Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-10-09

casionaly have to race it to get out on time
Still they are improving.
There is an epidemic of colds and sore
throats prevalent in this vicinity. It plays
havoc with school attendance, and makes
all very uncomfortable who are afflicted
with It,, Some cases are very severe, and
closely resemble true diphtheria. DIR. ]. N.
Miller is said to have attended about 80
cases few years ago in an epidemic in
which the symptoms were very simular to
those in this epidemic. Query; Do such
epidemics have tendency to recur at, or
near regular intervals9
Mrs. George Robinson and children of
Germantown, Pa, made flying visit to
friends at Hainesvillo and Layton, stay
ing from Friday to Monday.
The Rev. @. S. Colt preached sermon
in the church at Layton the first Sunday
in October, and just 80 years later the
reverend gentleman again preached in
the same church, and from the
same text. am told that only
one person was present who heard the
first sermon. 1t is not very probable that
one was very much impressed with the
similarity of the two sermons after the
lapse of half a century.
The apple crop is generally a surprise
when people come 20 gather it. The ap-
pies have hung ON the trees well, are very
fair and have colored up nicely. The only
fault is, that through overloading the size
is in many cases reduce6. With their
Righteousness and the hard times prices
promise low average.
The last season has been hard one on
roads that have been worked fat or not
at alias they principally are in Sandyston.
The washing rains have been frequent, and
the loose stones are strongly in evidence
almost everywhere. We think sometimes
when an especially tough job of road work
comes under our notice, that it would be
preferable for the State to assume all care
of the roads, and work them on scientific
principles. Let the expense be what it
may, 1t would perhaps be wise economy
in the long run. The average road over
seers capacity to get away with maxi
mum of benefits occurring therefrom seems
to be so marked, that nothing better is
ever to be expected in the present direction
We have the best material in the world at
hand, and yet have miserable roads.
The assessor has made up his Duplicate
which shows a valuation of $231 $50, tax
rate of $3.50 per thousand, and tax
amounting to $500, in Sandyston township
The number of polls is 273; soldiers Is, and
dogs 1873. The valuation is lower, but the
rate is much higher. Among the reasons
for this is the increase in assessor and col
lectors fees, the high salaries of County
officials, the new school system, and the
loose hideedness Of the freeholders of the
county in particular. Too many dogs, and
too many fat offices are neither one indica-
tio9s of an approaching era of prosperity
for the producer, who is generally the tax
payer.
The little son Of Elmer Roe who broke
both his arms sometime ago seems to be
peculiarly unfortunate. Last week an OK
stepped on one Of his thumbs, crushing
the nail of, and otherwise bruising it.
The Hainesville church was thoroughly
cleaned, and busted last week. New stoves
were put up, and a chandelier Of handsome
design sheds purest light on all below.
The inside equipment is both neat and
comfortable, no better In the valley. Now
if they only had our splendid choir, we can
imagine how happy they would be.
It is now said to be the open season for
partridge, and the closed season for squir-
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the condemnation Of the present game
laws is getting to be. No one seems able
to say good word for them, nor give a
good reason why they should not be sonsl-
bly, abridged.