Morris tribune., 1881-05-26

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being taken in aquatic sports, now tina,
the lake has good stage of water, and
several of our townsmen are arranging fol
pleasure boats to put upon it.
Transfers and others compelled to drive
along our principal thoroughfares are re
joiced atnot being obliged to swim theil
horses through acres of gluey mud. The
high wind and warm sun of the past few
days has dried up the mud at an astonish
ing rate, and so everybody rejoices.
A trio of travelling musicians, wander
ing Jews, furnished machine music to the
natives last Monday. The band consisted
of two half grown men and child; the
child as usual playing the pass the.hat part.
Westward no! civilization and its attend,
ant evils takes its course The music was
very good however.
So long as the Feathers fly" the boys
don't care whether the said feathers are OH
| the exterior or interior or the game. AS
the hunting season is over for the present,
in by practicing on glass balls. So far the
scores are low but in week or two we
hope to see some good shooting.
There is superabundance of Juice in
the ground at present, rendering it next to
impossible to keep water out of cellars and
other excavations. No little annoyance is
caused thereby and the owners of residence
and business properties who are the unfor'
tunate possessors of underground cellars,
feel sad and dispirited as they watch the
water guage.
A Quartette of booty individuals created
q little excitement ON Monday evening by
showing the amount of jack ass there was
in their whiskey soaked carcasses. After
demonstrating that there was not particle
of sense left in their brains, their exhibi
ton was stopped by the Marshal, who
loaded them up on their team and ordered
them out of town.
With potatoes at a dollar bushel, but
ter at twenty five cents a pound, eggs al
from ten to fifteen cents dozen, wheat al
eightyt five cents and and oats at forty cents
per bushel, hay at five dollars per ton, anG
land at ten dollars per acre, it would Ger
tainly seem as if farmers might get rich
and with good common sense mana cement
there is no earthly reason why they should
not.
Some thoughtful chap, who read oul
suggestion in regard to a boulevard encir
cling the lake, left few loads of manure
and other rubbish on the bank near town
If the intention was to have started work
on the drive the idea wasn't sweet scented
or very good one by any means, although
the intention was alright, perhaps. If the
party does not remove the unsightly anC
odorous heap he may be called into cour
and compelled to do so, or pay some one
else for doing it
| Some of the grain threshed this spring
is in next to unsuitable condition. In
many cases, however, the wheatis coming
out all right, but the greater portion of the
oats are unmarketablc. We learn that il
one or two localities here spring thrcshet
grain was used for seed that it has not ger
minated, and the land is to be sown ovel
again with oats or flax. 1t is to be hopcC
that farmers will profit by the experience:
of last year and not to be caught with the
work so far behind.
| AS regular is the seasons, comes the IN
sophisticated youth who is, according to
his tell, a terror in any position on bass
bail field One of these fellows who ge
fat on red hot liners, and can scoop in ant
never miss lightning daisy cutter will
either hand, went out on the street to teacl
some of our amateurs the manner of hand
ling ball, Ia professional. His hand
are not so all freddy bunged up, but they
are good for rag and arnica for two
weeks, or about as soon as the swelling
| from the effects of brilliant "scoop" sub
sides sufficient for his eye to be Of any us'
to him.
Move over there let a chap have breath
ing room! is the hourly cry heard in th
grain fields. This may seem like an ex
aggeration, but for fear lest some ont
would say we were drawing it heavy, WI
will not say any thing about wheat drop
ped by the seeders sprouting and springin!
up out of the ground to the hight of sever
al inches, before the drags which follow
short distance behind, could come along
| The man who told of the latter circum
stance will undoubtedly be candidate 70
Office next fall, and, judging from hi
qualifications, his triumphant election i
assured.
CoRREcTIoN.-Lcst a wrong impression
was given by an item which appeared il
this paper week or SO ago, concernin!
the opening of the new hotel at Graceville
we would state that Mr.. john P. Lyon
and not George " Welcome, is the proprietor
The new hotel was opened this week, AM
we are informed will be fitted, furnished
and The table supplied ina manner equal t
any village hotel. Mr.. Lyon, formerly o
this county, is the landlord, and he request
any of his old friends or acquaintance
when in that vicinity, to call at the Cit
Hotel, and he will be glad to see and cntel
} tain them.
One of our resident bachelor NJ. d. s wa
recently the surprised and gralified recip
ent of a napkin ring, of a new, novel an
original design. To say that the docto
was astonished does not express his fee
ings, but lie will acknowledge that til
tables were adroitly turned on him. Th
t gift isa curious piece of workmanship
being a ring of white rubber, neatl
finished and patterned Ia enfant. 1t
; needless to add that this token of affection
: ate remembrance will be fondly chcrishe
, and priced. not for its intrinsic worth {
value, but that future generations ma
have something over which to ponder
they chews.
VILLAGE.-At the regular meeting of til