[caption id="attachment_4091" align="alignleft" width="300"]<a href="http://pocahontastimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2014/06/MarlingtonSignsm.jpg"><img class="wp-image-4091 size-medium" src="http://pocahontastimes.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2014/06/MarlingtonSignsm-300x199.jpg" alt="MarlingtonSignsm" width="300" height="199" /></a> A recently installed road sign in Minnehaha Springs.[/caption] <strong>THERE AIN'T NO "G" IN MARLINTON</strong> By Andrew Price, first mayor of Marlinton 1871 - 1930 <strong>A smart and stylish man was he,</strong> <strong>He had a college-bought degree,</strong> <strong>He wished to buy some timber land,</strong> <strong>And so he took his pen in hand,</strong> <strong>But when it all was said and done,</strong> <strong>He hurt his friend in Marlinton,</strong> <strong>He did a capital crime you see,</strong> <strong>Spelling Marlinton with a G.</strong> <strong>There ain’t no G in Marlinton,</strong> <strong>There ain’t no G in Marlinton,</strong> <strong>There ain’t no G in Marlinton,</strong> <strong>There ain’t no G in Marlinton.</strong> <strong>Jacob Marlin, a hunter bold,</strong> <strong>Settled here in days of old,</strong> <strong>He camped in a hollow tree,</strong> <strong>And spelled his name with nary G.</strong> <strong>His partner, a hunter, also came,</strong> <strong>Stephen B. Sewell, was his name,</strong> <strong>The year was seventeen-fifty-one,</strong> <strong>They founded the town of Marlinton.</strong> <strong>While they dwelt in solitude,</strong> <strong>Sewell got in an ugly mood;</strong> <strong>He took his knife and on a tree,</strong> <strong>Cut M A R L I N G.</strong> <strong>Then Jacob Marlin, mighty quick,</strong> <strong>Fell on him like a thousand brick,</strong> <strong>For it always riled his family,</strong> <strong>For folks to spell the name with G.</strong> <strong>Old Jacob Marlin died in bed,</strong> <strong>Sewell –– the Indians killed him dead.</strong> <strong>It was an awful fate, but he</strong> <strong>Was prone to use the extra G.</strong> <strong>Let all take warning from his fate,</strong> <strong>And when our town they designate,</strong> <strong>They sure must mind their p’s and q’s,</strong> <strong>This awful G we can’t excuse.</strong>
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