The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-07-26
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Evening Chat

The manner in which the flowers
growing in the window boxes In the
'front.' OF Hartleys department store
have grown and thrived during the
spring and summer Is surprising to
those who have only causually observ-
Cd these bits OF green and red that
relieve the cold gray brick walls OF
this structure. The secret Of the sue
cess OF this window gardening Is the
painstaking care and attention that
fssdaily given to the flowers. Whether
rain or sunshine prevails in the wealth.
er the plants are faithfully watered
each evening by one OF the j~anitors
employed in the building. Encourag.
ed by the example OF this store many
OF the Office room windows fronting
on the streets Of the city are now
exhibiting either window boxes Of a
| Similar nature or flower pots filled
with geraniums or gracefully droop.
tng ferns.
"A tremendously big load OF hay piled
10 overlooking on a large hay wagon
drawn by one small insignificant ap.
pearing horse attracted much comment
yesterday evening when It passed
down Main street. This Is the first
hay wagon that has dared to make
Its appearance on the Main street OF
Fairmont this season. The hay itself
was the best quality and a fair sample
OF the excellent harvest that is report
ed from all parts Of the county this
summer. That Fairmont Is yet a ru.
raj city and the chief industry Is farm
ing is shown by such typical farm
scenes. A real farm aspect character
1zed Main street yesterday evening
while the hay wagon passed through
and the farmer on the top OF the hay
load passed the time OF day with the
farmer blowing on Tom Devenys lot
at the corner of Monroe and JEFF
streets.
Telephone girls bravery during Yep.
pelin raids and the Irish rebellion
which they helped to queel featur-
ed the annuel report Of the British
post office department In conjunction
with which the telephone system in
that country Is operated by the gov.
ernment.
when the Zeppelin raids have been
anticipated, sometimes when they
have been going on" says the report,
.the women have come out OF their
homes to their work-even when
bombs were dropping. They have play
ed an important part in the scheme
Of AFRAID warnings and have set a
very good example to the whole coun-
try.
an Dublin, when the bullets were
flying and the fires were raging. the
women stuck to their work in the
exchange, and It was due TO them that
Communication was kept up and that
we were able to obtain the military
forces which suppressed the rebel
Hon.
More than $4,000 women have re.
placed men in positions in the post
office department and telephone sys-
tenn, the report further shows. Out
Of 10000 men OF military age In these
departments. $1,000 have Joined the
colors and 21,700 others have attest.
ed and only await the call to arms.
Given an active boy interested In
his pig club and determined to fulfill
all the rules relating to the statewide
prize contest, the proposition is, how
eau the boy accomplish this when
he has no scales available on which
to weigh his pig? One Of the require.
ments of the club Is that the
weight of the pig at the start and at
the finish of the contest must be TAX
en-, and the weight at the end of each
month Is also desirable. A Massach.
usetts pig-club boy solved the prob.
lem and weighed his pig as required.
although the only scales at hand were
small, with a capacity Of q few pounds,
used by his mother In her household
work. His example should stimulate
other club boys who have problems
to solve.
After taking stock this boy found
that he. had a hog crate, a strong box,
some chains, a high board fence, a long
pole, and the small scales as material
to be used in weighing his pig. He
marked the middle point Of the long
pole and placed It over the fence.
To one end he attached the crate and
to the other end the box was fasten.
by means Of the chains. Sand suffci.
ent TO balance the crate was placed
in the box. The boy then gathered
asquantity Of small coblestones, drop.
ping them near the box. BY placing
asfew grains Of corn in the crate and
using other grains Of corn as bait, the
pig was enticed into the crate. The
door was closed and the pig was ready
fer the weighing. BY putting the small
cObbleStOneS into the hox until the
box and crate balanced once more,
the boy learned the weight Of his pig
in terms OF stone. Now these stones
were small, as already stated, in order
that no stone would be too heavy to
weigh on the small scales. BY means
OF the scales the stones were weigh.
ed and the total Of the weighings gave
the boy with fair accuracy the weight
OF his pig in pounds. His problem
was solved In such a satisfactory man.
ner that he used this arrangement
during the whole contest. AS a re.
suit he was able to determine not