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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-14
STINGD!
Hank DsWhsrry Stirs Up a Dumhle-
Bees Nest in Our Midst With
Disastrous Results to Some Of
Our Most Respected Citizens.

There was a good deal OF excitement
in this vicinity on last Tuesday morn
ing at half past o'clock a m, which for
4 time greatly disturbed the erstwhile
calm and quiet Of Our thriving oommun-
itv. and resulted in pain and profanity
10 a large number of our most respected
citizens.
I,afe Hoover has a piece of ground
which borders on The west side Of Bing-
Vile. perhaps 10 acres in all, which he
let come up in timothy this season. Late
set last Tuesday to cut this timothy, and
employed Hank Dewberry to help him
do the same. Lafe and Hank started in
bright and early. Hank he drove the
mower and LATE he come behint later
with his old sorrel mare hitched to the
hay tedder.
There was a large crowd along the
street leaning over the fence watching
LATE and Hank do the work and Altering
suggestions as to how it should be did.
Ii IS the general belief that this crowd
was attracted by the spectacle OF Hank
actually working, which is 50 rare a
sight that the people of Bingville can
hardly be blamed for turning out en-
masse, as you might say.
Along about $50 Hank suddenly
drove over bumblebees nest anu what
happened Immediately afterwards al
most beggars description.
The bumblebees riz up as one humble
bee and appeared to settle on Hank and
the horses.
Hank hadn't been stung more than a
dozen times until he dropped the lines
and started to run for the fence where
all the people was congregated. As soon
as the horses found themselves at liberty
they, too, goaded by the bumblebees, lit
out for parts unknown, dragging the
mower after them at the rate OF about
IS miles a hour, and running into a
stump and breaking off the cutterbar.
Then they proceeded to the far end of
the field and run into a stone fence, and
finding their progress blocked in this
direction and several bumblebees still
prodding them they stood still and begin
to kick and kicked until they kicked
every bit of harness often them and then
they went to eating grass.
III lLiN AllCdllt4lltSi AldllN nE kept IlgnI
on lords the crowd hollering bloody
murder. Deacon Bradbury realized that
if Hank kept on the direction he was
going he would surely bring the bum
blebees into the crowd and he hollerd
at Hank to for goodness sakes 60 back,
but Hank said afterwards he thought
this was poor advice, being as the bum
blebees was pushing it to him like all
Sam Hill, and to go back would of been
to give them better show, so he kept
right on and when he reached the fence
he throwed himself over it and struck
up Main street lords his home.
As Deacon Bradbury feared the bees
then begin to scatter and to attack the
innocent as we'll as the guilty, sparine
neither men, women or children. Mrs
Salina Cooper who had come out to the
fence with her infant son, aged three
months, and is so heavy on her feet that
she can't run very fast being as she
weighs Us lbs, started home, but the
bees stung her once on her escape and
! once on her infant son.
Qeacn oBradbury was stung a couple
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of times on the ear, and one bee got
fast In his whiskers and he don't know
how many times II stung him before ne
got it untangled-he counted up TO II
stings and then he lost count, because
it was too painful to remember.
Miss Sally Hoskins, who was passing
along the street To mail letter 10 her
best fellow who lives az Snake Bend
had a bumblebee to sting her on the
ankle through her openwork stockings.
Snide Petersby had two bees 10 get
up his pant leg and he got out in the
read and danced jig for about two
minutes. Ras Slocomb said after il was
all over that he never knowd Snide
could dance like that being as Snide al
WAYS complained OF being crippled up
with rheumatic, but with them two bees
up his pant leg he was as soople and
spry as a l6-year-old
Several others whose 7ames we failed
to get were stung on different localities.
and in short time after the bees got
into the crowd the street was deserted,
being as those who had got stung dis
persed at once to their various homes,
where they bathed the affected parts IN
various linaments.
Hank Dewberry suffered awful. His
face. especially his lips. was all stuns
up fearful where the bees jabbed It to
him. Hank said he wouldn't be exag-
gerating It any if he said that his upper
lip felt about two feet and half long
whereas It was only three inches long
! by actual measurement
LATE Hoover, whose moving machine
was almost total reck. not only re-
fused to pay Hank any wages for help
ing him cut his timothy, but he has
Hank charged up with the loss Of his
mower. Hank says Lafe is welcome 10
the money TO pay for his mower if he
can get It. Hank says before he would
pay for that mower after having his
feelings outraged and hisself mutilatec
so by them bumblebees he would carr,
suit for damages up to the Supreme
Court and spend every cent he had r
the world fighting the suit. If HanI
spent every cent he had in the world
he would expend about IS cts.
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Personals & Locals Mkt
Paw up vour subscrintions.

