The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1899-07-01
4 LITTLE OF EVERYTHING.
"A Column of This, That and the Other
Which is Worth Reading.

The year IS half gone.
Patronze home merchants.
little more rain wouldn't hurt,
July Island with it the bill collector.
Encourage any business that advertises.
Troubles ana cyclones cause lots of worry,
but they soon blow over.
! fyou know OF news item, let US know,
We DO not pretend to be mind readers.
The man with the peach and pple orchard
Is the one we like to get an invitation to
visit these days.
up North they shoot their fire crackers on
the Fourth of July; down here they arc ex-
plnded on Christmas.
Last Saturday was field day for the ne
groes in Grenada, and u white man in hurry
had to take to the middle Of the street.
The saying that a wise man changes his
mind, but fool never does, is applicable to
the man who has but one idea in politics.
If you want to have good old. fashioned
time go to Parsons on the Fourth. There
will be barbecued meat-and gas-to burn
The gas will all be political.
The Southern watermelon crop is extend
ing the right hand OF fellowship to the
Northern paregoric crop, and the two are ex-
changing congratu ations.
There seems to be Il lull in the local mat
rimonial market. and those marriages which
were scheduled to come of in June failed,
in the main to matera1ize
Doctors are generally healthy-but then,
they rarely take any OF their own medicine,
and we will prove the assertion by DR.. Brown
or any other of the fraternity.
In reading the various essays by this years
sweet girl graduates the St. Louis Post Dis
patch has not noticed any on "How to Pre-
pare Square Meal" No more have we.
The man who, every time he opens his
mouth, puts his foot in 1t, Is one OF the
most unfortunate OF individuals This
has no reference to anybody running for
office.
Don't let the warm weather cause you to
forget the sENrINEL's superior facilities for
doing printing OF all kinds. Look over your
stock and see If there isn't something you
will need pretty soon.
Prof. L. L. Bowman has spent three hun
dred dollars In energy this summer on u four
dollar garden, but the exercise has done
him good, and last week he had the satis-
faction Of harvesting one tomato.
Rev. Iraneus Trout-My church is entirely
too small and it makes things bad when 1
!, a va u RiA1 Of Eip1
always glad to SEQ the people out. however.
and we will always try to seat them some
way.
Mr.. B. L. Thomas Is doing some hard and
effective work in his canvass for ralroad
commissioner, and he is meeting with en-
couragement wherever he goes. He carries
with him All endorsement OF all the best
people Of Grenada.
W. NJ. Rose, the sanitary inspector. has
close eye on any nuisance detrimental to the
public health and they who allow them to
exist on their premises will be promptly
hauled up before the mayor and mulcted to
the full extent of the law.
If anyone knows of any'moncy to be wager
ed that McLaurin will not carry this county.
we can find plenty OF takers. We are not
running broker shop. but II there are those
who want to back up their opinions and
wish to make their assertions convincing,
they may with all propriety be reminded
that money talks" And while we do not
feel disposed to encourage gambling In any
of its forms, we are not averse to giving
those habitually inclined, tip. Listen,
now--uovernor McLaurn will carry Grenada
county. 1t Is u safe bet.
The Medical Age says: Cleanliness is an
excellent habit. 1t Is not, however, absolute
" essential, nor an essential at all to good
health and mental activity. The healthiest
man the writer ever saw is alive and well to-
day at 94, and be took bath only OCCASION
ally--once in the Mersey at Liverpool, In
1873, and again in the North River, In 1878,
both of which were accidental, the gentle
man being slightly intoxicated when he fell
Almost all pe0ple who live to an extreme
old age are found to be those who are not
over fond Of ablutions. but who otherwise
are ca reful in their manner OF living.
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