The Osceola times., 1883-06-30
The Lecture.


listened TO by respectable audience.
Mr.. Merriweiher is a man Of pleasing
address, and held his audience fully
interested III his subject. He has
been In the lecture field for the past
two years, and always eliciis encom-
iums where ever he addresses the
people. The Merriwcther's Weekly.
a paper published by him and bis
brother, and devoted to Free Trade,
will, in future be issued from St.
Louis. We wish them success in
their new field Of operation.
"A hoater which had drifted
against the dyke at head of the chute,
and allowed to remain exposed To
ihe heat of the sun for several DAYS,
was the cause of much complaint by
the workmen employed by the Gov
eminent. The Coroner was early
notified, but for some cause neglect
ed to have the body removed until
Friday. We don't blame the men
for complaining. The Coroner should
be more prompt in attending to his
duties, or give up his posish.
1t is with regret we announce
the death of Parson W, l.. Fields,
which took place last Saturday, at
his home in Chickasawba neigbbor-
hood. He had been afflicted with
dropsical affection for a number of
years, and his death was not wholly
unexpected. Having joined the
Baptist Church in early life, he be-
came an humble follower of the meek
and lowly Jesus, and for the last ten
or twelve years his life has been de-
voted to the ministry here in Missis-
sppi county, where he was loved and
respected by all who knew him.
A cotton bloom, the first of the
season, in Mississippi county, with
out doubt, was brought in and pre-
sented to the editor Of this paper,
last Wednesday, by Mr.. T. F. Glass
gov, and told to wear it as button
hole bokay. Mr.. Glasgow is cult
waiting Mr.. J. w. Williams farm,
near Elmott. Now, we expect to
hear that so-and-so had blooms day
or two earlier than this, but it wont
do. Glasgow like to have run his
horse to death, to get this bloom in
ahead.
Last Saturday was another dark
day over at the government works:
beside the suicide at Plum Point,
mentioned elsewhere, another man
jumped overheard from one of the
boats at or near Gold Dust, and
was drowned. To those who fancy
the cold water route, ample facilities
are afforded at these works, and one
can take his choice of taking leap
either from pile-driver, mattrass-
barge, quarter-boat, grader, boat,
skiff, dug-out or the old style of
scooting off the bank.
-Lusus nature that's not orig
inal. It's latin, and means sport or
freak Of nature. Mr.. Scott Howe,
the smiling young druggist who
blows the bass drum in the band,
showed us the latest attraction in his
collection of natural curiosities. 1t
is nothing more nor less than a very
young dead chicken. Dead. yes;
its dead, and picked in alcohol
When this Preachers Favorite "
fruit first pippcd through its she'll,
and stood forth upon this broad
earth and took survey of itself and
found that dame nature had in a
frolioksome mood, adorned it with
an extra pair Of legs and wings, il
felt so mortified that it lay down on
the cold, cold ground and chirruped
out. Had that young knight of the
gaf had an eye to business, and
known what possibilities were in
store for it in the cockpit and in the
line of strutting and tapping oi
wings to the terror of the rest of the
barn-yard roosters, it no doubt
would have changed its mind ant
lived its allotted time, and been solo
as spring chick.
." Here Goes Nothing"
John NJ. Casey, who for severa
years past was a resident of our town
committed suicide last Saturday, a
Plum Point, by drowning. Evel
since his failure here in the salooI