Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1910-08-05
'ROUNDABOUTTHES STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Madeb by the Shears
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal. Some Credited. and Some Stolen,
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.

sno ooui0 eootiOus ~ 10 tno Do
lief of some metallurgists thaI
traces of metal indicate that moi
far distant is the original mother
lode and If this supposition ID
true, then somewhere in the heart
of the Ozarks ia the lost cave oil
silver, Indian tradition deals
with, ready to enrich the lucky
man or woman who locates it.
Caruthersville Democrat: In @
difficulty at Pascola Wednesday
afternoon between Tom Scott and
Alb Pickard, the latter was quite
seriously out by the former, being
stabbed twice with long bladed
pocket knife, one Of the cuts be-
ing in the shoulder and the other
just under and to the rear Of the
shoulder, the last cut going to
the hollow. The trouble leading
up to the difficulty was caused by
the circulation of two petitions
one for the establishment Of q
saloon and one against the saloon.
Scott was circulating a petition,
the signers Of which obligated
themselves not to sign petitions
for a saloon at that place. Pick
ard, who has been conducting a
regal and cold drink stand at
Pascola, was circulating a petit
ton asking for the establishment
of saloon. The two men met
and in an argument that followed,
the lie was passed and Pickard
knocked Scott down two or three
times with his 1st, ana Es ocott
got up the Iusr TIME me- attavkoti
Pickard with a knife. After the
stabbing Pickard was taken to
Hayti where his wounds were
dressed. His wounds are not
considered necessarily danger
Gus.
Somebody in Stoddard county
has 9 use for dog fennel, accord
ing TO this paragraph from the
Vindicator: Farmers, now is
the time to harvest dog fennel,
as it is worth more than straw for
bedding hogs and to make hens
nests, from the fact that it drives
away all vermin." Aunt Mar
garet Ponder told our folks some-
time ago that dog fennel was q
good thing to clean out vermin
among chickens and we tried il
as it was easy, as our chicken
house got full of mites and
the hens would neither roost or
lay in il. We covered tbs floor,
the roosts, and filled the nest
boxes with the fennel and II
cleaned out the mites all right
and the chickens are again roost-
ing and laying in the house, and
every now and then we throw in
some fresh fennel.
Last Saturday evening the
Frisco train from Bloomfield
whistled to CROSS the Cotton Bell
at Campbell and just about the
same time an Iron Mountain train
on the Cotton Belt also whistled
to cross. It is said the Iron
Mountain never stopped. Both
trains went ahead, the Frisco
engine just got her trucks on the
Cotton Belt when the other train
struck her and knocked her Of
the track. The only damage tt
the Iron Mountain train was
smashed nose. The Frisco en-
lgineer and fireman jumped out Ii
time and we're not hurt. For
while trains had to pass over thu
side track. Dnnklin Democrat.
John Champ, in charge Of . pill
driver Oh the Frisco railroad, nea
State Line. Arkansas. fell Of ii
derrick and death resulted iron
1.-THE fall. He was 4 member o
the 4. @. U. ". and highly rs
] spsctsd and lived at Bloomfield.