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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02

best dances above the fo01is1's .he
beat cIio that money could dey| 6 and
taisnt pfodncs Ths ION Bellies
BuTie auers comes to ne Gran opsra
House on Monday ApFil 5sh
When our theatre iostng public
viii be most likely to enjoy saeh 4
whirfwind OF amnsement IS to dis
courage the doctors Of our OWN for
when mirth has sway, bypc lnondfia-
cal ailments usually take wings TO
miss this show will be TO lose one Of
the best laugh makers now before the
public. The company Is large, the
scenic equipment handsome and Gust.
ly, and the costnmIng raytshingly beau.
tiful
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02
cIarksburg Ladies to Visit Fairmons.

cIarksburg Ladies' to Visit Fairmont.
An event which promises to be O.!
more than usual interest will take
place at the residence Of Rev. Or.
Probst. Gil Fifth street. on next
Thursday. At present Rev. ProBst
who is pastor of Grace Lutheran
Church Of this city. is also supplying
the Lutheran Mission at Clarksburg
He breaches once each sunday at both
places. On next Thursday morning
the Ladies' Aid Society Of the Clarke.
burg church proposes to come to Fair
mont to vfsit,their pastor and his fam.
lily in their home. During the after.
noon the. Aid Society Of tine Lutheran
Church here, and other members and
friends of the congregation, will call
on the visiting ladies'. During the
early portion of the day the Clarks-
burg visitors propose to see" Fair
mont.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02
BY the Greatest
HlII0isLS
A MEDIUM SIZED
JOURNEY
lCopyfignt, lsI9. ~ W. q. chAtanal.
b STRICKLAND v. 0nLiLAN

tcepsrisht. lsIe. by W. e. chAtartu.,
Everett P. Scion was an Athenian
alderman from the Third ward. and
he set pace for wisdom and honesty
never attempted by any subsequent
man in the same line. Other alder
men are called city solons" because
they suggest, by contrast, that great
Greek.
Coming right after Bill Draco, who
had made It a death penalty to leave
the garbage pail uncovered or let a
COW run at large. and who put people
in hook without the signo vinces)
for debt, he had his hands full to keep
the entire population out Of the Athen.
ian calaboose.
Things had got mighty low down,
under Draco. In fact, Draeo was so
low down himself that in order to get
under him the government had to
stooD like fury,
A truck farmer on Main street
would mortgage his farm to secure a
loan OF a hundred drachmae and
would be charged such a rate OF in.
terest that by next year he owed still
more. even after the creditor had
swiped the entire crop. The amount
Of the indebtedness was chiseled on
stone pillar on the corner Of the
mortgaged plot, and 1t usually kept
one stone-cutter busy chiselIng on the
additions, until there wasn't any more
room on the post. BY that time the
farmer wore beautiful bracelets and
was working for the late creditor who
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02
Lehman.B Butcher,

Invitations to the reception honor
Ing the marriage of Miss Villa Hart
Butcher and Mr.. joan Lehman were
issued today By Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard
Lee Butcher. The marriage will be
celebrated on Wednesday. April 21st.
at the home OF the brides parents
and will be Witnessed by the intimate
friends and relatives Of the bride and
groom, Miss Elizabeth Watson will
be Miss Butchers only attendant. Fol.
lowing the wedding n reception will
be held to which large number Of
invitations were issued. There will
be many guests here for the event
from a distance including n number
Of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority
girls who will be entertained at a
number of house parties given by resi-.
dent Kappa Kappa Gammas. The in.
vitations when were issued today
read as follows:
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Lee Butcher.
request the pleasure Of your company
at the wedding reception OF their
daughter
Villa Hart
and
Mr. John. Lee Lehman
on the evening Of Wednesday the
twenty-frst of April,
nineteen hundred and nine
from nine until twelve O'Clock.
One hundred and seven CASTOR avenue
Fairmont, West virginia.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02
claude priekett Entertains.

