Sharp County record., 1883-08-16
Notwithstanding the sickness in the

country, the sunday school convention,
which adjourned Sunday, was well reps
resented. The proceedings will probably
appear in q few days, The convention
vill be he'd 1eSt year il Evening Shade.
We have baen shown birds nest,
| BY Mr., Ed. Smit.!, which is quite a Curl
ogity. 1t is nsisteally built with hair
and 50 oompea,y lined on the outside
with rock NOR, 1hat it looks like the
work of natur ragombling q knot on q
tree.
If you vaf~ people to know who
YOU are, where ic4 are, what you are
doing, how lolg YOU are going to stay,
when YOU are d az to skill o chicken
and oburp,n eto lotto, for 3 small amount
Of "souiblin2s,' s,'Fhioh VIII be thankfully
recsived, the REtTD will "carry the news
to Nary ana ali she rest Of woman and
mankind, from thj Atlantic to the Pacific
ocean, "and don't gu forget it,"
For the bandt Of interested delin-
quents, we would thai you are charged
with time rates, else, and net cash rates,
Sl.O0. We hope sAs will explain the
so-thought orror the accounts OF some
of YOU. rhe Sa]a subscription rates
YOU see IN She pap4 only applies to cash
in advance, Plea remember this, and
and don't annoy any more with:
''Please exDlain wit it is that you charge
us Sl.50 Der yeazI when your published
rates ere sI.C0.n
"A cad accidcrI occurred last Thurs
day, near Mount Jiew church, Scott
township. John Iindman (son Of VIM.
Hjndnan and samI d Lincoln were on
tcp of lead of h9 going down hill,
when sbey, hey ~ 81, slipped Of on
the team, which r. away and broke
loose from the wag3 dragging the men,
who were tangled 1 tho lines, soma dis
lance, Aurting TX 90 badly that
coin, it 5 said, viii get well.
Mr.. James P. Dial, residing three
miles from town. will no doubt carry oil
the "blae ribbon" for the best wheat Of
the season. He sowed II bushels on l6
acres, cut u, from which he threahed
3l8 bushels, being 263 bushels to the
acre. If the otheE 4 acres, which was
equally as good, had been Cut, it would
have averaged 80 bushels or more to the
acre. This wheat uas also Gown On land
which had been cultivated so years. Who
can heat il?
The State Fair association has just
issued their premium LIST, coYy Of which
We have received, for the third annual
fair 20 be held October 18th, 17th, 18th
18th and Goth, 1888. The book ;G neat
and well gotten up, throwing great credit
upon 4. N. Woodruff, by whom the work
was done. Every branch Of industry i'm
agirabla ;8 touched upon in the list, and
and premiums to tho omornt of $1,000
are offered. Though the fair has always
been successful, it is bound to be doubly
50 3hc coming season,
We are informed thet on account o.
sioEness, c public teacher was requested
to adjoprn school for awhile, but refused
to do SO, saying: "Its the money an
afar,' virtually acknowledging that h
di1n'5 care e cent whether the children
sick or we'll, got any benefit Of the schoo
O. not. We suppose the trustees, IN tn
Sweet oye-aDd-bye," will employ thi
Christian n gentleman, who disregard
the golden, Eule, to atay at home en-
| Gig dsh-bait or pull grass out Of ii
'tatar patch. No wonder cur publ
schools are condemned, when We ha'
soaGhero who are only looking after Il
money and their own selfish interest.
We urge upon ell parents, wheth,
church members or not, the Importance
attending Sunday school With their Chi
\ 3ran and taking lively interest in th
exercises Gos children arc net likely I
become very much interested in anytb:n
Hhich is ign01ad and -zee,ssl z,s4s 9l!5l ~
small Importance by their parents. 9
6na THING be assured, If children are nc
instructed in the ways Of God and tn
| church, they Ejil be taupht. opd that yer