The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-15
and Sunday in Fafrmont the guest o
her neice. Mrs. George johnson.
SHIRLEY.
RIVESVILLE
SHIRLEY

III Ed NlsLS' NV. lo'-i He peduti-
full morn Of the thirteenth day of No
vember in the year OF our Lord, 1907.
dawned upon little spot Of Gods
great earth known as Pawpaw dis
trict, Pawpaw creek AMI Rivesville,
Marion county, West Virginia, and the
light OF day in place OF meeting =
whole lot Of our citizens happily 60
ing to their daily labors aud pleasures
were sadly astonished and surprised
TO see people by the dozen with curl
Gus expressions on their faces. What.
can 1t be said the beautiful sun which
God made to tighten and brighten the
earthly thoroughfares for his children :
What can be the trouble with those
pilgrims? They are all good people
in the community. I have shone on
some of them fore over seyenty.live
pears. Well I'll Just ask them con.
iidentially where they are going and
why they look so unnatural. The good
Sun says, hello. for where are you
.boRad? Well, am sorry to say It.
said one. but Jesse Brock and Jim
Musgrave have one or the d-dst law
suits In Squire Haught's court ut
Rivesville to-day YOU ever heard of.
Can II be possible. said the Sun, and
got under cloud and 1t began to snow
right away, but again. peeping out
from under the cloud and Frightening
UP the whole county lie spies three
prominent lawyers at Fairmont with
more than an ordinary hustle on them
and to them he, says, hello, hello, hel.
TO-, which meant for some OF them to
respond to the call when Attorney H.
Z. Moran says. what wilt thou have?
The beautiful sun pleasantly says,
Where goest thous? Down to Rives'
vile to defend old Uncle Jim Mus.
grave. | guess they have been max.
ing foot ball out of Uncle Jim down
there. I'm going down to show him
up to be man before Squire Taught
and the world. Watch me do 1t. And
again came the words. Hello. hello hel.
10. where goes thou? Just then At.
torneys B. F. Ramage and Ira Smith
peeped out OF II closed carriage and
said, We are going down to Rivesville
to defend Jesse Brooks little child.
We understood that Uncle Jim Mus.
grave WINS going to kill the little fel.
low with a hand spike or telephone
pole, or something big, and we'll make
that infant look like lamb to Squire
Haught; watch MS. The time set for
their tales Of Woe to be told was one
o'clock p. m. Scores of men. women
and children We're ut the temple Of
Justice. or better known MS Haught's
courthouse, by the time mentioned
People from far and near came in
droves. Many could not get inside
OF the Office: many stood even outside
OF the building, fearing. perhaps, pan.
demonioum might get away from the
squire and become uncomfortable rs
1t has heretofore done In his court
when five able lawyers were trying
to make the, squire believe that the
moon was In the min In place Of the
man In the moon, but could not launt
him. He stood firm and let pandemu.
MUM 80 Its way and sin no more, or
as much as 1t pleased. But the squire
feared no noise. 1t was only n three
ring show this time, Moran Ranagc
and Smith, and all the squire had to
say was, BE quiet, boys" anil that
scared all the pandemoninm out of
them quick.
The opening of the trial or rathe,
the Introductory proceedings were
billed n little different from the wa,
they were carried ont. There was I'd
be two songs sung before trial began,
one was Sweet Beulah Land" and
"Wiiat Gathering That VIII Be, but
D. +. Ramnge burst forth with such
n surplus of oratorlal pnndemonlum
that the people down here we're spell.
bound to such mn extent that they
u . . e
couldn't sing the doXology II meeting
had been ont, much less at the be.
ginning. Finally, between the squire
and Attorney Moran they coaxed the
able attorney to take things by turns
and then they had Attorney Ira
Smith TO contend with for a time, but
he being a stranger here and hearing
that there was some high mettle In
RIyesyille, was rather inclined to be
mild, but a great many thought, per!
haps, he had come along as a knock
out Tor Mr. Ramage as he was a fine
specimen of manhood, and knowing
that several Fairmont lawyers had
a. ~ a