The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-27

lguyssss EmInons8 was born In New
York state but he has been about the
.worIdgagbft and five years Of his life
vas spent at Gettysburg where he
was chief of the towns police force.
Being the head Of the peace officers
or a place that Is constantly soverrun
With visitors IS not an easy task but
.Emmons found time while he was
there make a thorough study OF the
big battlefield and he has written a
description of the conflict which
,crtticsS Say Is quite a creditable piece
OF work. When It Is considered that
the basis OF It Is a first hand study
OF the monuments and markets 1t
must be admitted that Emmons de-
serves to be admitted to the histor-
INTERPRETATIONS.
This seems to be the season Of the
year for spreading top dressing on
lawns and a trip out Fairmont avenue
carries with 1t q pronounced sugges.
ton OF the barnyard. The experts
hosmake the care Of lawns the study
iofstheir life say there is nothing bet
ter than plain stable manure and In
somegplaces 1t is put on ID soon as
the last leaves have been raked from
the surface and permitted to stay un-
3tiIAthe grass begins to shoot In he
spring. But the local practice OF put
ting 81. on late and removing II Q
Is also favored over large sect.H.s OF
the country. There is one drawback
to- top dressing, and that 10 that 1t
promotes the growth of weeds. There
rs one infallible safeguard against
that. however, and that Is to take the
.precaution to use only such manure
'as5 has been permitted to rot In the
open air for two or three years.
Try to ues something that a mes
fsenger boy can't do or hasn't done.
IL there is anything under the sun
that q telegraph delivery boy isn't
done we are unable to find out what
&c Is. He calls daily on dressmakers,
.milliners, etc. He attends weddings,
receptions and theatres. He carries
.carburetors and new engines to stalled
autos. He takes flowers to all sorts OF
girls. He buttons ladies
waists up to the back, buttons mi
.lady,s shoes and plays office boy to
lawyers, doctors and other profess
.aional men when they are out Of their
Offices. Sometimes he delivers tele.
grams. When some absent minded
millionaire forgets his glasses he
sends for the messenger. boy and tells
the blue coated youngster his troubles
and in a few minutes he has his spec.
ikacles on his nose. Messenger boys
are put on the trails of umbrellas,
canes, raincoats and rubbers. They
break the news to us that our daugh-
eloped. Many high Erow
lcanines would not get their daily con
lstitutional were 1t not for the A. D. T.
IN all the messenger boy is a pretty
versatile and busy institution.
The following little poem was writ
ten by Henry W. Jones, a former res-
identl oflManpington and graduate OF
the Manntngton high school:
SOhSWest Virginia;
HOW 1 love the beauties of your hills,
:Draped with. downy mantle OF the
Withsthesf fields and streams each
Touched by winters chill;
How 1 love you, West Virginia, no one
knows.
"Oh West Virginia;
Glory in the splendor Of thy hills,
Grand; and more majestic, than all
else I know.
i love you, and. my heart with rapture
fills
When thy hills are buried meath the
winters snow.
ooh West Virginia;
lin distant lands ! roam,
or should 1 sail away upon the sea,
thots would ever be OF happy
Oh V West Virginia Hills. I'd think of
thee"
The author is now a resident Of
iMoundsville and although he is only
l20Fyears old his work has ben accept
eddy several magazines. The poem
given here was first published in the
Sunday edition of the Wheeling
News:
IN It's day c%larksburg was a great
llittIettown. Even yet the people who
i've there are quite favorably i'm
pres led with it and they never miss
an4obportunity to try to make others
feel as they do about it. But some
.timssIthey overstep the mark and I'M
consciously show that they are 1eal-
GUS of more favored communities. A
case In point is furnished by the fol-
lowing from the Clarksburg Expon-
'ent.Americen:
Down in Fairmont some progress
!sfyegand industrious scribe Is telling
his readers every day who saw Robin
Red Breast. Here in Clarksburg Rob-
In never leaves. He stays all winter.
Christmas time his chirping chimes
inFwithy the Christmas bells; he sings
the old year out and ushers the new
one in; he is on the programmes at
the May day fetes; fiaunts his ,colors
tosthe brezes and makes lots OF noise
on Independence day. Yes, Robin
Red Breast is In Clarksburg all the
Stinesand Just because he's happy on
these warm days and MARBLES his
pretty songs the folks hereabouts
IdopltStake him as a harbinger OF
spring"
.5O8English Women