Thursday, December 21, 1899
UNDER A CLOUD
A few weeks since, a stranger appeared in the county and spent some time looking at large tracts of land with a view of purchasing them for a syndicate, for which he represented himself as a buyer. He was a man, apparently thirty years of age, smooth shaven, and of that intelligence which marks alike the millionaire and the bunco man. He was regarded as a man of importance until the last day or two of his stay here, after which he disappeared, owing various small sums and it is now supposed that he was a rank impostor, here trying to work some scheme…
THE ROBERTS CASE
The Right Rev. James Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore, has added his written protest against the admission of Brigham H. Roberts to a seat in Congress. The church and church people are almost unanimous in opposing him, and the country in general is opposed to Mormonism, but the trouble is that Roberts has the law on his side. This is not questioned by any man free from bias and competent to judge. If Roberts has the constitution on his side, then he should win. When the constitution becomes a dead letter, its county is in danger.
The committee, not one of whom is friendly to Roberts, having voted against him succeeded in getting some witnesses before it from Utah. They proved very conclusively that Roberts was maintaining several establishments in Centreville in which the children called him “pa.”
DANGER OF A PANIC
Wall Street had a narrow escape last week from a money panic, and there is reason to believe it was averted only because the Administration and the money powers are so nearly allied, and that money was furnished in abundance to save all large concerns except the Produce Exchange. It is certain that Secretary of the Treasury Gage made a special trip to New York to examine into the state of the finances of the businessmen of that city…
To Ride and Tie
“To ride and tie” is an expression which is commonly heard. It means that two men have but one horse which they ride alternately. The expression is rarely used however, but what it gives rise to a hoary headed joke which has become the chestnut of all chestnuts, which is the slang name for a worn-out joke, one which has become stale and flat. The owner of the horse, when he finds a footman is going the same way, remarks: “Well, we’ll ride and tie,” and then he will add in explanation: “I’ll do the riding and you can do the tying,” and thinks he has been exceedingly jocose. The derivation of the expression is from a practice which robs the joke of its fitness. It means for the rider to go a certain distance and there hitch the horse and go on on foot. The one following comes up and takes the horse and passes his friend on foot and goes on to the end of the journey.
SCOTT-YEAGER
A very interesting and auspicious society happening transpired at the Marlinton Presbyterian church at 7 p.m. December 20th, when Mr. Samuel Burke Scott and Miss Sallie Glen Yeager were joined in the bonds of holy matrimony, Rev. W. T. Price officiating minister. Mrs. W. A. Bratton presided at the organ with the skill and taste for which she is so widely known. The groom is a popular member of the Pocahontas bar. The bride is the youngest daughter of Henry A. Yeager, of Marlinton…
Immediately after the service, the bridal party started for Huntersville, where an elegant reception awaited them at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Rucker. Mrs. Rucker being a sister of the groom. The reception was a very enjoyable affair, and so these popular young people begin their new life under delightful auspices, having the best wishes of their many friends.
OBITUARY
W. C. Mann, who met an appalling death by a falling stone near Fairview Church November 23, was born in Alleghany County, Virginia, December 26, 1845. He entered the holy union with Miss Phoebia McAllister in the autumn of 1865. They were playmates, which enabled them to be acquainted with each other’s disposition. After marriage, they lived on Jackson’s River in Bath County, from where they removed to the old homestead, northeast of Edray.
At the tender age of seventeen, Mr. Mann entered the Confederate service of the Civil War. With this part of his life are connected many thrilling scenes which mark the career of a true soldier. All that is past, and another veteran has sunk to that sleep over which the Southern willows mourn and the Northern roses weep.
He was a member of the M. E. Church South and possessed that gentle spirit which makes a good husband, loving father and a generous neighbor who is worthy of the admiration of his fellow men…