Pay up your subscriptions.
Advertise in the Bugle. Sometimes il
brings results.
Right nice spell OF weather we are
having at the present writing.
Miss Phronicia Watkins. one of the
most respectable young ladies of Bing-
vile, is down with bad cold When
or where she got It is a mystery to
Phronicia, unless she got het up and
then cooled off too quick.
Eph Higgins, our enterprising P. NJ.
now announces that he has stamps on
sale in large quantities and can allow
more than one stamp to a customer.
which Is something he has not done for
some time, being as Postmaster Hig-
gins has been a little mite short on
stamps. If you wish stamps see him at
once.
Brad Peters is cutting wheat this
week. Brad also cut a snake in two
with the reaper, which measured FIVE
feet from tip to tip. It was a black
snake.
Subscribe for the Bugle if you are not
a subscriber, and if you are a sub
scriber why don't you pay up
It's getting little dry in these parts.
Why don't we have some rain?
Jabe Tucker while pa.irE his corns
one day last week with razor. cut in
a little mite too deep and now he can't
wear his shoe ever since, but has TO
wear one shoe and nothing but a sock on
his remaining foot Jabe has the SYM
pathy of the entire community in his
distress. Many of us have had the same
experience.
Locals seem to be very scarce this
week.
If you happen to learn of any locals
why don't you bring them to the Bugle
office and receive our heartfelt thanks
Deacon Andrews wife has been patch
ing up the deacon's old pants this week.
It makes great improvement on pants
TO patch them.
Ham Wilson was out in the woods last
week and got poisoned with poison ivy.
It itches Ham terrible at times He saws
he actually has to get out of bed some
times to scratch.
Mrs. Hester McCracken of Calamity
Corners was the guest of Mrs. ST Hos
lins few days last week. Mrs. Nc
Cracken was born in Bingville, and she
likes to get back once in a while to
shake hands with her friends. Come
oftener, Hester.
A stranger. whose name we did moi
learn, passed through our midst one day
IA e week we forget which dav Tal,c
Winslow thinks it was Ike Hill of Sor-
row Hollow, but he won't be sure.
Little John Jim Williams, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Brent Williams, run thorn
into his big toe last Tuesday, which Doc
Liyermore pulled out for him. Doc /.
a fine surgeon in pinch.
Andy Skinner has put a tar roof or
his barn and you can smell that tar fol
FIVE miles if the wind is right Yves
Woodruff, our celebrated hunter anc
rapper. says hs. would rather smell ;
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skunk any time. We think this smell is
something which the Board of Health
ought TO look after.
Samantha Deevers actually walked
from her home across the road to the
P. 0. last week This is the first time
Samantha has been out Of the house
this summer, being as she has been on
the sick list for FIVE or six years. After
she got back to the house Samantha had
turrible relapse, and now she is worse
than ever.
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Bright. Breezy. BeIIieOse, Busting
The Leading Paper of the Count,

In this editorial we shall briefly
call the attention of the public tc
IBingville as BURBERRY centre We
ARE moved to do this because blae-
berries are now hanging ripe on the
bushes and there are more OF them
around here than the inhabitants
of this neck of woods can pick, so
we extend hearty invitation to
outsiders from surrounding towns
to come in and get all the blue
berries they desire.
Ever since Saw Ridge Mountain
was burnt over some eight years
ago it has been a regular paradise
for blueberries. On the sides Of the
mountain today are hundreds of
bushels of blueberries which are
going to rot. There are more of
them than the birds and deers and
bears can eat even if they eat til
they bust.
It might not be out of place in
this connection to cite few statis-
tics of the annual BURBERRY picking
done by Bingvillians last year.
Thus, for instance, Amir Haines
and his two boys picked SO gals.
Hast season, selling same at the Co.
seat for 5 cts. per ct. You can count
I'D what they made on the thirty
six gals and judge for yourself
whether or not a fortune is to be
made out of blueberries or not.
Hank Dewberry picked 5 gals his
self unaided and alone, which is
pretty good for Hank, considering
that he is so ALFRED lazy and doless.
Eph Higgins, our accommodating
Up. M. and wife went blueberrying
one day last summer and picked
seven gals between sunup and 3
70. m, when it got so hot that Eph
almost had sunStroke and become
so weak that his wife had to carry
all the blueberries home herself,
with Eph coming along behind so
near petered out that he could hard
lily drag one leg after the other. We
always said that Eph's wife was a
better man than he is.
Several others whose names we
could mention also picked large
quantities of blueberries last season
to sell and can, and what a person
can't sell they can can, can't thew?
But what we desire to impress
on the public is that Bingyille is
right in the heart of the blackberry
belt, being only five miles distant
from it. Let outsiders come to
Bipgville if they desire blueberries
and put their horses up here in our
midst, thus putting little of their
money into circulation in CTR town
where il VIII Do the most goaJ. Ths
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SCARE FOB JOHNNY

