Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1914-10-23
Disappearance of Valuable Property

Disappearance of Valuable Property.
The editor of this paper Is i'm trou-
Bile again, having recently lost several
pieces of property which caused him
considerable Inconvenience. Mention
is made here of this missing property
in the hope that friends who have il
i'll their possession will relcnt or re-
pent, and return the same at once.
The first thing missed was II whet-
stone. lie got down his moving blade
II few evenings ago To cut weeds along
the fence. The blade was dull. Search
was made high and low, but no where
could it be found. 1t was laid away
when last used, where il could be cns-
lily found when wanted again, and il
seemed to have no disposition to jump
up and run away, or stink off and hide,
and if let alone would have stayed put
where it was put, but some ruthless
hand has been put forth and snatched
il away from home and friends and
it's old associate, the moving blade.
Now, the place that knew it once
knows it. no more. 1t is mourncd as
dead The dear friend, who "borrow-
ed" it will please return it, or else
come and get the scythe, too. An old,
snaggle-tooth scythe is not worth
much without II milestone except as n
back-breaker and "cuss" provoker.
AT least, it is to be hoped that the
milestone will be well treated, given
three good meals day, and not left
out in the cold at night. 1t is very
dear to the editors memory.
Another, and serious loss, was dis
covered last Monday morning. A
new pig was bought, turned in the lot,
and preparations made to manufacture
sausage meat and gravy for buck
wheat season. What should be found
but that some one had borrowed" the
pig trough. The pen was minus n
itor's wife bitterly denied that the
trough had been split into kindling
wood, and intimated that such an in
situation would be regarded as n
cause Of war. The search was begun
over again. Capt. Reese Bowen, next
door neighbor, has IL pig pen on Il
back lot. In said pig pen said pig
trough was found, or one very like it.
| Inquiry was made. Capt. Bowen
denied all knowledge of the pig
trough. If the one in his pen belong
ed to the editor the Captain said
somebody else put it there, he didn't.
The Captain went on to say, that
somebody had stolen his pig pen. The
big black hog in the pen, he said was
not his, end furthermore he didn't
know whose it was. Somebody had
appropriated it month ago without
permission or even asking the privi-
lege of using it. And, so, the pig
trough and pig pen were both taken
without permission. There seemed TO
the editor no doubt of the identity of
the trough. It's face was familiar.
1t was lop-eared, long sided, of the
/. o. G. variety. One end had been
trimmed to 1T its new surroundings,
but it seemed the same. There was a
slit in the right ear, crop Off and un-
der cut in left, and had ring in its
nose.
The editor would know the dear old
familiar face if met with at the wood
pile. Now, the identity and ownership
cannot be positively proven or identi-
fled and further to-do about the pig
trough must be left to somebody's
conscience. They will be granted the
privilege of returning the trough or
making a new one. No questions will
be asked. Inrthe meantime the pig
must eat out of bucket. Now, the
.teditor apologies for what some of the
readers of this paper will call "fool-
, ishness," but he assures everybody
that the above named losses of the
: milestone and pig trough are true
bills. This is the first time on record
/ so far as known, that anybody evel
stole a pig trough.