hearing and a few
Of the old settlers ana lock tenders
who are left to tell the tale wave the
good bye signal to boat and train, old
ERiyesville will according to prophecy,
be mixing dollars and bank checks
with the world at large. We are IN.
cllned to feel rather timid or small
when we think Of our sister village
having all those large affairs, but IL
might turn out that those large afairs
nigh leave our sitter town, we don't
know as to that, but hope not at least.
The Parker Run Coal Company Is az
the present time monument TO our
village and has only been In operation
about six months. It is only IN its m
fancy. but is fast coming into promI-
hence and soon will cope with a. No.1
markets and companies. It IS also
on the bill to open some new works
here in the early spring, which viii
not only be a surprise to the people
here, but a Joy and while our people
should be proud to live near the tnwu
Of Hoult at present, they should not
get discouraged with poor old Rtyes.
Vile, nor despise the days Of small
things but pray on.
Our village, or rather our villagers,
are all on their good behavior at pres.
ent and can generally be reported on
that line: We sometimes get little
too much of Fahmont whiakey and Il
the whiskey is wrong, We follow suit,
and some Of our boys are interested
somewhat about the coming election
at Fairmont, especially as to who WIN
be mayor, But the writer insists they
had better say good Lord, good devil.
as It's hard to tellRhose hands we may
iiall into, the way things look at pres
ent. But we do think this much, that
man who has license to join people
wedlock, licenseto preach a funeral,
license to send man to jail, license to
turn him out when he pleases and
many other powers, permits iurisdic-
tons and other things too tedious and
numerous to mention and then HIS
friends claim that he is powerless,
well to say the least, that kind Of a
man ought to have a rest anyhow.
The sick Of our community are re-
ported on the mend. although Rev.
olark is still confined to his home, also
Master Robin Hood, who has been
very sick for several days with rheu-
matism.