Claude Prickett was aost to a num-
Der of his friends last evening who
included the members OF his Sunday
school class OF which Mrs, s. E. Miller
IS teacher. Among those present were;
Mrs. s. e. Miller, nellie swearingen
Agnes Triton, Lena Gamer, Beulah B.
Lake. Halle L; Morrow, Carl D.
Springer. Bertha Core. Lulu Johnson.
Sadie Talldngton Elislbeth West,
Olive Brand, Besse Fox, Alice Parker
Edna darlington, Myrtle o. Prickett
Mitchell Niles, Jess lyme. W. H. Bond,
J. Gordon Grimes, S. owen Miller,
Howard Prlckett, Thomas Dean and
claud R, Prickett.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02
TIME OF THE WORLD.

LONDON, April 2-one Of those
who are unable to see how simple is
Mr.. willett's daylight saving proposal
writes to a contemporary to poirt ont
that Greenwich time is exactly one
hour behind Berlin time, and that, IL
the bill passes. our time. like most OF
our other things, will be made In
Germany" As matter Of fact,
quite the opposite is true. Berlin
time is 5S1s minutes ahead of Eng.
lisn time because 1t is "madee at
Greenwich, as is also the time of prae.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02

now owned the farm and him, also
the bracelets.
Naturally the Pierponts and John
DIS were in love with the plan, but
the pee.pul were sore about 1t though
they didn't dare talk about it great
deal.
Scion had been raised a pet, as a
kings descendant, but had got down
TO hard pan through a slump in Ana.
conda, and could see his own finish.
So he started reforming as hard as
he could. He had the dollars melted
up and made each one into dollar
and a quarter. That helped some, as
the poor folks could pay off $1.25
debt with a daddy dollar, He was the
William ]. Bryan Of the time.
Also Scion announced that anybody
caught pawning or soaking or selling
children without a retail child.ped-
dler's license would be slapped thrice
on the pulse; parents were to teach
the children their INSTRUMENTATION
to show the little ones how to EN-.
balm painlessly, BARRIERS to teach
their offspring to talk fiuently with.
out saying anything. etc.; sons were
to feed and clothe parents in old age.
II said parents had educated their
children, and property and general
git.up'and'gitness decided the votabil-
ity OF citizen rather than who was
your father bv marriage
He had the richer people pay all
the taxes; which made a hit with the
people on the south side that worked
in the mills or did plain huckstering
for living. But he let only the tax
payers hold Office, which made Mr..
and Mrs. Proletariat madden than
moist pullets. Even in those days it
was no easy snap to please every
body.
III you charge the traction company
for franchises, they're sore, and If
you don't the people who hold to
straps are sore," said Scion. eff It
wasn't for the fact that l am to go
down in history as wise man. I'll
be jiggered II wouldn't sell out and
be like other aldermen. But I've got
to hold my job In history as 'Sugarless
Solon, so the honest regime for mine,
II 1t takes the hair off,"
Instead of the dark blue laws OF
Draco. which hanged a man for look.
ing unpleasant, no matter whom he
had been out with the night before,
Scion made things easy for offenders.
Scion was as foxy as all.get.out.
For when he got his set of reforms
fixed, he moved that the motion be
reconsidered and that the, motion to
reconsider be laid on the table, ac-
cording to Roberts rules OF order.
which scheme Just naturally pushes
any form Of legislation far into the
hole and ties a hard knot in the hole
itself.
AS soon as he got 1t into the con.
stitutlon that the laws couldn't be
changed without his consent, he went
away to Goldfeld, New, crossed his
fingers, and hid, and afterward died
to keep from being present at roll.
call.
l would certainly be funny nova,
days to have a city councilman who
wouldn't trade his vote for concert
grand plano with q real mahogany
case.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02
NEW PosrMAsrERs.

WASHINGTON, D. c., April g.
Postmasters appointed; Morian, Cal.
houn county, Floyd Haverly; East
Lynn, Wayne county, Harvey B. Por.
ter; Morian, Preston county, John B,
Allen; Halmer, Rraxton county, q. p.
Gillespie; Peet, Randolph, county, d
N. currenee 1Rndamers, Preston coun,
v sigmon 8. wright. u
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02
A Surprise party.

