Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-06-16
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ing of new School House in Branchville.
1t is to be done by the day, but that makes
not bit of difference with John Thomp-
son. He is the same pushing, thorough,
and conscientious workman, whether it be
Ivy contract, or by the day. You get yUur
moneys worth every time.
"More foolishness to the square mile in
Montague than any other given spot in the
State " Is that SOP Hold on little bit
Brother Ludwig, I'm not so sure about
that. People who build good roads are no
fools, and fear you have not travelled TX
tensively this year In Jersey, or else you
mean some others than the ones who build
roads, run politics, creameries, and so ably
correspond for three or four Of our best
newspapers.
II L. is proud of his good roads up
there i'm Montague, and we don't blame
him. There seems to be SO much lnxty
in regard to the care Of roads generally,
that he is to be congratulated on living
where there is some public spirited men,
and women too; may their shadows never
grow less
j. Shulman, who has driven pcddling
wagon i'm this section for some time was
struck by r r train at crossing near
Swartswood on Friday He was picked up
unconscious and died before he could be
carried into IA house. The horse was kill
ed outright and the wagon and goods
strewn along the track for some distance.
There was frolic to put up tie poles
around the the NJ II. chnrch last Satui-
day, the old ones having become some
what dilapidated and unsafe 1t would
make neat job to use double thick,
two inch gas, or water pipe, with stone
posts, and much more durable than the
chestnut poles
If we thought we We're under suspicion
Of poisoning dogs aud cats, on the night
of decoration day, we would not tell pc,
pie we did not do it because we were in
Stroudsburg that day, especially if we had
left there early that morning, aud was i'm
the neighborhood of where the poisoning
was done that same evening. No indeed
we would not, at least until accused, and
then W. don't think we would lie about it
| OF course it is possible that il we felt
afraid or ashamed of having girdlcd trees,
and poisoning, we might try to lay it ON
to parties across the river, or some OF
their friends over here, but we hardly
think we would try 20 cast suspicion ON
innocent parties even to save our own
skin Perhaps it is something peculiar
for us to be built that way, but we cant
| helm IT, donchpr know
Mrs. Elizabeth, wife Of conductor Geo
Robinson, of Germantown, died on FIR,
day last, after an operation fJr the remov
al Of tumOr. Mrs Robinson was VIC
man Of kindly disposition, and genia
temperament. She had relatives i'm the
valley here who mourn her death
and the many true friends she mad,
everywhere that the family resided will
hear Of her departure with regret, nnt
feel much sympathy for the bereaved hus
band and children.
Childrens day was observed in tn,
Chapel at Bevans on Sunday evening.
crowded house greeted the excellent pro
gram, and the audience were kept i'm
pleasurable state Of good humor and en-
ioyment the whole evening.
The closing exercises Of the Tuttlcs Cor
ners School took place this Thursday, tn,
original features of which, with the dis
tribution of prizes will be described next
week
Chester Smith exhibited fine map o
the u. S. and World combined, to tn,
Board of Education on Saturday. WhcI
25 are subscribed for in any one TOWNSHIP
they will be sold for 99c The Boards sur
plus being somewhat limited they did no
feel justified in investing, as they shoult
liked to have done.
The social at the Reformed church a
Bevans last Friday night was fairly at
tended, and the proceeds amour cd t,
$40 Strawberries, ice cream, and cak
were plentifully in evidence, and all wer
satisfied
The camping party at Brink Pond cam,
back Monday and report it one of the fin
est camping and fishing resorts imagin
able, They visited Shohola Glen ON Sun
day. and had more fun than you coul,
shake sti * at. One of the placards nj
there shocked Dams modesty so he hasn'
fully recovered yet. He can te' YOU al
about ID II