The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-03
Personals & Locals Mkt

Miss Molly Tucker was unable to play
the melodeon in church last Sabbath,
being as the melodeon was froze up OF
something. Bill Hepburn, our artistick
blacksmith, will take the instrument
apart some time next week and see what
he can do to it.
Andy Tewksbury, a former resident
of Bingville, but now living over in Pot
towassie county, drove to Bingville in a
pung last week to visit old friends
Andy's nose was frost bit coming across,
but his friends here are glad to see him.
AT present he is the guest of his broth
er-in-law, Mel Sampson. Glad to see
you, Andy.
Jaspar Hawkins was kicked by colt
on his lower place while feeding the
stock there last Friday evening, inflict-
ing a painful but not necessarily fatal
abrasion to his shinbone, causing him 10
limp and swear considerable.
Mrs. Martha Tucker scrubbed last
Friday and caught cold in her lungs and
has a turrible cough as a result Every
body tells her she will go into consump-
ton from #. This is our opinion also
there's NO use beating about the bush
over it.
Eph Higgins desires us to say to the
patrons OF the office that the P. O. will
be closed all this week, as Eph is en-
gagged in making out his quarterly reporl
to the government and don't want to be
bothered Eph gets terrible sweat up
when he has to make out his quarterly
report, and asks them as desire their
mail to wait until he is through with It.
Miss Phoebe Hilderbrand has moved
her dressmaking parlor from the front
room of her house TO the sitting room,
where she will be pleased to meet her
customers. Phoebe is at present en-
gagged in making a basque for Mrs. Cy
Hoskins. She gives a invite for ladies
to drop in and see the new fashions
which she has to show.
Abe Witherow put pr. of felt in
soles into his boots last week, but they
made his boots so tight that his corns
most killed him, so he had to remove
insoles. We are sorry to hear this.
Yves Woodruff our hunter and trap
per, ketchcd Miss Polly Woods maltese
cat in one of his steel traps back of
town one night last week Miss Polly
threatens to sue him. Yves most always
ketches something in his traps. He
ketched hisself in them twice this win
ter.
Jed Peters, our intelligent school
teacher. has been making trips down to
Snake Bend every Saturday night for
several weeks. How about this, Sarah;
Dad Henderson, while chopping wood
in his back lot recent, broke the handle
square outen his axe, which Jest missed
MS wifes head, who was shaking out
the table cloth al the time. Mrs. Hen
derson, who is strong minded woman,
thought at first that Dad done it a pur-
pose, and was a-going to give him a
layin out, but Dad apologised and con-
WINGED her otherwise. Dad says it was
a narrer excape for both Of them.
Amos Hillyer, our talented loryer and
legal light, in speaking of the trusts at
Hen Weathersby's store the other ev'g
said he would like to have a chance to
bust them up once. Anne is a mighty
smart loryer, if we do say it ourself,
and we reckon If he got a chance ne
would make il awful hot for the trusts.
ST Loomis got up tother morning oe-
fore daylight and started a fire in the
stove, and beng as it was turrible cold
in the kitchen 81 set down on the stove
10 get warm and dropped of to sleep,
and when he woke up suddint the entire
seat of his pants was scorched SO his
wife had to put in new seat for him.
Hi Cranky tells US that he had tur-
rible headache for two days last week.
The week before he had an ache in his
back, and this week he has the tooth
ache. He says he can't remember the
time when things ached him as they
have this winter,