The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-01-22
CURRENT COMMENT.
PEOPLE WILL TALK, AND THIS is WHAT
THEY HAVE TO SAY.

That the new year is giving us
pretty cold shoulder.
That the early bird catches no
worm these mornings.
That there are no disease germs
in the atmosphere now.
That the man with furnace to
attend don't want much else to do
Just now.
That in the midst Of all the cold
weather, some people are planning
summer excursions.
That the man who leaves his
horse tied in the street, exposed
for hours to the biting cold Of
winter still comes to town. The
law that protects animals from
cruelty applies to his case and
should be enforced.
That the B. & S. r. r. Co.
should effect some means of pro-
lection at the Red Rock bridge.
The curve in the railroad renders
it impossible to see an approaching
train, and makes crossing the
tracks doubly dangerous.
That Street Commissioner Ney-
hard did what ought to have
been done before the cold weather
set in, when he shut off the water
at the drinking fountain on Market
street. 1t had run over the entire
corner and frozen up until pedes-
trains could not get over it.
That man in gloomy
scorn, as quiet as a mouse,
Returned all unheralded,
unto Bloomsbury house;
Alasl for all the Amsterdamish snubs
that fell to he,
They say the man, many times
cried dame " without the "e."
That the attempt of the Central
Pennsylvania Telephone Co. to
erect pole line through the princi-
pal street of Catawissa has resulted
in the passage of an ordinance by
the Council of the town requiring
all telephone, telegraph and elec-
trio light concerns to place their
poles in the alleys.
That this is an odd year and the
sum of the numbers in 1908 is 49,
Ordinarily that sort of combination
would pressage all sorts Of misfor'
tune and calamity. But this veal
will show how little Of the hoodoo
there is in IS. 1t gives promise O
being the most prosperous veal
the country has ever known.
That Bloomsbury society is I'm.
dergoing spasm of virtue, because
it has produced no scandal and ne
gossip of any interest for some time
past. Everyone seems to have
been attending to his own business
which after all is said and done, il
a fairly good occupation, and tn,
repairer of regulations, for once
finds business exceedingly dull anC
Improbable.
That there should be a chang
made in the post Office. AS it nov
is, holders of lock boxes, mus
elbow their way through a solic
line of humanity, or wait oftime
for half an hour until the rush 1
over, before they can get thei
mail. If the delivery window wer'
placed on the right side, next tt
the partition, the situation woul'
be relieved considerably.
That the large number Of di
vorces granted in Northumberland
County last year, tends to shoy
that cupid oft times makes mis-
shots, the evil consequences c
which develop Immediately ate
the vows have been whispered a
the altar. Bad dispositions an
mpetuosity, are nearly Away
responsible for early separations
There is always a period, or az
parently so, after marriage whe
connubial pleasures cloy and a
the world looks blue. If the fiftee
couple in our sister county ha
made an effort to live through thi
slump" i'll conjugal joy, the
might have been happy togethe
after all-even though married.