Little Johnny Skinner while swim
ming in Snake Crick last week, got a
leech on him which he couldn't pull of,
being as II was stuck so fast and Johnny
was scared it would suck all the blood
outen him before he could get home, so
he up and hiked It from the crick right
up through the main street OF Bingvil'e
without Nd cio;hei on. and shocked the
community terrible. His mother cut the
leech in two with butcher knife and
then It come of. Mrs Skinner then
went down to tn. crick and got Johnny'S
ciOfhrS
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No MOneY Inside

Il Hemingway, who lives down to
Boston, but was borned and raised in
Bingville and has been a constant sub
scriber to the Bugle for seven or eight
years, we forget which, wrote US letter
last week in which he said Il inclose
you S., for which please give me credit
on subscription" but there amt a cent
in the letter II either dropped out on
the way, or was stole OF Il failed to
inclose it This was a terrible disap-
pointnent to US when VIC think what a
blessing that flyer would be to US If we
could only get our hands upon it
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LOST

While I was fishing for pickereI in
Gootchic Pond one day last week I lost
my FISH hook and part of my line. I
think it got fast on a big log or a big
pickerel. Being as it was the only hook
/ had, l miss it terrible Anybody finding
said hook please return to me. can tie
It back onto the line and It will answer
just the same as ever.
Bingville. HAAIE WILKINS.
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PASTE FOB SALE

We made up some paste for our own
personal use last week and We have a
little mite more paste than we need for
our personal use. so we will sell some
Of this paste 70 anyone needing paste
Paste is a turrible handy thing TO have
around the house when you want to
stick something together We won't
charge much for this paste IL you come
and get il immediate before It spoils on
our hands. EDITOR BUGLE
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STOLE!

Some hend in human form went and
stole that paddock often my henhouse
door one night last week and he had
better return same or will haft to let
the law take its course, being as he was
saw TO do II BY party who ELI report
him toSeth Dewberry, our town constable
who will run him 10 earth if it takes
until next winter. How can I keep my
henhouse locked at nights without no
paddock? NOSE HINGHAM
Bingville.
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Emily Will Sine

Miss Emily Dewberry is to sing a
solo at church services next Sunday
morning il the weather is favorable. II
it IS not favorable Emily can't wear her
new chintz dress, and If she can't wear
that she won't go to church at all and
hence won't sing. Emily is a real good
singer if she wouldn't boiler so loud.
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TO LET

I have pair of specs which will sell
or TO let to anybody needing to wear
specs. l paid dollar for these specs at
the Co. seat only month ago, but they
don't suit me. / can sec better without
EN-. But they might suit you and if
they do here is your chance. I will sell
these specs for Is cts. or I will to let
them for 10 cts per week. See me about
it immediate. JARED PETERSBY.
R;noville
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LIge Cut His Pants

Lige Green while chopping a little
kindling for his mother last Sunday had
the axe 70 slip on him and cut hole
through his pants and into his leg Lige
says he don't care for his leg. but he
hates like sixty 10 have hole cut into
his pants being as they are his Sunday
kacf
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-12
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT,
TRUSTEES SALE OF
CITY REAL ESTATE.

