The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-03-07

come over the Erie and Vandalia
tracks to get round the Tiosa wreck.
Judge Bernetha could not get here
till about two O'Clock, and of course
had to get dinner after that.
The Electric Light Company of
Laporte has ordered new electric
thawing apparatus. and will use it
to thaw out pipes as citizens nay
desire. The papers say that the
charge for this service will be very
little. Laporte has several hundred
of frozen water pipes.
From carefully kept records it is
learned that we are now up with
the Heninz pickle folks, and have
had ffty-seven different varieties of
weather this winter. This is March
fifth, and who will guess how many
more we will have by the last day
of the month.
Mrs. Henry Hall returned from
South Bend today. She says that
Mr.. and Mrs. Fromm left for Chica-
go at noon today, and leave Chica-
60 for California at seven this eve
ming. They will go the southern
route, as they think that will be
pleasanter this winter weather than
the more northern roads.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Carabin who
left Plymouth few years ago and
have been located near Portland,
Oregon, are now taking a trip
down through California, and visit
ing some of the Plymouth people
who are stopping in Los Angeles,
Pasadena, San Diego and other
points.
While the Adams express man
was delivering a package this after
noon the horse started to walk up
Michigan street on his own accord.
and opposite Ball & Co.'S. store ran
into the buggy Of VIM. Mock, who
was just getting ready to drive away.
The force of the express wagon
broke one wheel of the buggy, which
the express man will pay for.
Elmer Fisher was here from VAL
paraiso Sunday to help his father
celebrate his 9Th birthday. His
father, William Fisher. was hurt by
a fall on the ice few days ago.
Several of the neighbors called on
him Saturday evening, and offered
their congratulations that he was
still living though 81 years had pass
ed over his head.
Mrs. Samuel Presley of Sophia
street returned Monday from visit
with her daughter, Mrs. Bertha
Cans of Argos, and left Tuesday
afternoon for a visit with another
daughter, Mrs Lottie Huffer, of
Hamlet. She was accompanied to
Hamlet by her nephew, Fillmore
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Mrs. Frank Lamson. has taken
her nephew Walter Bowel to Mar
tinsville where she hopes they will
both receive benefit from taking the
hot water baths for which this
place is noted. The town of Martins
vile lies southwest of Indianapolis,
and many people who have rheumatic
troubles 90 there for treatment and
many have been greatly helped.
The friends of both Mrs. Lamson and
Walter Bowel are hoping for good
Miss Vernal Conger who went to
Woodstock, ILL.,, a week ago, has re-
ceived an offer of employment with
the Emerson Typewriting Co. and
has concluded to remain indefinitely
in that place. Her uncle, Chas. Con-
ger, is employed at the same estab-
lishment. and Miss Conger likes the
work very much. Her friends here
will of course be sorry to have her
away from Plymouth, but all will
be glad if she is doing well.
If any one doubts that Saturday
was big day in Plymouth. just
ask at the Brown feed barn on La
porte street. Over two hundred
horses were cared for at that one
place, to say nothing of the other
similar places, and every one knows
the hitch racks and posts all over
town were crowded.
Ezra K. Barnhill who was strick-
en- with partial paralysis two weeks
ago at his home on Alexander street
is improving little. He can sit up
some, and can say a few words more
than he could. The doctor thinks he
may recover the use of his organs
and speak some, but the right side
is entirely useless. He can swallow
soft food but cannot chew meat or
hard victuals of any kind. He ap-
pears quite bright, and is recover
ing from the drowsy condition he
was in for some days.
The sexton at Oak Hill had several
graves to dig last week, and had to
bava avfro man m holm In tho work