The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1880-11-25
Little Toby Rlpplings.

last Sunday and Monday nights IA
degrees below zero.
Willy does our bald-headed friend
George say we part to meet no more.
james Bennett talks of supplying
the Township with vension having
killed one that weighed eighteen
pounds.
Fred RaywinlSle is still ahead of
the old hunters here he killed deer
with a rail.
In the wind storm few days ago
WIN. Hulett was returning to his
camp in the night having In his
wagon one barrel of -four and a
dressed hog, tree fell on the wagon
smashing it all to pieces together with
the flour and q limb was run through
the hog. Mr.. Hulett escaped without
any bruises.
Weddings are getting quite num-
erous, suppose it is on account of col d
weather.
jack Short is now the happy lad
having killed a fox and bear.
"A small child of Lewis Boyinton
died last Sunday night.
One might as well back mule up
to a swarming bee hive and expect it
to stand still as to speak to Wake and
expect silence.
The first school in this township
was taught by Miss Olive Brockway
in the year 1926.
Mr.. Eben Stephens is about the
oldest pioneer and settler in this
neighborhood when he first established
his home here the howl of the wolf
and scream of the panther broke the
Stiffness of the midnight air.
Chicken thieves are becoming
quite numerous.
There are moonshiners here who
ought to be captured coming home
late at night and crawling into the
window.
"A greater part of the work here
had to be abandoned on account of
epizoOtic.
L. $. got new gun started out
i'm search OF game shooting at every
thing he saw and killed nothing, fell
in the creek and returned home be.
lieving he had had II laundering good
time.
We should have lookup here to
accommodate the Knights of the
bottle.
-Married-Mr. Reuben Iddings to
Miss Lille L. Alden both of this
township. They have our well
wishes for the future.
The population is still on the in
crease; to MIR. and Mrs. Nipple a girl,
to Mr. and Mrs. Raywin!lle girl, to
Mr.. and Mrs. McGuvern Il boy.
Wake Brociiway is the proud
father of bouncing boy.
FOR the last few days james Ben
nett ,Jr.has been sliding logs at Bears
Run.
-Brockport wants debating club
if a clubis'nt handya good poker might
be serviceabie in settling disputes.
"A common disease ut this place is
a breaking out in the mouth.
Those two gentlemen have at last
ound their right place sandwitched
Letwern the ladies II spectacle winch
is -,nl Iiy charming.
jacob Fields or more commonly
known us "sSwanpcr' is one of the
greatest trappers in this neighborh0od
his principle line Of fur is skunks hi
object in catching them is t. have ti.t
furs pcriuned without extra cost.
-Niuty.e Sht per cent. of the males
of this place use tobacco, the price OF &
cigar so soon to end in smoke com
pounded for twenty years is one
thousand three humdrel and forty
dollars. Think of it young man as
you puff away your next cigar, as you
appropriate the next plug of nause-
aling ami health destroying poison, as
you tip off your next glass of whiskey
and slrychninc. Truly it may be said
you have pulled away the price of c
brick you have gurgled down a whole
pound of nails. Day by day you will
continue until your homestead of the
future has hoprlrsriy, irrecoverably
vanished. a lie a,lay will do it.
He went aiter m".asses, got drunk
and brought home the jug filled will
whisk. y. She took it up smelled o
it s't it back, and then squai,d hersel
arms a-kimL" with eyes flashing ant
exclaimed where's them III, lasses'
he chap smiled, winked pleas antly
and waved his hand propitiatinglA
plying, them's them. He is now
c"nvalescent but the jug is helpelessl!
damaged.
AN BAD.
Little Toby, Nov. %.