Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-03-24
Mason Hill Letter.

Mason Hill Letter.
On deck again, after the log drive.
G. w. Williams left for parts un-
known on Monday, in search Of a span
| of horses.
r. Russell, boollkeeper on Cochran's
log drive, was home on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. f. Marsh visited
friends on Benefits, last week.
Contractor w. U. Barr, of Mix Run,
was the guest of his mother over Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. l.. Williams, of
Huston Hill, called on w. J. Miller and
wife, Friday.
The principal occupation of the
''wheats" of this place, is setting be-
hind the stove fighting the Spaniards.
Mrs. Martha Miller returned home on
Saturday, after a prolonged visit with
friends at Medix Run.
Miss Vida Housler and Jessie Sterl-
ing, two of Sterling Runs estima BILE
young ladies, attended the entertain
ment and visited friends here over
Sunday.
The associate judgeship pot has be-
gun to boil. About one hundred can
didates are in the field.--A big fat office
too bad we can't elect all of them.
w. U. Barr, the Mix Run lumberman
h;c IaaIy
the school house on Sunday night.
The finder will be literally rewarded
by taking it back to the owner.
Claud Williams, Supt. of Mrs. Barr's
stock farm, at Medix Run drove down
to attend the entertainment Saturday
night.
Quite a number of young people from
Sterling Run, Huston Hill and Millers
Run attended the entertainment on
Saturday night.
This region was visited on Friday
and Saturday night by terrific storm
The wind blew, the lightning struck,
the thunder crashed, the rain fell in
torrents and the end is not yet.
A large number of voters of this
place attended the Republican pri-
mary at Driftwood on Saturday and
judging from the amount of noise they
made coming home they had very
fine time.
| feel that in the interest of Justice
and the purity of our homes to say that
a certain young man (or whether we
can call him man or not will leave to
the readers) came to the school house
on Friday night when the teacher and
scholars were practicing for their en-
tertainment and acted in an unmanly
way, pounding the school house, kick
ing the door, prying open the window
shutters, looking in the transit, using
disgraceful language, furnishing re-
volver in the window and making
threats he would shoot the first person
that made any resistance and making
noise that the people in side could
hardly tell when it was laundering.
The cause of his bad action cannot be
accounted for, unless he was possessed
with an evil spirit or perhaps partooz
Of the wine when it was red He was
asked twice by the teacher in q kind
and gentle way to come in the house.
but he wasn't man enought to come in
or go away. This young swain was
raised by good christian parents and
tor their benefit and for the benefit of
the community, county and state, / will
not mention his name What this fellow
deserves is nothing less than a term of
years turning the grindstone in the
western "penn and of which he no
doubt will get if the jury does justice
in the next term of court, and if he
fails to get justice he had better go to
the south sea island where he can find
people of his own moral nature, and
let civilized people live in peace.
Miss Amy Summerson of Sterling
Run finished successful six months
term of school at this place on Friday
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every respect and gave general salts
faction to the parents and scholars and
was respected by all. On Friday
night the school gave an entertain
ment which was a credit to themselves
as we'll as the teacher; notwithstand-
ing the incemency of the weather, the
house was packed to the uttermost
Through neglect am unable to get the
program and will only give what l can
remember:
Address of welcome, me,.................Ea Earl Marsh
Song, Two Orphans, ..............M Maud Williams
Recitation. n........................G ..Gladays Russell
Instrumental Music, c,..................E Ethel Barr
Recitation ..............,..........B Bertha Walker
Dialogue, "Know Nothing Customer"
Abner Hill and Charley Barr