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The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
Personals

Yves Woodruff. our hunter and trap
| per. spent a porSbion Of last Tuesday al
the BuFle offs. We Termed Wesses' moth
er-in-law is a-visitin at his house and
Yves don't git a chance to git a word In
edgeways less they be trut bic Wes sed
he was agoing skunkin tom orrer and he
thort a few skink skins nailed on his
barn would make his company leave jest
erbout as soon as their duds could be
packed We don't blame Wes OF the com
pany neither.
Jed Peters, our intelligent school
teacher has been enteTtainin his father
from the Co. seat for the past two days.
and had some Of the scholars up "a his
house 10 reCite pieces and sing for them
one night Jed treated all hands 20 sweet
slider and gingerbread and some games
was PLAYED The scholars hope Jed's
father viii come aeane before vacashi6n.
Miss Phoebe TfiIder0rand. our popular
dressmaker and pattern seller is maxim a
new dress for Miss Tabitha Jones.
Phoebe saws the material amt much ac-
count and they amt scairsely enuf yards
to get the dress out, but the pattern IS
reel purity and oTt to attracSt attenshion.
Miss Sally Hoskins. the poet and bard
Of Bingvjlle. has had so much homework
and sewing 10 do this winter that she
amt had time 10 gamer insperashions
for PONIES. We are sorry this IS so.
sally, because YOU have heIpt US out
good menny times when news and advts
was scairse.
We have a few sample copies Of the
Bugie left over this week from last week
and several other weeks and have gave
them to Bud Ffinklev to deliver. among
those who don't take the Bugle in Bing-
VILE Bud will make q house to house
canvas delivering a copy of the Bugle
20 non-scribers as long as they hold out.
II you want to subscribe don't pay Bud
pay Us,
Samantha Deevers expected to 20 TO
bible last week but thought she
felt another sick spell comm on and give
up the trip. Samantha says she takes !
more enjoyment bein sick to home than /
she does amongst strangers.
Hame Wilson has our thanks for 81 |
bill wieh he left TO be applied on his Bu- /
gle subsCripshion last week. Hame sold /
some baled hay lately and is jest loaded /
with money. This pays Hame up to /
April 1st 1879. Many thanks. Hame. /
come often.
Hen Smiley got up at o'clock A. NJ.
Monday morning with a tooth aching him
ike sam Hill and walkt down stairs
with no light or shoes on TO git some
'lOves or something 10 put on IT, While /
Hen was runimagln around the kitchen
n the dark he slept right onto his old
om-cat and the next mint he forgot all
,rbout his toOthacke. Old Tige give one
FOWL. two spits and a claw and blamed /
leer bit a toe often him, and now Hens
lfeared he'll have hydrofobbie besides a
ore foot Better be a little more keer.
ul, Hen, or some night you might git
lurt.
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Personals & Locals Mkt

