Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1903-07-31
SANDYsTON.

about. | have found a number and
almost every house has a lot of beer
bottles picked up along the road.
The beer seller must make a good
profit to make up for the loss Of so
many bottles. s'The Bottle Act' of
1898 provides a fine of from to %
dollars for any person having those
bottles in possession or a term in the
Jail Of not less than 10 days or more
than six moDths or both at the
discretion Of the court.
Harvest is about over and the
general opinion is that the yield will
not be up to the average. Haying is
going ahead with a rush and in spite
of the severe drought in early summer
the crop will be a fairly good one.
Corn does not look promising yield
and will be the weediest crop grown
in this section in many years.
/ hear a great deal of grumbling
about the building of so many small
bridges in this town. Our taxes will
be something that will make the
taxpayer swear, and the building Of
so many sluiee bridges helps pile up
the taxes, while many bridges are
totally unnecessary.
Mr.. Whittier, wife and children
passed through Layton Saturday en-
route for Flatbrookville on a pleasure
trip. Mr. Whittier is engaged in
business in Newark and his family is
summering at Branchville. Last
summer they boarded at Layton and
made many warm friends here.
The farm buildings on the farm of
J. J. Vansickle are the best painted
set of buildings in this valley. Paint
ed white, with red and green trim
mings they present a handsome
appearance, w. G. Hursh and Gus
Best did the work.
There are two poor paymasters;
one who never pays and the one
paying before hand. The latter was
duly exemplifed-the past week.
Samuel Swartwout and Enos John
son, two aged colored men, ale stay
ing at Mrs. Clara fuckers for an
indefinite period. They are inmates
of the county aims house and being
very infirm are permitted this outing.
Both have lived here almost all their
lives and everybody has a kind word
for the old men whose journey Of
life is almost ended.
The Beemerville and Hainesville
base ball clubs played again al
Hainesville Saturday last. The
score at the close of the game stood
26 to % in favor of the Beemerville
club. If the Greater New Yorks OF
Chicagos could pile up runs like that
they could capture the pennant sure
Jacob Vansickle and wife and
Charles Ramon of Bucyrus, Ohio, are
stopping at the club house at Bevan'
and Jake is giving his Ohio friends
the time Of their lives. With excur
sions and fishing they are passing th'
time until Aug when Jacob viii
return to Ohio.
Mr.. Anson, P. Rosenkrans Of Still
water, this county, passed last weel
with his son Elijah at Layton. Mr.
Rosenkrans formerly resided herr
and despite his so odd years is jus
as erect and active as many men o
half his years.
Talk about hard times when on,
can get rich for half dollar or les
and if he happens to get too rich b
laid away until the effects hav
passed off and he is as poor as ever
| Sometimes one gets so rich that h
! becomes abusive and he goes out q
the bar room end over end and get
up madder than wet hen. N
such thing as hard times here.
AS Henry Elicit was driving alon
the road near Bevans Saturday nigh
he came in collision with jaime
Clifford who was driving in tn
opposite direction. Elletts horse &C
away, and beyond slight damages I
his wagon he went home.
The contractors building the ne'
road propose putting on stronge
force Of Italians this week. 1 al
afraid snow will ay before that roa
is fit for driving.
Mrs. Lizzie Drake Of New York,
sister Of Mrs. @. f. McCracken ,
Layton, is spending a few days wit
her sister here.
The loose stone in our roads al
entirely too numerous for the eomfo
of the travelling public, but our owe
seers of road are very busy will q
for an excuse.
1 wonder what excuse II. l.. wi
have to offer now that the Jerse
horses cleaned up the Milford hors
men last Saturday. II. j.. did yc
drop'anything on the races2
am informed that Samuel Haze