The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-10-03

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|of President atts speech at the Neyl
York State falr, his audience twice
emphasized its desire sfor d parcels
post system. Mr. Taft mentioned this
incidentally In the beginning 81 shisI
address as onesof the fields Into which
The Postoffice Department might prop.I
erly 30. The crowd cheered. Again
|atEthe close Of his address he includ-
ed parcels post In a string OF benefits
which he said he hoped the farmers
would soon receive. This reference
was quickly picked out by the crowu
and cheered even more loudly than
the first time. Beyond that the crowd
did not cheer Mr.. Taft until the end.
Edward Everett Hale once said we
should look UP and not down, forward
and not back, out and not in and lend
a hand. Another sage says that those
who try to grasp; the stars may miss
the pearls at their feet. We are there.
fore much bewlldered. tai,
Astronomers say THAT Brooke's
comet Is rushing toward the earth at
an enormous speed. 1t may arrive In
time to take part in the prohibition
contest. {sy
Elmlra, New York, has a book agent
1907 old. The people Of that city
are certainly very ,lenient toward
agents..
A heart expert says this is the time
OF year when love pirates roam the
seashore, and cities are filled with
flirts in stenographer's clothing, so
that no man Is safe. Why not get In.
sured against cupld's cranky capers?
A lofty proved thinker Is OF the
opinion that most husbands and wives
regard matrimony as the repair de.
partment in which It Is their duty to
remodel one another.
About this time look out for drum.
mers but don't ask them who pays
their expenses. JPN , .ss,5 s5isi {.
Those who keep the Sabbath and
everything else they can get will now
proceed to regulate the habits OF 9th.
ers. isi
What shall We think OF the brain
that evolved the idea that woman is
merely the peg on which the wit hangs
his Jest. the preacher his text and the
sinner his Justification.
Mathew Prior once turned this
idea loose upon turbulent world: III
weak. woman went astray. their stars
were more at fault than they" That
may be correct but who shall the men
hold responsible for their erring
ways? va 45
The wood Of the willow tree is
tough and elastic, according to an au.
thority. If you are in need of new
conscience, be sure and have it con-
structed Of that variety Of wood.
1t is reported that Thomas A. Edi.
son is inventing a fashionable hat for
women that will cost only $500.
: Ridiculous. u Si5fL
The statement that Canada can't
keep us from reducing our own tariff
when we finally make up our minds to
quit cheating ourselves, contains sew
eral grains Of comfort.
Several flying machine men have
joined the back-to'the.soil movement
The editor OF the Rural New York
er has been seeing a great many
things. Here area few Of them: We
can easily remember going to the New
York State Fair when single automo-
bile was more of novelty than a fly
Ing machine is today. We have seen
n single, crude car crawling about the
grounds, uncertain and slow. Last
week We stood near one of the State
buildings and looked over more than
five acres Of automobiles in solid
bunch. They had been left there
while the owners were viewing the
fair. A large proportion Of them were
owned by country people. And few
hundred feet above us flying ma.
chine. Carrying two persons, was sail
ing about In q high wind. When We
stop to realize that all this develop
ment has been made in about dozen
years we may well ask what the next
20 years have in store. The tendency
is to wipe out the old Inc between
town and country by making communi.
cation easier and quicker, and the
problem Is, what effect will this have
upon the farmer as we now know him?
s. C. MUSGRAVE.