The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-15

BBRNsviLLE NOTES.


sickness In and about our village: TWo
cases Of typhoid fever and two OF,
pneumonia fever Clarence King is.
sick OF pneumonia and his younger
sister Is a Victim o typhoid. Both
are quite sick at4thts writing.
Pearl Francis Is a typhoid fever pa
ttent having been sick for some time.
She is doing very well at present.
Joseph Ice little o Of Clarence
Ice, is out after an attack Of pneu=
monia fever.
wis Cook, son of Milton Cook. has
returned to his work after a short III
ness.
Lloyd Moore, who was on the sick
list. threatened with typhoid fever, i
gradually improving, and wa able TO
go to see the circus.
Russell Rice. of Hundred, sou OF
Elder j. NJ. Rice. returned home a
few days ago after s%oIourning among
friends here while attending the in
.stftute at Fairmont.
A Mr.. Carver, of Earnshaw, was
visiting his counsin, Mrs. J. r. Ice
yesterday, returning home on train
n.
There was quite a lot doing here
last week. We had the Baptist Assoc
citation last Wednesday and THURSDAY.
and on Friday quarterly meeting was
held by the Methodist people. s1s-
pect that some of the visitors went
away thinking tehre was not much
left in Barrackvtlle to eat, after feed
ing such a crowd as. was here. But IL
they will come back they will find US
with plenty TO satisfy the demands Of
their nature. So far as I know there
has been no one, not even a dog, starv-
ed to death in this town.
l. wis Cook. lent Brand md Marb1y
Neptune. three of our good young men,
visited the Wheeling fair one day, re-
turning Thursday night.
Lawrence Conaway, son OF T. F.
.Conaway. came home from Hundred,
where he had been at work, to attend
the circus; but after the disappoint-
ment returned to Lfttleton to work for
a week or SO.
Hundreds Of people passed through
here on show day to "attend to some
business in Fafrmont-" They looked
on their return trip as II they had
failed to get the business fixed up
Just right-sorter dtsappolnted-lilEe
Many had visited the side show, or
Annex" and felt worse over the loss
of their % cents apiece than IL they
had returned with their money in their
pockets. One man said he had not
been In long until he would have given
so cents to get out. l "guess" Oar
wins "missing link" was on exhibit
ton in the Annex, and some one was
cruel enough to think it was Lone
Star. Sir Toby resents such a thrust.
Arthur Major, of Oakland, Md. ds
visiting his grandmother, Mrs. VIM.
Raymond. He contemplates returning
home Sunday.
From some recent %utterances of
Lone Star about seeing "a gandar
with a good looking woman in Bar
racEvflle." we would think. were he
Hone Starr only bright enough, tnat
he was trying to make a reflection.
He wants to know IL we or Pharoah's
could be made believe that Lone
Star Is cutting his wisdom teeth" BY
your admission you do not have them
vet: and as badly as you need the
benefits the fables about the wis
dom teeth promise. speaking for self,
we are forced to say that, with the
present evidence we cannot be made
to believe It. There SENS to b no
violence Of any approaching improve
Fment in you Of that kind, unless it be
the less frequency of your communica-
Itfons of late. Pharaoh's run may have
more evidence of your present and ap'
preaching condition than Sir Toby has;
but it is my opinion II Pharaoh's run
could be heard from on the matter,
they would deem the case more hope
less than does Sir Toby.
A little later on Lone Star says:
whenever you get ready to grind, l
win show. you the difference between
baptism by immersion and baptism
by affusion. When, why and where 1t
was practiced as far back as you want
to go" He says this with reference
to the question we put to him long,
long ago. Now, honestly, Lone Star
Judging from your "gander" and "gos-
ling talk. I hardly think YOU are
ready for that subject. You need
first to hunt up and apply to yourself
what the good Book says about tenn
perance. courtesy and the need OF re-
pentance. For without this much
needed preparation it would be a
sure-enough gander going Into bap-
tism. Quacks should not set them
selves up as exegets OF the Scriptures.
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