Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-01-21
LAYTON.

The "Herald' says of Edisons latest in
vention for reading what is in peoples
minds, "what a fine thing it would be to
show up a scurvy bit of political work, o
attempt at bossism," and hints that h .
wo1ld so like to use it on someone around
Newton, would even give ten dollars To
get an electrotype of the political mind Of
a certain man whom he evidently would
like to name. Better not monkey with
that machine "Jakey," it might get
turned your own way, and something tor
rible might happen If the mind of the
Heralds Editor has not had some kinks in
1t, very much like unto most other politi
clans, then indeed is dame rumor an awful
liar.
The new store Is enclosed and tn
mechanics are working under shelter 1t
won't take long to complete the building
now.
The following story of a mighty nimroi
and the owner Of a game preserve is not
strictly fresh. but since it happened in this
town it should not be totally lost. The
preserve had been raided before, and the
owner was bit peppery. The mighty
hlilIOu lttu uduktIluB lOI a ouObdb
somebody else's game, and working up
near the line with a prayerful invocation
in high @ for the ''mean cuss'' of an owner
he banged away at a quail. The bird
breathed its life away within the precincts
of the game preserve, and was quietly
gathered in by the owner. The 'mean
ouss" worked the racket for ten good
Mckinley dollars, and called the mighty
nimrod for show down. He had them
and now the mean cuss" jlngles the
dough- and winks the other eye. This
story came to me all straight, to be cared
for, and for the life Of me can't remcm-
Der who gave it to, but we will hand it
out over our shoulder, and then we wont
know who the deuce has got it.
We note with much pleasure that Cover
nor Griggs has sent in the nomination Of
John l.. Swayze of Newton as prosecutor
for Sussex county. The nomination is a
most excellent one, and should meet with
no objections.
Anna Landis a Swiss silk weaver SO
years of age has survived the removal Of
her stomach, now over three months, and
is in good physical condition. The opera
covery that with a tumor, the stomach was
hopelessly diseased ALSO and DR.. Carl
Schlatter of the University of Zurich,
Switzerland successfully removed both
tumor and stomach. The aesophagus was
connected directly with the intestine, and
healed rapidly After three days solid
food was taken. This incident will call
for a reconstruction of some of the opinions
now held by the medical fraternity as to
the physiology of the so-called Y ital func
tions.
The New York Presbytery has decided to
sit with closed doors until further notice.
The minority developed strong opposi-
tion, but the majority feared that num-
Der Of the members who could not be sup
pressed might start subjects that they
would not want theyreporters to get hold
Of. Some more Howell or Hambly scrapes
inplckle perhaps.
Tenant houses are becoming scarce IN
this vicinity, and more would be occupied
If they were to be had Some who have
super abundance of land near our village
might make worse use of it than TO cut
OF one or two acre tracts, and build a neat
house ON them. They are the best pro
perties tp sell to day that there is among
us.
new P. NJ may be in order at Lay
ton some Of these days, and may we not
hope that the peoples wishes and convent
enoe will be consulted in the selection, as
well as in the location.
What ails that Montague stove commit
tee, they don't get of any whoppers as we
can hear Of, nor run merry -go-round. 1s
II virtuons farmers club, or just com
mon hang ! the tongue olubs( Informa-