By virtue Of the authority in me
vested by a certain deed Of trust, bear,
ing date OF the 21st day of July, 1908,
made and executed by Mamie D. Nor
row and W. N. Morrow, her husband
to the undersigned trustee to secure
the payment Of. a certain promissory
note made by the said grantors to
Daniel 0Grady, as of record in the
Office Of the Clerk of the County 'ot
Marion county, West Virginia, in Deed
Of Trust Book No. "a, page 43s, the
undersigned will, as such trustee on =.
SATURDAY, APRIL 23d, 1910,
at the front door OF the Court House
Of Marion county, West Virginia, sell
at public auction to the highest bid
der. all that certain lot or parcel Of
ground lying and being at the iuncture
Of Water and Merchant streets in the
First ward of the City Of Fairmont, in
Marion county, West Virginia, descrtb'
ed substantially as follows ,to-wit:
Beginning at a stake on Water
street at corner between the property
of the said Mamie D. Morrow and
property formerly owned by Dolley o,
Stanley thence; in a s. E. direction
100 feet to point near water well;
thence with the N. line of Merchant
street in westerly direction SO feet
to the s. w. corner of a small house;
thence in an N. w. direction with the
division line betwetn the said Mamie
D. Morrow and said Dolley o. Stanley
property, a distance of 65 feet to the
place Of beginning, being the same
property conveyed to the said Mamie
D. Morrow by C. F. Boyers, Jr., and
wife, by deed of record in the proper
office in Deed Book No 1903, page 40
Terms Of SaIe-Cash in hand on day
Of sale.
Given under my hand this the 21st
day of March, 1910.
NJ. W. OGDEN, Trustee.
Mch. 1929 Apr. sig. ~
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YOUNG MEN WANTED
GOVERNMENT PAYS RAILWAY
MAIL CLERKS $500 TO $1,4oO A
YEAR.
Free soholarshIps Are offered.


Uncle Sam holds examinations for
railway mad clerk, postofice clerk, or
carrier. custom house and department
tai clerks. Prepare at once for the
coming examinations.
The Job is for life; hours are snort
salary twice monthly and vacation,
To any young man who. has energy
enough to answer this is an opportun'
ity of a lifetime. $50
Thousands Of appointments are. tc
be made. Common school education
is all you needi city and country PEG
pie have equal chance. Start to prac
tlce now-free information. Free
scholarships this month. Write imme'
diately to Central Schools, Dept $40
Rochester, N. Y,
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Care Of Hoops.

/ II one uses hoops in embroidering,
at least be particular to keep them
clean. Women presumably neat are
often seen using hoops Of blackness
that is disgraceful. This must be
from Iaziness, as the expense OF re-
covering them is little or nothing.
Any thin muslin cut in narrow
strips can be used to cover the wood
en- rings, but a much better covering
is a thin tape about an inch wide,
wrapped SO that the edge Just barely
be sewed firmly, as otherwise the
be sewed firmly, as otherwise the
wrapping loosens and slips out OF
place.
There are various kinds Of hoops
bone, wooden, silver, and even gold,
The last two are luxurious in every
sense Of the term; unWrapped they
require constant care not to tarnish
the material, and wrapped might
much better be wooden ones at cost
of s or 10 cents.
There is a new oblong embroidery
hoop that is very practical, particu-
larry when working a scallop or any
thing that has a long outline. 1t is
in two parts, lone fitting over the
other, as are the better known round
ones.
The fitting of hoops is also import
ant. They should push on rather stitf'
ly. II the material says 1t will draw
when finished much more than II
worked over the fingers.
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rEoAL AbvsRTlsEMENT.


STATE or VEST VIRGINIA
AZ the April ruses held in the
clerks once 81 the Intermediate
Court, in and fcrthe county 81 Marion
and state aioresaId, on the 5th day of
April 1910. ~
IN. II Richards
Vi. i.
n. q. Snyder ehancery.
Object d Suit
( The object Of the above styled suit
ii to obtain II decree TO sell q certain
parcel Of land situate in the First
ward 81 the City Of Fairmont. Marion
county. West Virginia. containing
4940 square feet, more or less, and BE-
ing tie same property conveyed 70
said b. q Snyder by W. R. Richards.
81 deed dated the 9Th day Of septer1'
Der 1909. and recorded lnthe .ofiee:pf
the clerk of the county court of Ma
rion county West Virginia, In deed
book No. 11Gs page Ss4, to satisfy 2
vendors lien retained in said deed
against said property to secure the
payment Of the deferred spurehase
money mentioned therein. ~ ~
An afidayit having been made and
filed. that the said 3. G. Snyder ia a
nonresident Of the State of West
Virginia, it is ordered that the said de-
PENDANT do appear within one month
from the first publication of this or.
der. in the Clerks Office of our said !!
intermediate Court, at rules to be
holden therefor, and do what is nee
essary to protect his interests.
It Is ordered that copy of this PF'
del. be published and posted accord
ing to law. A.
Given under my hand this 9Th day
Of April, 1910.
W. s, BLACK, Clerk.
HARRY SHAW. az
Counsel for Plaintiff. :.
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HoulsehoId Notes.