II some fend In human form stole oUi
offs shears one day last week and wasn't
man enuff to return them after using
/ them. They was good sheers. too, and
cost us a quarter.
Dave White, our popular undertaken
| licked Eph Higgins, M, in a game OF
/ checkers down 10 Hen. Weathersby's
store tother night. Eph sed he would Of
! licked Dave except Dave went and moved
/ once while Eph had his specs cT and
was a-trying TO clean them before per
ceedln to clean OF the hoard Eph is
a-gOing TO try Dave aEin. sometime Eph
| is awful plucky that way
/ Bud Hinekley, who alnt quite right in
! his head, and HIS mother took supper
with Hen Smiley's folks Friday night
/ and Bud upsOt Gut pitcher Of milk
afore he had sit at the table FIVE min
nits. Mrs. Hinckley cuffed Buds ears
| for him and made him eat his supper
a-sittin on the wood box.
Hank Dewberry burned out four clay
pipes in his stove last week Hank sed
they got that strong they give him a
hedake every time he smoked one.
Jared Perkins. champion building mover.
bOrrered the church bell rope last We'd
nesday to hawl a COW shed for Hank
Simpson. Jared's ropes Is all too small
for heavy work and won't stand the pull
Of oxen.
Miss Milly Underwood appeared in
church last Sunday with q beautiful red
hat and a green plaid shawl. which at
tracted a good cal Of attenshion on ac-
count Of the daZzlingneSs. Miuy is a CRATE
hand to buy new hats and shawls and
she shows awful good taste. Her bill
for hats alone must be something tur-
rible
AS we go 10 press we understand I.afe
Whittscre has engaged hisself TO helm
Cy Hoskins chop and saw wood the
bal. Of the winter pervidin the weather
is favorable and not too cold for I.afe
who says he is subjeckt to chilblains and
backache.
Amri Haines took three duzzen eggs to
Hen Weathersby's tother day with in
tenshions OF selling same to Hen and
jest as Amri had opened the door sam
GOokins asst AmTi for match. Jest as
Amri shifted the eggs TO the other arm
and reached into his pocket the wind
slammed the door shet and knocked the
basket clean Outen his hand onto the
sidewalk and bruk every egg but one
wich was a bad one Amri wanted Sam
to pay for the eggs beins as Sam made
him brake them, but Sam refused on |
the ground that he didn't get whot he |
ast for, and he told Amri that ennybuddv |
that was that keerIess would fan over !
his own shauder.
We have not had no fire alarms in our
midst for long spell back for wich we
ort to be devoutly thankful
Simon Watkins bought a goat often HI
ram Quimby last week paying Hiram 1
s125 for same. being as it is a good
milker, and Will give his children some- +
thing to play with.
Jabe Tucker shot his dog yesterday.
Jabe's been missing some Of his hens
right along, and he made a vow If he
ever caught ennybuddy takin his hens
without his consent he'd land EN-. Jabe
says whot he means, sometimes.
Harve Hines, our barber &, tonsorial
artist. has added a sweet water souirter
to his establishment and hereafter en-
nybuddy gittin a hair cut or shave will
have some blowd on their head free
gratis.
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Country Correspondence
LANDS END

