The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-02-13
To is st. Valentines day

To morrow is st. Valentines day.
Nature smiles and weeps by
turns this week
The weather this week Is almost
as uncertain as a witness before the
Potter Committee.
The Green township teachers in
stitute will be held at the Shirley
school house next Saturday.
-Tribbey & Benefits new depar-
ture Of stall-fed beef from Chicago is
| attracting the attention Of everybody.
Francis Murphy, the greatest liv-
ing temperance lecturer, at the Opera
House Thursday evening, February
9th.
Ono of the important things to
attend to now is to keep your feet
dry. Wet feet. colds and lung fever
60 together.
Richard Williamson has COW six
feet and three inches high, and that
measures fourteen feet from the tip
OF the tail to the horns.
We publish to-day an interesting
letter from Indianapolis. written by
Hon. j. NJ. Confer, our representative
in the Legislature.
N. E. Barr, of Argos, one of the
best teachers In Walnut township,
called on US Saturday and set the fig
ures opposite his name ahead.
And the light fantastic toe was
lifted at the Opera House last night
The continuation of this interesting
story will be found in the next num-
Der.
Owing to misunderstanding be-
tween the farmers and the weather
clerk, there will probably be but lit
tie more maple sugar made in this
county this week.
j. s. Bernhisel, Marmort's eff
cient postmaster, and one OF the lead
ing members OF the literary society
of that place, called at the REPUBLI-
CAN Office last Saturday.
Mr.. Rogers, the teacher at In
wood, was arrested here Monday,
charged with unbecoming and inde-
cent conduct toward two little girls
Of this place, and isnow in Jail await
ing an examination.
A Greenback organ, not thou
sand miles from here. says, "The Ma
tlonals we're born in fraud and are
held together by bribery" The same
paper thinks everybody Of good sense
out to join that party at once.
M. W. Downey has returned from
his trip in Southern Missouri and
Northern Arkansas. He reports
plenty OF rain and mud, and great
deal OF worthless. and some very
good land In that section of country
Quite number OF those to whom
we sent postal cards last week have
responded. Now boys. We want to
hear from every one OF you. We
should like to retain each OF you as a
subscriber, and now ia the time to
settle easy while the accounts remain
in our hands.
We last week sent to many OF our
subscribers who are in arrears
postal cards containing statement ol
their account. One man at Bremen
seems somewhat offended. II no takes
any other paper he will fad that the
statement or his account is printed
every week on the slip with his name
and pasted on the paper or wrapper
Go and hear Budd Reeve, at the
Opera House next Saturday night
His subject, ~Home-spun Views o.
Roots and Other Things is entirely
new. He will show you how thought.
and opinions are made valuable
Those who have heard it speak OF i
in the highest terms. 1t Is said Il
contain living sallies OF wit that out
sparkle those OF any living humorist
w. W. Garner, OF the Starkt
County Enterprise made us a friend
| ly visit while In town last Friday
We are glad tn hear that the Enter,
prize Is prospecting. Such man as
Mr.. Garner deserves success. wher
his office was partially burned out ;
few months ago, instead of reducing
the siz OF his paper or sending on
half sheets, he went right to worl
and made it Letter than ever.
We suppose the author Of tn,
following parody resides on the mud
dy prairies Of Illinois. 1t does no
apply to this section of the country
and we give 1t to show our reader
how it Is where much mud dotl
abound:
What is that mother? ?" "a rail, my child"
| Answered the mother In accents mild;
"That marks the place where, late last fall,
| team went down, man, wagon and ALL
In the spring the good Supervisor will come,
| And dig them ont of their cayey hOEsc.
BE thou ever like the Supervisor. good,
And ready when he calls thee to work the road.
George Thayer has returned from
Indianapolis, where he spent week
most of the time among our Legisla
tors. He says that Senator Reeve 1