The Washington herald., 1908-01-26
Personals

They aint menny folks around this dis
trict glttin a baCkache from shOvelling
snow
While driving the snow roller along the
road west Of BingviIle one day last week
Gid SmaIley got cold and numb and fell
Of OF the seat and the roller past over
him and like TO smashed the dayiights
outen him. Cid says he thought once he
was e Eoner. he is a little mite stiff and
sore from his unusual experience, but
otherwise is IN good health.
IsrieI Goodman, more famiIiarly knowed
as "Tz," presented Eph Higgins, our &C
commodatin P. n. with a plug OF chew
IN tobacko last Wednesday. "Is'' dropt it
on the P. o. floor and Eph picked It up
and Kept f.
Hen Smiley. who has been a sparkin
TMy Watson over by Teck's Hill. and
forbidden TO do same by Tiliy's father,
come home last night with his coat all
tored up the back and a big lump over his
eve Hen saws the ise is turrible slip
perry over there
Miss Martha Tucker IS threatened with
nervous prostrashion from readin a awful
excitin book and she's only read half OF
II. She says its so tUrrible 0rful she jest
can't resist readin Il and don't know
wether her mind viii stand the spTaln 10
finish It or not Better go a little slow.
Martha, YOU need all the brains you We
got
Miss Tab,tha Jones received q shirt
waist from her Aunt Sophia from Boston
last week and much 10 her disgust she
found II buttoned and unbuttoned up and
down the back. How ennybuddy that
calls herself a dressmalzer could make
such a bIunder and git a shirt waste
wrong side to Tabitha don't understand.
She packed It right of with a note to hef
aunt and calkilates sOmebuddy will git a
settin up
Hen Weathersbv IS out OF matches
Them needing matches will haft to walt
Until Hen orders some.
Miss Phronics wilkins has a cold in her
head. You'd better have one there than
in your chest. Phronica. You ort TO be
glad OF It.
Miss Milne Underwood went to the Co
seat last week and bought herself a new
hat. The one she's been wearin was eT-
bout played out. but it was 4 right pert
hat when she bought 1t three years ago.
While calling on Mrs. Abe Witherow TO
thing on hts back subscription. Mrs With
crow called our attenshion to her large
geerainumum wich IS bewtiful TO behold
She also showd Us two OF her mince pies
she lest made and we ct one with CRATE
relish. Abe's wife is all right If Abe Is
a Ieetle mite skrimpy with his money
Lige Green bought a soldering outfit at
the Co. seat last week and punched some
~. -, ho4la- - .-Eo
her how Mise he could fix holes in wash
boilers. He applied the solder as per di-
reckshions and the cOnsarned stun dropt
of as fast as he could put 1t on, and now
he's spilled the boiler Mrs. Green is on
the outs with Lige now and says she
wishes to thunder Lige would saw wood
or kin hlsself when he feels like doin
something useful
Samantha Deevers is not on the sick
list this week as ushual Samantha has
no excuse to offer for her good health
Ezekiel Henry Snodgrass, the ? year old
son Of our esteemed townsman, Ezekiel
snodgrass. was took III very suddint
tother evg with collie, but Doc. LiveD.
more fixed It.
Jasper Hawkins has not been around
our sanctum for quite a spell back Jasp
is pr0DaBlE AiIdiu we il hSk MIN IOE his
back subscripshlon, but we won't. We
can't get blud outen turnip
Our correspondent from Calamity Cor
ners who signs .hisself PRO Bono Pub
llco" in the Bugle paid us a lengthy call
last Tuesday PRO Bono" took dinner
with us and sed walkin all the way from
the Corners gave him a turrible appetite.
We knowed it afore he told US
Milly Underwood lost a brestpin wich
her best feller give her Christmas and is
almost crazy erbout It. Any person find
in a brestpIn Of this description please re-
turn It TO Miily at once and receive her
heartfelt thanks and oblige.
Miss Phronicia Watkins was took sud-
denly with a horrible toothache last Tues
day night. Doc, Livermore was summoned
and responded promptly. After Doe. had
pulled two of Phronicia's teeth without
pullIn the right one Phroniela got mad
and wouldn't let him try again. Doc.
however didn't charge her anythink for
his services. He's q square felIer that
l away. Doc. lA