The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-05-08
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Clint Austin was visiting his pa
rents near Little Falls Saturday and
SUNDAY.
chas. 3. Satterfeld and family were
visiting Mrs. Satterfeld,s brother.
-e-+ N-zley. OF Fairment. Sunday
Charlie McElfresh lost a valuable
milk COW Saturday with milk fever
Only those who now how 10 appre-
ciate a good family cow understand
what the loss OF one is 70 working
mans family
Joy unutterable flls the breast OF
Charlie Hoult SO great is his happf-
ness he can scarcely sleep o.nishts-
Later along he viii have good and
sufficient reasons for not sleeping
IT'S boy. and the first If the popu-
lation OF our village decreases IL
won't be the fault OF the young mar
RED couples. President Roosevelt
won't find any flies on this town.
The Pennsylvania Steel co. is not
foolins away mucn time. Saturday
they opened the ball in earnest by
putting in place the large steel sir-
ders which span the main channel be-
low the locks. These sirders. the
sides of which. in order to give a
greater height above the water, viii
be above the level of the railway
tracks, the trains passing between
them, are about eight feet broad and
look immensely high as they set up
on the tail piers They viii put up
the span connecting this span with
the shore early this week.
While speaking of the bridge work
it reminds US OF something that needs
looking after and it seems those
whose business it is to attend TO it
have so far neglected to do so. re-
fer to the blocking of the county road
by the contractors here Nothing
should be done to hinder and obsnuct
the work, but when contractors from
other States come here TO do work
and practically take charge of pub
lie highways. make changes in them
without any permit from the County
Court. blockade them when they
please and as long as they please and
in other ways acs as If said roads
were their private property. We real
Nv think it time they should be taught
thar We have laws for the regulation
of our highways and that citizens
have rights thereon that must be re
spected. The highway by the locks
is often completely blocked for hours
at a time and no difference low much
of a hurry. any one is in he must wait
the good pleasure of these peo?-c.wao
pay no taxes to keep up ou- roads!
The latest outrage. as we must call
it, is the building of a high crfbWork
and a railroad track on top OF 1t IN
TIE road at the lower end OF the rip
rap wall along the government lot and
so close TO the said riprap wall that
it takes careful driver to squeeze
through without catching the Top OF
the wagon against the end Of the
track and breaking the wagon
Earl Wise, who drives the meat
wagon for ]. Q. Wise & Co. OF Fair
mont. told the writer that he was Oft
en- DELAYED there and the other day he
tore hole in the side OF the wagon
against the end of the railroad track
inst mentioned He said that If the
road surveyor did not look after 1t or
the contractors remedy some OF the
evils complained of. he would appeal
TO the County Court
We are not going to c1sdcise toe
West virSinian's use of the English
language. Far be it from us We no
tice the man who does so usually gets
into trouble However, we learned
new use for an old word when We
read in Fridays paper, in advice to
people using the city crematory. that
tin cans, bottles. ETC. We're 1nfam'
lmabIe articles We were somewhat
fabergasted. but knowing that We
were mighty rusty in the use OF Eng
fish concluded that we had been us
ing the word wrong We looked 1t
up in our dictionary, but as it is an
abridged one printed in 1897 it IS
probably a back number like ourself.
however it says: .Tnfiammable-that
which may be easily set on fire: sus-
cepuble of combustion" (You are
right; go up head NJ c. ID
John Huffman lost a finger Satur-
day while coming from town by get
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