Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1889-12-07
JUG RIDGE SOCIETY.
Fho simmons Apple Bee Marked witt
Many Pleasant Features.


Since our last epistle to your valuable
paper society on the Ridge has been all
agog. Word was sent out early in the
week that an apple bee would be given
by the Simmonses, and the event cul-
minated on Thursday evening in one Of
the finest bees we have had in the town
shin for a long time. The Simmons
girls are among our most popular bellies,
and none know better than the Sim
mons boys how to maintain order at So
cial affairs. We regret exceedingly that
our duty as a journalist compels us to
chronicle the painful fact that Grandpa
Simmons rheumatism is no better.
ESy@The Simmons bee drew together the
very best people of the Ridge, with here
and there black sheep, whose room
would have been preferable to their
company. In justice to the Simmonses,
we are glad to state that these people
1t is not necessary to call names-were
present without invitation. Fiddler
Cypert had evidently read our scathing
denunciation of his reprehensible con-
duct, and was comparatively sober.
Great is the power of the press. Apples
are not of the best quality this season,
worms being unusually large and abun-
dant On this account we regretted to
see some Of the young folks core their
fruit with such a seeming Indifference
to the way in which said coring was
done. We do not believe in sighting
ones work, although tits done without
any hope or expectation of reward.
Your correspondent had the honor
to be placed at the head OF the
corers, and if all had worked as consci-
entiously as did we, the cider would
have been of better flavor.
eB@In our capacity as journalist we
must animadvert against the practice
some of the young gentlemen have OF
splitting on the stove. The world moves,
and Ridge society should move win it.
Spit on the floor, gents, spiton the floor.
EBWe think we have the guilty
wretch who placed a setting-hen in your
correspondents new hat on the back
porch, where said hen and hat were
found next day. A few Jumps of coal
had been placed under the hen, so she
| WOulu Do SURF W llOb lOIhdhO ACA VI SVi
and she would no doubt have been set
ting there yet if Maggie Simmons had
not found her next day and driven her
, hence. Maggie is always ready to do a
kindness, and she will please consider
, our hat off in recognition Of her interest
in our behalf. Good luck to you, Maggie
say we. We would not have minded the
trick, only that it was generally under
stood we intended to take Sarah Rud
spinner home that evening, and wall,
, of three miles with handkerchief tied
\ over your head is not the most agreeable
, experience in life However, the pleas
i ure OF such charming lady's company
dispelled all thoughts of our missing hat
a | and the delightful walk home terminal
ed all too soon. Sarah is one of the mos
{ beautiful and accomplished ladies w
have on the Ridge. The gentle pressure
of her hand at parting at her father
{ gate gave the lie to the story cruell.
circulated that Sarah had herself placed
s the hen in our hat.
' C5y~ Richard Snodgrass took his coon dol
Z to town last week and had his ears fox
& /
d done by your genial tonsorial artist,an'
G there is no better job of tho kind extant
a The dogs appearance is vastly improv
ed, albeit he seems to miss his tail quit
h little.
, GB~In our capacity as journalist W
i again call the attention of the super
d visor to the mudhole in the big roa
!, near tho Red Horse School-house. Tn
J. last man fished out of this hole was ou
q new minister, and it seems about tim
it was attended to. This is the secon
# time we have paused to direct attentio
o to this crying evil, and on the next OF
casion somebody will hear somethin
drop. With both the pulpit and tn
!, press arrayed against him, the supel
N visor is going to find himself betwee
re the devil and the dun cow. All, there
y old Road-scraper!-Cor N. Y. World.