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THE ORGAN OF THE WEST VIRGINIA GIL PRODUCERS.
GEORGE P. SARGENT, PUBLISHER & PROPRIETOR
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VOLCANO, WEST VA? THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1874.
NO. 34.
Volcano Lubricator.
Published every Tuesday
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GSORGE P. SARG SNT.
OSlce: No. S, Raymond street.
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Allviarly advertisers nay quarterly in ad
ence.
/ >arke rsbtiry Advert i se m en t s.
fOUX A. nUTCHINSON.JK. D WE D. JOHNSON.
f/C/TC II I N SON & JOHNSON,
Attorneys and Counsellors ai Laxv,
Court Square, PARKERSBURO. \V. V.
8WANN HOUSE. ? B. Gilbert,
Proprietor, Parkersburjr, V/. Ya. This iithe
only first-class Hotel iu Parkersburg. !t is
titted up with all the modern improvements.
Pure soft water is constantly supplied from
Ohio River, and is lighted" with" gas and
heated with steam, itrict attention given
to guests. It is head-auarters for oil men
'71? tl".
H. BUSH,
MERCHANT TAILOR.
Court Street, PARKER9BURG. WKST VA*
Always keeps oa hand a i.'.r^e a::d well se
lected stock of the best of Cloths, Cassimers
Vestings, &c. Scijs made to order and upon
the snortcstnoce. All work warranted. A
a large spplv of Gent's Furnishing Goods al
ways ou hand a;njx'7s-ty.
J. R. MEHEN,
E2At"X
Groceries, Produce,
- Ar:iafull supply of frc.h tish *:id"
> oysters always 0:1 hand.
Market street, next to Market Hour,
Pariersburjj, W. Va. rr.zyiy-^t.
J^DWARD BRAIDOX.
no SEEK
TOBACCO WORKS
FARKERSBURG. WEST VA.
\VM- D!L3'
it's i . Fire. Marine ??? Lif* Insurance
Agent.
Represents the following weti known unJ
popular Insurance Companies.
Continental Ins. Co., of Ncrr York
(Cash Assetts over Sa.ooo.oco.)
Homo Ins. Co., c i Columbus, Ohio.
(Cash Assctts cvrr.{i;o,oco.)
New York Life Ins. Co. Nevr York,
Cash Asoeits Jio,cco,oco; sn'I income ?S,ooo,
?
Office on Market street, shove Court Square,
Parsburjj, W Va.
uaryii, >
U R N IT URE W ARE ROOMS
F
D. SCH^FER,
Ann St., Parker sburg.
bedsteads, settees,
SAFES. AS,
WARDROBES. ? , . ^HEAL'S,
ROCKING-CHAIRS. las* -chairs
WRITING-DESKS, IMPRO\ hl? HLINDS,
LOUNGES, CKAIIis,
PICTfKE.Fl!A.MES.tLORroRS.1TL.IlE
MIRRORS OF ALL SIZES, &c.,
And every variety of articles usually kept
iu a first class furniture store, manufacture;.
"* and imported. All articles bought at this
store are warranted to be as represented wher.
urcliased. Any article manufactured outre
shortest notice. aprso"7i-6m
(f 'piIIS SPACE
IS PAID FOR
BY THE
WEST VA.
OIL & OIL LAND
COMPANY,
Who are eiujayed so constant
ly in
SHIPPING OIL
That they have not time to prepaie
an advertisement this week.
Addrttst,
We*H n.
.Pa rl.crsburg Ad I'crtisenien is.
r"piIL PLACE TO GET
THE CHEAPEST AND IJEST
6' roceric^ Pre visions, Grain and Pro
duce, is
MARTIN & GILBERT'S,
Market street, Parxkrsbukg, W. Va
rJ"*HOMPSON uC JACXSOJ^
Wholesale Grocers and Liquor
Dealers,
General Forwarding and Commission
Merchants
Corner of Ann and Kanawha Streets,
Parkcrsburg W. Va.
We will forward a!! poods to VOLCANO
promptly aad in good condition from all points.
We refer to Thomas Schilling A* Co., the
O'B.ien Bros, and others. All goods consigned
t j our care will be forwarded without making
i t necessary for the parties ordering, corrss
pondiag with us.
J. H. Stribling,
DEALER IN
HATS, CAPS, BOOTS AND
SHOES. AND GENTS FCHNISHING
Goods, Court Square, Parkersburg.
