Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-05-14
HOGwALLOw NEWS.

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Thursday morning and rode down
the Gander Greek road, rendering
sweet strains on hand organ he had
just become the owner of. He would
, like to have an automobile, but as he
can't he finds that this will scare just
is many mules and horses as anything
else.
lobe Mosely had such hard chill
Tuesday it started his wacth to run
ming.
Miss Flute Belcher is trying to de-
velop double chin by sleeping with
three pillows under her head.
Since the nights have grown warm
Isaac Hellwanger has begun TO sleep
with his whisker out from under the
cover.
Sim Flanders has rheumatism in
his right wrist so bad that he can
barely lift q jug, off the floor.
A gentleman whose name we can
not at present remember has opened
store at Musket Ricge. 1t is not
| believed that he will get enough bus
. mess to Justify it's continuance, as he
is Baptist and argues a great deal
while most of his prospective GUS
toners belong to some other denomi-
nation.
Prof. Sap Spradlin, the Wild onion
school teacher, went squirrel hunting
Tuesday of this week. He has got
the children to believing that he has
eyes in the back of his head and sees
every move they make, but he cannot
convince the squirrels of this.
The Hogwallow Improvement AS
ISOLATION, which acts in the same ca
pacity as the Board of Trade in other
towns has started movement to
stop the frogs from hollering after
nine o'clock every night. Columbus
| Allsop has been named as one of the
committee of one to see about it,
A book agent passed through sever
al days ago and entered several of
the homes of the best people before
it was discovered what he was up to.
He was introducing some of the old
books Roosevelt wrote before the pub
lie retired him to private life.
Frisby Hancock passed down the
road yesterday with jug, and was
followed for some distance by sew
eral of his friends. However, the
jug only contained sorghum molasses.
Ellick Hellwanger went fishing
Sunday and cast his luck at q point
on Gander Creek near the Hog Ford
church. Ellick says unfortunately that
preaching was going on, and the noise
scared all the fish away.
Washington Hooks started to mill
over on the west fork of Camden
Creek Monday morning with turn
of corn, but failed to reach there
on account of the peculiar action of
the mule, which turned Off at the
nrst lane 1t came to, arriving at the
Bounding Billows late in the evening.
Washington was unable to explain
why the mule acted SO, but finally
solved it upon their arrival at Bound
ing Billows. Then he investigat d his
sack of corn and found he had not
divided it equally, having mole on the
west side of the animal thln on the
east side. This naturally account
ed for the leaning of the mule in that
direction.
Miss Cordelia Hellwanger, who has
been using an umbrella curing the
wet weather for the past winter, will
call it parasol during the summer
The Excelsior Fiddling Band called
on the horse doctor of the Calf Ribs
neighborhood few nights ago and
rendered among others that popular
air, "The Tune The Old Cow Died
On"
Yam Sims concluded to turn out his
mustache, and will begin on the Job
early Monday morning.