The Columbus journal., 1881-05-11

tleman. Some propose TO run him
for Judge of the burg.
There was quite lively pugilistic
combat between two women on the
Loup valley last week.
Oh, would | were woman,
| would be a wOman's match,
And every time she would pull my hair
Her ugly face I'd scratch.
Frank Rivet is home from George
town, Col. | am sorry to say he had
the misfortune of having a log roll
on his leg out there and break it,
which accident was the cause of his
coming home. There was big sur
prise party at Mr.. Rivet's house
Saturday evening, April 30th.
Charley Carrig says he has gained
twenty pounds since he returned to
farm life. lie says to give him the
plow and calm, spring day,
In the vale where the flower reposes,
Instead of the pen,
In dungeon locked in,
From sun-up till day fairly closes.
The bird fancier near Platte Cen
ter who so carefully fed flock of
prairie chickens during the storms
of the winter, can be heard now at
the first dawn of day with his bucket
of corn i'm his hand cry out in a
mournful tone, "Oh, where, oh,
where, have all my chicks gomez"
If old Rip Van Wrinkle should
waken just about now from his long
and silent slumber beneath the
mossy earth, he would be puzzled,
in driving through the country, TO
know what season of the year it was,
as he would find some threshing,
some sowing, and more husking
corn.
Batty Murphy, boy twelve years
old, while out fishing on Elm creek
last week, caught his hook in the leg
of Polander, who accidentally fell
into the creek a couple of days before
that, and got drowned. Batty ran
home in a state of high excitement,
yelling, "Ma, Ma, / caught an alli-
gator"
Jim Cooney, lone bachelor, has
put in so acres of wheat, Is
of oats and is going to put in 80
acres of corn, l30 altogether, and all
with one team. Where is the Illi-
nois farmer with six sons and as
many more hired men will get in
any more ground than that under
Mr.. Davie Carrig, in buying
horse the other day, says since he
made the purchase, as long as he
was dealing with a neighbor, and an
old acquaintance, that he would not
ask if the horse would pull. 1t
might impugn his integrity and off
end him. Davie asked no questions,
therefore there was no offence, and
likewise no pull.
Mr.. Tedro is teaching in school
district % this summer, guiding the
youthful vOyagers straight onward
to success. He is one of the very
best teachers i'm the county, and is
possessed of rare faculties of mind
by which every principle is explain
ed to each pupil in the most thorough
so that when he passes over
any ground he need never go back
10 review.
Jim G.. on Shell creek has been
complaining for some time past, and
it seems his ailment beat all medical
skill. OF late it has been discovered
that in March j. g., accompanied by
your correspondent, was on his way
10 Columbus TO attend the grand
Jury. They got showed in with
bachelor j. C., who lives about three
miles northwest of Platte Center.
]. G. treated his guests conrteously,
butjn making the gravy, left a lead
spoon in the dish, which melted. j.
t., imbibing an over dose of the
gravy, swallowed the spoon while
hot; afterwards it cooled of, and
bis craw ; of late we are in
hopes he will recover.