The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-20


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HOLT 21Dick Dean Wh6
liEed ID I'D Hol1ts house al Aurora
moved away gonr corresponds
5ent thssdaFk as to where he
vent to:
Mrs Newton Hess Is very III. The.
doctor thInkB3she probably Is suffering
from appendicitis
Mrs. Chas. q. McEltresh is serious
Ily indfsposed.
Al steeIworker named Wallace was
hurt on the bridge work Tuesday. It.
was at frst claimed that his leg vas
broken and he was injured internal
|Iy, but later word came from the hos
fpltal where he was sent that the limb
was only fractured and the flesh more
or less lacerated and he would soon
be all right.
1t is easy to get to Fairmont since
the traction company has got to run
ming cars to Bellview. All one has
to do is to walk across the dam of
the lock, it being now dry, and climb
the hill to the street car line and ride
into town via the town of Evansville.
Mr.. E. H.. HouIt is making some val
liable improvements about his store.
Last week he put a cement floor in
the extra large cellar or basement and
this week he Is building a large porch
along two sides of the building.
Preparations are going ahead for
the big box supper and festival at the
church Saturday night and everything
points a splendid entertainment.
To see the smoke made by Lone
Star and Sir Toby, at times. one would
think a scrap was imminent and that
we would hear great matters Of church
and state discussed from A to q,
but they are like the fellow who said
he had the finest pulling pair of
horses in the country, but explained
why they didn't start a load by say
ing that they never both got in a no
ton to pull at the same time. Lone
Star and Sir Toby never both get In
to a beligerent attitude at the same
time or the fur would surely fly.
But we must not talk of any one be-
hind his back, so to speak, for the
Lone Star seems to have disappeared
from mortal kin. People about Hoult
have been very solicitious about him.
and have asked the Hoult correspond
ent to appoint himself a committee
Of one to investigate what has become
OF the Lone Star, as life does not
seem just the same since we miss his
tvolutions in the West Virginian from
day to day,
In searching for a claw some per
sons suggested to us that he was prob
ably taking care of Neal Frum's
hounds while Neal was away on his
honey moon. This seemed SO piausa-
BILE that we followed this clew with
Ill the persistency of a Sherlock
Holmes untl we discovered that Neal
had left his hounds with Jake Austin
over on White Day. This generates
the Lone Star from one dark suspic-
ION. Another suggested that he had
probably suicided OF otherwise died,
expired, kicked the bucket, or shut
fed on this mortal coil on account Of
that toothache.
We don't believe it. Surely. If true,
he would not slight his friends up here
by not letting us know 1t. Some 20
years ago Turing developments on the
West Virginia Central railroad, when
all sorts of toughs followed the rail
road construction, timber workings
and mines, Basil Hovalter, an unique
character of Kasson, in Barbour coun-
ty, went to the Davis road" to try
to make his stake and word came soon
afterward that "Bas." had got mixed
up in a row over a card game and
died with his boots on" A crowd of
the neighbors were gathered in the
grocery discussing the matter In awe
tones when who should walk
in but the redoubtable Basil. He could
not understand the CONSERVATION and
amusement on their faces until an ex-
PLANTATION was made, when with great
scorn he turned upon the crowd. spit
out his quid and drawled out, Meow,
sis beifminy Gawd, mex time I die Tlpl
let you fe1Iers know it In time to go
to the funeral"
we don't think Lone Star would
be less considerate than that of his
admirers al Hoult.
we saw "sleb" satteraeld on the
train the other day and he could give
up no clew. but perhaps that is ex-
plainabls from the fact that he was
coming from town instead of going.