Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-12-18

made him favorite with all. A wife son
Joseph and daughter Lizzie survive him.
and have the warm sympathles Of the com |
munity in their bereavement.
The Sussex County Teachers Institute |
is held at Newton Dec. 81 to 2S Inclusive. |
To relieve the monotony Of winter teach
ing, and to brace up the teachers with new
ideas and suggestions these insti tutes are
prime good thing. It tends to brush of
the moss. beg pardon, but teacher at
my elbow remarks that teachers as class
do not have much moss to brush Of"
Mrs. Alice Heater and husband visited
her sister, Mrs. Mary Simpson and Mrs
Lizzie Wintermute at Layton last week.
John " Major has sold valuable tim
Der tract to A. H. Hopkins the Branch
Vile Lumber King" Abram Rutan and
Lester Sylcox have the job Of getting out
the ties. They are both experts at the
business, and commence work to-day.
"Sand Burr" says of the death of the
little grand daughter Of Mrs Compton,
''iThat she was allowed to go out contrary
to the doctors directions, and died" Why
not say that the childs illness began in an
attack of Group, and developed into com
mon membraneous sore throat That It
received treatmentfor Diphtheria in heroic
measure, and-died. The truth is best, II
not quite so pleasant ALWAYS.
The Hainesvlle school room will have
the finest black board in the valley. It Is
slate and Of ample size. The Trustees are
to be complimented upon being up to date
In furnishing their room with the best
there Is. Their use tends to self confidence
of the pupils in their own work, and sim
plifles the labors of the teacher. 1t saves
! time for the teacher, which can be devoted
to other necessary detail Of class work.
Miss Blanche Youngs the efficient and
devoted Superintendent of the Sunday
school at Layton has resigned the position.
Miss Youngs was an exceedingly amiable,
| and attentive officer, and the good influ-
ences of her presence will be sadly missed.
Mrs. Mary Simpson has been chosen to I'LL
| the vacancy
The Herald scribe will please excuse my
asking an explanation at this late hour,
but when he speaks of the marriage Of Mr.
| bOaNDh OekkNAo w nAloo N4NhNA W
as step-daughter of Francis Layton, am
puzzled to see how he figures out the rela-
tionship of step-daughter. First Francis
Layton married her grandmother, she was
then ep-grand-daughter TO Francis Lay
| ton, yes, then Francis married her mother.
This is where the puzzle begins for me.
Wasn't Miss Ethel now step -grand-daugh-
ter and step-daughter too9 But IL the
laws of God and man both declare this
second marriage Illegal then where are
you going TO reckon relationship from.
How is Joseph TO know his step-father or
step grandfather from his father or step
father-in-law. Did you ever see such
puzzle? give it up, it makes my head
ache.
Mr.. A. II. Hopkins has bought three
wood lots on the ridge west of Layton.
The ties from them are being hauled by
narrow tired wagons over the the road by
this place to Branchville. You can per
haps imagine what the result will be to
the roads, and what it might be If they
were all wide tires. The latter would save
horse flesh, harness and power while the
roads would need much less repairs.
| Surely the rut these narrow tires will
make is not half so deep as the ones our
people are allowing them selves to be run
into on the road questions.
There will be one of those unequaled
entertainments in the Chapel at Bevans on
Christmas Eve There will be recitations
and dialogues, and the usual musical treat
by the Chapel choir followed by some of
the good things for the inner man for which
these people are noted.
The FlatbroOk Club has Matched and
raised about 10000 young trout the past
season. Our Townsman, John j. Van
Sickle who is member of the club has
been placing the young trout in the small
spring brooks during the last few days.
The club has been very successful in rails
ing them some specimens being six inches
long and are only about year old.
Peter Majors and wife have been enjoy
ing themselves several days taking in the
sights and pleasures Of Greater New York
Doctor j. N. Miller and wife flew city
ward for few days last week We sur
mise that Mrs. Miller saw the beauties of
the show windows in the big business
places, and the Doctor combined business
with pleasure as busy Doctor should