The Delta independent., 1897-02-03

Frank Brown has boy.
Mrs. Lion is on the sick list.
John Davis has his ice put up.
G. A. Gipe butchered seven hogs Thus
day.
c. W. Wayman is on the sick list this
week.
+. Childs visited our school on Friday
OF last week.
Mr.. Burne has built new hen house
on his ranch.
G. Gipe took three fat hogs to
market Friday.
Charles johnson is clearing land for
James January.
Mrs. j. Bowerman and children are
quite sick this week.
Jim Bowerman hauled a load Of wood
for Tom Wood Friday.
II. c. Neighbors has sold his place TO
Mr.. Elliot, a Kansas man.
The King Bros. and J. January are
putting up ice this week.
DR.. Denny is nov at work on his new
house on Fairview mesa.
Charley Kiser has been quite sick for
few days. but is recovering.
Mr.. Burlington made visit to the
Fairview school last Monday.
Miss May Hinchman made a visit to
the Fairyiew school Tuesday.
W. y. Burlington is going into the pig
business taking i red pig FOR start.
J. January and family spent Sunday
a, the home OF Mrs. Frank Middleton.
H L. States sold his ranch in the
cedars to Mrs. Nate johnson and Mr..
Outer.
G. \. Gipc's children have been sick
FOR a couple OF weeks, but are rapidly re-
covering.
The Rev. Whittlo will hold services at
the Ec!xert church next Sunday at .
o'clock p. m.
Everybody was tired and happy as
they wended their way home in the early
morning light.
John Bowman. Of Tongue creek, is
cutting rost- fOr Tom %ooae, Of the
Uncompahgre valley.
William p. Donnelly. Of Tongue creek.
has just purchased a new set Of teeth
from DIR. Denny. the dentist.
warrington's little boy was badly
burned by playing with matches and
setting his clothes on fire.
\ party gathered at the new house OF
c. Z. Denny and spent the night il
dancing. The doctor and family moved
in the next morning.
The greatest numtcr Of hours spent
in study at Fairview this week was Is cS-
eCuted by Edwin January with Alice
Aldridge following with II hours.
Colonel Albright has been taking in
the surrounding country OF late with a
view Of locating a coal mine in the in
terest O. the Labor Exchange Union.
The new grade up Slaughter's hill has
been surveyed this week. and in all
probe biity the work Of grading will soon
be commenced. The completion Of this
grade will open up two avenues OF COM
munication with the Surface creek
settlement, the reby meeting the demands
o, a very urgent public necessity.
The dance at the Pannell school house
"Wednesday night was a success. They
turned themselves loose Tor a good time
L.. =,
until six O'Clock a. m. Twenty nine
numbers were sold. enough being realiz
ell from the sale TO pay Tor the music.
Coffee in abundance was provided by
kind friends and the ladies brought
baskets filed with good things.
/. s. Rovell visited the Fairyiew school
Friday and delivered very entertaining
lecture. the subject % which was "Origi
nal Thinking. or Thinking Tor Ourselves. %
lie also read a very nice poem written
by Samuel Fuss entitled The Cali Path"
Illustrating the crookedness Of the Nam
street % Buffalo. The writer ot the
pocm claimed that a calf traversed the
woods about 3 centuries ago and its
tracks finally became foot path. then
a road and then a village street etc. still
following the Eigzag trail % a calf three
centuries dead. Mr.. Bovell warned MS
| not TO follow in the crooked paths %
ancestors jus; because they kept in the
rut. when there is better way around.
Experiments made with small pox
patients in Oaxaca. Mexico. show that
by administering honey diluted in water
TO small pox patients the pustulcs 81 the