The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-06-10
FROM MILTON.

FROM MILTON. 81 |
Mr.. EDIToR:-There was large |
collection of farmers in town on Satur-
day last. 97i,a G as3
Hubbard and Newman have finished /
their assessment of Washington town
ship, for 1874, and returned the same
to the County Auditor.
All. Gibbons and J. Parkins will
soon have their new buildings finish
ed and ready to move into. = +. M.
Jones & Co. have the walls of their
new grocery store on Central avenue
about completed. Several other i'm
prove,nents lave been begun, and
still others are in contemplation.
The newly elected town trustees
are at some of the same tricks the old
ones were charged with. The road
master, Of saw dust notoriety, has re-
mitted the two days personal services
on the streets of Joe Rollins, the
barber, for three shaves and two hair
cuttings. The President Of the Board
has repaired his pig pen and grape ar
! bor. Another member has fne avn
ing in front Of his store room, and
the other members are going to paint
their houses aud whitewash their fen
ces. It is very irritating to see the
peoples money squandered in this
way.
Some excitement was created at the
foundery last week in consequence of
some moulders being detected in
throwing their imperfect castings into
the canal, to avoid reduction Of
wages. The canal adjacent to the
foundcry was raked. and several hun
dred pounds Of iron in the shape of
imperfect castings were found. The
result was one or two fights and the
discharge Of the guilty hands. The
/ Knights of the Golden Age, name
assumed by the members of secret
literary society here, all wear very
broad brimed straw hats as summer
badge of membership. The other day
as party of them was passing the
streets, a drove of hungry cattle came
along, and seeing the moving pile Of
light straw, made dash for it, and
nothing but speedy retreat in doors
and behind salt barrels, prevented the
gallant Knights from being roughly
handled. AS it was. one hat blew off
in the flight and was demolished. This
ought to be warning to our young
lady friends who have donned the
same head costume. e.t E
1t is against the law for COWS to run
at large between the hours, of eight
| o'clock, p. m. and five a. m., within
| the corporation. The town Board
have built new pound, the old one
having fallen down some time ago, and
neither COWS or owners have paid any
attention to the ordinance since. The
marshal gets fifty cents for every COW
timpounded, to be paid by the owner
before being released. The first night
| after the new pound was finished, the
marshal captured FIVE head. for which
/ he received ~, 80, ,nextmorning. Since
that time he can be seen every few
| nights with his posse. consisting Of q
little boy to drive, hunting stray cows
But the owners not relishing the pay.
ment of 30 cents forwhat little gras.
their cows may eat outside, carefall,
shut them up of nights, when he il
ont On duty. They take it bys4asn,
! in watching him, and when he goes Il
bed. word is sent round, and out come,
the cows, the owners well knowing h,
can not get UP again before day light
when they will have their cows al
& safely housed again. He says the.
will meet with back set one ofthes,
mornings; and We await the fun.
One OF our business men, and on
who has never committed matrimony
though looking little old, is learnin
to play on the piano. He has no in
strument of his own, but young lad
freud has kindly given him the use
q her new one, and also to become Iii
teacher. He is punctual in his al
tendance at lesson hours, and hi
many friends who assemble on tn
Z corners to listen at his performances
81 say that he is advancing rapidly, an
they believe he can now make himsel
master of the situation. by interview
ing the County Clerk ON the subjec
+ We advise him to make the intervie,
at once, for it will cost only one dolla
and wind up piano lessons.
4 One Of leading citizens, and men
Il Der Of the 6rm of the Wooden Mi
Store, lives out of town, and keeps
horse and buggy to carry him bac
and forth. The horse has a habit {
frequently throwing up his hind fe.
in rather A dangerous manner for II,