The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-06-30

Mrs. Geo. c. Kuhl and little daughter,
Henrietta, of Shiloh, on the Indian
River, are in the city visiting their
aunt, Mrs. H. A. Bulky. They were ac.
companied by Miss Mayme Taylor, a
popular young lady of Shiloh, who is
the guest of Miss Minnie Bulky.
The Florida Times. Union is making
friends in Palatka by the publication
from day to day of standard views OF
the city And on one or two occasions
lately special correspondent has given
publicity to several important features of
the city'S growth and public improve
ments. These Palatka people appreciate
such courteSies,
G. L. Tucker OF Grandin who was in
the city this week informs the News
that the people of the Grandin neighbor.
hood will have a big basket picnic on
the Fourth. The editor of the News
would be at that picnic if he could get
there without deserving his own home
celebration. Those Grandin people do
know how to prepare a picnic and il
would be great pleasure to be with
them.
Fred. Cochrane jr. has two puppy
foxes which were caught at Welaka on
Wednesday and brought here by the
engineer of the Harry Lee. They are
pretty little animals and sufficiently
grown TO be quite foxy" Mr.. Coch-
rane has them in cage and will try to
tame them. He will also give them a
moral training-at least in so far as to
warn them against the evil of "liftng"
chickens, which is really more of
coon trick, anyhow.
Edward Wilson, a recent arrival at
Palatka from England, was given 90
day sentence, last Wednesday, for beat
ing his frail and sickly little sister who
works at a cigar factory. The man is
night Waterman at the cypress tank fac
tory. Oh, for the whipping post for
such brutes!-Fort Pierce News The
whipping posi- and pillory were the
ancient methods of punishment. Pub
licity now. does the work so much bet
ter.
DR.. ]. w. Darsey of this city was
elected first vice president of the Flori-
da State Dental Association at the
annual meeting of the association in
Pensacola last week. DR.. Darsey has
had remarkably successful career as
dentist in the very few years of his prac.
tice in Florida. He is a close student
and keeps well abreast of the most ad-
vanced in his profession. His election
is in recognition of this fact by his fel,
low dentists of the ate rather than
through any play at politics. DR.. Oar
Sey is too modiSt for politician.
Whatever comes 10 him in the shape of
honors by members of his profession
comes solely as a reward for merit.
There is streak of American humor
coursing through the Samaritan veins of
John Mallem, the postoffice fruit dealer.
Fresh fruit has been hard TO get and
harder TO keep during the past week,
and when Mr. Jacobson of the Saratoga
went to get some fruit at Mallem's the
other morning there was none to be
had. TOO bad" unused Mr. Jacobson,
now there's Mr.. McNally-he always
likes fresh fruit for his breakfast, and
hate TO disappoint him." "Who you
mean; dat Walter McNally?" said John,
"'Tees too bad, hees good man. tell
what you do. You taxa heem dees
lemon, putta on a da plate and cover
weeth da napkeen. He walk en- beeg
as life, heeS chesta thrown out lika a
da Peerpont Morg and taak hees sect.
Then he lifta da naapkeen and-what
surprise! He Gala out see here you,
Mr.. Jacobson, you banda me dees
lemon?" Then you say to heem,
No, John Malem, hees say, you geeva
dees lemon TO Walter Mentally; il won't
be first time"