The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1907-01-29
JONAH

Hollo Central Give us the Chron-
icle office. That you Bob? Say. have
you people over there got an as
sortment of weather on hand? We.
here on Beech have run out en-
tirely of every kind OF weather
except few rainy remnants thanks
for the training received at tho late
chg meedi F." we are able to bless
God, that We still havo enouge Of
them to go around, and supply all
demands Now Bob if you could
send us only one cubic yard of sun
shine, for our old chicken rooster to
fly upon and dry his feet, and frost
enough to stop the ever lasting crooh
OF the little frog in Jim Bailey's
meadow, and wind enough to blow
the raindrops off the clothes line so
the English sparrows could ahght
on it without getting their feet wet,
we will all vote for you for Con-
gress: and if your ambition aspires to
something bigger send us a drink
now hold on, we are temperate over
here "a drink of water il what we
want, for forty days, we have had
nothing to quench our thirst but
diluted hillsides, and the fluid OK
tract Of stable yards. John Tanner
bought; received as q christmas
present, or got in some other sly
way, palr of two-sterY legings, but
John haveing a small foot, slim legs
and solo on top of O capacity sufli-
cient to store away much fodder
which John manages to keep full,
them are leggins" we're srbmer-
ged-went under the first days OF
the year, John says there sight"
but like an eclipse of the sun, they are
only seen after long intervals
Uncle Isaac Norman says this stress
Of weather is occasioned by the
moon having gone down South on
pleasure trip, whore she is kicking
up spray, while bathing her beau
tiful limbs in the Gulf OF Mexico
and Chesapeak Bay, and that this
causes the damp atmosphere and
London fogs to which we have fallen
heir Wish Isaac would send a
capias after the reoreant moon, and
have her put where sho belongs.
One good boy baptized at Milo last
Sunday If baptism with water
be necessary to salvation, no Use to
call me AS q witness. l could never
testify that he was washed in "clean
water" and as for being cleansed
"from all filthiness" his store clothes
looked like they were ruined
Charley Duncan died few days
ago after lingering siege Of ty-
phOid fever. james Bailey's baby
boy, who has had severe attack OF
the same disease, thanks to Dir.
Riddle and good nurseing-is much
better. That great water fowl (the
stOrk) fished cut and brought to
Bart Price brand new baby girl
Bart smiles and says nothing, he is
harmless little fellow any way,
that never did worse act in his life
than tying the cooks shoes together,
or giving her dose of castor oil and
turpentine, whilst she was asleep.
The timber people have taken ad
vantage Of the SHIPS, land slides, and
avalanches OF mud to get the tim
Der and kites out Of sight an in
Vulnerable amount have disappeared
during the month, rmull the old
residents say, that Beech and it's
tributaries, are clearer Of logs and
ties than they have been for twenty
years. Mosquitoes, house flies,
wasps, frogs. and toads, arc source
OF continuous trouble. The geese
arc laying, and the blue birds arc
building their Dos.s, and if one
attempts to step out Of the mud he
rs as likely to step on o coppcrhoad,
or RATHER, as TO succeed II this is
She Same old world it "usod TO was"
1t - . certainly snapped ends, or
Boa -, and Jack Frost aro ON %
strike.
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