The Ocala evening star., 1915-04-15
BELLEVIEW

Belleview, April 14.-Miss Edith
Seesee left last Monday night for
Nashville, Tenn, where she will de-
liver an address before the B. Y. P. U.
in convention, after which she will
proceed to Cleveland, o., where she
expects to spend the summer.
Mr.. Louis Weihe has returned from
several weeks stay in Palmetto,
where he has been playing checkers
with some of his cottages, moving
them around.
Mr.. Charles Oakley is all swelled
up with pride over his success as an
amateur gardener. Some of his sweet
peas are over seven feet high and
still growing.
Bill Cogswell went ga f1shin' the
other day down in Little Lake Weir.
That plate glass headlight that he
wears in his bosom dazzled an old
time denizen of the deep and he got
so fustered that he run full tilt into
the hooks and with careful handling
was landed in the boat. On one of
the store scales he struck the bal
ance at eight pounds, sixteen and
three-quarter ounces. Mr.. Cogswen
was bewailing the fate that Lou
Schmidt did not catch him when he
was here, but he has marked the spot,
and next year they will go right there
and catch another one.
Mr.. Bruce Meffert in his Fordlet
racer was in town last Tuesday and
incidentally revealed the secret of
how he gets such speed out of his car,
by purchasing a bottle of in l oil
for fabrication. This in l oil is
funny stuff. One day when Bill Mill
som was clerking in the store, big
darkey came in with bad case OF
the shakes and said, "Mr. Billy, GIN
me one of dem bottles of 8 and 1 chill
and fever cure, quick" Bill caught
the and but in his haste he missed
the chill and fever cure, and he
dashed up to the front of the store
| grabbed a bottle of in 1 oil, hasten.
ed back with it and without any ado
the darkey pulled the cork anc
downed the contents of the bottle
paid for it and went out. The next
day he repeated the call. About 9
month later he came back and said
"Mr. Billy gimme some more of that
chill and fever cure; its the best
ever took. Two bottles cured me be-
fo' and / guess dis one stop den
shakes" If you don't believe this
story darkey's name upon applica
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newton D. Skinner
left for their home in N. Woodstock
Conn, last Wednesday.
Mrs. Edith Romer and little sor
paid business visit to Ocala las
Monday.
The writer had an invitation K
take lunch in Ocala with a good look
ing man last Friday. My expected
conveyance failed and I took advant
age of the good nature of Mr.. E. L
Carney to beg a ride into town, anc
I am glad that did for we We'd will
each other in exchanging reminis
cences, among them the dangers o.
automobile riding. Mr. Carney hat
me on high tension for about ffteer
minutes when he told how he had ruI
over three men with his car and as h,
told how he was bowling swift!
along the road enjoying the sights O.
nature, he detailed at length how h
came to the danger spot and as h,
rolled over a culvert he stopped an'
upon going to the end and looking in
he saw three men and he had rul
right over all three of them withou
knowing it. / almost threw fl
when the climax was reached.
Mr.. Delbert Haskell made his reg
ular Friday trading trip to Ocala.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sands Haviland spen
several days at Smith Lake las
week, fishing and otherwise enjoying
themselves.
Mr.. II. Curren, postofice inspecto
with Mr.. Doyle, representing the I
S. Civil Service Commission, were i
town on official business last Monda
and Tuesday.
An aggravated case of assault an
battery with intent to hit happene
the other day, when three of Belle
views most respected and aged cit
zens engaged in fisticuff that wa
laughable and yet pathetic. Eighty
four years chucked a hammer at sew
enty-four years and then rushed i
and grappled, grabbing him by tn
: throat and otherwise maltreatin
him. Sixty years could not resist tn
excitement and he also piled on sey
enty-four years and for a short Will
what the neiphhorS saw who voT