The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1897-10-08

mrs. hutn borders visited John
Burgess family on last Sunday.
George Burgess and daughter,
Mrs. Layne, visited Ed Burgess on
Sunday. Mrs. Layne's health is
slowly improving.
Mr.. Bond Is visiting his parents
up in johnson county. lie and
Ed Burgess attended the reunion
an Toms creek and report a good |
time. Ed did not swap because
his wife wanted a barrel OF water
hauled before he left and be was
afraid he would set team that
could not pull the water.
Simon Bartlett traded his spotted
horse for a sulky pillow and now we
want to get fan and an umbrella
hitched on il some how and watch
him raise corn next summer.
The drouth has made the water
very scarce, the creeks having, in
a manner, dried up with many Of
the wells In the same condition.
Henry Castle is visiting his SIS
ter In Louisa this week.
Scott Preston visited his wife at
Maynard's Saturday and Sunday.
Scott will go to housekeeping mp at
Richardson this week in the house
vacated by Doctor Davis. The Doc
tor has taken his Oldest child by his
last wife and gone 10 his sons at
Cadmus, Ohio.
Il. Preston purchased a very fine
organ from f. J. Harrsl recently.
r. M. Preston, has removed his
cane mill TO Leander Borders.
John Boiling, Of Matewan, Vest
Virginia, will visit his parents at
Peach Orchard and his wife's par
tents at this place this week.
| Our people feel that they owe a
vote Of thanks to the Conference
for sending us Rev. Davenport this
year. He served us one year some
time ago and we liked him very
much, although we lost one in Bro.
Sturgell that we liked equally as
well and we regretted losing him,
although we really could not de-
eide between the two.
We learn that A. p. Borders and
wife, OF Louisa. will visit his daugh-
Mrs. Angie Burgess, this week.
Uncle Tom Kise got pension a
few days ago, and bought him a
new buggy. See him, with Aunt
Liz, out buggy ridingl
Some one, on mischief bent,
broke a corner of a sI5 90 monu-
ment belonging to IL. IL. Borders,
last Sunday.
Also, some boys, ranging from s
TO II years, went to the church
house where three Of them had a
big fight.
On Monday morning there was a
very dirty sentence on the black
board In the church where our pub-
lie school is being taught. Now, If
we had Sunday School, perhaps
We would not have quite so much
meanness, as We could then keep it
out OF our church, because we then
! would be there ourselves.
Pole Chapman was up here cleo
pioneering one day last week.
Now, SANDY NEWS, don't say a
word about the golden calf. ] am
not "dimmycratr and Pm not go
, ing TO vote this year but IL ! did I'd
scratch my ticket once and and
vote for Uncle Jim Preston and
know some that are going to vote
} for Uncle Jim who rarely scratch
: their tickets, SO don't say word
. until after the election, then you
/ may say, IL told you sop il you
: want to and can.
: Uncle Jack Castle will move to
J. his new home in Louisa, and For
! est Childers will move into tha
1 house just as Uncle Jackey vacate 5
VI Il is considered quite a compli-
D ment to have a Damesake and as
Q the very small people all have
]. names, young lady requested 8
red calf with a motley face named
Y John; now our days for sentiment
being past, we demand that she
Irise and explain whether it is in
tended for a compliment TO the cal
or to John, before we have that call
christened. WANDERING MIKE.