Ras HunkeF is wearin three shirts on
him this winter
Peter Anson is suffering from pneural-
gia and a pig sty. It's bad enuff to have
one without the other.
Zachary Peabody is having his wife
make him a new pair of ear Jugs and
some mince pies Zach is to be congratu-
lated
Ananias Hooker's ram sheep got away
last Tuesday and insulted several citi-
zens before he was kotched.
Mrs. Luke Sampson has hired a sowing
machine for a whole week This makes
it reel Mise for the nabers who sow. on
It for nothink
Little Lester Young. the 1l-yeer-old son
Of Sam Young of this place. got into a
turrible scrape last Friday by tryin to
eat smoked herrin without takin ont
the bones. lie didn't succeed and most
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and it may do the same TO YOU No. we
don't want no INSURANCE; we have er-
bout all we can handle and more too
in gettin out the Bugle and doing odd
Jobs without takin on emmy new respon-
sibilities.
We havenU went into the insurance
business very deep in this editorial, but
We have went as deep as our readers
can understand and that's deep enuff.
We have simply went far enuff with
the topic at this time 10 show Hank
and few others whot it IS. Sometime
in the future when Bingville becomes
more sivilized we may write some
more OF this subjeckt.
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The other ev'g. when we dropt into
Hen Weathersby's store TO purchase a
gal of kerosene oil, Hank Dewberrv
who was among the company Of re-
spected citizens who had went into the
store 70 spend the ev'g., askt us why
we didn't never write a editorial in the
Bugle erbout insurance and who and
what II benefits Hank said that most
Of the newspapers whot he had ever
saw, espeshially IN the past two or
three yeers, always had editorials in
them about insurance and he didn't
see why we ort TO depart from the
ushual custom.
As a matter Of fact il has often oc-
curd to us TO write about INSURANCE,
but almost as soon at the thort occurd
we would reflect that if we did waste
our energies thinkin up fackts about
insurance they would not be appre-
ciated by the readers Of the Bugle. most
of who IS so ignorant that they would
Mt know whOt we was a-tryin to oft
at and all our genius would be wasted.
The INSURANCE business, accordin TO
our mind and several others whots
been concerned in it. Is a deep sub
jeckt, gentle reader, and il takes a mas
ter mind to handle 1t, wether you be
the insurance OF the inshurer. so as
to make it plain to all Hank Dewberry
talks as if he knOwd all erbout inshur-
ance from A to lizard, but it is Our
humble opinion Hank wouldn't know
a insurance policy from a town war
rant We have generally observed that
them as appears to know the most er-
bout deep and intrikate subieckts
ushually knows the littlest, and so IL
is with Hank. We have understood
that he can read and rite and spell
some if he is pusht in a pinch, but his
little pusilanimous mind can't grasp
the turriblc deep fackts of insurance
and the money some peepul make out
en- it and ANTS. some peepul lose in it. |
The questshion is, is it cheeper to
inshure yourself or pay somebuddy else
10 do the same, perviding they can do
It with satisfackshion and cheep enuff |
to grub erlong without feelin obliged |
TO go crazy or shoot theirselfs when |
our law officers try to git a little in |
formashion about it.
IN other words, is insurance a ne
cessity IN Bingville with money so tight |
and nobuddy droppin off TO speak OFF,.
Let US see. Yeers ago Jabe Homans,
one of our oldest and respected citi-
zens inshured hisself in a company and |
paid ont SIS a yeer till the company
busted up spell ago, and now Jabe
amt got no insurance or money to
show for it. Hen Gibbons inshured his
self two yeers ago and only paid $l4
and he fooled the company by Citing
$500 outen them when he went hence
last fall; but Hen allus made a prack-
tise never to spend a cent unless he
could see two comm back. 1t hasn't
been moren a month sinst Ame Hill
Ter, our talented loryer and legal light,
Jared Stringer of Sorrow
Hollow for $500 Jared only dide last
week and Jared's wife IS liable to Git
the $500 unless the company fights her
IN court, wich they are going TO do.
This IS only a few examples of whot
INSURANCE has dQne to sQme peepul
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ELDERRERRY CAP

Hans Dorflinger renovated IS lbs. OF
tripe last week and sold il all in this
place.
Adam Cutler Sundayed with his brother,
julie Cutler, over Horse Neck way.
Louis Almand while sufferin with chill
blains last Thursday burned his foot with
a hot soap stone. Now he's sufferin from
both ailments.
Seth Dobbins is putin up fse for Squire
Brown The squire is a man who cuts
a good deal Of ise in this nsberhood.
Snide Emmons' best girl made him a
necktie with her own hands for birth
day gift Snide IS turrible pleased with It.
Lige Simmons drove to Pea Ridge on
business Friday. Lige refused TO tell
your correspondent whot the business
was
Andrew White is taIkin some OF NOV.
ing next spring or in the fall
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Shedding Parties Took Out

Seeing good ehsnst 70 make dollar by le'tla
ms horses and sled for sleddin parties after I
am through haulIu logs every day TO Snake
Creek saw mill. ] hereby give nOtis that
1 VIII let my horses and sled for zoe.
a night, or ] viii let myself and the turnout
for $1.00 pervidiBg I'm invited 10 sumner with
the rest of the crowd. Of course Il you amt
aEoing 10 spend emmy money for sleddiu fh's
winter, IL atnt no. use to talk 10 yoa
1nd we are only wasting each others time bat
I'm talkln 10 them whot gives a girl n
good time onCt fn a while and siut
atrear1 n spend q cent Il he amt a millyunafr
The siedd.n is extra good now and I know every
thank vou-maFm around B.ngvlle sud 7 VII
garrantee some fair maid viii haft 10
keep Der arms arOuad you or cit i5areed
out. See ne for sled parties aud icunces.
BinSvlile- SILAS SKILLINGS
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LOST STOLE

