The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-23
RIVESVILLE

RTVESvILLE, Sept. %. - The box
supper and social conducted by the
Pythian Sisters of Harmony Temple
No. 16, Of this place, Saturday night,
was a success in every respect. A
good orderly crowd and a general ev.
ening Of refreshments and enjoyment
is reported.
Albert Crislip and family, Of Fair
mont. were guests Of RLyesville friends
Sunday.
Cove Trlppett, of Little Falls, was
here Sunday to see his son. William,
who is III with typhoid fever.
q. j. Floyd and Ben Smith. Jr, Of
l3arDsylle, were on our streets Sun.
day en- route to Pharaoh's run,
The Rlvesville graded school con.
Quoted by Mr.. E. g. Wilson, Of this
place, as principal, and Miss Maud
snodgrass, also Of Rivesyllle. and Miss
Cora Valentine, of Phaha6h's run as.
sistants, will begin Monday, October
the seventh. Mr.. Wilson has taught
in various parts of the county and
comes highly recommended as a mum.
Der one teacher. Miss snodgrass
needs no recommendation having sue.
cessfully taught nrhber Of schools
throughout the county as we'll as sew.
eral terms at this place. Miss Valen-
tine is said to be fully competent to
teach the department assigned to her
and the school should be encouraged
by the patrons, as when patrons, pu.
pills and teachers all work together
for the good of all concerned there
can scarcely be discord but what
can reasonably and tremendously be
adjusted.
Rivesville can be Justly proud of
the Sunday school. Last Sunday there
were one hundred and three in at.
tendance, nlnety-eight being members
of the Sabbath school. Scarcely any
Sunday shows a record Of less than
eighty. There are one hundred and
forty pupils enrolled.
Miss Anna Jones, of Fairmont, is
visiting friends in town this week.
Master Larken Riggs, Of Morgan
town, was the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs.
]. E. snIder Saturday and Sunday.
Frank Blllingslea, of Fairmont, was
the guest Of Rivesville friends satur-
day and Sunday.
OF course Pagan, from Hagans, will
take exceptions and crlticlse and per-
haps deny the following fish story, but
II he will call on Joe Merrill and M.
D. Wilson, two young men and Sun.
day school scholars Of the town Of
Riyesville, he will refrain from either
criticism or denial. The monster fish
or whatever it is, made Its debut and
did its stunts near the mouth of big
Pawpaw creek and no little excite
ment prevailed for some time while it
carried on it's unnatural dldos in the
water. The boys have decided that 1t
was not native of Monongahela wat
ers. Some think from the description
of its stunts that it might be a shark;
others think that 1t Is a mate to the
gar that Kid Hockinbery caught here
several years ago and that as Kid is
fixing to. move back to the mouth Of
Hockenberry Hollow that the hideous
looking and boisterous behaved water
inhabitant might be after Kid and
some may not believe it at all, but re-
member that Joe Merrill has been
running on several of the big boats
that have been plying Monongahela
waters for the past few years and that
M. D., better known as Dee Wilson,
is one Of the men that discovered
the floater in the river not long since
which proved to be a dead man and
surely there must be something in the
story when the blue print Is put on It
by the LONE STAR,