Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-12-13
BRIEF MENTIONS,

gasoline, costing less than one doiA
lar, that is less than one ceait per
mile What is to become of tha
poor horse?
"A large boarding house is being
built at Culver's Lake. near the Gap.
Work is being pushed rapidly. The
lake is q fine sheet of water, and
no. doubt is destined to become q
popular resort.
Storm doors are a great saving
OF fuel, cheaply made easily put up
and taken down. Now is q good
time to look after them.
considering the hard times, our
borough shows marked signs of pro-
sperfty and improvement. Several
new buildings are being erected, and
the sounds of the hammer and saw
makes music in our midst.
AN estimate of the number of
typewriters in use in the world to
day places them at 200. 900 furnishing
employment directly and indirectly
to over 400. 900 people, Ladies' seem
to be engaged much more EXTENSIVELY
than men in the employment. The
present out put of machines is 14O
per day.
The Episcopal Church corner
fifth and Catharine streets is being
improved by the erection of hand
some blue stone steps to replace the
wooden ones at the entrances, and
work is also being done ON the tower.
-Aparty of Jersey men from near
Deokertown, who had been hunting
back at Porter township, consisting
of Messrs, Backster, Mccoy, Law
renee, and Givens, returned home
last week taking with them, several
rabbits 16 pheasants and IA fine deer
AN exchange says, a newspaper
is always printed in a rush, There
is always something in it that should
have been left out, and something
left out that should have been put
in, 1t is sometimes too quick toact,
but with all its faults and short COM
ings, there is more education in u
bright newsy paper than there is in
novel. You will find the brightest
boy on practical, sensible every day
questions is the boy who reads the
newspapers, And the man who
read them is not the one who buys
gold bricks, OF beta on some game
with q sharper and looses the hard
earned savings of years, Thepeople
who reads the paper know the prices
Of articles they wish to buy, and the
value of things they have to sell.
They are informed on all current
topics, they think and when they
talk have something worth listening
to. Read the papers
This choice business il a nui-
sance, and ought to be abolished.
1t is very questionable if it 10 not un-
lawful 80 gambling. Who wants Q
''chance" on some old house, or DOW,
or turkey, or some other thing the
owner cannot sell, The churches
should frown down all such schemes
! to enrich their Golfers, and people
generally should promptly taboo any
effort to get something out Of them
for nothing, or by gambling for 4
possible gain.
The Ladies Christian Union, of
the Hope Evangelical church, of
Matamoras, will hold their annual
fair and supper at the residence of
Mr.. Youngs Fitzpatrick on Wednes-
day and Thursday evening, Decem-
ber 18th and 18th. All Will do well tc
attend as beautiful fancy work is
something of curiosity to those who
wish TO keep posted on what is being
seen and made by the fair sex OF
that village,
"A short time since man and his
wife were poisoned at Trenton Nj
by eating honey. A chemical analy
sis of the honey showed that the
poison was gathered by the bees
either from the flowers of the
mountain laurel or plant known a.
lamb-kill, which is of the same spec
les, The honey came from OceaI
county.
If the President omitted 70 IN,
many good things in his message
he at least said one, and that was il
connection with foreign affairs il
reference TO Venezuelan matters
He there introduced enough of tn