Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1898-02-17
Mason Hill Letter.

David Marsh's new palace is about
completed.
w. j. Miller had business at Empori-
um on Saturday.
Our teacher is making extensive
preparations for an entertainment.
Messrs. Howard and Lloyd, of En-
porium, had business here on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. l.. B. Russell visited
friends on Huston Hill, Wednesday.
Everything goes but the baby car
riage, and that's got to be pushed; 80
saieth George.
The east and west end sleighriding
parties have begin topull ears, notwith-
standing the treaty of peace that was
signed last winter.
David Ives, of East Third street had
business at Medix Run, the latter part
of the week.
o. B. Tanner had the misfortune to
get his left arm broken, while running
logs for S. d. Billings in Johnson Run,
on Saturday last.
The oyster supper at Mrs. c. w.
Williams on Friday night was con-
sidered "out of sight," by those who
participated.
A sleigh load of ''old people" of this
place took supper with w. p. Barr on
Huston Hill, one night last week.
Walter Bar has turned mis- law Office
into an ice house and will furnish ice
next summer, free of charge within
the city limits.
George still hands around the
Havana's, since he is the proud and
happy father of a bouncing boy. He
says the lad will be a help to him and
his father in his old days.
The Hon. Judge Huntley Miller, of
this place, announces himself a candi-
date for President Judge of this 25th
Judicial district, subject to the rules
governing the Prohibition party.
"Con Lemuel" had an awful spasm
last week and in an attempt to say
something wrote one of the worst
articles ever penned in the storm
centre of ignorance. He said it would
not do to run poor farm on the same
principle that majority of the Mason
Hill farms are conducted. Now, we
don't pretend to farm like the great
western farmer, but we always have
all we want to eat, whether we raise
it, buy it or steal it, and don't ask the
county to build a poor house for our
own especial benefit. He says farm
ing is q science. / will admit that
but when we have year like last year
(oats struck with the rust, bucBwheat
killed by the sun, potatoes strnck with
the blight, fruit, cabbage all club root,
hay, wheat and rye rotted in the field
by the continuous wet weather, (how
can man in this rough, rocky, bleak,
mountainous country make q living al.
together on farm? He also criticised
Mr.. Brooks chicken story. He says he
knows of a farm that two years ago
/ think he exaggerated that story about
half, because we have as good farms
and farmers as there are in the county
and they say seventy-five bushels per
acre is an exceptionally good crop,
while most farms only yield 40 or so
bushels per acre. He also says every
body are in ignorance because they
can't see the poor house question
in the same light as he sees it. A man
would be fool to preach up doctrine
that would be detrimental to his own
benefit; and now 1 will say as the Dents
Run scribbler said, that perhaps friend
Con" has a farm for sale this is no
doubt the farm that raised 1900
bushels of corn or never owned any
property, or still better probably he
contemplates going to the poor house,
if there be one established DING.
Feb. IA, 1898.