Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-08-06
LAYTON.

The annual picnic of the Farmers,
Mechanics and Tradesmen will be held at
Nomanock Lake on Saturday August IA
The sale of privileges will take place as
usual on the preceding Saturday at Girls
mans Boat House at the Lake. This pic
mic is taking rank with the best In the
country, and the attendance is rapidly in
creasing.
There was very select dinner at the
home of Mrs Margaret Snider last Thurs
day. Those participating were tip top
satisfied, and highly delighted and the
feast of-of-reason will linger long in the
memory of all who drank tea
There has been much hay totally ruined
In the recent rains, and the rye has been
sadly damaged. All hay that was spread
was lost, and the earlier cut pieces Of rye
were the worst sufferers from sproutlng.
The pig Trial as it is called took place
at Hainesville last week and created quite
bit Of amusement Substantial justice
was melted out however, and we congratu-
late friend Hixon on his winning what at
first looked like a doubtful case The
plaintiff is to have her pig or its equivalent
and defendant now sues for his pig. Trial
is set hear for Tuesday, August 10th
The social in the Reformed Church at
Beyans on Friday evening was well at
tended and the gross receipts amounted to
about S2S
A couple Of young men wero guilty Of a
criminal assault on a respectable married
woman near Hainesville few days ago
Warrants are out, ana the punishment
should be prompt and severe.
William M. Smith, one of the foremost
aspirants in the race for the Newton P. o.,
has accepted a lucrative position with the
Mutual Life of New York City R f.
Goodman the editor of the Sussex Regis
ter is now believed to be the coming Post
master His appointment will greatly ele-
vate the tone Of this Office as compared to
its present regime, and bring it up again
10 the status that was maintained under
Major William r. Mattison.
The Town of Newton is to be congratu-
lated on this auspicious ending Of the
Post Office contest.
Alfred Bevans will have his second crop
Of peaches this year from an orchard Of
over 1000 trees. Mr. Bevans got IN three
large loads of baskets from Hopkins fac
tory at Branchville last week in prepara-
tion for the crop that will soon begin to
ripen,
That old drake that we took for a duck
has bristles on, you can imagine our sur
prise and the quandary we are in to locate
the animal as 20 its genus. He isn't quite
a duck for he has bristles instead Of feath
ers. He likes to puddle In the mire and
yet he don't like to get his feet wet Hil
bristles viii not shed rain, but his throai
looks like roaring furnace TO the beel
mug Surely it is deep, dark, dank
mystery and hard to name him right.
Mrs. j. n Miller has suffered -acutely
the past week from an attack Of sciati,
rheumatism in arm and shoulder It il
gradually yielding to treatment and it il
hoped she viii be around as usual in few
days.
BENZ. d. Hursh is putting up Tele
phone line connecting Flatbrookyilie and
Milbrook. Parties to be benefited in the
two villages contribute the necessary
funds
The parties reporting the fish trial al
Layton for the various newspapers varied
quite as badly as the witnesses did in tha
celebrated suit The reports in most in
stances indicate the personal bias Of thl
writer more nearly than they do the rea
facts Of the case
Owing to the incessant rains Of lasi
week the work Of setting poles by the Sus
sex Telephone Company WAS not begun a
was previously Intended They were no