Miss Beulah satterfeld was the hon.
OF guest at surprise party last even.
ing at her home which event was or
ranged by number OF her friends in
honor Of her birthday, anniversary.
Games and music were the diversions
q ne evening and tempting rstresh.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02

Miss Mile Dent entertained the R..
A. E. Club on Thursday evening. Miss
Fanny Belle Fleming was received as
new member. Miss Elsie Thomas
will be the next hostess TO tle club.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02
A Saturday Exchan ge.

The ladies OF the First Baptist
Church will mold All exchange on Sat.
urday morning at Morgan Bros gro.
Gerry on Main street. All sorts OF good
things to eat will be on sale
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02

ments were served. The guests were
Misses Odra Stealey. Blanche Thomas.
Stella Corman, Sarah Hartley, Mollie
Kisner. Mildred Satterneld, Leslie
Cofrman, Walter Lindsay, Austin
Stealey, Russell NIcaols, E. B. Little,
C. F. Davis and Raymond Satterfell.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02

The Fairmont sorosis is meeting
this afternoon with Mrs. Mary Hen
men at her home on Fourth street.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02

e~NELoPB:
S""~ setter tha" ri" Media. Flour.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02

LoSI-Ladies muff, finder please re.
turn q notify this ONCE.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-04-02

#eN'FEn -Whites rzifl for { general
huaagSwcEk. small-famisy. Apply Als
VAIN q avenue. city. Il
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-04-09
Just Like Humans.

Monkeys are in a class by them
selves" said the circus man. IF one
Of them has red hair he is sure to be
dandy scrapper. The best fighter
is always the leader. They hang to.
gether and bow and scrape before the
boss just like a good many people.
Monkeys with red faces and fat heads
will whip the life out of those smaller
than they are, but will run like the
wind when 1t comes to an even break
A monkey riot is a funny spectacle.
Even In the same cage you will find
groups herded together, as If there
was some class distinction and the
lines were drawn tightly. If two of
the big ones come together in a row
the others generally stand of and lei
them have 1t out. But II any Of the
little ones get to scrappIng, then the
father and mother are apt to mix IN,
and the next step is a general row.
We separate them by turning on the
hose and punish them by locking up
the den so that they cannot get any
peanuts from the crowd, and hold back
their meals. This plan puts them ON
their good behavior, for a while, At
least II monkey likes to eat and
likes to be noticed"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-04-09
~ rn1AaR CEuRCH.


y 81 Ynrran Winds paft the fragrance OF the rose
asn nShne path that leads through druo mS"
1890 n ~ trs comas back wasteands Of the past
76n clouds about ON carly marrng shadow cast
more fhnn Sunday nernH in summer glory 1aH
an mother nane oldms hymn and father LED In prayer
picture Of the church and VAEA He.~
solemn nlinR aisle the foor Of sounding OAK
me benches rude occupants from the country side
rustic that bashfulness would hide
while through window meadowscents on the morning "
the oldums hymns and father leo IN prayer
white tomb doomed Ike hoay neaoi
ursessy cheer the dreameSs dead
Upon where IhmmerinE Sunbem lay
The flowers awning the lazy cattle stray
thankful prase- weled from eVerywhere
Ana Oldme hymns and father led In prayer
81 church among the crcling hills by wenigh all forgot!
old Happy Day as saints thought could mott
o. but walked the ways obscure
with thoughts and motives pure
and spend that day back where
time hymns, and father led In prayer
AWm II HaiA
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-04-09
|l!g!&AA85lgR!G{

