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\ Hon. Henry A. Newman of
Randolph county, and Capt. w. |
P. Barlow, Secretary OF the Con-
federate Home Association of
Missouri. will speak in Marble
Hill on Thursday. March 12. at
2 p. m. The subject of Major
Newman's address will be "The
Conf derate Home; Its Aims
and Objects"
The farmers hog is the hog
that is long, broad. deep, heavy
honed, ordinarily smooth,
healthy, docile and prolific.
The farmers hog must also be
a fast grower ana gotten up to
take on the greatest amount of
fat in the least time with a
ration of feed that will leave a
profit TO his owner.
-Garret Stevens brought
snit; last week, in Justice Bow
mans court to force the pay
ment of a note for 500 which
he held and which was gwen by
Winchester Harris and was
payable when the murders Of
Jacob May were convicted. The
case was tried and the jury de-
cided that MIR. Stevens should
receive $50 and pay half of the
cost. Harris appealed the case
to the circuit court.
Friday morning there ap-
peared in the air above six 1--WE
believe it was six luminous
spots which (for want of a
better name, we suppose) are
called sun-dogs. Two were i'll
the shape of a new moon, but
We're appearantly many times
larger. One of the two, which
was very bright, seemed to be
composed Of all the colors of a
rainbow, and maybe more.
Webester's definition to the
word sun-dog is "A luminous
spots occasionally seen a few
degrees from the sur, supposed
to be formed by the intersect-
loh of two or more halos, or
in a manner similar to that of
halcs." From this difinition
we are inclined to believe that
the spots seen Friday were sun.
dogs, although some are dis
posed to doubt it. But they
fail to give another name fol
the spots.
You had better keep Il gun
loaded and a dog tied at the
front gate so as to be prepair
ed to give the slick -tongued
agent for farm machinery a
warm(D reception when he
makes his appearance in the
rura! districts, which will be
anytime from now until the
SHOWS Of another winter will
come and freeze him out. These
frauds always pick their rip-st
fruit from the good old farmer,
who falls an easy victim TO theil
cunningness. There are two men
who claim to represent a Chi.
cago alliance store (Which has
no existance) going over this
country showing an attractive
sample of goods and demanding
u small payment in advance
and promise to send the goods
when the remainder will be
come payable. The goods are
never sent. In this way they
have "worked" the credulous
farmer for many of his hard
earned dollars. Again we say
keep your eyes open and yonr
money in your pocket, and
never sign you name TO any
thing for a stranger unless you
know what it is.
tEThe Jackson Cash Book is
fhe first to explain the some
what pnZz!ing marriage prob
lem Which comes from Yount'.
Store and which was published
in the PRESS three weeks ago
Here is the way he did it:
"A man named John Cesil
living near Yount's Store, re
Gently married Miss Whesler
A son of Mr. Cesil's was also
married at the same time, and
the sons wife is the sister of the
fathers wife. The father ant
son are now brothers in.law
aud the natural sisters are sis
ters in law, while the elder Ce
sil's wife is the sister-in law anc
step.mother of the son, aud the
old man the brother-in law ant
father.in.law Of the youns
mans wife, and the old mans
wife is the young mans wife,
mother.in law as we'll as sister
in law and natural sister, ant
the younger Cesil's "tfsnring i
he has any will be- the eide
, Cesil's grandchildren, while u
the same time the elder Cesi
will be their uncle, and th,