The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1915-02-19

MISS mary MlnOla, 1lfSS daughter,
is a plump Valentine just added to
pleasures and perplexities of her
parents, Minnie and Sam Campbell.
Miss Mary Ophelia LETTERS has
been quite an interesting and decided
ly inquisitive guest of her grandpar
ents for nearly week.
Henry Thomas, of Casey News,
stopped here to take few final, in
spring inspirations of old Casey's
ozone before proceeding to Porkopo-
lis for few days relaxation and re-
cuperation.
Grippe got grip on Col. John
Stapp which kept him latibulizing till
the grounding heralded close of
winter, and bluebirds and robins have
begun rehearsing their spring SYM
phonies.
Too much mud for boats and too
much water for mudsheds, our
mail carriers were investigating air.
craft to find solution to difficulty
of making SCHEDULE time with half a
days grace, but Cleon Camden
bridged enough of the sloughs of the
ferried, and filled enough of the
chasms, around which portages had
to be made, to enable continuance of
service with only an hours extern
sion of the limit. A few more drying
days our pixies will possibly be good
as some of our worst mud roads.
Miss Pearl Gaddis and Clarence
Reyburn declined to invite chatting
and a charivari by having their
banns discussed, and again the city
was thrilled by announcement of an
l1ncncnoctad u,addinn
Proprietor of one of our depart
ment stores generously distributed
beautiful souvenir plates among
customers. Supply was out when a
bachelor friend asked for his you're
not married, you have no use for
plates" was all the comfort then of
fered. 81 may be soon" was met
with a derisive: when you (especi-
al emphasis on you) marry l will
give you a whole set" Within a week
when driving by the emporium he
hailed the boss with: "Have those
plates wrapped up" Next day groom
and bride halted their auto at front
door and called for the plates, The
fresh proprietor has ordered some
thing special.
News has just reached US that
Captain Henry Ryder died second
inst. at his daught,r, Mrs. Sarah
Gastineau's, Savonburg, Kansas. He
had just entered goth year. Till late
ly of extraordinary vigor, able to
excel the young and robust farmer
at all the farmers hardest jobs. Cap
tain Ryder was sailor in his young
days before steamships became the
vogue and twice sailed around the
world. He was interesting as a book
OF travel in narrative and had many
thrilling experiences. He was always
genial, always cheerful as boy, and
neighbor in all the word implies.
I'VE shall never see his like again"
The town was thrown into panic
by clang OF curfew at 9 A. M. when
alarm was spread that "Urcle Joe"
was lost. Joe Napier, colored, is the
only pioneer of the town alive and
in his extreme old age is a ''child
again." He wandered a mile through
woods before missed and every pit
fall was being searched when Cover
nor Rife decoyed him home and
searching party called in.
Four DANES and damsel, grotes-
quely garbed-two in trousers and
masked, gave the town the sensation
of its life by dashing around a cor
ner and parading along the entire
business section of Main street. un-
recognized and unsespected by most
intimate acquaintance and even
nearest kin. An impromptu Mardi
Gras freak. Look out for report of
floats and Rex and retinue next time.
The old Reuben's thoughts are of
garden, now.