There are only fifty-1ve female ply,
sicians in the German empire.
There are 374 glass-works In opera
ton in Germany, with $4,000 employee
The Department of Agriculture est.
mates that the ravages Of field mlca
and rats cause loss Of $2OOOO,OOO an.
nually.
MeXfcos coffee crop for 1908 is est.
mated at 100000 kilos, a kllo being
equal to % pounds. The yield Is %
per cent under that of 1907
In prize-fghting bantamwelght is llO
pounds ringside; featherwelght, 122
ringside; lightweight, 1873 ringside;
welterweight, 142 ringside; middle
weight, 1874 ringside light heavyweight
1876 ringside; heavyweight, all over 1856
Rome Is not yet finished Ernesto
Nathan, the mayor of Rome, Is de-
scribed as a remarkable man Of charm.
ing personality, earnest In his work
and intent on doing his utmost toward
bringing to perfection the plans which
will make Rome one Of the most beau
tiful cities.
A herd Of six fine yaks Is to be In
ported by the Canadian government
and started in business on the expert
mental farm at Ottawa. The animal Is
about the size Of common cattle, but
Is better fitted to endure the cold. II
Is valuable for milk, beef, hide and
hair, and Is easily nourished on sparse
vegetation.
There was little doubt in the minds
of those who were invited to recent
Missouri wedding as to the cordially
of the invitation. 1t was clearly print
ed, and read as follows: you are In
vited to attend the marriage Of Angus
tus Clay Johnson and Miss Chloe Ma
tllda Baker at the house Of the brides
mother. All who can not come may
send"
DR.. s. Weir Mitchell, neurolOGSt
poet, essayist and novelist has bean
elected to foreign fellowship In the
Royal Society of England. The cleo
ton is one Of the choicest distinctions
to which a scientist can aspire and 1t
has fallen to the lot of only three other
Americans now living-Alexander AEas
siz, naturalist, and George W. Hill and
Simon Newcomb, astronomers.
The Canadian Courier recently con-
Quoted a balloting contest to select Ins
ten biggest Canadians" Nominated
for the roll of honor were 12O leading
men. OF these the following were de
clared the winners: Sir Wilfrid lau'
rier, Lord Strathcona, Sir William van
Horne, Goodwin Smith, William Mac
kenzie, Sir Charles Upper, the Hon
Fielding, Sir Thomas Shaughnessy' SR
Sanford Fleming and R. i. Borden
There is a growing desire on the par
Of the young Of both sexes in emma y
choose their own mates Fathers anu
mothers are therefore called upon "
the Chinese to uphold the OLD rul@
Children, says the Chinese board o.
education, should have nothing 70 "
with a choice in such matters nov.
ever, a very grewsOme picture
sketched by native editor of the NM
cries that abound in China on aecOun'
, of the way in which marriages are :.
, ranged. and 1t is contended that yOuD'
people should have some choice
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-04-09
News Of Interest +
Cash I11es$.*'Hs.** '. *ee.eee.e. ''''

like-you can drive me round the farm
and read to me in the evenings"
"And l want to be your secretary,
too. See how your hand shakes. Let
ms do all your writing-farm accounts
and ALL"
"To be sure, to be sure"
well, then, this IL your day to an
swer these letters. Tell me just what
to say to them all"
Grandfather hesitated, and Janet
looked away. She knew well that she
was asking him to give up one Of his
greatest pleasures.
"Why let them know that l am well,
and tell them the news about the place.
You know that as well as do" he
said, slowly.
Janet left him to his paper, and wrote
four letters exactly alike, informing
the second generation Of Hilditchei
that their father was in his accustom
ed health, that the weather was aus
picious for the cane crop, and that Their
was no news Of interest.
"And there isn't any Of interest t
Them" she unused, cynically, as she
sealed the letters, and then put then
in the mail box beside the road.
1t was not very easy at first to eithel
of them, for Grandfather Hildltch wa
not accustomed to being assisted abou
everything he did, and Janet had t.
compel herself to discuss her own af
fairs with him; but as the days wen
by, they gradually found common
ground. Janet discovered that Their
was a certain fascination in drivin
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-04-09

through the fields, watching what
changes day and night had made
there, and 1t was quite exciting to
count over the big flock Of turkeys
every night to see that not one was
missing. The bronze on their wings
glistened and Elowed,
This is a pine mast year, honey"
grandfather explained, when she re-
marked upon their beauty. you know
1t falls only every second year, and
1t makes the finest turkey meat In the
world. See those four great two-year-
olders2 l shall ship those to the chill
dren for Thanksgiving. save the
pick Of the gobblers in each years
hatch to keep over, At two years
old they are at their best"
where shall you 60 for Thanks
giving this time, grandpa" Janet in.
quired
ITO Tommy's, reckon. You re-
member, was at your fathers last
year"
Janet did remember She had MOI
thought Of it at the time, but she nov
recalled that although there had beer
u midday dinner, out OF respect FOL
ord times, her father had gone back t,
his Office Immediately afterward, he
mother had entertained callers all tn
afternoon, and she had gone drivin
with a party Of young people. How
grandfather had put In the time sh
had not the remotest idea. At Uncl
Toms 1t would be exactly the SAINT
for Uncle Tom was the busiest Of mel
and his wife and daughters supple
a great amount Of material for the D
ciety papers.
"Stay at home this time, Srandfstl
err, and you and l viii have Thank
giving all by ourselves, with mayl
some Of the neighbors |" she cried. II
1nIislvely.
: "All right, honey, all rightl" h
J agreed, heartily, and she saw a sud-
leap of brightness in his blue eyeA
3 The two began planning at once. n
for the next fortnight there was
lack Of common interest
. Miss Indy. the old housekeeper,
tered warmly into their consultAtioa
But I won't say a word about 1t
Them" thought Janet. the next ~
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-04-09
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HumauJ


