The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-03-25
Centertown Cinders.
March u, 1855.

March u, 1855.
Editor Herald
Farmers are about through burnin,
plant beds, and if the crops to be plant
ell should he in proportion to the seec
so~n, there will he a large crop Of tn,
weed raised. Sowing oats was fairly
under way until the snow and freeze.
set upon us again, since which we've
come To deadlock. Very littl,
blowing has been done for corn rs yet
Alfred Ashby and son, Clell, have q
twenty acre field broken.
A pump got out of repair at the mill
VIII ich caused IA suspension OF bushes,
for day or two. Small as the piece
which had To be replaced, Mr.. Ford had
TO go Owensboro for It,
Geo. and Wills. Rowe will put up 9
large amount of wire fence this spring
enough to require about five hundred
pounds of wire. Wire fencing is stead
lily growing IN favor with our people
Tree-sugar makers had another good
run last week. There We're two or three
hundred pounds made by the different
parties near here during that run.
NJ. c. Ford and sons are getting theil
Mort Warden farm in excellent trim
and have done a large amount of work
on ii. They began blowing last fall
and have kept it up at intervals until .
good portion Of 1t is already broken
There has not been as much clover
and grass seed sown in our part of the
county in many years as has been thi:
winter. Our merchants have sold
large quantities.
j. Il. Bennett has bought that part o.
the Dover Hinton farm owned by Mil.
lard f. Tichenor. His son, Horace
will move TO it in few weeks.
The sale at the late s. Noel Tichenor's
on the 18th inst, was well attended
considering it was very rainy day
and property, AS general thing, sold
well.
1t occurs to your scribe, or rather to the
people in that vicinity, that the atten'
ton of the proper authorities should be
called TO the destitute condition of the
Moseley women, consisting of the
widow Moseley and her sister-in- law
two quite old wonderland the widow
NuEpan and her child, since they
have been living almost on the mercy
of the people for some time. They art
living on the Hinton farm now, but As
Mr.. Bennett has bought that farm they
will have to move Off sooner or later.
Esq w. /. Rowe held court here last
Thursday. He had the fullest docket
Of any court that has been held here
for many years. Five cases came tG
his court from Quarterly Court. The
legal fraternity was represented by F.
ID. Guffy and J. s. Glenn.
Stroud 4 Dexter have lately bought
a saw mill of Mr.. Grundy,of Bremen,
Muhlenberg county. They went over
to take charge of il a week or ten days
ago. Billy Ford went with them to be
engineer.
Our young friend, Bacon Row, who
has been engaged in hlacksmithing in
Eureka, Spencer county, Ind., for the
last five or six months, came home on a
short visit week or two since, looking
unusually well. He is doing "a good bus
siness in his hOosier home.
Albert Williams. OF Pleasant Ridge
was here, the guest Of N. c. Ford's fam.
lily day or two last week. He,assisted
by Alvin Rowe, Tom Ford and Herbert
Sanders, serenaded a number Of our
denizens last Saturday night; they gave
some charming music on the harp and
guitar.
Misses MOIlie aud Matte Maddox, OF
Providence neighborhOod, were visiting
IN this town several days this week and
two Of our young men have not been
in real good humor since they left.
Mr.. Jones has just returned from a
two weeks stay at his store in Butler
county.
John Leisure aud family went to w.
II. Newcomb's last Saturday.
George Leisure, has gone to work at
his uncle Newcom's, this crop season.
Rev. J. +. Mcdonald, of Hartford,
will preach at the church ia this place,
next Sunday. fihh Sunday in the month
at II o'clock, and the night before, We
hope as miny..as can conveniently will
turn out and give him a good congrega-
ton.
Master Willie Morton and little sister
Ida, of near Ceralvo. have been on u
visit here for several days.
Mr.. Geo. Irwin, has built nice little
cottage on the Ceralvo and Hartford
road, two miles above here. He hav-
ing cut and hauled every piece of tim
her in the building except the flooring,
doors. door and window frames, Il C.
The entire house is weather-bOarded
with boerds shav,d. ard iointed by
Mr.. Irwin him self. and 1t il a nice piece
of work.
Mrs. s. w. Tichenor, of Point Pleas.
ant peighhorhood, il visiting among
her many friends and relatives here at
this time.
Mrs. McClellen Ashby, who has been
quite sick for sometime past, We are
glad to say, is improving some. s.