Thursday, October 3, 1901
A citizen of Marlinton got on the passenger train the other day on its down trip. He was feeling good to a certain extent. The conductor came around and asked for his ticket, and that not being forthcoming, he demanded a cash fare. That also was refused.
“What are you doing on here without money to pay your fare?” the conductor demanded. “Oh, I just thought I would get on and see how the train ran – thought I’d buy it if it suited me.”
He was put off at Buckeye.
AN OLD RELIC
Dr. Cunningham has added to his collection of arms a fine specimen of a flint-lock rifle in good state of preservation. The gun was secured from Henry Higgins, in whose family it has been for many generations. The gun has seen service in the Indian wars and was a fine gun in its day.
FALL FISHING
Now comes the season of the year when the bass congregate in the pools and are ready to be taken with the crawfish or minnow. The rule as to our bass as a table fish is that the later in the season they are taken the better they are for food. With the trout, the reverse is true. The bass spawns in the spring and the trout in the fall.
The crawfish now crawls under the stones and becomes soft and is reckoned a great delicacy with bass.
The word came up to town Saturday, that Enoch McNeill had taken a bass two feet long and hauled it to the shore several feet or more from the water’s edge, when the hook slipped out of its mouth, it flopped back into the pool…
A DREADFUL THING
On the night of the 21st of September, two men who had been at the commissary store at Cass, started up the mountain by the lumber railroad of the West Virginia Pulp & Paper company. They were walking by the light of a lantern. About a mile above Cass, they discovered two sticks of dynamite tied to the rails opposite each other. There was an exploding cap in each end of each stick and the dynamite was fastened to the rails by tying.
The men were afraid to touch the infernal arrangement but went up to the first switchback and stopped the loaded train of logs which was coming down the mountain.
The train proceeded cautiously and the dynamite was removed. Upon examination it was found to be a certain kind of dynamite containing 80 percent of nitro glycerin, just twice the strength of ordinary dynamite.
The object was no doubt for the engine to explode the caps and wreck the train.
We understand that there are some clues to the guilty party.
FESTIVAL AT HUNTERSVILLE
The festival advertised in the Times for the benefit of the Methodist church at Huntersville the evening of the 27th came off on schedule at the old courthouse at that place and was declared a success by all who were there. The crowd was principally made up of persons from Marlinton.
The Pocahontas Concert Band was in attendance but did not arrive on time owing to a delay in starting. The crowd was large and good natured, coming from a radius of six or eight miles, the town itself not being very well represented…
The supper lasted from 5 to 10 o’clock, and consisted of chicken, mutton, pickles, slaw, ice cream, cake and coffee with lemonade, bananas and oranges on the side.
Before the assembly broke up all the odds and ends were auctioned off. Everything was sold, from a leg of mutton to a withered pansy blossom.
The sum realized was about $50. Of course, this does not represent the total amount spent by the visitors in Huntersville, for most of them were thirsty and the festival being a church affair, they had to hunt elsewhere for a superior brand of “pear cider” and “peach cider.”
MAPLE SUGAR
Geo. W. Callison, of Academy, while in town this week showed us a bottle of maple sugar which is 82 years old. It was made in 1819 by James Morrison, and what remains of the stock of that year is the property of Mrs. Madison Woods, of the Levels district. The sugar is of a dark rich color and tastes sweet and good.
MARBLE MOUNTAIN RAILROAD COMPANY
A certificate of incorporation has been granted to a joint stock company composed of E. I. Holt, J. S. McNeel, G. S. McNeel, A. M. Edgar, A. R. Smith and P. S. Clark. The company proposes to build a railroad from the Greenbrier Division of the C & O up Stamping Creek into the marble field. The principal place of business is located at Academy. Capital stock $50,000, divided into shares of $100; all of which are held by the incorporators.
KENNISON-JORDAN
Cupid has again bent his bow, and two young hearts have been pierced.
On Wednesday, September 25, Mr. Lemuel Kennison, son of John L. Kennison, was married to Miss Myrtle Jordan, oldest daughter of James Jordan.
The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride’s father in the presence of a few intimate friends…
