Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-05-26
South Side.

'ONey uOtSu Z Cdii Oub his dItD iOT
an advance upon Havana?
The social at Bert karrick's was
well attended and enjoyed by all.
Music by Kimbrell and Kendall.
Elders Long and Blevins have
Just closed very successful meet
ing at Upper Salt Lick; five addi-
tons.
Mrs. Ida Jackson, of Salt Lick,
after a pleasant visit to her sister
Mrs. Jim Greer's, returned home
Saturday.
Jim Durossett's house took fire
Thursday, but by the help of his
good neighbOrs the flames were ex-
tingulshed.
Elder Blevins preached the fun
erals of Elkana Phelps and two
children at Jackson's school house
Sunday to a large congregation.
When a woman has had such a
disappointment that she won't do
anything but cry and chew candy
she is said to be eating her heart
out.
The Frenchburg foot ball team
was too many for the little Slate
boys Saturday and put them to
sleep to the tune of 6 to their get
come.
Don't sDeer at man whose
trousers bag at the knees. He may
be a good Christian who spends
more time at prayer than on dress
parade.
Green Sexton killed three dogs
at one shot while they were devour-
ing one of his sheep. IL Gen. Blap-r
CO knew this we fhinLhc-wOuld
remove his troops from Cuba at
once.
We have a patriotic citizen, dead
to marry, who has not got nerve
enough to milk a COW unless her
hind legs are tied over her horns.
What do you think about that.
girls2
Three new subscribers send in
their subscriptions this week. Now,
look here, Mr.. Editor, you've got
to set 'em up. We don't drink
anything but moonshine and cham
payne.
Several dogs in this vicinity have
been recently bitten by mad dogs
and their owners refuse to kill
them. We think sucb persons
should be sent where they keep
idiots.
1t being the last day of school at
Frenchburg Thursday the Bryan
Mckinley Literary Society gave
one of the best entertainments of
the season. Music by South Side
orchestra.
Prof. Kimbrel's writing school
closed last Saturday night. A
large crowd present. VIM. Coyle
received the prize Tor the greatess
improvement. Hunter Coyle and
Grant Triplett judges.
The aggravating little house fly
has made Its appearance and will
now be humming about your nose
and sitting down in the honey and
coffee without brushing its pants
just as though il was welcome.
We don't think it right for IN
editor to ask his delinquent sub
scribers TO pay, but he should insist
upon them occasionally sending
him lock of their hair so that he
might know they were still living.
/ have seen several of the boys
Ssnd we are about prepared to 60
and hunt "West Ends" ghost, but
l expect when we get down there
with our firearms and fierce looks
il will be some Of Ben Piersall's
and Cecil Young's tricks. Look
out, boys; we are dangerous.
Prof. Kimbrell tells US that one
of his pupils got poisoned on poke
greens. We don't care TO tell who
the party was. Ben, be careful.
Y Clear Creek water and salt is M
good. If you have no meat some
\ Of us spicy widows might send you
a ''iowl." Anything to save life.
1t is sad to chronicle the death
of Frank Cobourn, who died May
18th Of consumption. Mr.. Cobourn
was a member of the Christian
! Church anda son-in-law Of Elder
James Nichols. He leaves a wife
and five children, who have the SYM
patty of the community in tei'
sad affection.
A 6-year-old youth of this place
was being caressed by young lady
recently when she made the re-
mark that he was getting to be too
big a boy for her to kiss The youth
quickly replied ''Pll bet you have
kissed lots of bigger boys than
me-" As her best fellow was
standing by she came near falling
dead.
Some Of our young ladies are
getting axious, fearing the war will
create a scarcity of young men, but
we would whisper to our pretty
girl readers that the cruel war will
leave enough men at home to escort
them to picnlcs and pursue to the
death any rude, unfeeling bugs
that may get between themselves
and the back wall of their gowns.
There are pumps and pumps:
dancing pumps, chain pumps, force
pumps and all kinds of pumps, but
of all the pumps we ever pumped
was the double action pump that
"West End" and "South Side" used
on Prof. Kimbrell last Saturday
night. Keep your fiddles tuned,
boys, and be ready, and don't forget
that old circular saw and three
cornered fence rail.