West Va, apri! 29 ly.
W. IIITESHEW
I.
Commission Merchant
? And Pettier in ?
lion Grain, Baled Hay, tic.
Ground Fetds ant! Corn Meat * S/ec
? iu.lt y.
ANN STREET,
PARKLRSB U RG, WEST YA.
Dl'RCKE ft BUTCHER,
DEALERS IX
Hardware, Iron, Steel,
.Vails f XaiSf Uclts, lite.
Blacksmiths', Carpenters ' and Coop
ers' Tools.
Belting ant! Packing,
Fire t'rick and Clay.
Drill Ropes. Sand pump Ropes, and
all kinds of cordage ? including
WIRE ROPE,
all sizes.
C i! Tank iron, Rivets ar.u all that
is Recessar> for the Oil Trade, also
a full slock ot
WOODEN WARE;'
And the celebrated cutlery of Rogers'
Wostenholm's, pocket and table.
Also Drain Pipes suitable for chim
neys.
CALL AMD EXAMINE OUR
STOCK.
Court street, opp. :d Nat. I5cr.!c,
Parker'seirg, W. Va.
[ UBRICATING OILS
L. D. KRAFT & CO.
PRODUCERS AND DEALERS IN
WEST VIRGINIA
NATURAL LUBRI
CATING OILS.
Sole Pro/ rieiors cf the IVell Kt.o-xt:
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? Ad Irevs L. V. X RA FT& Co.
Parkembury.
I' a r?:ersbu rg A <1 vertisem en ts.
Fall & winter I 8 / j
S. NEW3ERGER,
Court St., P:irl:ersbursj, West Va.
Just returned from the Eastern cities with
tic most complete assortment of
DRY GOODS,
FANCY GOODS,
NOTIONS
EVER EXHIBITED IN THIS CITY,
And he very respectfully invites the citizens
of s'olcano and vicinity to call ana examine
his stock. An entire new stock of
CARPETS,
OIL CLOTHS,
MATTINGS,
RUGS,
WINDOW BLINDS, BLANKETS,
COMFORTS
AND
BED SPREADS.
Orders received from Volcano will receive
carefully attention, and prices guaranteed.
When vou come to I'arkersburg do not tail to
call and examine my goods.
REMEMBER THE PLACE!!
SAM'L. XEWIiEROE i<
I'AKKEKSDUKG, WiST Va.
j\J OVELTY FOUNDRY
?AND?
M A C HINE W ORRS.
J OH. y COOK ,
Machinist 1 Blacksmith
Engines, Saw Mi:!?. Stave Machines,
ctc., generally on hand.
Shafting, Pulley.", Hangers, and ail
kinds oi" Machinery, made to
order on short notice.
HEAVY Zi LIGHT CASTINGS,
HEATING STOVES, Sic.
Oil Weil Tool*
of best brand of Iron.
Prompt attention .paid to Repairs.
A 'anawka Si , bet. Market and Juliana
Streets,
PARKERS BURG, V.\ VA.
S.\i:y73tf
""pilE MAMMOTH
NEW FURNITURE
WARE-ROOMS
W.H.WARNE&CO
Market St.. Farkersbury,
lOUl place, below Market House', is now .yen.
Those who are desirous of purchasing
Superior Furniture
Jleusoaabic Prices
Cannot Jo heller t'lai: examine the work at
this establishment, before making their
?elections.
Inquiries fcy mail promptly answered.
Their Stock is complete, comprised in part ol
r?T Marble and Wood Top
J3?*Tables and Stands,
22&"Ladies' and Gentlemen's
EST" Writing Desks,
^S"Lotzs Patent Spring Beii Lounge,
Wardrobes and Bookcases,
?tg"Camp and Easy Chairs.
C^~Bureaus and Sideboards.
Refrigerators
C^r Window Shades.
?ALL. KINDS OK?
COFFINS
Constantly on hand.
We me prepared to manufacture to order
anything "< ""r line, in the very best style.
We have none but first-class workmen, and
#11 responsible orders !rom Volcano and vi
unity. will be promptly rilled, aad ^oods
warranted as represented.
i-JT" lieir.osber tiic j>tace._??3
I'AKKKItSUCilU, W.-ST VA.