LAST Friday night while hauling two cord q
wool from my lot 10 Heck Iarclsv's who lives
miles north 81 Bingville I unhitcheG my
horses in front of Hank DewbePry'a
hOuse, beings as 60 was gettin late. ana left
the load riglf there over night with the infaa-
sh0n of dpliveriu same IN the a. m When I
won- 70 bitch HD in the morning the xvood
WSs gone, and ! an cut erbout So fSft
Hank Isvberry Il be knowd ennyrhlnk erbaut
ir sud he Sed no. his shoulders and bFck vas
tnat lame be hadn't been onten the house for
two davs except 70 put 3 new lock or bis bsrn
door. a. he was afes red thieves might
break in; 50 ] don't know wisre to look fos
IT, Ennybuddv seeing two corIs of wood enrv-
where please inform me immeIlt. and I will
DeFseeute them 20 the fun extent OF
the law. LON SPRTGGINS
BingTille. Wood Loser.
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breths. After Bill lookt al round ne went
down cellar and found the two boys peek
In ont from behtndt the wood pile. and
he knowd right of by the expression
on their faces It was fool joke, and he
hollered for Ezra to come down and
help him to lace the daylights outen them
while they was handy. Ezra didn't waste
no more time. and come down into the
cellar on the jump and the way he and
Bill whaled them two boys will make
them think that standin up is q luxury
for a long spell to come.
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PUMPS THAWED OUT

I have went into the pump thawing out
bisiness. Has your pump froze up on
you? II so see me at once and I will
tbaw it out. What good is a froze up
pump to git water outen? Work did on
short notise and reasonable prices. I viii
tell you how muteh the Job is worth
after il is did. Yours for froze I'D
pumps. BRAD BAKER.
BingVlle Pump Thawer.
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THE. BINGVILLB BUGLB 4!
Il the Leading Pagar o. the Cosa.y@
BRIGHT-BREEzT-BELLIOosB-BUsrLISa

The cheapest advertising medlnu. IA tha
country. II you believe in Advertising coma
and see us. For further Information cali %
or address the editor.
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PAzoR WANTED

I want to buy a secondhand razor
that viii sharp UP in good shape and 90
my whiskers without pullin them out BIZ
the roots. If YOU have a razor ansering
this deskripshion I win give you lbs.
Of the lest homemade sawsldges you
ever ct AMI PETERsBY.
RInGY!le.
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osT

lost bells often my double r1nner
pung last week and amt seen them sinst.
1 had them tied on the of horse on his
collar with a piece Of my wife's clothes
line and how in thunderashion them bells
could get lost is morn I know I viii pay
cts. each for finding same and thank
you besides JARED WILKINS
lions Crossroads.
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ACCORDION WANTED

was whistlin' Home. Sweet Home" las,
Thursday in front q Dave Whites sbon and
Miss Sally HOskins Stopt ard fisSeued
to me. After ] see she ives ltssening I wits.
seized ~ two or four different wavs and fualiv
Sally Slept up to me and tole ne ! shoyvd
remarkable r-lusicKeI procIlvities and
Sally she advised NE to take up some muSicksl
insterment and ern my liyin BY f. instead Of
hv the swet of my brow. Therefore I have
decided to be n musician and want 10
buy seckond hand accordion. I don't care how
mueh IL cost II can bug il cheep emf
Pea Ridge 2. O. SID HAWKINS
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choked TO deth before his mother could
pound it outen him.
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SYNOPSIS.

