Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1899-01-14
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The small boy and the fire cracker has been
very much in evidence the last week.
For the past week the weather has been de-
lightful, bright and clear and frosty.
Our coffee rooster is used very frequently
of late in roasting our crop of peanuts.
Bro Satra left Monday for a visit to his
friends in New York city All wish him
pleasant visit.
Bro. Swanson of Lead S. OAK, whose fam
lily has been with us for some time, dropped
in on us last Saturday.
Bro Stoll DAD is doing some fine wood
staining and granting upon work turned out
by Bros Hyatt and Jacques.
Sunday Bro. Mardfin of New York city,
joined his wife and family. He has come to
stay, and help us build up the model OF the
Coming Civilization.
Don't forget that Mr.. Casson expects to be
in Ohio between Jan. 20 and Feb. 3. If you
want him to deliver lecture or two in your
town, get your date fixed at once.
Bro Calkins' mother and his brother-in
law, Mr.. Brown, of Missouri, are on visit
to himself and family, his mother has been
here before, but this is the first visit for Mr.
Brown.
On last Wednesday a party of Is of our
young people, girls and boys went over to
Dickson on a shopping expedition. getting
something nice for their sweethearts. All re-
port jolly time.
Our sawmil is getting a thorough over
hauling, and when it starts up it will be prac-
tically new MILL Bro. Armstrong informs
us that he expects to start up by New Years.
In the mean time the yard is filing up with
logs.
Last Thursday morning the home of Bro
Liygren was made sad by the sudden death
of his infant boy. They have the heartfelt
sympathy of the colony in their bereave-
ment, This makes the fourth death in the
colony, all children.
Bro. Carnegie and family spent Christmas
and the two following days with Comrade
Holt, below Edgewocd. Carnegie ard Holt
are great hunters and the yarns that man
can tell when he gets back would make Davie
Crockett turn over in his grave,
The Col.ny Notes man went down to Nash
vile last Thursday. Having saved his salary
as reporter for several months, it was his in
tention to buy two or three sections in the
heart of the city; but after looking it over,
changed his mind and bought a dimes worth
of bananas and a bunch of fire crackers.
Bros Ray Edwards and Broeg are making
quite a success of the dancing school this
winter About GO pupils attend regularly,
ranging from 65 to 8. Everybody has good
time: but some of TIE steps that are taken by
some would command big price in large
city.
Our tailor department l. still head over
heels in business; behind in orders and work.
ing late hours to catch up with them, they
are expecting a new supply of cloth every
day, different from any they have had. Every
mail brings in new orders and letters of praise
Of the work
Early last spring the West Grove nursery
of Pennsylvania sent down a lot of roses to be
planted in our garden and thus grown "A sum-
mer in the south this was done and the plants
thrived wonderfully. Bros. Kemp and Van
Fleet have just finished digging and Grating
them for shipment north: they number about
2)600
Bro. jackson came near meeting with Sc
rious accident last Saturday, while using the
little rip saw his attention was called away
from his work and he ran his hand into the
that three fingers of the right hand were
badly lacerated but none taken Off he is do
ing well
Last Thursday week Mrs Jackson made
glad the heart of her better half by drifting
into Ruskin and taking up her headquarter
at the annex, she is welcome addition to
our colony. Bro. Bell also is putting on
frills and stepping high these days, he ex-
poets his wife to arrive about Jan. l. Thus
one by one the grass widower's union dis
appears
Comrade G. +. Hammond and wife, of Sum-
mertown, Lawrence county, Tenn, drove
over to take Christmas dinner with us, a dis
lance of 80 miles They had pleasant visit
with us until Tuesday morning when they
started back MIR. Hammond is quite an ex-
pert at making edged tools, samples of which
he had with him. besides a number OF other
tools which showed that he was a careful
and thorough workman.