The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-03-13
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Prof. Sap Spradlen says the reas-
on lead is so heavy is that there is
so much of it in a small piece.
The editor of the Tickville It'd
ings says he has made so many
enemies here of late he is about
ready to go to Florida.
The postofIlce will remain open
at night until Poke Eazley gets
through with story he started on
day before yesterday.
Atlas Peck has sent word that If
there is any way at all in which he
can assist nature in bringing about
the arrival of spring, he will gladly
do so.
Another Magic Lantern show
played an engagement at the Wild
Onion schoolhouse Saturday night.
Among the views was a picture of
Niagara Falls standing still.
The train into Tickville Tuesday
morning was one day late. The de-
lay was caused by the stopping of
the engineers watch few miles
beyond the Calf Ribs Community.
The Mail Carrier is fooling his
horse again. He has placed some
high wheels on the front of his bug
gy and some low ones on the back
aXles. This makes the buggy trav-
el down hill all the time and en-
courages the horse.
Dock Hooks, our thriving tonso-
rialist, is doing some splendid bus
mess now since he decided to cut
everybody's hair and shave them
all every Saturday If business con-
tinues to increase he will have to
enlarge his barber chair.
Raj Barlow, our well-knowu fid-
der, has concluded to settle down
and will make an endeavor to save
up some money between now and
Christmas. He will begin to econ
omize by using only two strings on
his fiddle when he plays without
pay.
The Excelsior Fiddling Band
went on another one of it's cele-
brated serenading expeditions few
nights ago, and played at consider
able length in front of the home of
lobe Moseley. lobe says he knew
what the trouble was as soon as he
heard the racket.
The Presiding Elder has sent
word that he will soon visit the Dog
Hill church. Before he comes the
church people will get together and
an additional foundation under it,
the Presiding Elder being consider
ed big man in the church.
Frisby Hancock is going into the
feather business. He intends TO
travel around among the people of
this community and surrounding
country and buy feathers at one
price and then take them to Tick
vile and sell them for more than
he gave for them. Frisby is a
shrewd financier.
Luke Mathewsla has been
summoned to Bounding Billows to
serve on a jury in the trial of a fell
low who broke into the postoffice
The officer serving the papers is
getting up Democratic jury and
the defendant without a doubt will
be found not guilty on account of
the post-ofice now being in the
hands of Republicans.
Columbus Allsop. who decided
some time ago to commercialize the
lightning bug business by raising
them to rent out during the sum-
mer months for lighting moon
light picnics. etc, has almost COM
pleted the work of stopping up all
the cracks on his farm, and will
soon be ready for the approach of
the lightning bug season.
The Hogwallow Improvement So
ciety walked down the road in a
body the other day to meet the Tin
Peddler that has put Hogwallow on
his circuit. A goodly number of our
lecple who had never seen him
went down the road to inspect him
from ambush. The peddler did M :
lose much time in Hogwallow, but
missed several articles of tinwarc.