Mr.. Solomon Pratt began comical mar
ration of story, introducing well-to-do
Nathan Scudder of his town. and Edward
Van Brunt and Martin Hartley, two rich
New Workers seeking rest. Because OF
latter pairs lavish expenditure of money,
Pratts first impression was connected
with lunatics. The arrival of James
Hopper, Van Brunts valet, gave Pratt
the desired information about the New
Workers. They wished TO live what they
termed THE Natural Life" Van Brunt,
il was learned, was the successful sutton
for the hand of Miss Agnes Page, who
gave Hartley up. THE Heavenlies" hear
long story of the domestic woes of
Mrs. Hannah Jane Purvis, their cook and
maid of all work. Decide to let her go
and engage Sol. Pratt as chef. Twins
agree to leave Nate Scudder's abode and
begin unavailing search for another
domicile. Adventure at Fourth OF July
ce1ebration at Eastwich. Hartley rescued
a boy, known as "Reddy." from under a
horses feet and the urchin proved TO be
one OF Miss Pages charges. whom she
had taken to the country for an outing.
Miss Page and Hartley were separated
during a fierce storm, which followed the
picnic.
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nose on a sand fiat and there she
stuck. / was afraid of that tide all
along.
/ tried to get her off with the oar,
but twas no go. Then l pulled the
skiff alongside-the one we'd been
towing astern-and got into that and
tried that way. But that wouldn't
work either. Finally l jumped over
board up to my waist and then ! got
her off.
But she stuck again afore We got
out of the cove. l splashed and
showed and worked for another half
hour or so, the wind dying out and the
fog drifting in. Time / got her afloat
this time and had listened TO a steady
stretch of Van Brunt's lazy sarcasms,
my temper was worn to shoe-strings.
Consarn the man! 1t didn't seem to
make no difference to him whether he
got home that night or a week from
then.
We got out of that blessed cove
and into the channel somewheres
around six o'clock. Then twas dead
peat nome ana the breeze pretty nlgn
gone. A few minutes, and the fog
shut down on us. wet and thick and
heavy as ever | see it. We poked
along for an hour or so more and
then twas most dark and We want
half way to Welmouth. Lord James
in his usual position, hanging on to
the centerboard and moving his head
from one side 10 t'other as if he was
afraid of being hit when he want
looking. I'd pretty nigh scalped him
with the boom once or twice and
now he ducked whenever the tiller
squeaked. He certainly looked like
statue of misery in a fountain, with
the fog dripping off his side-whiskers.
Van was stretched out on the locker,
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split into pieces. same as a rotten
topsl. The Dora Bassett heeled over
till / thought she was going on her
beam ends. His lordship turned loose
a yell like a tugbOat whistle, let's go
the tiller and dives headfirst into the
cockpit amidships. AS for me. / was
swinging over the side with my whole
weight on the jib downhaul, paving
air with my feet, and trying to get
back my balance.
That downhaul was old and some
rotten 1t broke and | went overheard
with a howl and a splash.
went down far enough to begin to
see glimpses of that blue place l was
speaking of just now. Then | paved
up for air. When my head stuck out
OF water there was something big
and black swooping past it. | made
a grab and caught hold AS luck would
have it twas the skiff we was towing
astern.
l climbed into that skiff like a cat
up a tree. | was full of salt water
eyes and all-but could see the Dora
Bassett Topping ahead of me with her
gaff halfway down her mast. Seems
the ballard had broken just after the
downhaul did.
roared, a sputtering kind OF roar
And then Vans head stuck out over
the sloop's stern.
God sakes." says he. Are you
drowned"
Drowned" I hollers. Think I'm
a pesky lubber just cause you" ]
had to stop here to cough. l was a
regular tank, as you might say, of salt
water.
Good heavens" says Van. do
they always do that-boats. / mean?'
always do" Twas so mad at myself
and all creation that | could scarcely
answer. "Oh, suffering mighty! If
ever go to sea again with a parcel
Of Catch a hold of that tiller! Bring
her into the wind! Cast off that main
sheet! Cast it off Here comes
another one!"
/ suppose mainsheets are kind OF
scarce on the Street" Anyhow l
see that he didn't know what l meant.
"That rope at the stern" l boilers,
dancing around in the skiff. Cast
it off. LIVELY"
The second squall struck us. l see
the Dora Bassett drive off in a sweep
ing half circle, the end of the boom
knocking the tops of the waves to
pieces and the spray flying like a
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NO SKIN LEFT ON BODY.
For Six Months Baby Was Expected
to Die with Eczema-Now Well
Doctor Said to Use Cuticura.

