The Forrest City times., 1891-12-25
In M Mathusaiah rlmaa.

Being extracts translstei from an ancient
 copy Of tho Dcnd Sea Nolksblstt, rccsus, discovered.
 Yesterday morning a basket con. talning an infant boy and bottle 0l milk was found by Gamalie at the docr of his tent. As he has no pro geny of his own he adopted the balpe. which hardly more than IS years old '
 ''Ths editor of the Yolksblutt has been confined to his tent for several weeks back cutting his eleventh set of teeth. He has had his hands ;snd also his mouth fuil."
 Joel and Mahala eloped last Sab bath in the direction of Jerusalem, and are probably married ere this. Their parents objected to the match, as neither of thsn is 100 years old |, and they have only been going togeth- CT about forty years"
 "Simon buried his mother-in-law yesterday. She had resided in his fam fly tent l37 years, and had taken great interest in Simon"
 Young Maria, Jobs daughter, has gone to Jorpa to spend a season by the seaShOre, her l2Oth. She would be good catch for some of our young men, being young and blooming, with lut SN Eti tEss
 The Voiksblatt has great number Of subscribers who are behind from l % to l50 years OH their subscriptions. Please step up and settle. Life is shugt, and we need the shekels."
 "A company Of minstrel5 from Ethiopia. down below Egypt, gave an entertainment here lssJ night, and got off some jokes which some Of our old ,.rff :. fNti. caused a racket, and tue Tninstrels were stoned out into tue desert, as they deserved to be.n
 "A good tent with all modern im- proyrnefis is for r.nt. Families with children under 60 years old not de- sired. Apply at this office"
 "Every evening after school crowd of little pupils, none of them older thsn 90 years, stop ill front of our of- flee and play marbles, and yell and quarrel and light. This must step, or we'll get out among them with a lath, sure. A word to the wise, etc.
 A young man sent us poem to his girl, of which this Is the first verse:
 "'0h, l remember, dearest when
 met aSd made thes my hearts queen,
 And was but & x-scose nd-ten,
 And tteo ono hundred and sixtecn.
 We will not print the rest of this immature gush until h. steps up and p!anks down the sllekels. Poems charged IS advertisements.
 This is about the hottest day we ever experienced, but Jared, who just stepped in, says 1t is nothing compared to the heat around here 497 years ago, But this is hot enough for ua."
 New butter and young chickens for sale ab isaac's family grocery store. at lowest prices. The butter is warranted fresh, as ii was made only thirty years ago, and the chickens were hatcted iorty-teo ygars ago last week. '
 Al the jubilee last week tle female dancers carried of the palm. Most Of them did well and showed great skill, although n,;tny of them were no nors than 200 ears old '
 "G. w. Mathusclsh celebrated the 900th anniversary Of his birth last week. He is our eldest resident, Sad is i,i the priale Of ..:s life, bidding fair to live another hundred CT so. lie is hale and strong. having lately entered bis 9Sth childhood. He can chop three or Is of wood and walks twenty miles eaca day. jumping rail fences and creeks. Every tooth. ear aud eye i'll his head is sound. and he reads uish- out spectacles. lie cheNs, and is very fond of his cob pipe; has seldom been day sick, and never paid . doctor shekel in his life, whether he owed him or not. This is one of his jokes. He walks without a cane, and so,9s silver threads are getting among his hair. Long life to him."