West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1907-03-14
interesting Letters from a Host OF
Argus Writers.
SOMETHING DOING IN TH8 COUNTRY
Bright Bits Of News and Gossip About
You and Your Neighbor-The
Events Of q Week.
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Rev. w. II. Bayles is conduct
ing the greatest protracted meeting
ever held at this place. Mrs. Ede-
len, OF Washington, ID. c., Is as
sisting.
Miss Mary Orr. who is teaching
the Harmony school, spent Satur-
day and Sunday at her home.
Ben X. Curtis, of New York city,
proprietor of the famous Manacea
spring. is there looking after his
interests.
Charley Murphy and Reuben
Lambert, of the Bonafeld mine
town, removed to Kingwood and
Irona last week.
Berry Adams, of Newburg, passed
through town last Tuesday after a
dear. He was hunting a girl.
Farmer Weber, up the creek,
says he will be glad when good old
summer time comes, so he won't
have TO neglect his corn crop any
longer to haul coal every day to
Victoria.
Jimmy Fortney wen. over to
Newburg last week and got another
cook. Many men have none, but
Jimmy has two. He says we are
living under high tariff now that
gives all to a few, and he believes
in subscribing to the law.
When Isaac Turner hauls goods
for our merchant, J. II. Rowe, he
sends his partner out to saw wood,
so he can have the pleasure Of ask
ing the clerk where to put the
goods. He favors monopoly.
Miss Edna Lanham thinks the
grounding is the meanest thing or
earth, for every time she wants &c
go to church it interferes with the
weather and has it showing and
blowing. She wishes somebody
would run the hateful thing out oil
the country.
One day last week Henry Or de.
cided to teach his horse a few cir.
Gus tricks and then sell him TO the
shOwmen. But the horse discour
aged Henry right in the start by
showing him how it wonld stand
the circus riders on their heads in
the middle of the ring. His horse
SHE'D and Mr.. Orr was seriously
hurt on his way to the mill.
Uncle Zed I.anham, who ha.
been on the sick list most Of the
winter, IS able to be about again
and comes to town quite often now,
riding his beautiful young mare. He
says he is glad he can give Bob
Loar and Bill Loughery a few more
lessons in equestrianism.
Since some one said in debate
here that the young men worked in
the mines for beauty, Jim Lougbcry
has gone to mining. don't know
if that's what he is digging after OF
not, but he has quit everything else
and works every day. It's a shame
to fool the boy in the mine. He
might get killed.
Miss Lou Lanham says she wei.
comes preachers visits, not because
they are so handsome and nice, but
they give her an excuse to kill of
the old chickens.
One day recently Tom Pyles came
over to town in a hurry and asked
Bill LougherY to walk out &c
the schoolhouse with him, statinf
that he wanted to talk to him
When they got there Tom said,
"Now, Bill, what will we tall
about9' He wants everybody tc
have their say, of course.
Miss Mary Orr has some very baC
scholars that's why she is trying tc
teach them to be good, and / dom
blame her, either.
William Hibbs, who was so criti
cally i'll with pneumonia but il
about well again, promised hi,
physician, DR.. Kimble, to avoic
sickness the remainder Of his DAYS