my neighbor and friend for many years, a man of large heart and earnest purpose

——Hon. Charles Miller——

Franklin. Pa.,

whose sterling qualities have achieved the highest [success] in life and won the confidence and esteem of his fellows, this Volume is

——Respectfully Dedicated.

Transcriber’s Note

The hyphenation of compound words can be variable. Where the hyphen occurs on a line or page break, it is retained or removed based on the most commonly used form.

Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. The references are to the page and line in the original. The following issues should be noted, along with the resolutions.

[21.14]27 years, 1 mo[n]th & 14 days.Added.
[28.24]a considerable flow[.]Added.
[28.29]Kanawha boatmen[t] and others.Removed.
[29.21]healing qualitie.Restored.
[31.30]When they regained conciousnessAdded.
[35.44]at a Na[u/n]cy-Hanks quickstepInverted.
[40.11]State-Committe[e]Added.
[41.2]probaly near what is now Cuba, N. Y.Added.
[47.45]Lovely woman and Banquo’s ghost will not “down![’/”]Replaced.
[52.4]in thrilling narratives[.]Added.
[53.45]over to the court-house.[’/”]Replaced.
[53.47]and the village emptied itselfRemoved.
[54.2]No wonder Satan’s imps wailed sadly:[”]Removed.
[58.35]“Law, Jim Sickles![”] I tho’tRemoved.
[65.2]the Highlanders at Lucknow[.]Restored.
[78.3]West and south-west the Octave Oil[-]Company has operatedReplaced.
[79.18]sold the building to C. V. Culver for bank-purposes[.]Restored
[81.34]per foot to fifty cents[.]Added.
[84.26]Will[l]iam RaymondRemoved.
[91.6]Captain Willia[n/m] HassonReplaced.
[95.25]the h[f/i]gher type of passenger-locomotivesReplaced.
[97.52]born at Friendship, N.Y[,,/.,] in 1850.Replaced.
[102.7]one-hundred-and forty[ /-]acresReplaced.
[103.14]were in the thic[h/k]est of the frayReplaced.
[119.39][“]Wholly unclassable,Added.
[121.3]the days of “the middle passage[’/”]Replaced.
[129.16][“]Vare vos dose oil-wells now?Added.
[137.16]five-thir[f/t]y-five a barrel[l]Replaced/Removed.
[147.25]touring the country and entertain[in]ing crowdsRemoved.
[160.5]who coolly remarked[;/:]Replaced.
[160.13]where his ancest[e/o]rsReplaced.
[161.26]Possib[l]y Br’er ElliottAdded.
[168.33]the William Porter farm[,/.]Replaced.
[169.3]at eight-hundred-and-fifty[-/ ]feet, the Harmonial Well No. 1Replaced.
[180.2]marks the Chase House[,/.]Replaced.
[191.15]It does upset a man’s cal[c]ulationsAdded.
[194.29]missed opening the Sisterville fieldAdded.
[205.41]velvet-cushions and pneumatic tires[./,]Replaced.
[213.39]Years of wating sharpened the appetiteAdded.
[218.18]Two narrow-g[ua/au]ge railroadsTransposed
[218.20]Other narrow-g[ua/au]ges diverged to WarrenTransposed
[222.50]will say that his success is undeserved[.]Added.
[225.4]rides ever taken on a narrow-g[ua/au]ge road resulted.Transposed.
[241.34]at the pit’s mouth free of all charges.[”]Added.
[248.6]The cross-roads collection of five[-/ ]housesReplaced.
[249.49]as he sur[y/v]eyed the latitude and longitudeReplaced.
[252.46]Narrow-g[ua/au]ge railroads were builtTransposed
[257.25]rushed into the store with a p[er/re]scriptionTransposed.
[264.44]slender build and nervous temperam[o/e]nt,Replaced.
[267.33]he visited the o[li/il]-regionTransposed.
[271.19]Operat[e/o]rs were feelingReplaced.
[275.41]are we now?[’/”]Replaced.
[280.42]and next morning stopped al[r/t]ogetherReplaced.
[288.34]scion of the mult[it]udinous Smith-family.Added.
[309.43]“Sam” also inagurated the customAdded.
[318.42]from the Noble & Del[e/a]mater wellReplaced.
[337.36]“‘You are J. C. Bailey, I believe.’[”]Removed.
[337.40]advertise for you.’[”]Removed
[338.49]an unpleasant pr[o/e]monition of the red-hot hereafterReplaced.
[349.1]discarded the b[o]urgeois skirtAdded.
[358.32]that ever edified a community[,/.]Replaced.
[362.8]“Life of Washington and the Signers of the Declaration of Independence.[”]Added.
[365.4]dissecting a supicious jobAdded.
[366.8]The Shakepearian parodiesAdded.
[377.51]and hy[p]notism.”Added.
[378.15]An[’] we hed formed a pardnershipAdded.
[380.38]Sisterville, the centre of activity in West Virginia,Added.
[390.36a]and medical aid summon[e]d.Added.
[390.36b]He remained unconcious two hoursAdded.
[391.27]To ensure co[n/m]parative safetyReplaced.
[393.5]which Nit[r]o-Glycerine in its fluid state resembles closely,Added.
[414.11]under the manag[e]ment of one Board of TrusteesAdded.
[411.38]The cost of transpor[t]ationAdded.
[412.31]to sell at ex[h]orbitant pricesRemoved.
[416.32]connected with the Standard[.]Added.
[416.34]not connected with the Standard[./,] and never ownedReplaced.
[419.47]yielding only malaria and [shakes]sic: snakes?
[424.6]kindly, affable and thoroug[h]ly upright.Added.
[432.22]In this sand at three feet[ ]pressure of gassic: the?
[439.11]Corry and [C/O]il City were calledReplaced.
[445.30]who has managed the firm[’]s affairs wiselyAdded.
[446.22]on a solid basis[.]Added.
[449.17]scientists are much interested [l/i]n the strataReplaced.