The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-12-11
Brockport Locals.
Dark nights. 81" {
Muddy roads. ''" .>N-

Muddy roads. I. '. aL
Rain on Saturday and Monday.
--Christmas is fast approaching.
.-Chas Short is clerking in the
Brockport store. it'., pi. 5i ..
Mrs. w. H. Horton has been
visiting her friends near Brockway-
vile for the past week. - III ~
Robert, one of the young Swamp
ers," is staying at H. Horizons and
going to school. ie ~ =.
The Keytone mill is running
through the day and the Shingle mill
at night ''
--B. A. Rogers moved to III. Hor-
ton g saw mill in Warsaw on the 9th
inst. -e
r.. J. Thompson is boarding at
Isaac Graham's and teaching the Key
stone school.
Camp Jack is almost deserted,
there being only four or five men
there as Star Boarders at present.
-Borckport mill after shutting
down for few days, on account OF
low water, again started up day and
night on Monday the lst inst.
He was met just where he didn't
want to be, as Yank says, on last
Saturday. It's all right Pearl you
were only hunting.
AL. Short of North East and d. G..
Oyster of Ridgway, We're here from
Friday the 9th ult, until Monday,
Dec. lst settling up their business
transacted the past year.
The ring hunters and also our own
true hunters must bear in mind that
no deer can be killed after the 10th
inst without violating the law.
ID. c. Oyster has bought a third
interest in the Brockport store the
Short ss& w. H. Horton is now
Lumber Company. ..s b..
The local editor of the DuBoise
City Courier must have had one OF
those peculiar feelings last week that he
used to have when he and his dog Bill
resided at Camp Jack. How is it B.
II. N
No teacher has yet been hired to
teach the mountain school in Horton
township. We understand William
Raywinkle, son of Fred Raywinkle
will commence the school OH Monday
and teach it until some suitable
teacher can be had.
That peculiar whistle heard in the
board piles at Short & Horizons mill
has became familiar with quite mum.
ber of our quiet citizens. The partie:
connected with the whistle had better
find another place to pipe their melo.
dious tones where they can not be
heard by persons passing along the
highway.
Ambrose Strait while cutting logs
on Johnson run for r. j. Taylor met
with quite serious accident one day
last week. He was chOpping the sec
ond log off from the butt of a tree that
had been turned out of root by the
wind when he was hurled twenty
feet into the air by the root tipping
back, striking i'm such manner that
he dislocated his right wrist and re.
ceiving several other slight bruises.
We had the honor of hearing
Prof. q. w. Chamberlin and Bro.
play few of their choice pieces oil
music on their violin and organ last
Sunday at the residence of Joseph
Chamberlin. If the Prof. would take
music lessons from some good teacher
In a short time he would become an
expert with the violin. Willie with
what little practice he has had does
splendidly, in a few short years if he
continues to learn as of yore will be.
one of the finest musicians.
I'll. G. A." can wax him on play.
ing pool. o yes, he can give him ten
or fifteen and then win the game.
IL. G. A." is like many others that
we know. He can't most always
some times tell who will win ten
games out of twelve games played.
Jennie, who lives near the large
elm tree, complains of being greatly
annoyed at night by being awakened
from her peaceful slumhers by trav-
elers who pass quietly along the road.
Now we think the noise she supposed
to be made by buggies passing origin
from the parlor and the bass of the
same noise was heard at Jeff. TaylOr's
not long since, when that miserable
old OK kicked his master. For full
particulars and explanation see
Henry or Eliza.
M. A. Lowery our violin manu-
facturer was very much disappointed
on last Sunday evening, after borrow
ing lantern for the express purpose
of escorting his fair lady to her ro.
mantle and secluded wigwam was de.
prived of the pleasure there being
another felicious youth present who
shown much brighter in the eyes OF
Orzelia. .--.-.......-, VALE.