The news boy., 1896-07-04
HERE AND THERE.

"A commerce young man who
wants to get married, and who is as
undecided about whom he likes best
Is some men are in selecting a neck
tie, has left the matter of his friends
Six of them are to meet Sunday and
discuss the merits and failngs of
three young women. any one of whom
the young man will ask to marry him
f his friends decide she is eligible.
Constable English. Of fDiehlstadt,
anded in Benton again Wednesday
with Elmo Beaucham, who had
of twelve days hangingover
him for disturbing the peace. Diehl-
.tadt is right in the swim. Our
attorney has evidently
quit ''shadowing'' the negro crap
shooters at Commerce and is now
paying his respects to Diehlstadt.
-Sikeston girls, when they want
an excuse to CAD, now 90 around
looking for lavender lawn. There
are so many shades of lavender, and
so many hints of tints of shades, that
they are happy in never finding just
what suits them.
"A swift young man OF Morley re-
Gently sent fifty cents away in an
swer to an advertisement agreeing
to tell how to get rich. He received
for an answer postal card with this
written on the back of it: Fish
for suckers as we do.
George Reinogle and Ferd.
Bisher were in town Monday Mr..
Reinogle says his wife, who recently
was very seriously injured by falling
from hay wagon and being run over
is getting along very nicely.
A Blodgett girl has been read
ing about the big times they are hav-
ing at the seashore until she has
made herself bathing suit, which
she puts on every time she gets in
the bath tub.
GsS" Cut down expenses by buying
your clothing, dry goods, groceries,
shoes, farm implements, and every
thing you need at the Silver Dollar
Store, Harris d Mutt, proprietors,
Oran.
If people will agree to live a
little higher morally, and not make
quite so much noise about their gen.
eral goodness, they'll get along bet
ter and stand a better show for
Heaven.
The Oran saloons are evidently
prospering. Ashley operates fans by
the use of neat gasoline engine,
while Citizens is having his place re-
modelled and fixed up in city style.
This old world of ours is filled up
with people who like to have things
explained to them. Every merchant
should explain to the people why they
should patronize him. Advertise
Joe Patterson and Mr.. Armour
were here Wednesday. Mr.. Armour
is looking for good location for a
barber shop and seems well satisfied
with Benton.
-Theon Heisserer returned from
Quincy school Saturday. He enter
tanned quite number of his rela-
tives at the residence of his parents
Sunday.
1t is said that there is a young
man in Oran who can put on his dress
suit and then act as if he did not re-
member being dressed up.
Prof. Jos. Stubenrauch and May
or Schatz, of Oran, were in Benton,
Thursday, looking for gasoline, or
some other fluid that would burn.
l You never know how many peo-
pie want your wares until you COM
mence to advertise them.
County Clerk McPheeters spent
a couple of days sup the road the
| first of the week.
Is' a. AibSoOuiy iCtuthcu AoIis
from u two weeks visit to St. Louis
, and Illinois.
r The poorest man in the Sandy
4 woods can tell you thousand ways
to get rich.
L. B. Russell and Rube Mat
thews went over to see the rivel
Sunday.
Mrs. R. L. Stubblefield and Mis-
! Lille Wright went to Blodgett Wed
nesday.
ID. II. Harper and son, of Diehl
: stadt, spent Tuesday in Benton.
--''Tink" Anderson called at tn
Newsboy Office Wednesday.
n Prof. High is doing the paintin
|. act on Heisserer's store.
I B. F. Anderson and wife wer
: here Monday.
Mrs. G.. r. B1,nnafon Il oufk