Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-12-31

Browns men is rapidly pushing to com
pletion the Rosenkrans' store house 1t Is
now evident that this will be the best
building in town, and a credit to the
place.
James B. Fuller has quietly planned
and constructed modern dwelling ON the
site OF the one burned last summer James
will soon be at home in his own domicile,
and driving the farming business as usual
Isn't Is funny that seven times out of ten
the parent will educate his children for
and wish them to follow some other pro
fession than his own. The miller don't
want his boy to grow up miller, and the
blacksmith wants his to engage in some
other work than blacksmithing. The
farmer prefers that his should study
for profession Each being more fami-
liar with his own business, the seeming
hlrdships and unpalatable features of 1t,
gets to thinking that all others are what
they appear on the surface, that they pos
sess less hardships an discomforts than
his own. If more attention was given to
cultivating the natural gift or bent of
youth there would be fewer failures in
life than there are now under the present
system, or rather lack of it.
A new years present that will pleasantly
recall the kindly feeling Of the giver to the
recipient, just 5s times year. A years
subscription to the PIKE COUNTY PRESS
Try It.
"Highram John" wuz in toun last Mum
day. IIighram looks sour ne duz. He
wuz pickin up items fur de Gazette, and
he didn't make emmy inquiries fur de fish
warden guess not. Pears like l could
see a trout up each sleeve, and a sucker a.
stickin out of each pocket No scales on
! Highram, but his fins do stick right up;
Indeed they duz.
There was a surprise party at the home
of Ed Van Ness last Saturday evening in
honor of Miss Ida Lanning. the former
teacher at Shaytown.
Only two Christmas trees were got up In
the valley this year, and both of them were
in the churches at Bevans. The other
churches had hardly recovered sufficiently
from recent entertainments to raise the
wind.
| On October 2sth, Geo. e Hursh slaugh-
tered IA spring pig at SO months old that
dressed 212 pounds, and on Dec. goth its
two mates at 1913 months old that dressed
305 and 820 pounds respectively A total
of S37 pounds. Now Al. L please brush
up those good farmers in Montague and
find something to beat this
A. Il. Wolfe, of Decke rtown, set up two
| granite monuments in the cemetery a.
! Bevans and one in the Hainesville GENE
terry last week. The first two were to tn.
memory of Mrs Elizabeth Rosenkrun-
and Mrs. Anna Cecilia Knight The lat
ter to the memory of Mrs. Estella Klntner
They were all of similar design, and neai
aud durable in appearance.
b. ID. Hursh is aiding in the construc
tion Of the line of the Hudson River Tele-
phone Company from Newton to Decker
| town.
While giving my horse drink from the
big spring in Culver's Gap last Wednes
day, snow white squirrel, of the gray
species, crossed the road near by, and leis-
urely made its way over the rocks up the
mountain side. 1t would have made a
beautiful addition to the collection Of a
| taxidermist.
Smith and Dusenberrys store at Layton
is being enlarged and remodeled. The in
side arrangements will be made to CON
form more nearly to modern ideas, and
the effect when completed will be all that
the most fastidious could desire.
When together the countenances os the
twins express the joyous satisfaction, and
when apart they have an abstracted air
that is suggestive of a person fishing in a
vacuum for an idea without the least indi-
cation that he is going to get bite
The steam cooker was charged again last
Sunday with potatoes in the bottom,
onions next, and apple dumplings at the
top. There was not the slightest trace of
flavor impaired to one by any of the 9th
ers. We consider this crucial test, and
while we admit we were little fearful of
the result, the cooker came out with fly
ing colors No steam nor odor in the room
and every article cooked to perfection.
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