The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-12-24

preferred SIN 70 charity Something
may have been wrong with the girl,
but Il Is pretty hard on charity. too!
The erange list had reached 3 IN,
lie Vermont Village. and was told Of.
old coppinger. who was exceedingly
sick and likewise worldly minded,
Calling on him, the preached found,
heSwas willing 10 discuss; things, and
finally came to the point, and said:
How Mr.. copplnger, you ought to
!! get religion,ianddo Join either the Meth.
iodlstS the Baptist or the Unifersallsrt
church, You rave a church Foi each
denomination here. Why won't you
! join one Of themg,
-lYell," gaid the old man ,it$hep 4
came here 10 live INVENT TO the Meth.
odisty church. and twas an Are, fire.
fire. Then j went to the Baptist
church and 1t was. all water water,
water and when 4 went TO the Uni.
iyersalist church 1t was all false alarm.
false alarm. false alarm, and ] con,
cluded not to join any Of them, and
never have" The evangelist had to
give him up as a hopeless case.
1.-THE thief who gets by. said the
policeman, III tie one who knows how
! to keep his mouth shut tight. You
know how many years: 1t was before
the government sleuths trailed the
greatest counterfeiter Of all. and how
they only caught him as it was, by
the mefest accident. Years ago a
thief worked successfully in one OF
our West Virginia cities, and no
amount of work could land him, until
trail was found out in Ohio, and fol.
i lowed back here where he was ar.
rested, but 1t was not done until he
had had the laugh on the police for
/. eight years. He had no accomplices,
and he never talked to anyone
] "A large amount OF Canadian guar.
tiers are again in circulation in this
city. Nothing seems to yex a mer.
chant more than 10 take in these coins
I which the local banks will only re.
ceiye at twenty cents. About two
months ago quite large amount of
Canadian dimes and quarters got in
local circulation, causing the dealers
no little trouble when they went to
deposit them at the banks, which
would ACCEPT the dimes at face value
but the quarters were taken at only
twice that amount. One merchant
last evening took in half a dozen OF
Canadian ''two-bits" and was loser
TO the extent Of thirty cents. Most
OF the quarters bear date OF 1876 and
1873 and are badly worn, preventing
their quick detection.
Constable Charles w. Hawkins Of
Justices Boydston and Amos courts
left this afternoon for Granttown
where he will remain left Tuesday
! morning to suppress any disorder III
that community during the Christmas
celebration. There are fully 300 miners
living in that section, the majority Of
whom are foreigners. Officer Hawkins
is. usually stationed there on pay days
There was little disorder last Christ
mas at Granttown and 1t is not likely
that there will be any great disorder
there this holiday, but it is thought
best to have an officer in the commu
Mtg at this time for fear that trouble
might arise.
There were many a person to slip
land fall last evening on the streets
among whom were not a few women
who were out doing their Christmas
shopping. Shortly before dark the
streets becime covered with thick
layer Of ice and the falling rain added
toNthe sickness Of the ice, which
made the streets about the snckes,
thing that mas been found in tile city
of Fairmont for many day-yes
lmany a. year. Yesterday being pay
day and many women had put off theil
shopning until last evening they fount
1T difficult matter to go from store
to shop on the sleek sidewalks, while
the streets were little, If any, better
ia certain place that some one woult
I Had the snow remained on the GROUND
as it had done for the past two weeks
until yesterday morning it would have
been ideal Christmas shopping wealth
er.
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