The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-09-10

Bartlett Murrell has been quite
sick this week.
Dock Adams, of Madrid Bend.
was here this week.
Labor Day was observed in Hick-
manly the postofhce people.
The Courier and the weekly Com
mercial-Appeal one year for 81 Is.
Charlie Dew his returned from a
visit TO relatives in northern Illinois.
Miss Lizzie Hoffman will leave
for her home at German, Mo-, Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Judge Robbins, of
May field. visited Mrs. M. Amberg
this week.
WANTED TO BUY: A frs,
class Jersey COW and calf. Mrs. L.
p Ellison. 1t
Mrs. J. r. Brown and Mrs. Rose
are visiting friends aud relatives in
Mimic, Tenn.
The Daughters OF the Confeder.
acy met with Mrs. c. L. Walker
Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Joe Trice and little son
have returned TO Paragould, Ark,
after visit TO Mrs Joe L. Amberg.
Hickman will cross bats with the
Cayce ball team in this city tomor-
row afternoon at 2 o'clock, Admis-
sion lSc.
Special orders taken for china and
glassvare-anything you want-ie-
livered in four days - Farmers
Hardware Co.
Miss Bonnie Carpenter will leave
next Monday fof Jackson. where
she has a position as teacher Of
shorthand and bookkeeping.
Miss Mollie Bourne, OF Union
City, has returned from the St.
Louis market. and is with Smith &
Amberg again this season.
"The Man That Looks Like Me-"
New Sunny South Friday night at
the river. A bright musical come
dy. Full OF laughs from start to
finish.
Candidates for Fulton county Of
fees should not forget to hand Chair
man Dillon the amount assessed to
them, for defraying the expenses OF
the primary, between now aud Oct.
|, TO insure getting their names on
the ballots.
Every man should be a member
OF some fraternal order. Join the
Columbian Woodmen and you not
only have the very best of fraternal-
ism, but also the very best insur-
ance that is offered. 1t protects
both yourself and your family.
We are glad to welcome c. P.
Shumate and wife back to Hickman.
Mr.. Shumate has accepted a posi-
,ion with the Mengrl Box Co., and
will reside here as OF old. We
knew c. P. had too much good,
hard sense to leave Hickman and
stay leaved.
The city dads met in regular ses-
sion Tuesday night. and from all re-
ports, had stormy session. A prop
osi,ion to create an Office OF Street
Commissioner Whose duty would be
looking after the street work. and
take one man off the police force in
lieu thereof was the cause of con-
tention.
When | was young, people had
bad colds, soaked their feet in hot
water and took a few draughts of
catnip and got we'll. Now they
have lagrippe, take quinine and feel
sick all the summer. Then they
had sore throat, wrapped piece of
mast-fed bacon in an old wooden |
stocking. tied it around the neck at
night and went to work next day. !
Now they have tonsilitis, a sugical
operation and two week in the house.
Then they had stomach ache and took
castor oil and recovered. Now they
have appendicitis, week in the
hospital and six feet due east and
west and six feet perpendicular
They worked then, they labor now.
In those days they wore under
clothes now they wear lingerine
Then, they went to restaurant now
they go to the cafe. Then they
broke a leg; now they fracture a
limb. People went crazy then 4;
they have a brain storm now. Poll. |.
ticians then paid good hard cash for
support now they send government
garden seeds. Yes, times have
changed. and we all change with the
times. That's progress.