The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-11
BRIi WILLIE

SO ~ III n ~
ERIEEsvfIlLE ~ Nov. y 3 iBeulaN
l1sand, sweet Benlahf Land! and Whit!
a Gathering thnt viii BE, are tho
songs that viii quite likely be sung;
before the openlngiot the trial which
IS ldoclietctl5in Squire Hapshts court
for next wednesday which implicates
an even half dozen, the case being
postponed until that date. Flye5ot
them participated in from the stories
/, of both sides OF the question a free
flor ell fight. They are all members
: OF the Bula church but one, and ha
is the only one thatfwe Will name out
at the present time. His name Is ga.
! tan. some: cali him the Beyii for short.
The rest are oil members and the!.r
ages range from the green teens up
! to the ripe old age Of seneyty-two
years. < !. a - I'm
From their own stories the atmos-
phere about the scene was something
fierce for a while. 1stfS4 Ht3 le
Think Of It. five church members
and OF the same church. all fired up
with tho very essence Of the devil.
all sober not drop OF liquor to blame
It to. Scraping, paving, pulling ami
pounding each others heads, hearts
full Of the very juice OF satan, hands
full OF rocks and clubs and number six
or the devil dishing the ambition out
to them right out oi the bottom Of
you all know where II you don't =
can tell you, H. What a gather
erfngi TINT must have been,
The names will not be- given pro-
viding they compromise but If they
are determined to grind It through the
mill Of justice publicly and pande-
monium turns itself loose In Squire
Haught's court every detail OF the
mix.up will be in print. One Of the
heads of one family played to the tune
of seven s, but that don't seem to
hardly be the beginning Of the end.
ing. Peace warrants are asked for
by both sides and the squire as we'll
as their friends throughout the com,
munity are axious that they settle
the mix-np by mutual agreement and a
couple OF prominent gentlemen offer.
cd to go on both their bonds the 9th.
er day providing they would quit AMI
be good.
It's going TO be an awful dish to set
before us Rivesville sinners II 1t
comes to the pitch as to have to be
aired In squire Haught's court.
But If they could have had the cour.
age to have said get thee behind me
satan and then all turned on hir.. what
a gathering that might have been and
what o whole lot OF awful bad things
the public would have never known
about both families or what a gather.
ing 1t really was.
We are all bound to admit that the
country s3fnll to the brim of ran!;
poison. copper snake whiskey and that
1t Is the very essence of drunkards
and inebriates and that 1t is not all
the saloon keepers fault either.
On the other hand we are bound to
admit that the country is not entire.
(, ~ empty or free from rank poison pas.
sionate wolves with their stomaclis
full to the brim with hypocrisy and
their backs clothed with the wool OF
an innocent lamb
No wonder the church..
Well. how is it reader. sayfor your.
self. l am not member, nor never
was.
II a school teacher in charge of n
school with q hundred pupils enrolled
and in spite Of all efforts could not get
more than a half dozen to recite anil
the rest would be out fighting and VIC.
lating the rules with other bad anil
wicked people You would hardly say
that 1t wasa9good school If you dill
to COME out plain you would Just sim.
ply lie about it. ..-....-.
Reader, please do not entertain the
Idea for n moment that any reproach
or stain Is being cast or aimed to be
cast on Christianity or the church by
the writer as ten thousand writer's anil
ten million pages written by Their,
could not cast either stain or reproacl
on Christianity or the church, no In.
deed.
But reader, please remember th"t
the church referred 1t is not the pile of
lumber put together by the carpen.
ter and a place called the pulpit filed
by 4 man called n. preacher who would
quarrel with the angels II things did
not 20 his way and few, or many
thouGhtless passionate fighting peo.
pies names on book called n class
book is not by any means tho church
referred to.