Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1901-08-07

Durneu up or btalVod 10 dahlh. Ihe
curculio and codlin moth are moi
among the missing, bat there are
very few of any other tribe Of in
furious insects.
| Piedmont Banner; A herd OF 505 An
gora goats was brought here by rail
Monday and on Tuesday was driven TO
the farm Of Mr.. Weber, who proposes to
breed them for their wool. He says that
the goats will live almost the entire year
in the woods pastures without feeding,
and that besides the value OF the wool
which isabout three times that OF sleeps
wool the kids make very toothsome
dish OF meat in any season Of the year.
Pennington Times: Interest in
the centennial celebration Of the
first settlement where Pennington
is situated is being aroused, and
Senator Clay suggests that Il would
be well TO hold a Street Fair iD con
necliOn with II. The idea is IA good
one. We would like to see all our
buslAesa men take hold Of this mat,
Ter and get up celebration that
will be credit to the town.
A girl residing IN Richmond, Va.
has recovered $500 damages from a
steamboat company for naming g
boat after her without her permis-
sion. Sbo took exceptions to the
paragraph stating that "Maitie Mar
shall, having been thoroughly scrub
bed, painted and reft with Il new
boiler, will hereafter serve as mail
carrier, and poke her pretty nosein
the river business for all she is
worth,"-Ex.
In contrast with the present hot
spell, the year 1921 will furnish a
cool comparison. That year was
called eighteen hundred and siarve
to death" The record IN New Eng
land showed that January was 30
mild that fire was not needed, Fee.
ruary. generally warm; March, was
normal; April, ended with snow and
ice; May. the frost killed fruit and
vegetation; June, ice and snow were
common; July, frost and ice, corn
destroyed; August, ice thicker than
in July and vegetation frozen. This
was known as the year without o
summer.-Ex.
Fredericktown Tribune: To-day
young man, as you saton the court
houge steps or lounged around
Christoph's corner, smoking your
cigar that was paid for with money
you had other use for, Cor perhaps
not paid for at ally did you notice
that old man passing on the other
side with hat battered, coat torn,
pants fringed and sloppy, his shoes
gaping and down at the heelH You
didl Well, forty years ago he stood
Just where you are standing to-day |
he bought cigars as you do, smoked
and squandcred his money as YOU
are doing without a thought of to.
morrow. Habits and associations
formed ate up his salary as earned.
Old age crept on, his eyes grew |
dim, muscles relaxed and bis place !
was filed by younger man; to day |
he has uothlng. Yet history repeats.
ParagouId Solipbone: Instead of
observing Gov. Dockery's injunc-
tion to fast and pray, that the good
Lord might send the rains to delugo |
the earth and avert the disasters of
the drouth, the Ber,ig crap shooters
and their blind.tlger annex were
busy all day violating the laws Of
God and man, gambling, drinking
and lighting. Steve Virgilio says
they fought "sll over the deck" on
the Missouri side and that "Spooney'
(Andrew Paype) was considerably
bruised up, and that there were
bloody noses and black eyes galore.
Last night, at a late honr, the large
frame building. which stood on the
banks Of the St. Francis river, on
the Missouri side, went up 10 smoke
and blind tiger "licker,'' crap and
poker tables and all the parapher.
MALTA ofthis infamous den ofiniquity
was consumed by the flames.
II comes on good authority that
IN some of the Missouri towns where
they prayed Ioudest for rain last
Sunday it IS so dry now that people
are tacklng the stamps on this let.
ters, for lack of ability to lick them,
Cairo Bulletin.
Such statements are founded in
inlquity and championed by the
devil or some OF his lmps. There
is absolutely no truth in the state.
ment, as almost every section Of
Missouri has been visited by rain
since last Sunday. But anything is
good or bad, thick or thin, long or
short, small or large, ip Comparison
with the thing Ia which it is measur.
ed or compared. Compared with a
mouse's ear the size of the fellows
soul whe wrote the above is small
Indeed; and compared with Cairo of
course Missouri towns are dry. In |
Cairo, We are informed, it is so wet
that not only water, but beer, is up
to the throats of fall the "short'' men
and women.-ScOtt County Demo
crat.
Sikeston Democrat: The woods
and the towns are full of bears to
hear the folks tell 1T. Some time
ago it was circulated here that a
saloon keeper at Charlottesville had
lost young bear, and that the same
had been seen about Slkeston. Since
that time number of good citizens
have seen the bear in and about
their yards. Friday Adamy saw
himsOne night and fed him a couple
of biscuitstl) Some enthusiast ha
sent a 'tskeery" report to the Re-
public, and one south side gentle