Daily Republican., 1888-02-08
Ciaynont Items

Since our last we have had variety OF
weather-cold aud heat, rain and snow.
The mumps are still among us, The
little folks seem to be the all ,cted ones
One of the little girls who has them,
and wants to go out Of doors, told her
mother that she had given her mumps
to the cat
Every one who had horse and sleigh
AvAiled themselves OF sleigh ride
during the late snow.
The ground hog has been out no
doubt, and gone back to his hole, and
will by so doing give us six weeks OF
Just such weather as we have been
having for the last six weeks.
mr. VIM VernOn's goose. e.bone pre-
diction some four weeks ago, has proven
true. He told us that the latter part OF
January would be very cold, and those
who had Ice houses 10 fill would be able
to do 50.
Oar friend Joseph Forwood has got
over the mumps and will never have
them again, unless he acts to foo.ipg :
with one OF the Captains guns; As the
/ oritter might kick him, and then II
wouldn't be the mumps but the hunps.
We saw our much loved friend, Mr..
James Vernon, bay ing sbou, twenty
feet rope. We asked him II he Was
going to hang himself. He said yes.
The poor fellow had the mumps, t)o,
and surely they haven't left him wrong
in his mind. We learned sftsrWArd
that it was used on bob sled
Mr.. John Price Is the genital and
oblisiug hotel keeper OF the Practical
Farmer. He has case full Of birds,
shot In the neigh borhoo1, prepared NJ
home. 1t is nicely arranged and said
to be worth 800 John likes fun and
can give and take q joke, and would
stand six feet 10 his stock ings, provid-
ing they hadn't been turned up 90
much. When the toll gate keeper, Mr..
Brown, shuts OF his mortal coil, and
departs this lite, maybe he will leave In
his will pint Of yeast to raise hun to
the required height. One OF our young
men better be careful for we saw him
trying his hand ut catching dogs, and
II he continues to do as well IS he has
done he certainly will be the dog
catcher of Clsymont.
Our friend Mr.. Jesse Hoones in.
formed us that be is heavier now than
he has been for several years. He has
given up eating rabbit aud pork and
| gone 20 eating mush. Well, n good
Wv ~ a. uhh nhA min Wbu luhhb Us
angry no time
mir. Thomas HAwsey Is one OF the
best poets that Clay mont has, and Their
are two others who reside there. IfAn,
who knows the above gentleman doub
1t, just ask him ECw to sure the tooth
. ache.
) On Friday morning, a large numbe
of men on horses, on foot, aud a Root
number OF dogs, nst at Mr.. Porter
place to see fox let out. The animi
a was OF tame Iature, and did lot 2
far before IL was killed, Those wh
took part In the chase, soon had anothC
:, fox up, and thereby had good hunt
Mr. VIM Cloud, near the Practloi
Farmer, has three incubAtors for hatcl
!, ting chickens, about eight breeders. Il
Il has already about three hundred an
Al fifty chicks. He Intends to push II
/. chicken business for all II ia worth, I,
!, he has the bes: arrangement Tor u
business that We have ever seen al
B. where.
% Since our last letter, we we're ask
L II we wrote a certain article that q
% peared IN the EVERY Evening"" v
8, said no. We are not responsible
he anything that appeared in 1t, as
y have the first time To write a scratch
30 the pen for II, and when we do, We "
4. slRh the same old VETO.