The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-17
AN lNHUMANACT
EoNE STAR piseoV ERs AN ACT
OF cEBTAils AS HOLD
Lla YEsTE RpA VS. PAPER.

Iold daughter for being In company
with a young man waon the SAID
Brupage dlsnked or disllked for hIt
daughter to keep COMPANY with the
said gentleman, one or the other OF
Eboth.
Nevertheless, there might arise the
question as to whether the father IN
mercifully whipped the girl or not but
there is no question whatever as tc
whether be lnhumanly treated OF
whipped the girl, for II be struck hel
one lick with a horse whip he has act
ed to say the least inhumau.
he has let his animal, heathenish
|hynea brain cause him to humiliate Q
marriageable girl at any rate and how
can a daughter forget and forgive even
a father who doesn't respect the child
of his own blood more than he would
the brute?
The ticks struck by a black snake
whip do not only penetrate the flesh
but they penetrate the mind not only
Of the victim but of the thousands Of
readers Of the account Of the degrad
ing act.
Yes, the lnbuman, cowardly animal
mature In Brumage whoever or wher
ever he is, is a disgrace TO male hu
mainly,
And the newspapers have done the
name Of Brumage an injustice for moi
naming the inhuman blsckguard tc
male humanity out plainly as the wri:
er as well as thousands Of others in
Marion county is well aware that al
the Brumages are not of that calibeI
and are no doubt sorry and ashamed
that such freak should spring into
degraded Prominence and humiliats
the name as wei as the feelings Of
the daughter who perhaps may OF
might have made as good choice Of
companion as did her mother when
she married the accused.
There's no doubt that ten thousand
fathers, mothers, sons and daughters
in Marion county to-day looking down
upon Brumage's act with contempt
and should It be, have been or turn out
to be that the daughter was incorrigi.
bic, there is nothing to justify the &C
ton Of Brnmage if he struck her one
lick with black snake horse whip
We would ask the West vlrginiau
to name the being plain out give his
first name and location for the benefit
of ten thousand anxious, Interested
people who do not want to look shy
at a whole family on account of one
who has enough animal in him for 9
dozen famllles. Children, obey your
parents mtii you are too old to hear
what they say unless they come after
you with black snake whlps then
run, and tell the police and humane
society that there is a hyena loose and
ought to be in his cage.
Riyesyille looked kinder sheepish
this morning for a while on account
of over two hundred and fifty lambs
which WIN. satterfeld and Ode NIL
Ter drove through town which they
will car at Fairmont to-day for eastern
markets.
Several cases of typhoid fever are
reported in this section.
viii Trippett, a railroad man living
on Main street, this place, is serious
~ i'll at present. He is son of Mr.
Grove Trippett, the well known river
pilot.
Quite funny occurrence took place
In ,Rivesyllle last week in Parker's
barber shop. A highly respected cltl
zen of MonongaIia county and an old
war veteran who had been made deaf
by the sound Of the cannon and was
almost blind from age making the oc
currence more serious than funny, tns
story, which is true one goes thus and
so. In the absence of Mr.. Parker,
Mr.. James Thorn was operating the
steel and had the above described gen
tleman in the barber chair and about
shaved and was in the act Of elevating
the chair which would change the po'
sition of the customer from a lying
position to an erect sitting position,
When in the act OF the above, the
customer wildly jumped, struggled
and yelled out, whoa, whoa! hold the
horse, catch my horse! and made
such struggle that the barber had
hard work 10 get him quiet and to
keep him from coming in contact with
! the razors which were In reach Of
him.
Mr.. Thorn managed to silence him
long enough to listen to him until ne
could tell him where he was when the
old gentleman told him that he
thought he was in his buggy and that
his horse was running of.