The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-09-04


Who is going to the circus7 }i
Pearls cold is some better.
Where are our croquet piayers2
Fred. Wilcox left us on Monday.
Why don't some one dish up
locals3
Who is the correspondent Of the
Cburicr7
Music at Isaac Graham's last Sun
day. -:
+-Chestnuts will be plenty this sea-
son. y '..:''
.i--F. c. Wilcox looks like CORES
pondent.' i." i.t@
.n'--Henry Reedy had logging bee
last Friday. 80 .e.:e" s.. .,'
E2;-The plasterers are at work lathing
the new M. +. Church. ..'.....
-R. T. Kyler broke his threshing
machine while threshing for II. Hor-
ton. :.
Short & Horton have commenced
digging potatoes and find that one
fourth are rotten.
Scot Alden still has his photograph
gallery at Centreville.
Our butcher, Geo. Huffman, has
given up butchering and has gone to
work for A. ]. Allen. - -.
james Mohney is going to Camp
Jack to work for Short & Horton. :
We notice schneider has taken
a partner. 49, - ....
--Davy had one Of the steers to the
blacksmith shop one day last week.
That is right, Davy, Tom is glad to
see the steers come to the shop.
.'-F. G. Wilcox is now presenting
the young ladies with card and says
he is running for that house now.
Bad enough Fred. she must have had
company.
"A large number of Odd Fellows
passed here on last Wednesday, from
Brockwayville, on their way to Cen
treville to help dedicate the Odd Eel
lows hall at that place.
Horace, onr Supervisor, immag-
ined himself one of the Odd Fellows
last Wednesday at Centreville, All
we know about it is that Barney
Braniff claims so. Horace trot out
your little six dollars and have moth
ing more to do with Odd Fellowship.
We have pack of sneak thieves
around us which are very troublesome.
Look out for them rs. ]" of the
Courier for they will rob you of your
honest rights.
| If Noah had foreseen the future
and killed the two mosquitoes which
took refuge in the ark he would have
rendered some of the strongest words
in the English language unnecessary
In our last weeks letter we notice
the editor has taken the letter IN" In
William Barron's name for "w,"
therefor spelling Barrow" in place of
| Barron.
-Davy Rimer and L. 8. Horton
talk of going after peaches in Arm
strong county. near Dayton, in about
| two weeks.
Some Of our young ladies have
been calling Mr.. Short "dear" again
for he has had q very. pleasant smile
on his bachelor face for the past few
days. Jack you should not give up
yet for as long as they call you dear"
there is hope. Think you had better
get F.. G. w. to give you one of his
cards, and present it to the first young
lady that calls you dear"
One of the bee trees that Hank
Reedy found at Camp Jack proved to
be hornets nest after it was cut.
james Gahegan returned from
camp meeting on last Monday.
ALFRED Short, of North East, Pa,
and ID. G. Oyster, of Ridgway, were
here doing business the first of the
| week.
Who would have thought that a
hurricane past and gone almost one
year, would blow off r. Thompson's
liat and entahgle his arm i'm the shape
we saw 1t, on last Sunday evening
near the Brandy Camp Hotel. How
is this Reuben, is not your arm a little
lame?
-"Smith q Schneider" of the Ap-
voCATE and rs. j." of the Courier are
great Oh having Church in the NJ. E.
Church. Gentleman you must have
been informed wrong. or did you in
tend to inform our quiet citizens
likewise.
-Four Brookville Jail birds passed
here on Monday morning at o'clock
A. M. after a pleasant walk from
Brookville. VALE,
SAD ACCIDENT. - Last Wednesday