The Harrison times., 1905-01-14
LOCAL.

report the atr
at our public school unusually
for the bad weather.
|-Woodruff has moved his furni
ture stock to his former residence
on the northwest corner.
Our young folks are enjoying th;
best spell OF coasting and skating
that their daddies can remsmber.
Next week Will probably not be
good weather for hshfng,-but some
of our boys VINO have the habit
will go justThe same
I'VE have seen some pretty girls
who were both pretty and ignorant,
but as a rule they were never ignor-
ant that they were pretty.
Have you got used to writing it
1905 yet? Ifnot, practice a little,
for there are great things to be writ
ten under that head in North Arkan-
saS.
The bad weather put a stop to
brick-laying on the government build
ing, but the stone planer, turner's,
etc, keep right ahead with their
work.
One of Harrison's foxy old repro
bates congratulates himself on dodg-
ing one sin last year. By not Join
ing the church he avoided being a
a hypocrite.
Last Friday the passenger train
which runs between Harrison and
Leslie, while backing up at Everton,
hit the mail hack and demolished it.
The driver escaped injury.
This is a good season to forget
old prejudices and forgive your enc
mics. You can't be happy when our
mind is full of bitter thoughts; flow
ers won't bloom in a cellar.
Dunbar & Son this week pur-
chased the o. K. Barber Shop on
the south side Barber Kessinger
will work with the Dunbars, and
T. NJ. Newberry goes to Parks
Shop
The oldest inhabitant put in all
week remarking that Wednesday
was the slushiest day ever known
In this latitude Six inches of snow
and water furnished an uninviting
proposition for man to put his
feet into.
Some people seem to think they
can't be pious without being crusty
about it. The true Christian should
look with some indulgence on the
frailities of others, ard not get the
pOuts because the world will not
measure up TO his standards.
The St. Louis & North Arkansas
for some months past has been doing
an excellent business in the shipment
of stock Last Saturday mig hit there
were 16 cars of cattle, sheep and
hogs, shipped from the various sta
tions along the llne-Eureka Times.
On Saturday last over a hun
dred cattle in the railroad corral be-
low town became frightened at a
passing engine and stampeded in
every direction, smashing the fences
as they went. 1t was the work of
several hours to get them together
again.
Pastor Lee Bearden. of the NJ. E.
Church South, announces that there
will be no regular preaching next
Sunday, Jan. 18th. Sunday School
and Epworth League as usual.
Prayer services will be conducted by
some of the members or the Presiding
Elder.
Again we teel like thanking our
many subscribers who have remitted
so cheerfully, with words of encour-
agement, during the past few weeks
There are still a few delinquents who
must expect to hear from us until we
hear from them; conditions make
this necessary
Col. Iverson Jones was in this
city last Tuesday The colonel
thinks that the first Tuesday in each
month should be legal sales day all
over the state, and desires very much
to see the next legislature consider
the matter. A number of states
have a legal sales day In a few
states it comes on the first Monday
The colonel favors Tuesday because
it e ives people from a distance ample
time to take anything they may
have to sell to the county seat with
out beginning the trip on Sunday.
Col Jones also favors free text books
for all the children in the state. He
SAYS a dozen or more states have
adopted the free text book plan, and
he thinks it IS the very thing
CIarksYiIIe Herald.
"A Chicago man who disappeared
ten years has Just written his wife
that he Twill come back to her from
the grave" She replied that if he
was comfortable in the grave, hehad
BET ter remain there, as she had an
other husband just at present who