Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-04-01
Correspondence.
For the Gsllipolis Journal.
Addison Items.

o~~1. S@ts Poe@toCo,
garden, DC.
Easter came and passed without
its usual storm. The old custom of
everybody having a pocket full Of
nicely colored eggs is about abandon
ed. We have seen nicely eolored
eggs that were nicely engraved and
lettered that were present to young
ladies that were preserved for many
years and showed great skill by
those who prepared them.
Mr.. V. Switzer drove three fat
steers by here for the Pomeroy mar
ket.
D. R. S. Shafer has been invoic
ing the past week.
Mr.. Henry johnson and Morris
Hern are making the fill in the new
road near D. w. Berry's. Charley
Reed is building the arch. Charley
knows how and will do it.
Sergeant Johnson has broke GROUND
on the stone work for the bridge
across Big Kyger. He is quarrying
out some fine rock in the hill near
by.
C. C. Barton's school in the village
closed on the 18th ult. Clayt. is
success in that line.
]. W. Thomas has two very sick
children; we only hope how soon
they may get well.
The Farmers and Mechanics
Club at their meeting Saturday night
elected the following persons for the
ensuing year: Capt. Sam'l Rothgeb,
President; G. r. Wars, Vice-Presi-
dent; C. C. Barton, Secretary; D. R.
S. Shaffer, Corresponding Secretary;
Miss Jennie Reynolds, Treasurer;
W. H. Kincade, Sergeant-at-Arms.
After the election Wesley Rothgeb
presented the Club with barrel of
fine Rome Beauty apples, which were
discussed with relish by those pres
ent. This Club has held twenty-six
meetings since it organized, one year
ago; been well attended; numbers
over fifty members; discussed a
good many subjects; received and
read something less than one hun
dred contributions or essays on vari-
Gus subjects; is recognized and been
the recipient of agricultural reports,
seeds, etc, from the Department of
Agriculture at Washington. At its
next meeting the alteration of the
River Road below the Ferry, will be
the subject.
The Republicans nominated their
candidates Saturday, tO-wit: Trus-
tees, w. S. Entsminger, G.. w. Bing,
and Aaron Rife; Clerk, Chas. Wat
son; Treasurer, Jos. Vanden; As
SCISSOR, c. J. Switzer; Constables,
K. Sawyer and J. W. Thomas.
Amount Of relief from Addison for
Kansas sufferers, foots up as follows:
Turned over to Gallipolis committee,
$l9; cash, goods, grain, &c, $l4;
sent to Cowley county, Kansas, to
Chas. Bing, for distribution, 1924;
cash, goods, grain, DC, $50. Total
$117.
DUNNO spell again; by the time
you make that amount at $2 night,
you may learn how to spell gosling.
He says we have shirts and sheets
on the brain; we prefer to have the
former on our back well tucked in,
when we are in Cheshire; as to the
latter, it's perfectly safe TO have them
to the breeze here, but we feel for our
friend. The last tidings we had of
him he was wheeled up front Road
in Cheshire on a wheelbarrow and
dumped off at Cod fish Corner, where
I opine he is luxuriating on Goldfish
and 'taters, and nursing the spring
fever. "Fan me, boyr'
Some time ago I gave you the
weight of our big men, but this time
it's muscle. Latan Scott stepped off
the Gazelle the other day with two
horse plow and extra point, took off
his coat, made pad of it for his
shoulder, gathered up his plow and
point, and when last heard from was
we'll on his way home, some five or
six miles up the classic waters of
Campaign. BLK.