Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-12-19
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'ROUNDABOUTTHES STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Made by the Shears,
the Pencil apd the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal. Some Credited. and Some Stolen,
bat Nearly All interesting Reading.
Observation-Disclosures

: Newspapers all over Missouri
Q are boosting the sale OF Red Cross
3 Christmas seals just now. The
stamps are not only ornamental.
q you know, but they're life savers.
I Lots of poor people who have
p tuberculosis are taken care of by
the money derived from the sale
of these penny apiece stamps.
81 believe in trading at home,
and all that sort Of thing" said
Noah Count of Chiggerbite con-
fidentially, shut excuse me when
it comes to smoking cigar made
in our town. That's going a bit
to far, as the fellow said when
his wife threw the meat cleavor
at him."
The Harrison Herald speeds a
happy couple thus: "Uncle Sam
Lillow Of near Powhatton, Law.
renee county, Arkansas, has just
taken unto himself his tenth wife.
OF the nine former wives, the
courts have separated Uncle Sam
from Eve, and he has shed tears
of bitter bereavement over the
graves of the other four"
A young woman who teaches
Sunday school in Springfield
wrote the Republican the other
day. She says she has always
made it point to shun the places
Of questionable amusements and
wants 70 know il it will be all
right to attend q netting of the
city council. The Republican
dosen't feel at all sure it will.
Jack Henley Of Cole coun ty
died recently, aged S8 years. He
wac the youngest of three BROTH
ers, two Of whom survive him.
John is 96 and William 90. At
the age of "a John made the trip
from his farm, twenty four miles,
to Jefferson City on horse back.
All three brothers lived in the
same neighborhood in Cole coun-
ty practically all their lives.
Postmaster T. A. Brasc her
brought t0 this office Saturday
morning a black walnut fence
rail made by A. j. Anderson in
1849 and which has been in con-
stans use since that time. Mr..
Anderson formerly owned the
land that now belongs to the
postmaster. Very few fence rails
are now used, the wire fence
having taken their place many
years ago.-Parnell Sentinel.
Says M. p. Drummond OF the
Marion County Herald: "Had it
not been for the interview in
which he justified Judge CAN'T
for reversing a conviction and
setting at liberty criminal be-
cause the little word the had
been left out Of the indictment,
we would have been for Judge
Shelton for supreme judge. But
we have had enough of such fool.
ishness on the supreme bench"
That q member of the Bank
Clerks association had danced
himself to death in the arms Of a
young woman partner, Pstonish-
ed fellow members after their
ball had closed at q fashionable
dancing academy in st, Louis.
81 feel so good could dance my
self to DEATH" said Joseph L.
Barron, aged %. to his partner,
Miss Mary Parsons, early in the
evening. They danced repeat
edly and finally young Barron
collapsed. His partner thought
Barron had tainted and with the
assistance OF several men took
him to an ante room where q
physician was summoned. and
an ambulance called. Barron
died OF heart failure, Nothing
was said 10 the company and the
dance went on.