The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1897-05-13

contains an interesting PoplarvilIe
yarn, When we discover the moth.
er, the child and the goat alluded
to. we will have them photographed
by Fem & Schmidt, and Will send
the imaginative reporter copy.
The yarn reads ss follows:
''Poplarville, Miss, is the proud
possessor of a baby and a goat, not
that taken separately there is any
thing in this fact to indicate an I'm.
usual condition of affairs, but as
the aforesaid baby and goat are to
be taken collectively, there hinges
condition of affairs that to say
the least are out of the ordinary.
Or course 1t may be said that of
the two the goat is entitled to the
greater amount Of consideration,
but it must be ACKNOWLEDGED that
the baby, as the story shows, rises
to an occasion with true infan tile
precoolty and exemplifies the adage
which talks of self-preseryation and
all that sort Of thing. For some
reason, not necessary 30 state here,
the mother of young infant re-
Gently born in Poplarville, conclud-
ed to add to the baby's diet by serv-
ing it milk from bottle, A very
prosaic proceeding, as one might
observe. The mother bought goat,
the goat having lost her kid but a
day or two before, hence it's udder
was well filled with the tactical fluid
peculiar to goats. This fluid was
chosen to nourlsh the babe men.
toned in the foregoing. che bots
tie filled with goats milk was placed
at the little lips of the infant and
straightway it never questioned the
proceeding, but emptleG the bottle
and then-cried for more. The
bottle matter continued for a day
or two, when one bright morning
the child, having been deposited up
on the Kitchen floor in the sunlight,
the mother entered the room and to
her surprise found the goat stand.
ing over the baby's high pillow and
the yOungster was calmly extracting
the milk from the teats of the mans
ny in the manner nature originally
ordained to be followed by the un-
fortunate kid. There was no inter.
ruption to the establishment of these
new relations. The baby cried for
the goat and the goat seemed to
believe that the baby had been
created especially to take the place
of its own kid. AS the days pass
ed on the goat and baby seemed to
have reached perfectly satisfac-
tory understanding, and upon the
latter crying for sustenance during
the day the goat Immediately leaps
upon the he'd and permits it's foster
child to draw it's food in the most
natural manner imaginable: The
mother OF the baby is satisfied,
the goat is happy and no longer
mourns its kid, while the baby is
smiling all the time and growing as
fat as a butter ball"
FEM & SCHMIDT, the Photo
graphers, have come to Poplarville
for short season of superb work.
They have built an up.to-date stu
dio near the courthouse, where,
commencing April 30th, they will
make Six Elegant Cabinet Photos
for S1.00. This offer will last for
TWO weeks only. This bargain has
close second in another which
offers One Elegant Life-size Crayon,
with gilt oak frame, fitted complete,
for $500. Send your pictures to
be copiedto them. They will guar
antee all work they accept.
The Gulfport Southwark of the
9Th says:
"Chief Engineer W. W. Hunger-
ford is surveying and locating the
six mile gap to connect the Colum-
bia, Lumberton and Gulf Railroad
with the Ship Island road. This
road will tap the Ship Island road
one mile north of Inez station, and
! work begins on the grading today
under foreman Flora. 1t is expect
ed to have the grading finished and
ties on the road bed by the time
the rails arrive"
The following able faculty has
been selected for Poplarville High
School for the session of 1897 -9S:
w. I. Thames, principal; Miss F.
Daisy Lines, Mrs. Bette G. Vance,
Miss Ida B. Brockman and Miss
May Edwards. Mrs. J. r. Hunni>
cutt will remain in charge of the
music department.
Prof. D. M. Graham, who has so
ably filed tie position of an as
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