"Six months after birth my little girl
broke out with eczema and had two
doctors in attendance. There was not
a particle of skin left on her body, the
blood oozed out just anywhere, and We
had to wrap her in silk and carry her
on a pillow for ten weeks. She was the
most terrible sight ever saw. and for
six months / looked for her to die. l
used every known remedy to allevi-
ate her suffering, for it was terrible
TO witness. DR.. C gave her up. DR..
B recommended the Cuticura
Remedies. She will soon be three
years old and has never had sign
of the dread trouble since. We used
about eight cakes of Cuticura Soap
and three boxes of Cuticura Ointment.
James ]. Smith, Durmid. Va, Oct. Ia
aud %, 1906"
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blowing smoke rings and spouting
poetry. I'd been too busy to tell him
a word about his girls being in the
neighborhood. Fact is, l didn't like
the feel of things. believed there was
wind coming.
See here" says I, finally, zone of
you fellers' II have to go for'ard and
keep an eye out for shoals. We're on
the edge of the channel here and
want to be In deep water afore
squall hits us cal'late there's one
pretty nigh due
His lordship just stared at me fishy.
eyed and pitiful. AS for Van, he went
on reciting something about being on
the sea, with the blue above and the
blue below" He want going to stir
not him,
Look here" / says. 'If we strike
sand bar and a squall strikes us at
the same time Wen go below, way
down, where it's big sight bluer
than tits here, 'cording to the minis
ter's tell. Go for'ard on lookout, won't
your"
SO he went, though / doubt IL he'd
have known a bar when he see enc
not that kind anyway.
Pretty soon the breeze give out
altogether. And then, from off in the
distance, heard noise, a rushing,
roaring kind of noise.
"Harkl" yells. do you hear that?
Here she comes! Down with the jib.
Haul on that rope, Mr.. Van, will you?
No, mol T'other onel T'other onel
Godfrey scissors! Here you Upper;
hang on to that tiller! Keep her just
as she is"
made a long arm, grabbed that
valet man by the collar, yanked him
into the sternsheets and damned the
tiller into his hand. Then took a
flying leap for'ard where the Twin
was trying to cast loose the peak hal
lizard, having a notion, II seemed, that
It ought TO belong TO the jib.
The suuall struck us. The fog
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waterfall. And, louder than the wind
or anything else. could hear Lord
James bellering for home and mother.
But 'twan't till afterwards that
remembered any of this. Just then
l had other fish to fry. There was
two or three ropes at the sailboats
stern and Van had cast off one of 'em,
same as ordered.
Only, as it happened, instead of the
mainsheet he'd cast off the skiffs
painter. Me and the Dora Bassett was
parting company fast.
From out of the dark ahead OF me
come a yell, louder even than Lord
James distress signals.
SOL" hollers Van Brunt. "Sol
Pratt"
"Ay, ay!" screams. I'm all
right. Never mind me. Put your helm
over to port"
Port what?"
"Put-your-helm- over-to-port 7
Port! you lubber! PORT!" My man
ners had gone overheard when did
and they'd missed the skiff.
Twas quiet for a minute. Then,
from further off comes the screech:
-of-the-damn-th
-is-port?"
Never mind!" yells. "Keep-her
-just-as-she-is You'll-fetch-
up-all-right. Better-take-reef
at-main-sheetl"
Then / had to quit and grab up the
oars and bring the skin bow on to the
seas. When / got her headed right
couldn't see nor hear nothing OF the
Dora Bassett. AS Major Philander
Phinney says when he gets to telling
how much better General Grant would
have done IL he'd took his advice,
was disconnected with my base of
supplies"