Evening journal., 1889-06-18
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sshooIs-A Farmers Lament.

HARRINGTON, June 18.-Your bright
and newsy journal reaches us promptly
every evening and your subscribers have
a time to keep off the constant and per.
sistent borrowers who are always on
hand with "Id like to see that paper
when you are through with it. and they
are always looking for something con
cerning them, so ! will say here is some
thing for you: Subscribe and You will
cease troubling others.
The harbinger of summer is truly here.
Some Of us who are in the habit of tax
ing violent exercise in the open air have
been delayed in sensible Precipitation.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher said upon one
occasion. THAT the Bible and hymn
book would not cure all complaints, but
good sweating, sometimes, would re-
lieve the patient"
The Baptist Sunday school resorted to
the grove near z. Fleming's mill on Sat
uIday afternoon, and the little ones. as
well as the older ones, enjoyed the treat
that was handed around
w. G. Wright hitched up his pair Of
blacks to large spring wagon Saturday
and loaded it with his Sunday school
class and drove to our nearest watering
resort, Tharp's mill pond, and after get
ting outside Of a huge sponge cake tried
floating. Teacher and ali had a trial
Some could and some couldn't. Those
who ate the most Of the sponge cake
were the successful ones. They had a
jolly, good time.
The NJ. p. Church is still without a
pastor. The Rev. Mr.. Thompson dying
about the time Of his reappointment, last
April, has placed these good people in
rather bad shape for this conference
year.
There is but little doubt now as to the
certainty of a camp at Tharp's and near
town-better known as the" Thistlewood
camp ground. The people are very
anxious for camp.
Mr.. Sidney Melvin has 423 acres in
wheat that measured before cutting So
inches in height the field over and as
thick as 1t could stand on the ground.
Mr.. Melvin is getting along in years and
has raised some big crops of straw, but
this, he says, is far ahead of anything he
has ever seen.
DR.. Klump, formerly practicing physi-
clan and dentist of our town, but now of
Williamsport, Pa, arrived in town on
Tuesday last as one of the rescued from
the fearful disaster that befel that town.
The doctor was in the second story of a
brick building two days and nights, with
out anything to eat and with the horrible
idea of drowning staring him in the
face His many friends gathered around
him, and a warm hand shaking was in
dulged in for some time. His story of
the food at Williamsport was indeed sad
in the extreme, but indeed interesting,
and had it not been for the Johnstown
would have been noted in the
history Of events as among the greatest
Of the state but Johnstown must be
recorded as the severest destruction to
human lives that ever 5efel our country.
1t still continues to rain whenever it
likes, and people wonder and complain.
but we should be glad to awake and find
any weather at all Democrats blame ii
on the Republican administration, and
say it is the heavens weeping over the
coming ruin of our country under the
Harrison and Blaine management. The
hold that it is due to the
prayers Of the pious Sunday school super
Wanamaker, and other
devout members Of their party who
are praying that the filth and corruption
that has collected throughout the land
the last four years, may be thoroughly
washed out by the time President Harri-
son gets through with the hungry office.
seekers and is ready to give the work
ingman his promised 80 and roast beef
every day; and the aforesaid beef
will not be contaminated by the Demo
cratic corruption However, we can
safely predict that the looked.for roast
beef will come in with the next Cleve-
land administration.
The paper at this place which was pur-
chased last October by company has
been suspended-not for lack of common
they say but a paid up pat
ronage This paper has been a great help
to the town for the last six years and
will be greatly missed. 1t has had hard
for the last three years. and
the parties have tried their utmost to
make it go, but found it utterly impos-
sible.
One of our Republican farmers re.
marked yesterday that protection" was
a big" benefit to him, when it "tuck" a
bushel OF Indian corn to buy a pound of
coffee, and that in less than a month it
would take the same amount of corn to
buy two pound Of sugar. This is too
true. but they have no one to blame but
themselves, ana may the good Lord have
mercy on their poor foolish souls and
give them better and more common sense
next time.
A young man by the name of Sbley
had his hand badly lacerated this morn
ing while at work in Franklin Brothers
basket factory. The accident occurred
at tine bottom saw One Of his fingers
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