Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1914-12-17
ELLINGTON. ROUTE 2.

Belington, Dec. 15.-Winter again
is here, and the good old farmers are
sitting by the fire, enjoying the gas
tronomy of their summers labor.
H. D. Elbon lecently shipped car
load Of automobile spokes, and will
soon proceed to get out another car
load Mr.. Elbon says There is mon
ey in this business"
Chas. Talbot is the owner of the
largest hog in this vicinity 1t will
perhaps weigh nine hundred pounds.
It is an easy task to grow champion
swine, providing you have the feed.
Mr. A. ]. Coontz in early autumn
predicted that we would have no snow
before Christmas. He was no doubt
surprised on last Sunday afternoon
when the snow flakes fell almost as
large as linen towel.
Raymond Cade is pushing forward
his contract of manufacturing lum-
Der for Absalom Yeager. The mill
was idle three days the past week.
However this was due to the fact
that the timber cutters did not have
logs cut.
Henry Lamb, Ira Booth, Absalom
Yeager, Howard Ware and Martin
Yeager were guests of Belington last
Saturday.
Homer Young, a fireman on the
Coal and Coke Rail Road, was calling
on Miss Julia Shomo Saturday and
Sunday last. Mr.. Young says the
G. & c. trains are always on time,
but sometimes little late.
Mr.. Enoch Ware was in Belington
last Tuesday looking after business
matters.
People at present seem to be using
the law A vast number of them are
getting beat.
Jack Coontz was the guest of Doc
NcCauley one day last week.
The Quarterly Conference which
was held at Talbot Church Saturday
and Sunday last, was not attended by
very large crowd owing to the fact
that the weather was very inclement.
DR.. Resseger delivered an able ser
mon.
j. w. Swick finished husking corn.
He reports fine crop.
Claud Harris was calling on Miss
Ivy Coontz last Sunday afternoon.
e. D. Talbot recently shipped to
his son, Floyd, of Elkins, three wagon
loads of building supplies.
L. B. Coontz of Evenwood was in
this vicinity last week, looking after
business interests.
-Four well armed hunters of Junior
and spotted hound, were searching
the woods in this section for rabbits
one day last week. The hunters got
no game. This is on the theory that
dogs constitute a nuisance, and as
such should be abated.
The small pox excitement is yet
stationary, and only few have been
vaccinated.
Creed Day is somewhat indisposed
at present We hope he will soon re-
cover
John Shomo is erecting smoke
house. 1t is cold on the fingers to
work at the carpenter trade.
Roy Coontz was carrying mail on
this route last Monday. 1t was in
deed bad day to start stranger out
in wonderland, as the roads are in a
terrible condition. They should at
least be brushed out.
:. Mr.. F. H. Proudtoot, teacher at
Qff, is having good success, and the
4ons are well pleased. Parents
make an effort to get their
n interested, as education is
lag more necessary every day.
cation pay? Germany is the
and letters, her philosoph-
SITS and poets rank with
annals of learning and
er sons have benefited
the human mind. Fred
~ NiaDl, King of Prussia,
n the waring of the 18th cen
4 ryy met with many military rever-
ses. One day he asked his Secretary
Of State the reason and cause of all
the failures. The Secretary answered
instantly, Ignorance" Then and
there the Prussian System of educa-
ton was brought into being and is in
full force today. Education is also a
political move ON the chess-board.
"The heights by great men reached
and kept
We're not attained by sudden fight;
But they, wAiie their Compilations
slept
We're toiling upward in the night"
WOLF Rim