The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-30
RIVESVILLE


Ind Tie tins the
gefendIs oauct1n
reading VI ot me second schapter
OF MARI het II from tenth,
ana eleventh verses WHEEL read NJ;
.fBut that ys may know that tll,s son.
Of man hath power on earth TO fof1s
give sins he saith to the Eick of The
palsy, j. Say INTO thee arise and take
up thy belsand go thy Wey INTO thine
house. The reverend viii move his
family to the parsonage on High street
in the near future.
The average Sunday scltiol attsnd-
ance at this place for ne month Of
September, 1907. was eighty.nine. Not
SO bad for Riyesyille.
The sick Of this section are mostly
all on the mend at this writing.
Mr.. WIN Trippett, who has been coz
fined to his bed for some time with
typhoid fever, is getting along nicef
ly.
Misses Edna and Edith Thorn.
daughters Of 3ex-road supervisor. 7. i.
Thorn, Of Rivesville rural route near
Baxter, are recovering from a serious
sick spell thought at first to be ty-
phoid fever.
Lloyd Kennedy, on Rural Route No.
/, near Grays Flat, is recovering f:om
a serious siege of typhoid fever.
Riyesylle seems to be on the verge
of reformation at present, The devil
seems to have left here and has again
taken up headquarters on Pharaoh's
run as it is rumored that some Of the
neighbors up there are too mad St
each other to even speak and down
here they hardly ever get so mad bit
that they can quarrel. Look out, UP
there, or Rtvesville will beat you re.
ligiously, as well as drinking hard
cider.
Quite number of our villagers went
to Morgantown on steamer Leroy.
Among them we're Mr.. and Mrs. John
Burk, j. "A. Hess and seyera! others
from this place whose names we fail.
ed to get.
An honest crew on steamer Leroy
Sunday excursions as well as IN hon;
est crowd
Miss Edith Prickett, of this place,
while onSher way from FairmonF to
| her home Sunday left her pocket book
on the boat and after the boat had left
she discovered her mistake and tele.
phoned ahead to townsville and in
formed the captain who found it. Miss
Lizzie Cunningham, formerly Of this
place but now of Fairmont and an EN-
ploye of Hartley's store, was on the
boat and Identified the pocketbook as
Miss Prickett's, and on the return Of
the boat it was delivered to its own:
er. The pocket book contained se.'
eral dollars.
Mrs. Sarah Cunningham, formerly
of his place, but now a resident Of
Eairmont, is visiting friends and rela-
tives in this section this week.
Mrs. Cunningham is also looking
after her property in this place Of
which is very valuable.
Mr.. A. s. Prlchard, one Of Pawpaw
districts enterprising farmers and
stockmen Of former days but now a
resident of the city Of Fairmont, was
here last week looking after his farm
which lies a mile from Riyesyille.
1t is rumored that Mr.. Prlchard
limited that things out on the farm
looked mighty good to him and the
sight Of hay, corn. apples, peaches and
pears, beans, potatoes and tomatoes,
green grass, fat hogs and milk cows.
sheep, lambs, pigs and sows looleei
better to him than the bare streets of
the above named city day in and day
out. and two to one down here is that
early next spring may find Mr.. Prich-
ard among his many friends and
Ipo;ohhnrS m the farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Price, Of Rives-
vile Rural Route, were at Clarksburg
last week visiting friends and rela-
tlves.
Deputy Sheriff Jarvis Parker and
Mr.. james Brand, of Rivesvllle R. R.,
near Hoodsyllle, was here Sunday
They had been taking a look at the
!. Burns and Barrackman herd Of black
cattle which has caused a'great deal
Of comment among stockuen this
summer.
Mrs. 2. G. Morgan and family was
here Sunday the guests of Mrs. Ell,
Parker, who Is a sister to Mrs. Nor
.1gan. LONE STAR.
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