The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-01-04
For the Jasper Courier.
On the Wing.


hELLERsvILLE, Dec. 21si, 1877.
i Mr.. EDIToR.-l see through the col
umns OF your paper, that you have of
iereu every inducement to the readers q
your County paper 10 have correspon
uehcc throughout the entire county civ
ing al the Information. Well. 10 com,
70 me lact OF The thing asked ever,
person met whats The news. Final,
they answered me with none OF Won,
business. However. heard OF one OF
our boys having a spat with his Girl. bu,
am AFRAID 10 tell il for lie will find il
ont ana lick me. So | concln,led
would come TO Jasper and look around.
and in came. l went into one of The
saioons and took q smile. thinking ii
any thing turned up | would be better
ao'e 10 smile all over. heard tho
.etit house bell ring, and | thought
'hat wonid be good place. 80 in went.
ana the first person met was the
sheriff kepi my eye on him TO see If
ne went 70 pull out any papers on me.
bni he didn't and felt con nsiaerably
relieved. However, nv attention VA.
directed 10 chap who said lie hailed
rom indianapolis and was representing
The Sentinel Company. That said Com
pany bad furnished books. stationery
Mc. Tor the county. aud he wanted iol
Know II The Commissioners would allow
the bill. From the looks of SAID chan
you would think from the amount .f
ndIpose tissue the company had been
lccning him well. or else Ne Ind con-
ceaied under his jacket The greater uartl
81 The Sentinel building. Well. thel
commissioners looked "a his bill. rivipYl
y personal inspection. cutting il from
$50 70 $40. thereby giving The Clerk
ana Auditor q chance to pav inJiviau.
ally for their own stationary hcretogorel
me County always paid for Il. on.
lordy you had of seen them ,c,lo
seraich--l was going TO advise them toI
81 one rf osc tlme-ioolhcd combs.
ou' ! u'nni Ike the looks Of their ewes.
Next thIng was Braslcn & IinrIord for
DOOM stationery. Gc Wen. they cutl
them 20 high don'I think Bradcn will
ever put ia an appearance again. Thel
next thing was that Doctors l,ill. but II
see some fellow gni that in your paperI
ahead oi me. That mas good Joke onl
McNer'iry the Trustee lIr idea of fbell
ynnrty Commissioners ihinkiny Marll
10 not have sense enough 10 Derlnrm
nc duties OF trustee ii served L;rll
lghi. lie should Of asked them IN 10 t,,t.
smile. and then he would n.f IN h,.a, 4
surprised OF such an order. 7 s,wll
ne Auditor with some papers n M. II
ANA. which turned out 10 be fbn l,;lI. Ia
hat were admitted. read on III h.eLs l,
\ them. Admitted. II. b.. which Que oflf
ne oilirers Informed me meant forsner.
fct buby aud The other said iurel
randy felt Inclined 10 think ii ,osantl u
hc latter from all appearances. was
oing 70 fcil Nou about the Court housel
nnr, but Lon Greene can do tha, 49, Z
e was interested. I looked ~ ~ 9
irnip and seen that il pointed close ~ y
'nn.r' ~ ! irlt ~ every pocket Tor All.
''"r'cr JuSt Then remembered abonfle'
y shii'e thnf other fellow and took =
! concluded would 70 TO the Wash A'
'gion house and run my face w;thlo
ncle Charley for my dinner. and n IN
~ not succeed, would 90 TO the Poprl
Dllse and take supper, stay all nighfl
"a get my breakfast. and then come n ~
wn ~ The morning, like the Counfvl,
commissioners that signs his name with N
\. a. did; but thank The stars uucle "
'arley LEI me run my face, aud IN The q
'nrse Of an hour i was on \ wagon ~
'meward bound, determined | would "
yer smile again IN Herbig's saloon lc'
~ came back. ! thought BilIylIrr
recn and j. SchuIer would have thc ~
ocecdings Of the Commissioners Court
'bl'shcd 10 The Courier, or are thevi,
raid Of the Il. b. Yours as ever =
SHORTY. ii,