Use lime water pIentIfully on your
flowers, and 1t will keen the earth
sweet and destroy all earth worms.
Do not purchase glazed pots for the
plants this year, for roots must have
ventilation.
Put stale crackers into a jar, throw
over them a handful Of salt and
brown. Shake on the salt and the
crackers will have delicious taste as
good as when new. va.
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MARRIAGE coIor;sl.

! The suggestions of marriage colors
Married in gray, you, will go far
away.
Marriedln black, you will wish your
self back.
! Married in brown, you will live out
of town.
Married in black, you will wish
yourself back.
Married in pearl. you will live in a
iwhirl.
Married in green. ashamed to be
seen.
Married in yellow, ashamed of your
fellow.
Married in blue, he will always be
true.
Married in pink, your, spirits will
sink.
Married in white, you have chosen
jarlkht.-Boston Globe.
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NOTICE

For Cement Walks, Steps. Wall
Reinforced Floors, curbs and Cellars
get ISAAC TERRELL. AL work frsl
class and guaranteed.
Telepbopes-cOns, 225.W; Bell s3.R
Residence s24 Spring St.
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To Clean Your FurS.

A Russian method IS to use hot rye
-four, heated on the stove and place
the furs into the dry flour and scrub
gently with brush. It removes every
particle OF dust and lightens the fur.
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upHoLsrERINa

We make ! speciRlry OF drSt elaS'
up 70 date upholsterlng. bota plain and
hney. Nattesses and feathers roS.
oystsde Sewing machine needles mi
supplies. All, work guaranteed,
,s Il. Q. VoELKER
ss1S Monroe 81, next % JaSobs Bldg
Uon. Phone ts5. EAisMoNT, ". W
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= when taking meat Of the lobster
out Of the shell you viii work on an
open newspaper, tits a simple matter
to pick UP the refuse without SO much
as soiling the table on which 1t has
lain. - - -
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The merchant who does not adVer.
wise in your home paper does not care
for your trade 4
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HovsEHoLp HINTS.


Il Il sensible 70 aoak the string or
tWine you mean 10 use 81 tying up
crooks 81 fruit buttersor pickles This
YIN prevent is sIippins while ypp are
tying Il. and viii make tighter JOB,
sseaass the tEips VIZ .sA t5E g 1 4 Y
Us tied.
Il II IS said that pinch Of sat put ~
d can Of tomatoes when preserving
tine comes VIM help keep the yege-
tables Tor a long time. Everyone
knows how fat canned tomatoes
sometimes taste, and perhaps 9 little .
salt win help to, overcome this obtec;
.tion. Is: Fs
The old and frayed rag is delu-
sion, not buster. Its particles Of
line and raxslIngs will make double
work. -
Stains and diseoloratlons on tin.
ware can be removed by dipping a
damp cloth in common soda and rub.
bihs brtskly. f i.
I. II the, tops of young turnips are
thoroughly cleaned, they can be used
with the diced tptnlps and be boiled
the same al cabbage. = sas
When making plum butter leave q
few pits In the butter. They will sink
to the bottom Of the, vessel and when
stirred, prevent scorching.
II when taking meat Of the lobster
out Of the shell you viii work on an
open newspaper It, Is q simple matter
to pick UP the refuse without SO much
as soiling the table on which 1t has
lain.
"A housewife who was puzzled to
know how she could put fruit in the
refrigerator and not nave 1t scent the
butter and milk by the side Of 1t
caught the idea Of emptying out the
baskets into glass cans and putting on
the tops. 81
Nov that the fruit season is here
remember to put cold water into the
vessel in which. you have cooked
fruit. Put on cover, set on the stove
until 1t steams well, and you will then
and the dish very easy to wash.
Cabbage must be well trimmed and
washed in cold sailed water, then cut
into quarters. Let the boiling water
be sailed wnen the cabbage goes in
and cook with lid of, then it will re-
tain its own color. According to age
lit should cook from 20 to 40 minutes.
IA piece Of beef is very nice cooked
with cabbage in cold or cool weather.
But in summer a cream dressing is
salt II. it is needed.
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@hen making plum butter leave a
few pits in the butter. They will sink
to the bottom Of the. vessel and when
stirred, prevent seorching.