Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-11-06
ARGOS CORRESPONDENTS,
BY BIRTHSTONE.
ARGOS, IND, Nov. 9Th, 1913

Mr.. MILLIKAN:
From some cause or other. last weeks
REPUBLICAN failed to come to hand
What is the matter friend 1Iillikan?
THE papers were sent from this office |
notwithstanding the pressure of the
times, Messrs Parker & Atkinson contin-
ue to do lively business; their sales tor
the past week averaging over two hun
dred dollars per day.
Mr.. G. Wolf has again packed his
goods, and left Argos.
After a protracted storm Of some ten
days duration, the sky has again cleared,
and the sun shines forth in all his splen-
dor, which makes everybody feel like
singing, welcome Sweet Sunshine"
Quarterly meeting at the NJ. E. Curch,
last Saturday and Sunday. The sermon
on Sunday by Elder Mikels is spoken of
as an able effort
Mr.. Vanausdall, Pastor, in charge of
this circuit is spoken of as man of abili-
ty, impressive in manner, and pleasing in
address
Wonder if the people will ever cease to
be dupeG by egotistical humbugs going
about the country, protesting superior
skill in medical science over all others,
and proposing to cure all ills to which hui
man flesh is heir, in an incredibly short
time. We have been blessed of late with
a few sush travelling intellects e, who
have found their dupes here as elsewhere
Some of these "Sons of Esculapius," came
under the cognomen of Indian Doctors,
protesting TO have learned from some old
squaw, or other untutored savage in the
Western Wilds, theropeutical knowl-
edge superior TO that of the Scientific
World.
Married, on Sunday evening, Nov. I'd.
by Rev. J. L. Atkinson, Mr. Henry S.
Krous, Jr., to Miss Margaret Hsrker.
1t is to be hoped that in the future.
farmers NAV be able to produce more po-
tatoes and fewer bugs, az present prices
$50 cents. per busheD make the potatoe
rather an expensive luxury.
The Plymouth Democrat of last week
has the following paragraph, credited to
the Loporte Herald.
1.-The pride of Marshall Comfy. Max
| InEnnE0a / oh - honnnnt,,n hot
famous as place of resort for gentlemen
OF leisure from a distance, etc"
Why not give credit to the Marshall
County REPUBLICAN where the item in
question was original, and the credit prop
erly belongs?
a few days since, we were presented
by DR.. r. B. Eaton with copy of the
Indianapolis Sun, published by John o..
Hardesty. A perusal of the above paper
should satisfy any one that it has no SUI
perior in point of literature or news. gen.
eral or local.
From the best information that can be
obtained, the corn crop of 1873 is about
% per cent. short of last year, or ii per
cent short of a general average. So says
the Inter Ocean,
One of the latest things we have heard
fin the way of wild goose chase" was
one night last week. Some of our "nim-
rods" hearing flock pass over about
dark. and supposing they had settled
down in some of the adjacentfields. sailed
forth about 10 o'clock at night with their
guns and dark lanterns, in anticipation
of magnificent capture of the feathered
tribe. After rallying around for two or
tree hours, they returned to their quarters
weary and empty handed to become the
laughing stock of the town for the bal
ance of the week. The next evening. one
of their number was heard confidentialy
emark that had they contiI ued the search
a little longer they would have been un-
doubtedly successful, assigning as rea-
son, that large flock of geese had been
seen passing over some four miles south
of here, on the following morning
DR.. L. B. Boggs, formerly a resident of
this place, who removed to Nebraska
some fifteen months since, had the misfor-
tune lately to loose his house and house.