The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-01-09
AROUND TOWN.

Mrs. Harmon's residence.
Don't "cuss" if you happen to make a
mistake and write 1873 instead OF 1879.
Cotton is upa little 1t is selling here
this morning at from TO 81 cents.
Pit a special in 1'ur LtD9 Err of some
article You can't SELL aid see the effect.
No religious services in town for over
two weeks except at the Catholic church.
Plant your English peas, radishes and
lettuce as soon as the ground can be got in
order.
"The snow the snow, the beautiful snow"
has vanished and left beautiful mud IN its
place.
The snow has almost melted, and the
STREETS are now hardly passaEle on account
Of lie mud.
There has been sleighing in town since
The snow. apparently much enjoyed by
participants
Dear delinquent subscribers, il, yoa IN
Tend to pay your aubscrib:ion at all, please
come in and settle
Our carrier, Eddie Hubert, returns
thanks to those of his friends who pur-
4haset his New Years Address.
Esq Allen Smith, is the only man on
our books that has paid for THE LEDGER
to 1880. E,q. Allen always does thing
about right.
The SNOWFALL, the beautiful, cold, hard
SNOWFALL, in the hands of small hoy, can
do more to cure man of absent minded
hes, than anything else.
Mr. Steven McNair was in town this
week. He did as everyone else SHOULD,
subscribed and paid his eubscriptoA to The
LEDGER for one year in advance.
We are requested by Rev. w. L. NJ.
Linfeld, d. d., Presiding Elder, to saw
that the first quarterly meeting will be held
here Saturday and Sunday, the lth and
18th inst.
Forty-three men called on us yesterday
and each delivered a lecture on the snow.
We now offer years subscnption to the
man who can talk fifteen minutes without
abiding to the snow.
Owing to the death Of Rev. w. Burgess,
The funeral sermon Of Chas. f. McDlvitt,
son of J. d. and Elizl J. McDavitt, is
Indefinitely postponed. Notice OF the
time will be published.
We were pleased to meet this week
Prof. VI, J. Corbett, who will open A high
school here on tine goth inst. He comes
Well recommended, and we wish him sue
cess. Read what he has TO say to the
public in to>day's paper.
1t is said by old farmers, that good crop
wears always follow severe and cold winters
If this holds good this year there will cer>
teinIy be a fine c-op made, for the oldest
Inhabitants say they never experienced
colder. weather in this country than we
have had this year.
Mr.. ". I. Nossee has gone to fsss'o-
hurst to engage in the mercantile bust
ness. We commend him to the people OF
that place as a fine business nan, and
gentleman. His family remains in Brock
have", but will shortly move to Halle
hurst.
Frank Lqrkin is regular old topper, the
hardest drinker in town. He keeps his
coffee on the fire all the time, and takes
drink therefrom every time he sells
customer a bill of good. from the cheap
and elegant stock of r. T. Wiihers'.
Customers hive been so numerous Of late
chat he has almost drank himselfto death.
Mr.. Jno. VI Martin was nineteen years
old last Tuesday and in order to celebrate
the occasion number of friends were
invited around Tuesday night to pass the
evening. The moments g'ided most pleas
antly away till the hour of twelve, when
each dispersed to his respective home,
having passed a most peasant evening.
The hop at the rink on Friday night will
he long remembered by those who were
present for two reasons First because of
the enjoyment lad, and second, on ac
count of their having TO wade home
through the snow OF Saturday morning.
Dancing was INDUCED in until three
o'clock, and refreshments IN the mea' time
were served. About fifty persons were
present. who "tlipped the light fantastic"
and seemed TO enjoy it hugely.
The party at Hon. R. II. Thompson's on
Wednesday night, January LIST, given in
honor Of Miss Cocker, of Madison county,
and Misses Chr'sman and Thompson. Of
Beauregard, was highly enjoyable affair.
All present seemed to be disposed to have
good time" and with the assistance of
their accomplished and pleasant hostess,
their dispositions were gratilied. CONVEX
were played. At the proper hour refresh
inents, in the most profusc abundance.
were passed around, and Hone failed to do
them justice, because they were of SO ex
cellent anature-tempting to the eye and
and more so to The paate-that the most
fastdious epicurean could have satisfied
himself with them. The writer returns
thanks for having been one of the guests
Board Supervisors.
This body has been in session
all the week. They have been
looking after the paupers, examining
jury certificates, etc. They ordered
stove put IN the Jail, fined two members
for non~attendance, appointed a mem,
Der to bring suit against d. Sherwood
to recover money paid his father, N.
Sherwood. as a pauper. This is a pre-