&c may seem queer ana
an American, but here in EnOlana Il
human scarecrow is common. wr,..s
an American correspondent. A. &
stands out there, in the m,ddl.
the fat Suffolk field, there is llttl. !.
show he is not the ordinary inan,m..s
scarecrow. He stands motionless ~
hVe minutes at time, and ONLY M, ~
bird is tempted by the fresh - ~
Just Appearing above the ground A.
he show any sign Of life.
From the road outside the f,a,d :.
looks exactly like the conventions, -,
lection Of old clothes propped mn -
stick. The ragged overcoat and tha
misshapen hat can be seen anv a.
at this time Of the year, in almo.,
any field In England. Even the crow.
are contemptuous of the figure ana
every now and then number I,
them appear leisurely above the had.
and settle on the field. But then 4
Is that the scarecrow moves; he IN.
an old tin can with the rusty handle n,
shovel and frightens the birds ana
makes them fly quickly out of sight
So he spends his day, this old hon.
man, and at the end he is maid "a
cents. He is the village scarecrow
Every morning now soon after tbs
light comes he leaves his sons cottage
in the meadow and walks through tbo
village street to the fields, mile awav
And then, for nearly twelve hours bo
keeps the birds from the corn BY mak
ing a noise on his old tin can.
Whatever the weather may be, he 4,
expected to be there In rain he NAV
shelter under the nearest hedge, but bo
must watch his fields, and If the birds
take advantage Of his absence he must
go out into the open and scare them
from the corn.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-04-09
WOLF IN CITY STREETS.
Winnipeg MOtOrman Threatened by
Fierce Anima1s.

|
Fierce Animals.
The idea Of meeting a real, live,
sure-enough timber wolf within the
limits of a full-grown city is rather a
startling one, but in Winnipeg 1t Isl
not uncommon, says New YORK Her
aid correspondent. A recent visit from
one Of these sharks Of the forest was
noted In the society columns Of local
papers. A late street car was whlri-
ing along, making up time on a sub
urban avenue running parallel to the
famous Red River of the North, when
the motorman saw gray streak flash
to q position Just between the two
rails and stand there threateningly
He had just time to realize that the
object was an unusually large, gaunt
gray timber wolf, with Its neck run
a-bristle when the car struck 1t. The
fender snapped down to the accom-
paniment of a terrifying howl of mixec
fright and rage, and Tom Jones, the
motorman, shouting to his conductor
turned off the power and yanked thu
REVERSE. lie COuuuClpL anu WV pe'S
sengers who were on the car rushed
to the front door, the conductor witt
a heavy switch thrower in his hand
Just as the car came to standstlll
The moment the car stopped the bi
wolf sprang to the ground, bewlldere'
} and frightened. The mOtorman an
:: the conductor slammed open the door
: of the vestibule as the wolf leape
) into the darkness and loped off towar
u the river bank. Jones pulled his gu
and took a couple of pot shots 70
q luck, and the bone picker" was gont
III A moment later, from the river banl
u the men heard the long, quaverin
II howl Of the true timber wolf ech
D. through the night. The great gra
10 beast was making for the forest in tn
N outlying parks over the snow-covere
10 Ice of the frozen Red.
Periodically Winnipeg receives
visit from one or more of these grei
81 wolves driven into civilization fro
IL the north by the pangs of hunge
~ They cover great distances in sing
kS nights, following the river over the ic