Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-09-20
FOUNTAIN CITY.

Your item gatherer will give one
icket to a dollar banquet for a solitary
16 to l. single standard. gold basis
item that will be of interest. Such a
thing is as hard to fnd as tenable
plank for the Democratic platform.
Speaking of plank reminds us that
q widow lady in TO Vn saws she saw .
man deliberately carry eff lot of nice
plank which she had piled up in hsr
gsn3saaa.us bar. ana;
Mrs. Horn Of Tampico were visItfns
Mrs. d. Peeg one day last week
Many pc eople now hang their harp
on the willow.' and sing with sorrow
full hearts You will never miss the
water till the we'll runs dry" Even
Bert johnson, who thought he bad a
we'll that was in close touch with the
fountains of the deep, is hauling water
from town.
Eli Thorn brolght some samples
of corn which he plucked from for'y
re field on his farm; the ears are
little less than a yard long and per-
fectlv filed The people of Wayne
county and the state generally hardly
appreciate what a grand old state we
have, where there is never failure.
Even in Michigan there is almost a
total failure of wheat and c,rn. Fo
2O0 lies north of Grand Rapids. a
m an with a gool big halter strap can
carry the corn, fodder and all, At one
But then they have the fir est lakes
and the best fishing grounds IN the
world. j. "a. Thomas and the writer
stopped at the beautiful little town o.
Colon in st Joe toanty and enjoyed
splendid fishing for three or four days.
The little town is nestled between two
beautiful lakes. and Mr.. Lansing, the
proprietor of the St. Joe hotel, Is the
prince of good fellows, and gives you
| to understand at once tlat he has
plenty of good boats and that they
| shall cost you nothing. 1t is the d sh
ernan's paradise.
| Comrade Ella Mobiey of Webster
mss rented Frank ii -nt's house ano
| Ill soon be q resident of our city
| Ed Whippo and Charley Jackson
with their families at l o'clock Mon
dsy pulled out for Texas. They hat
old time covered wagons AID goo
teams and expect to be two months oi
the road.
Mrs. Laura Anderson went to Indl
auapolis Monday ID purchase he
winter stock of goods.
Art Harris, manager of the Morn
son, one of the best hotels IN Chicag'
and an all around social gentleman
is in our city, called here by tn
critical illness of his mother, Mrs
Thompson Harris.
| Charley Edgerton will excayate til
cellar and build the foundation of hl
new business room this fall. In
building will be credit to our Il 'urish
ing little city.
| It's q bit strange that our frien
Clate Woolman should have driven a
J., the way to Arba Sunday to atten
Iclurch. but the chances are that b
: Was not lonely.
Rev. f. NJ. Harter of Wllismsbur
J preached at the NJ. E. church Monda
night Rev. Harter is the worthy SO
of Solomon Harter, one of the be-
snd bravest soldiers that ever belonge
o the 69sh Indiana. who vas killed
5 tne last battle of the war at Mobii,
April 9, 1865, and was the hero
4 The Sergeant of Co. F - written
Col. Perry. one OF the most pathet
q Is we'll as realistis descriptions I
| army life ever written.
Miss Ethel Townsend is making
i splendid postmistress, durin9 the q
sence of Burt, who is off on q vac
ltion.