The Hartford herald., 1880-06-23
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JUNE Ia.

nome, Dtilts ttllttt from our nlhtst bN
the absence of her sister, Miss Edith
Parrish, who is spending the summer
IN Wichita, Kansas.
You should have seen the bevy of
beautiful girls at the delOtt?l, in this
place, last Friday morning. The occ;i-
sion was an excursion To Cecilian June
ton, and such u gathering of real solid
sweetness was never before witnessed
at MillwOod. We wanted to go along
too, that we might add our handsome
''mug" to the party, but one glance at
our attenuated pocket-bOok WAS enough.
Ii said "stay" and we stayed.
John Wilson has recovered from his
injuries received some time since at his
new mill near here.
L. II. McBeath, esq, of Litchtield, Il
candidate for the Circuit Judgeship of
this district, Is expected to address the
people here on the 18th. Mr.. McBeath
is nice, clever gentleman, and one
well qualified for the position to which
ne aspires. We would like to see him
make good race, and we believe that
he will do so.
Mr.. III. X. Wells has opened cloth
ing store at Millwood. Ii is something
which has been needed here for some
Jos. Brown, who has been seriously
i'll for the past two weeks with fever, IL
slowly improving.
Mr.. Newton White, OF Atchison, Kan.
is in town.
Mr.. Andrew Lockard has left us for
GraysOn Springs station, which place
will be his future home.
Mr.. Harvey Wells left with party
of t.la l..-f far
Creek.
Farmers are cutting green wheat this
year, the straw being too weak TO sup
age crop.
Mr.. Geo. Cubbage, of Litchfield, will
speak at our barbecue on the 18th.
"FOxy," the sprightly correspondent
of the breckenridge NeWs, was ''on
Tdeck," at the Cecilian exhibition.
Miss Bette Wells Is visiting friends
i'm EliZabethtOwn.
In recent number of the Brecken-
ridge News appears communication
from Litchfield, over the signature of
"Marmaduke," in the course of which,
the writer takes occasion to villify and
abuse the people of Wildwood and vicin-
ity. This wholesale attack upon the
citizens of our neighborhOOd was, to say
the least, entirely uncalled for. The
members of the Estes family We're not
"dying like dogs i'm ditch" neither
are they starving for meat and bread"
The deaths We're the natural results of
malarial fever, and, strange to say-''in
this land of bibles''-they died In
house, and stranger still, this house con-
tanned all the necessary household fur
niture usually possessed by q family i'm
moderate circumstances. The people of
this vicinity did every thing for the suf-
ferer that human hands could accomplish
or generous hearts devise-everything
save giving personal attention to the
afflicted family. There We're some, in
deed, who did even this, but had they
not done 81, who can blame? who has II
right to censllre them? Life is dear to
every one, and the disease is well known
to he contagious. Wedoubt very much
if "Marmaduke" himself could Ike in
duced To practice what he breaches.
Distance is said TO lend enchantment to
the view. Twice have the farmers OF
this section banded together anu by
their united labor assisted the family of
VIM. Estes-Once they planted his en-
tire crop, and once since then they have
cultivated the crop which they planted.
Perhaps "Marnladlie" would not object
to trotting out his ''goOd authority" who
SO kindly furnished him with this sen
satiOnal item. In an interview, Il few
DAYS since, with James Quisenberry,
who nobly offered his service as nurse,
and who alone and unaiied, battled
with the deadly fever until the surviv-
ing members of the Inflated family were
i'm Il cOnvalescent state, We learned
something which may ease "Marma-
dukes" susceptible heart. According
to the statement of Mr.. e., the family
of Mr.. Estes is well supplied with all
kinds of provisions even
.'meat and bread" They suffered main-
ly for such delicasies as sick persons
generally crave, and they suffered for
more attention than the one nurse could
possibly give them. Mr.. Estes himself
desires that this statement may he given
publicity. "MarInaduke" was "lOth to
believe this of the good people of Mill
wood, knowing them rs he did"
"Marmaduke" may rest assured that
the "gOOd people of MillwOod" care not
picayune for either him or his belief,
and he may hug the consolation to his
soul that the people of MillwoOd and
vicinity will not soon forget the INSULT
ing cock-and-bull story he has caused to
be published.
Major Edelen has returned from
visit to his home i'm Litchfield. Reports
the girls as "chawming."
Mr.. Alex Powers and Miss Lulie Nc
Ginnis, Of this place, took a flying trip
to ElizabethtOwn this week, and re-
turned, (ohD man and wife. Many
thanks for the wedding cade we didn't
get. May the world be one round of
sunshine, etc
Mrs. Julia Adkins, of Elizabethtown,
was in town u few days since, the guest
of Mrs. III. X. Wells.
JUNE ELIOT.
The history of the late war has yet
10 he written, as events crowded 30
rapidly on each other that the main-
springs of the actions of the leaders on
each side are but just now beng brought
to light, and the truth of history vindi-
Gated after strife and clamOr of factions
quarrels have passed away. The book
by the late General j. B. Hood, which
is advertised in another column, gives |
much light on the inner life of secession
aS seen by nm net nal mart icinaut