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I i U 5 > I o / j 5
! j. G. BLACKFORD,
! Forwarding (nitl Connniitsio'v
MUliCJfAXr.
I Pork-parkrr. a::J curor of tt;c rclcNrated
i biands '.1 Maryland Su?;ar Cured Ilams, and
] SlionMcrsautl breakfast lSacon.
? I?EALEIt IS?
i Mjpie ap.l Fancy (jiocerits. Provisions. Lii]
1 Argosy and otln't choice brands of flour
? Ai cat i?.r i'oincrny Salt Co. Point: roy Iron
i CV's. Naiii. I.i.ne and Cement.
Xmia Powder Co. >V>'. <*??.
Ann Street. at'Ove C'uri, I'arkers'rnrg,
, Www* Va. t?av<>? ???
THE DISENCHANTED LOVER.
? OR ?
Whera There's z. Will, There's a
Way.
"And so he is coming to-night,
Clara?" Lyman Palmer asked, stand
ing, just at sunset, in the poarch of
Mr. Townley's fine, broad fronted res
idence in L . Clara Townley stood
beside him, and a very sad look stole
into her deep-blue, lustrous eyes, as
she answered the question:
"Yes Lyman. Papa received his
note this morning, saying he would
surely be here in the eight o'clock
train."
"Your lather is as determined as
ever, I suppose, about this affair cf ?
of the marriage?" Lyman Palmer's
look was averted from Clara while he
pronounced the words. One of his |
white, slender hands played rather
nervously with a seal ring on the lin
ger of the other. They were delicate
enough, both in shape and hue, those
hands of Lyman Palmer's, to have be
longed to a woman ; his face, also, de
void of beard or mustache, and glow
ing with the fullness of healthful
beauty, entirely lacked (he was only
twenty-two) the element of manliness.
It was a face that Lyman Palmer's
enemies ? had he really possessed any
? would have been very likely to call
insipid and girlish. But they could
not truthfully have said the same of
the man himself. lie was every inch
what his youthful appearance failed to
show ? a high bred, honorable, coura
geous gentleman.
?'Determined! Clara iownley ex
claimed, in answer to her lover's last
remark. '"Why, papa is so bent upon
my becoming Mrs. Livertnore, that ho
would die of rage, i think, were my
resolution known to him."
"And that resolution is, Clara ? "
"To give Mr. Livertnore plainly to
u n d e r.s lan &_that vhe times we live* ill
are not those which tolerate the affian
cing of two children in their cradles,
merely because their parents happen
to be friends. And then this creature,
Richard Livermore, is a perfect fiend
of homeliness, if you will pardon rnv
intense st vle of rhetoric. The photo
graph which lie sent me, through pa
pa, is just about the most frightful
thing I have ever beheld. 11c has
passed his whole life, you know, i:i
some obscure place out West ? all
places cut West- are obscure, in my
opinion? and, to all appearances, he
has the manners of a regular clod. He
actually had the impudence to speak
to me, in his last letter to papa, as 'the
sweet Clara, whom he longed passion
ately to behold,' and whom he fondl v
bwlieved to be 'a picture of womanly
grace and loveliness.' I've never told
you this before, Lyman, for fear of
making you angry at your unseen ri
val."
"We ought not to be called rivals,"
Lyman Palmer answered, in a voice
wherein there was much more of de
spondency than anger ? "his chances
are so far above mine."
"Nor.ssnse, Lyman."
"How 'nonsense,' Clara?"
"Do you believe in proverbs?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Because I do." Clara Townley's
face wore a look of determination as
she spoke.
"To what particular proverb do you
have reference just now?" Lyman
asked.
"To one which says, 'where there 's
a will there's a way.' I think that
adage a remarkably true one. And 1
think. Lyman, that you and I may test
its truth, if we are so inclined.
"You don't mean by an elopement,
Clara, do you? Often and often I've
asked ? "
"And often and often I have re
fused," was the prompt interruption.
"Of course, I won't elope with you. 1
don't consider elopements respectable,
I shall nevei marry you if I have to do
that." And she looked quite serious
enough to keep '.he resolution if called
upon to do :"0.
??Ycu mean, then, Clara, by coming
ii:e mightily eloquent over your papa?''
Lyman questioned.
