West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1906-04-12
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NOAhN NAAA LIS.
Correspondence OF The Argus.
&. K. Shaaer was wishing friends in "A,
Lick Run ne'ghborhood last week
wm. Lewis Of Sturgisson. passed through
our town saturday on his way TO his ole
home on the east side OF Cheat
p. 4. Simon OF Rankin. Pa. was here re
Gently submitting plans TO our local car
penters for the erection Of large dwelling
house on his farm one mile east Of here.
]. r. EVERY expects to 60 to Poeahon,as
county in short time to enter the emplo,
OF the Graham-Yeager Lumber Co. lie be
ing sportsman and lover Of the chase.
has already chartered car to convey his
large pack OF hounds.
(. Gale is putting many valuable i'm.
provements on his Monongalia Co. farm in
the way OF fencing. draining. planting or.
ehatds. etc. lie expects to make this one
OF the best farms In the State.
Rev. Moore is at Morgan,own. pre-.
sumably in the interest OF the Grange. of
which be is devoted aud enthusiastic
member.
Col John Anne Radabaush, the old rug.
eed veteran from Bull Run and one Of the
lew remaining survivors OF Grants ham.
mering campaign was here a lew days
ago shaking hands with his many friends.
+. Q. Shaffer and wife were al Piscah
last week visiting Mrs. Skaters parents.
Mr.. aud Mrs. J. T. Gribble.
Sabbath School was organized at MI.
Zion few Sundays ago. with Prof A. c.
Burke as Superintendent We anticipate
an interesting aud successful school. as
Mi Burke is a devoted Bible student and
able to give the instruction required.
Since receiving their assessment blanks
the tax question has become one of the
leading topics Of discussion among the
farmers Of this section. To give a careful
ana detailed account OF the true aud actual
Va'ne OF their property is psrplexiug to
some but the greatest diHiculiy encoun.
tered Is to ascertain the number Of bushels
OF hay they have on hand. In the midst OF
all this clamor and confusion, G. w. Ken.
mart our owr Archimedes comes forward
and attempts TO harmonic the matter by
giving them rule whereby they can com.
pute with fractional exactness the number
oil bushels Of hay contained in the stack or
NOV. He spent considerable time working
out this d,stracting problem and was on
tue point OF giving 1t up several times. but
he had perseverance for his watchword.
and after inlerrogating all the lower mathe
matical works he delyed deep into the
science OF geometry, when at last he was
able to eXc.aim. Eureka"
j. {. Blaney had a narrow escape a few
DAYS ago while working on the log train OF
the Decker's Valley Lumber Co which
hauls the logs from the mountains to the
mill at Lick Run. where the timber is rolled
into the creek before il IS taken on the
mill. At this place there is a steep EN-
bankment and the creek is very deep. MIR
Blaney was on the wrong side OF a big
white oak log when il left the truck. and
the only avenue OF escape lay in running
directly down the bank, which he did. the
log following close second, When he
reached the bottom of the incline he fiuns
himself Tar out into the chilly, seethinl
mood. The current was running quite 81,
knots and al first spun him around broad
side then jerked him under. Luckily ht
was strong swimmer and started out tC
reach some rocks which iutted out into TIA,
stream about twenty PAGES ahead, II wa,
desperate effort. The broken wate
boiled furiouslY round the rocks Present
" ne was in It, and better still. his fee
touched bottom. Next second he wal
swept off them and rolled over and over
the bottom OF the creek. getting sadl
knocked about against the boulders II,
came TO the surface lower down the stream
and was able to stand up agaiu. Twice h.
Tell and twice lac struggled up again. on
more effort and the water was only Up Il
his thighs now and he walked out on tn
bank and fell down exhausted. Ate
| changing clothes and resting a couple o
hours he resumed work.
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