Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1902-10-24
sANDYsTON.

Mrs. William @. Dsake viii have
q vsndue on Nov / ard sell her per
sonal property, COWS, horses aud
farm implements
The apple crop must be very
good one, for almost every day sew
erai loads are seen passing on their
way 60 Branchvllle station. The
non -salable are being looked after
by those seeking good supply Of
cider.
On Thursday night ! sat mp 30 q E
to see the eclipse and, sure enough,
the show was exactly on time.
When the moon was completely
covered tumbled into bed thinking
the man In the moon was In the
dark for the time.
Miss BERTHE Rosencrans and sister
are spending couple Of weeks Wis
iting friends and relatives 10 and
about New York city.
Engineer Konkle and assistants
completed the survey over lands Of
Mr.. Steffen for the new road across
the mountain. The new road as
surveyed enters the old road 40 feet
west Of the bridge near Frank Mo
Nealie's.
The potpie social at Abram John
sons at Bevans on Friday evening
was not largely attended owing TO
threatening weather. All had a
good time and as for the pie, that
was excellent. Receipts we're about
$50.
The New Jersey telephone COM
pany, successors of the Hudson
River company, are bound to give
their patrons the best service posi-
ble. Their electrician passed over
their line last week taking out the
old phones and putting others much
better in their place A reduction
in rates will come in short time,
time and that will greatly increase
their business.
Cider making is in full swing, aud
Rosenkrans press was full all day
long on Saturday. The pancake
crop is partial failure, coal is too
high TO burn, but the cider crop is
unusually good and that may help
the other two. It is meat and
drink, you know.
The Sandyston party who forged
a note upon Hezekiah Smith of
Frankford for 500 and a second
upon A. s. Stoll of Bevans for S35
has lit out for some other part Of
the country. Those gentlemen
would like to see the forger, Or the
color of their money, but in this
case "distance lends enchantmeni
TO the view" and he took the dis
tance part.
Death and tax time are the two
sure things of this life, and how
near the former is to us no one car
tell, but the latter has a fixed tim,
and that time is at hand. Sandy
ston's tax rate is s14.1O per thou
sand, divided as follows: County
tax, So per thousand, and road tax
S6.10 per Thousand 1t is not 81
bad, but it might be worse.
Farmers are not all done cuttinl
corn and many have fields of pota
toes yet to dig. Many left them il
the ground saying they might a
we'll rot there as in the cellar. 4
good deal of fall sowing remains e.
be done, and some will not SOW a
much as If the weather had bee
more favorable
DIR. Hughes and wife of Laytot
started on Saturday for an extende
tour. A Gay or two will be spent Il
New York, from there to Buffalo
+ Cleveland and Chicago. The docto
will visit the hospitals in the elite
named and may reach Chicago Il
: time 60 see Prof. Lorenz the cele
: brated Vienna surgeon, demonstrat
bloodless surgery. His fee for per
forming an operation upon th
daughter of Mr.. Armour of Chicag
is $3.50, 900. The doctors patient
will be attended to by DR.. Kennai
Of New York city, who comes high
q ly recommended as a physician an
surgeon.
w. q. Hursh, surveyor for th
I Readington insurance company q
Hunterdon county, will be in al
tendance at the meetings of tn
company at Three Bridges, Hunter
don county, on the 29d and 23
inst.
Mrs. Mary Major, widow Of Gers
tus Major, celebrated her SD birth