Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-06-07

done by opening The throat. making an
insertion in the wind pipe and inserting
silver tube. This operation soon gave
the necessary relief. and to-day the lit
tie one is recovering slowly.
There was a bum in town Wednesday.
who deserved to be road on a rail. lie
soaked his carcass with whiskey bought
by the money secured by begging, then
made himself obnoxious by asking
every one he met for money, even stop
ping ladies. such buns deserve the
pliable part Of a horse whip thoroughly
applied to their anatomy
\ smart boy was recently called on
for a toast to woman. His response is
given as follows: ."IIere's to woman
may she add charity to beauty, subtract
envy from friendship, multiply genial
affections, divide her time by industry
and recreation, reduce scandal to its
lowest denomination, and raise virtue,
her only safeguard, to its highest pow
err
Chas. :. Brown, while on his way to
the fire Friday last, lost a fine gold
watch. When he discovered his loss he
was much concerned about the matter.
as it had been presented to him by his
father. Fortunately it was found by
a party, who although a stranger be-
Iieved in the policy of honesty, and
Charley soon had his watch back in his
possession.
An Elkhart man has lost the use Of
one ear caused by his wife playfully
booking" that member with her open
hand, the conclusion causing the drum
to burst. This should serve as a warn
inc for wives not TO box their husbands
ears. Take some other man. They
should develop their muscles upon the
hired man or some other fellow. -Nalpo
Star.
Fred shoemaker while driving along
La Porte street few days ago, ran into
the sand heap by the Corbin building.
resulting in the upsetting of his buggy.
He had two baskets inthe vehicle which
in company with Fred. were scattered
around promiscuously. The horse being
an old resident stopped, and waited
until the buggy was righted, then pro-
ceeded leisurely upon its way.
InooI affar
the substantial menu served at the Al
umni banquet remarks, That in after
years it will be remembered as a pleas
ant dream" Probably So, 10y those who
did not have the nightmare from over
stuiling with lobster salad, olives, sailed
almonds, veal loaf. roast ham, pickles
and coffee There is generally anything
else but pleasant dreams following such
commanding.
The commencement exercises of the
graduating class will be held in the
auditorium room of the school house,
next Wednesday evening. There are
seventeen members in the class this
year the largest in the history of the
county They are:
Mary X. NJ. Iohan, Carrie +. Boss.
Helen \. Dlsher. Chas. O. Wiltfong,
q. w Blain, Grace T. Axe,
Jeanette Lauer. Cora +. Leonard.
/ Mary Southworth. Chas. III. Gibson,
Otto ii. Meyer. Richard \ .Shindel,
Mary \. T.. Olsen, John G.. Grimm,
II. NJ. Thompson, Frank {. Tanner,
Rudolph J. klinghammer.
/ Persons who have kept any of the old
letters they have received in the South
might do well to look them over. The
/ Confederate government authorized the
issue and use of local postage stamps
and nearly every city in the South at
one time had its own stamp. Many
thousands of these were used, but So
rare are they now that they bring high
prices. There is among collectors a
keen demand for them and an idea of
what they will bring may be gathered
from the report of a sale which occurred
recently at the rooms of the Philatelic
society New York, Local confederate
stamps sold as follows: Athens, Ga,
$40; four varieties of the Baton Rouge,
La. five-cent, Sal. S77, and $50 respect
lively; Macon, Ga, two varieties, S63.
$50, and S17l; Lenoir, y. c., So, and
Mobile, two-cent, black, S4l.5O. As
time goes on these curiosities will prob
ably increase in value. They are al
ready beyond the reach of everybody
but wealthy collectors.-Ex.