Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-05-16
Cooksville Notes.

small space 10 your Interesting paper
10 a few items from even so quiet and
unreuowncd a spot as CooSsvilIc.
The crops are very backward, and
the ground 80 hard the pIows roar like
distant thunder as they glide over the
baked clods The stands OF both cotton
and late corr are very indifferent. ow-
ing 10 the extreme dry weather. il now
hcing six weeks since we have had a
good rain, though the adjoining neigh.
bnrhoois have been blessed with show.
crs. 1t the candidates did not drop IN
on us occasionally TO break the dull
monotony of daily events, | think we
might all drop off into an old Rip Van
Wrnkle nap. and even Guido him in its
duration. If, however. a mad dog hap
pened along, even that great sleeper
would forget his rheumatic pains. We
have experienced lately that a mad
dog scare is worse than Il fire in alarn.-
ing and bringing out the natives. Our
neighbor, Mr.. John Watt. LOST a fine
Jersey leifcr from a mad dog bite
She kept several of the family and one
or two spectators up a tree, while Mr..
W. sought his gun to put a quietus to
the raving animal. One OF our brave
Young men. while IN full chase after Il
mad-dog, had a tal! from his horse and
says lie is no, yet satisfied in bis own
mind whrIh"r he killed that dog or
not, fnr he and his gun went Of at
once and the samc tine, and he did
not think, rs lie rose from the dust, to
inquire or l00k Tor tho dog tho when
he returned to town he tried to leave
the impression that he had dispatched
two or three, At first the distcmpcr
was confined to morgrcl ours aud Gem,
mon dogs, and it was certain death for
one Of that breed TO show his nose:
but now il has extended to the more
aris'ocralic pointers. The gentlemen
of Cooksvillc, most of them not being
blessed with children in whom to in
tcrcsl themselves, have turned their
attention to the cducMiiOn of their
dogs, ard to such perfection have they
arrived. that WI have messenger dogs.
how ing dogs, dancing dogs, and ever
gumcncwing dogs. All, there layc
been tears she'd over your untimely
end, VIC unfortunate favoritcs of tickle
fortune. 'O,hell0 has lost his c0cupa-
ton" &c.
Miss Fannie lIibblcr, one of the
brightest stars in our galaxy bi YOUTH
tul intellect and beauty. left It's u few
DAYS since for a visit OF indefinite
length, and we shall mss her sadly cs.
pew" J" WV ''''"'" "''''" ""'''
She was both musician and pupil.
W. shall meet bui we .hall mis- her,
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and Il sad feature these vacant chairs
arc o"c WIN !" h'''T>'' ''''
where she hopes 10 join her gooo
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her h''''e sue nave " Jo>' ~" ~
hc proud OF N"r'
notice III our paper ma VIZ 'Ic''
sam Jones W'i WISH N"c"" ~ '"'!'
aad WINE we JOIN Ia GANG h'h' WEI
come we nope ne j. nov '"""'''''" ~
bi!I Arp representation VI vac NUM-
ocI OF Oa''S "' COTTON '"'pl'" ''""'
TN. p"'n'' o Dl'' wiz 'Na:s'ra'e en-
c'pi where MIS- conc r"''' anu
then Il" KNOWS 'c'''r' i'" hn'" we
poor FARMERS envy nave "'"''! once :"
year ah' very i'''' ''''h' 'I' We "or''
however, he viii arrive hriorc me
nominating r"nrrnllo"' Tor 'n're a'
ways scrtns To he more s'cihpil''v No.
fore than alter an ciecIl"h' 'h'> j.
strange but 'rn'; II s'e'''S 10 oc III 'o'
atmosphere. lh'se '"h''''"''N "''J'
~ fellows and live high on nope May
they oil br elected.
We had a genial call l''' week 'foh'
Il OF .l,c candi'''cS Ter s''''i'' clerH
who ciuini- 10 he election rTinI 'ihli
tor the clerks "iii'' III" h''''''"oM
but It"m the quantity ~ h"W'rs III
had pinned o, the lapel "' ms cont
should have guessed thai he WAS 'Fa''
cling also for .omr horal nursery
Now a Sord to the hoNs'-p" you