"And get pooh-phooed by him for
our pains," s;iid L <ara with a iignt
laugh. "No Lyman, I mean some
thing else. l'apa is still asleep, and
likely to remain so for an hour. Be*
siilcs, he is too tceble to leave his iooi.i
this evening. Let us take a scroll thro
the garden, and, whiio we stroll, 1 shall
disburden myself of a weighty secret.'.
??Is Mr, Townley at home?"
Richard Liveruiore asked the above]
quest ion i>i Mr. Townley u servant. |
and, receiving an affirmative reply, was
shown into a small sitting-room on the
ground-floor of the house.
While the man. is seated, awaiting
the appearance of his host, we have
time to observe that his face and figure
are scarcely the facc and figure of a
thorough gentleman. "The ohscure
place out West" has evidently left its
impress upon the general bearing of
Mr. Richard Livermore.
Presently the door of the sitting
room opened, and a servant ? Clara
Townley's private maid, as it happen
ed ? entered the room.
"Mr. Townley has been unwell for
several days, sir, and as he has lately
fallen into a doze, his daughter, Miss
Clara, does not consider it advisable to
awake him. But Miss Clara will be
very happy to see Mr. Livermore her
self, provided he wishes it."
"Of course ? of course ? by all means
? certainly," stammered Livermore,
to whom the immediate prospect of
beholding his fiancee was thoroughly
overwhelming. "I shall be most hap
py to see Miss Clara Townley. Be
good enough, won't .you, to tell her
so."
l"e was gratified, not long afterward,
by the appearance of a tall young lady
(vWio struck him, the more he looked
upon her, as a very unnaturally and
disagreeably tall young lady,) attired
in a rather short, ill-fitting dress, and
wearing, upon a countenance full of
?'broad-blown comliness, red, and
white," about the most thorough from
ear-to-ear sort of smile that Mr. Rich
ard Livermore ever remembered hav
ing seen.
How live dor" said the gigantic
virgin, accompanying the salutation
with rather a vacant sounding laugh.
"Hope you're well. You're Mr. Liv
erinorc, of course? Well. Livermoret
I don't like your looks a hit. How do'
y o.i like miua?*'
* "I ? ' ? think there must be some
mistake,' murmured Civermorc, ir.
amazement. "I ? I ? understood that
Miss Clara Towniey was to ? "
e!!, I am Miss Clara Townlev."
"Impossible!"
" You're complimentary, I'm sure?
liut pvihaps vou mean that 1 disap
point you agreeably. Mr. Li vernier*. j
I hope I don't. .1 dare say you're a |
good enough sort of fellow, but then I
vou're decidedly not the fellow lor me.
Saw that the instant I clapped eves
on you, Livermore, if you'll pardon so!
vulgar an expression. I'm the sort of
girl that likes plucky sporting men
with lots of 'go' in them, and a gener
al air of being 'up to snuff,' Now you
arc not that sort of a chap, Livermore,
as 1 told at a glance."
| "No!" exclaimed poor Livermore.
who had grown pa'e by this time, and
with something which was not embar
rassment, "no, Miss Clara, I decided
ly am not the type of manhood which
you seem to admire. Is? is your father
i"'' ? ? I mean can I see him for a few
momc.its?"
"Our girl told you he was asleep,
did'nt she?" was the j oung lady's in
different answer. "Resides, livermore,
as you've come to stay several da vs.
and have brought your portmanteau ?
i 'here, for that purpose, any time will
'do, I suppose, at which to hold confab
with pa.:'
Mr. Livermore seemed to be regain
ing his self-possession. "Since lean
not see your father, Miss Townlev,''
he said, stiffening visibly in nianuee,
"It is better that I should at once take
my departure."
"And why so, Liv?"
"Ait1/" Could Richard Livermore
believe his own ears? Was this vixin
ish, hoidenish, overgrown female the
Clara i own ley whom he had worship
ed in dreams as his future wife? Had
her father been mad, to write as he
had written concerning her? He had
i rather die, the inau was a I read v telling
| himself, than become the husband of!
so hideously ogerish a creature. ? j
j '* I have no reason to K:ve forleav-i
j ing so abruptly," he now sjiid, in sharp
| cold tones.
| / liss I own ley made some odd sound '
between a giggle and a chuckle. "Vou j
don't like me; confess you don't!" she
cried, and, taking the unsuspecting j
Livermore thoroughly by surprise, she !
performed the action popularly known
as a poke in the ribs !
