The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-02
Personal Notes.

suit of blue clothes. m adr
Charlie Mathews fired sixty shots
and killed one pigeon.
-M'Farland, of the Thayer House,
has new spotted cow
-Robt. Campbell lost his store door
key and found it again. ct "us'
Jerry Thompson has moved into
the front rooms over Houk's store.
Martin Sewers, Treasurer of Jones
township, was in town this week.
n A. Neill has cleared about fifty
acres on his farm near Whistletown.
We noticed J. S. Chamberlain, of
Horton township, in town on Tues
day. e'
Doctor Earley's and Mrs. ID. B.
Days birthday come on the same day,
May lst.
Slim Bill, of zion's hill, will do
painting for all who may need his
services. ..... rs1
John Stout, shoemaker, for several
months in j. S. Powell's employ, has
left town. ,.t
Doctor Bordwell has added new
porch to. tie front of his Centre street
residence
The Streams are too high for trout
fishing, much to the chagrin of would
be fishers. as
Harry Wilson is making a new
fence for the front of Miss B. e. Will
cox's property.
Sunday was a bad day for the new
hats and bonnets!s Better luck next
Sunday, ladies.
B. II. Chaplin and wife, of Brock
wayville, visited friends in town on
Saturday and Sunday. ....I
Hank Thayer has Towering
ounce in his front yard, in blossom,
which is really beautiful.
-Rathbun was busy at work in his
garden this morning. And a finely
arranged garden he has.
Doctor Farley was sponsor for
Merit Schram's boy. This in correc-
ton of our last weeks article.
Never subscribe for paper as long
as you can borrow your neighbor's. A
penny saved, you know, is worth two
earned.
1t isn't rightto get another fellows
girl by running the fellow down.
But, then, we suppose all's fair in love
and war.
The cows got in and scratched up
M'Afee's flower beds. The chap who
left the gate open has better look a
leetle out.
e. c. Barrett will move his family
into j. Powell's farm house in short
time. Miss Aggie Barrett will live
with them.
Doctor Hartman was in town first
of the week. BY the way, we under
stand the Doctor has moved his family
to st. Mary's.
Michael Bailey is home again from
visit to Yorkstate. He didn't bring
that woman back with him as the
boys expected he would.
-Rathbun feels complimented by
reason of being spoken of as sponsor
for Capt. Woodward's girl, but he
didn't happen to be there.
Grove Messenger has sowed super
phosphate OH his South street farm
He is bound to have some hay for hi:
cow if fertilizer will bring it.
p. T. Brooks has trimmed the
trees in the court yard. None toe
soon, as the trees were growing to tor
and not spreading out enough.
If you plant your potatoes in
April there may be June frost. L
you plant in May there may be July
frost. Therefore, plant not at all.
james Maginnis says he had al
excellent time on his late visit tc
Yorkstate. He feels like himself tt
have his wife and babies at home once
more.
w. G. Healy is fast clearing III
his farm near the cemeteries. He pro
poses to make blade ofgrass, or tw,
(or perhaps three) grow where non,
grew before.
Jerry Mecum, of the Franklin
house, st. Mary's, passed through thi
place on Tuesday morning, with sew
eral dozen pigeons, the result of hi
hunt in the Highland pigeon fields.
j. S. & w. H. Hyde will adopt tn
cash system after May 1st. If all tn
stores adopt this system howis the Ed
itor going to live? Anyway we dom
care as long as dandelion greens holC
| out.
The man with the dancing bea
was in town the other day. Half tn
time it was hard work to tell whicl
was the man and which the bear. An,
when they kissed each other half tn
girls i'm town were jealous.
Judge Messenger has put up new
board fence between Groves dru,
store and the Judges barn, thus ad
ding to his garden spot. Besides, tn,