The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-12

"Hu many VI tHOSe present were
young people. Miss Jones sang a
beautiful solo, and the music by the
choir and the congregation was also
inspiring. Rev. Mr.. Farr's topic
was "Heaven" and he took the ground
that when the people arrived at that
future state they would not be ques-
toned as to their UNCONVENTIONAL pre-
ferences. 1t would be the home for
Christians. Next Sunday night Pas
tor Farr will have for his subject
Sowing and Reaping Wild Oats"
Chas. Schubert, German philoso-
pher, diplomat, florist, vegetable ven
dor, chicken fancier, ct al, has gone
into the wild and woody wilderness,
SO said, leaving an aching void and
few |. 0. U's that have about the
same consistency as confederate
scrip. Charles had lived with us
some two or three years, during
which time he SO gained the public
confidence as to be elevated to the
office of town marshal with all its
salary and emoluments, a place he
resigned after several months and
after the boys Of the town had made
life burden to his soulful soul.
Charley had lot out in Crescent
Hill subdivision, facing The lake.
Here for year or more he has rails
ed vegetables, choice and succulent,
and chickens and some other things
that he absorbed and carried away
with him. His vegetables are now
rotting in the garden and his chick
ems are roosting at Como. His cot
tage is closed and the tin dipper is
empty at the cistern and the mourn
ers go about the place seeking some
thing upon which to levy, but they
find nothing of value save an old
bottomless chair on the porch in
which Charlie used to sit and cogi-
tate in the evening hours on the best
way to come out of it whole. He
evidently soluted the solution, for
Charlie has gone, and with him loans
from and debts to confiding citizens.
For the present also, it is fair to
presume that he has abandoned the
idea of erecting that cozy concrete
bungalow, after the manner of Web
ster at DeLand. o, Charley, vi dit
YOU dit it? Vas it in refeng, alret-
| ", th~ you played nit US for a suck
er, yet?
Inc pastor and members of the
Methodist church entertained the
people of the town and country
round last Friday night with a most
delightful musical and literary pro-
gram, participated in by some of our
best singers and readers and organ.
lists. The church had but recently
installed new organ and this was
the first opportunity the general pub,
lie had to see and hear it. Misses
Herlong and Norton made the new
instrument tell of its power most de
.gncfully; Miss Grill Burton and Mrs
Campbell read and recited and Mr.
Gutteridge also gave reading. Mis-
Ethel Jones rendered a beautiful solt
in magnificent voice, and a. quartet
composed of Mrs. Chamberlin, Mis-
Gautier land Messrs. Springer ant
Gutteridge sang. Then there wer
other selections by the choir an
hymns in which all joined in. 1t wa
happy town gathering in whicl
church lines were ignored, and al
the pastors attended. After the en-
tertainment in the church the big con
gregation all went to the parsonag
next door and had social time wit
Pastor Davis as host. Deliciou
punch and cakes were served, an
while eating, the band discourse
sweet music on the porch. 1t wa
altogether one of the most delight
full gatherings of the kind ever hel
in the place. On Saturday Paste
: Davis entertained some sixty of tn
little children of the town, and rt
: freshed them with good things t
eat and drink.
Chas. Coleman the restaurant ma
who has been feeding people on oyi
ters and other like things at h
place in the Chamberlin building fl
] the past several months has decide
.. to move into the Jim. Long buildin
I. opposite Preston's store. Coleman
own appetite is peculiar, but "thar
hiven" he doesn't insist on his CUES
y eating the same dishes. Coleman
a professional glass eater. He ge
hungry sometimes and will pick up
e lamp chimney, crush it in his ham
e and then eat it, just as you would
!. cookie. On several occasions whit
b times were hard in the restaura
t this fall, Coleman would gather
z crowd of young men and propose
d make meal out of glass, for a CO
:. sideration. The boys would ma
e up purse and then Coleman won
h sit down and eat plate full of glas
IS He prefers the raw glass to the fri
IS casee, and lamp chimneys or tumble
o are his preference. Sometimes
l. business is poor and he doesn't wa
/ to go to any great expense in t
k preparation of dishes, he will ma
it a fairly good meal out of old be
lie bottles or some bottles OF the blin
tiger variety which have dressi
,e of corn Ticker. But like all norm
If glass eaters he prefers the more ia
\. cy dishes, like lamp chimneys a
ii bric-a-brac. He was evident
it brought up on Injuries. Colem
n says he learned how to eat glass FRI
d, a Japanese gentleman who was trs
D. cling in this country some years a
s, for his health. He says that the ;
nd erage life of glass-eater is but
v, years, but as he has been e
ed ing it more than that number Of We;
20 only as a side dish, he expects
Ia. linger some years longer than the ;
ne erage. So far he has not even
n quired a symptom of indigestion.
to
inn Improving the Backbone.
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