The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-01-10


OF MOTHER Owe. .@MADAME.sx}"
!. MATINEE AND NIGHT, JAN. 10.
IoWa Experiment Station. ST6e truth
must be given in very small doses,
otherwise the shock to- the system,
Ilong accustomed to flowery fakes,
would be disastrous,
II Monongala county does not have
Ali candidates for office this year you
may assert that we are as tumultu-
Gus as Teddy, as boisterous as Bryan
land as unreliable as Ananias.
| This would be fairly interesting
world il there we're sufficient nun.
Der OF progressive citizens in every
community TO support throughout the
year a society fol4fntellectual advance.
ment. Books are as cheap as booze
and far more Interesting than the gos,
sip turned loose by the Hopeless Gas
and Cab Co. unlimited.
Again We ask, why does not :he
church wake up? We are sure there
is reason, perhaps several reasons.
is tile preaching out Of harmony with
The convictions of the people, or are
the people out OF harmony with ra-
tional demonstrations? Why build
occurrences If We are not going to,use
them for the moral, spiritual and in
,ansctual welfare of mankind? viii
some one please answer?
Tact is a great thing, according to
an Eastern egotist.. 1t enables asman
10 puS a nickel in the collection plate
in such way that everybody else will
thlnktit quarter. ~ 81
A farm paper says we should judge
not hen by her beauty, but by the
way she does her duty. That may
soon become popular way to meas
ure hens but men and women will.
long continue to form estimates by
rocks when considering mankind.
| Scandal is like flea-the more you
seek to locate it, the more It will
travel and the harder 1t will bite, as
scrts a wise man from the west
Evangelist Billy Sunday is OF the
opinion that Solomon was worth four
billion dollars. He could then have
hired John d. Rockefeller as his>chauf;
| four, Andrew Carnegie to cut his hair
and j. Pierpont Morgan to cut his
grass and slop his nogs. Solomon was
evidently trust magnate.
We recently received from Andrew
M;llar, of Scotland an interesting de.
scription of visit oE-his to Mauch-
line, a village made forever famous
by the genius of Bobby Burns. As a
writer Mr.. Millar is fearless and free.
He does not trim his sails to suit the
passing breeze of prejudice. To him
"The mist.shrouded cliffs" and Bonny
Doom speak with the tongues of an
gels. Hear him: "Mauchline is worth
Visiting. The small church yard
alone, the scene OF the immortal Holy
Fair and the resting place of the ia
nous dust of those grabbed and curl
GUS Mauchline worthless OF Burns day
IN this small corner, in this seques-
tered village, the dust of those Burns
worthless commingle with the common
mould, while their memories are world
wide, eternal! in the ploughman's mag
ic tale AT the very entrance to this
sacred spot the pilgrim treads upon
: tic grave of Burns little twins. A
few PAGES and you stand against a
square of iron railing where Gavin
Hamilton sleeps with only Natures
scroll above him. And yet we rejoice
to know that his name and fame is
more secure than If prides great pyra-
mid had been reared to sepulchre the
kindly lawyers bones. Let US not dis,
turb the ashes of Holy Willie and
Daddy Aud. We love to tolerate
their memory as 1t travels down the
ages in the company of Robert Burns.
This little Mauchline church yard is
indeed full OF calm repose and breath
less interest, memories strangely
tranquil, but to the man of sentiment
poignant in the last degree, Every
body about Mauchline seemed to be
well dressed. The girls, tailored to
perfection; the youths, immaculate.
Needless to say, young Mauchline is
ALSO musical. Good soprano, altog ten.
or and bass voices are plentiful as the
imavis song. had to cycle home, but
lthose sweet echoes and memories sur
lEiye for present Joy and hopes of the
future t
j s. c. MUsGRAyE.