The Hartford herald., 1885-07-29
July 25th, 1885.

and still "a jumping. Not having had
rain for a considerable while. there are
beginning to be some marked evidences
of serious damage resultant from the
drouth. Verdant, thrifty pastures are
fast being converted into parched,
withered and lifeIess vegetation, and to
stockmen present "A most discouraging
aspect. The rich green corn-blade is
twisting up under the influence of the
intense heat, and growing sick and
yellow for want of sufficient moisture
Some tobacco superinduced by heavy
fertilization on old lands has parched
up in the field, while large amount is
so reduced in vitality ss to present a
cupped cabbage-like appearance, and
perhaps will not yield at this late time
to the influences of favorable season.
IL ever felt warmer weather it was
in my earlier days when these great,
large, puffed and tucked, sultry and
stubborn Mother Hubbard outfits were
not in vogue, and | failed to realize it.
Great heavens, how hot ! Chase me
with an ice-burg, or sit near me Willie
Herman with thy breezy palm leaf.
Messrs. Hill and Meador, candidates
for the Senate, passed through our
burg to-day, shaking hands with and
smiling on our people. DIR. Meador
looks like a young man in quest OF
matrimony, behind his smooth white
face and deeply blackened beard, while
Mr.. Hill is equally winning in appear
ance, and is one of Gods candidates for
the Office to which he aspires, and will
beat the Doctor to II largely In August.
Gentlemen you have our sympathy.
The weather is so hot and watermeIOns
are scarcely expected to mature before
the canvass is over. Old corn is scarce
and not one meal sack was to he dis.
cerned i'm their outfit. Courageous
sOuls-brave men-tO penetrate solar
temperature of 96o with the endless
clouds of suffocating dust, and kiss the
perspiring baby to catch the fathers
vote. My stars, We would not be an
aspirant to office this weather for the
best coffee sack our optics ever beheld
Mrs. T. J. Smith, Of Hartford, wife of
our efficient County Clerk, is here with
her handsome little girls, Jessie and
Daisy, the latter being under medical
treatment by DIR. Hoover. She is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Lindsay Bennett.
Miss Laura SpurrIer, one of Beda's
pleasant young ladies, returned from a
two weeks visit to relatives i'm Whites
vile last Sabbath. She was aceOmpa-
MED by her sister, Mrs. Lou Hays, who
will spend a few weeks here.
Mr.. Cal Fielden, vocalist Of some
repute, was here this week for the pur-
pose of organizing singing class. We
have some as large mouths, good lungs
and as well tuned vocal chords here as
any people in the world, and it's so,
cial rebuke were we to lose the oppor
tunity of cultivating these faculties
requisite to the agreeable accomplish
ment of good singing. Some of our
young men who early in life listened
to the sweet voice of the spring toad
and became superlatively aspiring to
music, have subscribed two scholars
aud will jump in on quadruple measure
if necessary, and run the scale with
their shoes off. Great bed bugs! Boys
do you expect to carry two songs at
once, and execute a wholesale harmony
business without any respect for the
welfare of our citizens? Mr.. Fielden is
a good teacher, and We are anxious for
the revolution.
All let me soothe down my voice from
hideous yells,
And leave of the tenor of my paroxysms and
spells,
To breathe the sweet notes,
Like jay-birds and goats,
Blending the chant harmony in the glades
and the dells.
A1essrs. Shafer, Baird 4 Co. are i'm
the neighbOrhood, doing good work
with their thresher. The oat crop is
large, but wheat is yielding lightly.
Rev. J. f. Mcdonald. pastor of the
Cumberland church here, delivered his
farewell sermon last Sabbath, having
rendered his resignation, which was
accepted. We hear the most favorable
comment upon Bro. McDonaldis work
while with us, and his departure for a
new field offers theme for the most
serious regret to his many friends here.
"Mattie." your new correspondent
here, chases down the items like duck
would a june-bug, and serves them up
as palatably as a stewed onion. We
welcome the gentle sister. Call around
"Mattie," you shall have the first dip"
from our fresh snuff can, will try on
our new Mother Hubbard, friz our
bangs for the singing and let you see
all my letters from Willie and Herman.
Am indebted to McKendIee for the
correction of an error in my lost. Say,
take care Of that pup, Owen, give it
animal broths, plenty of phosphorus,
and bandage the cerebral anatomy.
Thos. Baird, who has been so low
with infiammatory rheumatism of the
heart, is thought to be some better at
this writing.
We wish to negotiate with some
active man in Grayson-wish to ex-
change some hungry fleas for few
well nourished seed>ticks.
MARY ANN.
Beaver Dam.