The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1908-12-17
ATWATER.

Atwater, Dec 9--Mr and Mrs. Wesley
Hisey have purchased q, fine new piano
| for their daughter Mable.
Mrs. Edgar Lodge entertained the
young girls of the Maxwell school dis
triet to lunch Tuesday
MISS Clara Douthitt teacher at Science
| Hill. has been driving five miles to and
from her school, but probably henceforth
Will stop with Mrs. Dibble as a com
VIII Blles and son-in-law, Charlie
Bean are dressing and delivering to the
cold storage people at Alliance six to
them near 100 head W. Biles butchered
225 pound hog the other day for Mrs.
Wipder,, commencing at 2 p. m. and at
b O'clock every thing was done, lard
rendered, sausage made and mixed,
tools washed and loaded. He had lit
tie help from Sebastian c., however.
kinds Of luck lately. They both have
been sick. The high winds the other day
blew their straw stack down on COW
OF 6 RgpE 0nT VIII
had very sick horse.
Lou Beauchamp, humorist, will give
one of his funny talks on our lecture
course Saturday night the 18th, at the
NJ. q. church.
Miss Mary Brockett, of Randolph, has
been employed by the Atwater school
board as teacher commencing Monday
morning this week for the balance of
the school year at Thompsons Corners.
Miss Eunice Stratton, who was Obliged
to give up the school on account of sick
ness, is no better, nervous prostration
having developed.
The stockholders in the Atwater Saw
ings bank will hold their first annual
election of directors for the ensuing year
at the banking offices at 10 o'clock a. M,
Herbert Hudson bought 80 head of fine
lambs of Henry Hick and filling out a
car load with some of his own took them
to the Fat Stock show at Chicago last
week. He sold the bunch after the show
for 9Ac pound cleaning up a nice little
profit. But before he got, out of the
wicked city he was sand bagged and
robbed of all the money he had on his
person, $1,000, and fine gold watch. He
couldn't describe his assaiants or tell
how many there were of them He learn
ed, after consciousness came to him
again, that his vest was cut open on the
side he carried his money from bottom
to top and his pocketbook and watch
head. Mr.. Hudson has been a shipper
Of stock to Pittsburg Cleveland and
Chicago for years in connection with
died very suddenly Sunday morning. He
| o'clock while alone he was stricken
| seated in his chair. He was not found
who had been at a ,Woodman meeting
The funeral was held Tuesday at i
o'clock burial at Marlboro cemetery. One
son, Frank, lived with him, another is
somewhere in Washington and two
daughters, one in Akron and the other
in Canton, survive him. His wife died
The so-caiied Sunshine Club" of Sci
ence Hill and vicinity, were the guests of
Baltimore Tuesday night. The Jamisons
were members of the club before NOV
ing to their present home. The name
this club has been travelling under for
two years is misnomer, as their meet
ings are timed to moonlight nights. Old
fashioned charades have been revived
with the society people and some of
as good ss vaudeville. For instinct"
as the dutchman said, they acted out
handcuffed with haIf-inch rope was
dragged before acting j. p. o. p.
Thompson, by the constable protein G.
A. Craig his his brother With big stick
8. Cabot, yoluble prosecutor, proved
with witnesses, his guilt of stealing
fense also proved they were turkeys and
the j. p. cleared him. Presto change
Free Mason" But the other side didn't
guess 1t, plain as it was to a blind man.
They had more charades Tuesday night
and light refreshments at midnight and
some had five miles drive home after
wards.
Did you ever cut bee tree? We did
the other day. Got stung, too. Guess
we'll buy our honey straight hereafter.
A neighbor last summer had had big
ed 1t, light on his old mare while he was
cultivating potatoes. He got them shooed
away finally after the old mare had
kicked things to pieces generally and
| they went Into a hollow red oak Just
over the fence in our wood. All fall we
kept our eyes on them and calculated on
a tub full or more of honey when the
weather chilled up little so 1t would
be comfortable to tackle the tree. They
are apt to be free and easy with their
| stingers In warm weather. We tackled
the tree recently on. cold morning. IT
was four feet "over' at the stump and
we sawed and sweat and fear swore
| little, but at last down she came ker
slaml The trunk burst open and OF all
the miK-up of leaves, rotten punk mash
\ ed comb, dead and very much alive bees
| Getting big bunch of straw and by
burning 1t and fighting bees and pulling
stingers and choking with smoke we
gathered up two three-gallon pals two
thirds full of the above mixture. After
strainlnR several times we found we had
realized some 30 pounds of a dark LIQUID
tasting something like honey But we
don't put it on the table Tor Sunday COM
pany.