"Miss Jownlev!" gasped the unhap
py Livermore, thus maltreated; "do
you intend insulting me?"
'Pshaw! not a bit ol it. Only in fun. I
you know, Have a cigar, won't you?"
Heavens! exclaimed the bewiid- !
(?red Livermore, holding up both hands j
?Kill stumbling backward in his atton
hhnieut, "you can i possibly mean that
you smoke ?"
"certainly J do," was the reply,
Miss Town ley biting the end off a very
nice-looking figaro as she spoke.
Mr. Livermore once again, and as
if by a masterly effort, regained his
self-control. Walking deliberately to
ward his portmanteau, he picked up
that article, and having bowed to his
hostess, was about quitting the apart
ment, when Miss Townley exclaimed:
"I hope I have'nt offended you. Pa'll
be frightfully mad when he learns that
you've gone in this sort of style. He'll
be sure to blaine me, too. I wish you
would leave a note explaining that you
go of? of your own free-will, as it
were. You don't mind doing this, do
you?"
She looked at him with what was
evidently intended for a winning smile,
but poor Livermore thought it only a
repulsive leer. "I shall be very willing
Miss Townley," he said, "to leave a
note for your father, thoroughly vindi
cating you in the matter of my depar
ture. What is it that you desire me
to write?" taking a card case and a
pencil from one of his pockets.
"Only that you don't want to marrv
me? that you don't think we shall suit
each other, and all that, you know,
Please be good enough not to say any
thing about the smoking, because pa
don't know that I smoke, and?"
But Livermore, without waiting for
further instructions, began rapidly
writing on one of the cards which he
had selected from his case. When he
had finished, lie turned toward 1-llss
Townley, with these words:
"The following is my message to
your father:
"Sir: I desire to have the agree
ment broken concerning my future
marriage with your daughter. I have
held an interview with her, and confess
to being wholly unwilling that such a
lady shall become my wife.
Richard Livermore."
"That's precisely it!'' boisterously
exclaimed Miss Townlcy, when her
companion had handed her the card.
"Old fellow," suddenly slapping Liv
ermore fainilliarly on the back, 'old
fellow, vou have got a handsome streak
in you, for all we don't like each other.
Better tr3' a cigar before you go.'
But Livermore rushed from the
apartment as though willing to remain
not an instant longer in the society of
so out-and-out a monstrosity of wo
manhood. And shortly afterward the
hall door closed upon his retreating
figure.
"Lyman, you have certainly been
making the most utterly revolting crea
turc of yourself that it is possible to
conceive of. I have been listening in
the dining room, yonder, to every
word you said." And the real Clara
Townley. having just entered the room
bv u different door .from that by which
poor Livermore had made his exit, sur
veyed her disguised lover with laugh
ing eyes.
'There is my chief trophy,' exclaim
ed Lyman, waving above his head the
card which contained Livermorc's
message to Clara's father. "/? hoc
siquu vi tiers. Your lather will, ot
course, consent to our marriage now,
Clara; for he will become alarmed
lest vou lack Hie power to attract a
husband to your side, on reading this
stinging criticism from Liverinorc, and
gratefully acccpt the next chance that
offers itself.'
\Vhether Mr. John Townley indulg
in any such train of reasoning as the
above, it wouid be difficult to say. But
two facts' arc certain, viz: his deep in
dignation on reading Livermore's mes
sage, and his ultimate consent to
Clara's marriage with Tvman Palmer,
the man of her choice. So much for
the clever disenchantment and the ver
ification ol Clam Townley's favorite
maxim: "Where there'* a will, there's
a way."
The editor of the Louisiana, Mo.,
J Press, in relating what he knows about
farming touches up the hog question
t i.i this style: "To make Berkshire
pigs out o( your hazel splitters, select a
cool day stand them on their hams
tictl to sapiir.g. and drive their noses
back intot.ieir shoulders, leaving about
an inch protruding. W you look at
the agricultural papers, you will see
that all blooded hogs are fixed that
-.vay. It' you have any whose noses
are longer than the rest of the body,
better sell them to an artesian well
company for drills, as you cannot drive
the nose back without telescoping the
whole pig. When you cut up hr?i>s,
leave the hams square, leave sonic h:iir
to salt eveiiasti-i^ly, and they will be
worth several cents less than when
trimmed arid curej so that u Christian
can eat them