Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-12-25

cents. Drawing will take place New
Years Day.
We are pleased TO note that John West
brook the blacksmith, has located al
Hainesville. John is one Of those SMITH
that can do business anywhere simply be
cause he is a workman.
The gent who crosses the river down thii
way to meet n lady in Port Jervis, shoult
keep little out of sight when he get.
there People are so liable to notice sucl
things you know.
John Smith who is about to build on 4
lot he bought of GsE. Hursh has the cellar
and foundation ready for the frame, ant
this will probably go ON this week. Johr
is mechanic and Is building his HON,
himself
Mrs Dayton Bevans was taken seriously
i'll last Sunday Dec. 13. She is easier al
this writing, but still in critical condi
| tion.
Mrs. Estella Kintner has been suffering
from a severe attack of rheumatism dur
ing the last week, from which she has not
fully recovered at this writing.
Our township solons deem it wise to re
move the bounty on wide tires and thus
practically say that what the Legislature
considered a beneficial law framed to pre-
serve the roads was a mistake Several
States have enacted laws giving bounty
on wide tires, or else making it necessary
for persons using a wagon ON the public
roads, carrying 2OOO pounds, or upward tC
take out a license therefor, and to pay q
certain sum into the town treasury foI
such privilege. The movement for good
roads will eventually get beyond the con
troll of the moss covered advocates OF
grand-fathers methods, and will give us
something permanent to show for the
money expended upon our thoroughfares
We have a very good blacksmith at Lay
ton in the person of Jacob Cole Expert
in steel or any other fine work, and you
need not return horse two or three times
to get him shod right. Try him.
The mail route from Flatbrookville to
Layton is said to have been bought by an
Iowa Star router for S274OO. The distance
is twelve miles. Number of trips 3l2.
Each trip about eighty-eight cents. 1t is
the cities, the railroads, and steamship
lines that get the real benefits of any ex-
penditures in the Post Office Department.
To the Montague scribe Christmas
Greeting. Were really fiattered to think
we were missed while on our trip. Have
you ever been theref Let us both hang up
our stockings.
The vertical method of Penmanship is
receiving favorable mention from teachers
and prominent educators wherever its
merits are Investigated. 1t is claimed to
give greater ease, rapidity, and legbility,
which if true should call for its adoption
in our schools.
The coal dealer says it is a burned mean
blacksmith that will not pay his coal bills.
So say we all of us. Less poker, and more
money for coal will perhaps result.
Supt. Luther Hill has given the schools
a call during the last week. Sickness and
vacations have played havoc with the
morale of many schools, and the Superin-
tendent was quick to sympathize with. and
encourage the teachers in their efforts His
visits are always appreciated.
Any one knowing of damp place in the
road, or where water may run at some
future time, should notify the freeholder,
so he can build a bridge right away, quick.
He can graciously accept twice as much in
fees as the bridge will cost to build and
preach economy to his constituents in the
meantime.
In this vicinity are several persons who
should have had a wider scope, broader
opportunity to perfect their talents. Each
one a genius in some special line of
mechanics, and sometimes in several; that
would have given them prominence in
some wider field. 1 recall for instance
Charles Gran & Son, John Youngs, b. d.
Hursh, G. W. Van Sickle, Jacob Cole.
These cover the fields of thinning, black
smithing, plumbing, musical instruments
well drilling, electrical work. carpenter
ing etc.