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ing house, as well as all his house
hold effects. The past few months he
has been operating picture show at
Mt. Vernon which he purchased. His
new restaurant will be equipped with
all the latest paraphernalia necessary
to high class restaurant. He has in
stalled an up-to-date baker and will
conduct a bakery department as here
tofore. s
Glen and sons, the lumbermen, in
this place are building new storage
shed.
Mr.. Lewis Long visited with friends
in Millersburg one day last week.
Next Wednesday evening, March 10,
the Methodist brotherhood will pre-
sent the Stratford Quartette, one of
the numbers on the lecture course. A
large attendance Is assured as all the
musical numbers this season have been
first class and this is said to be one of
the best.
Mrs. Judson Ball, living on the lower
Mt. Vernon road, gave q MONDAY val
entine dinner to some of her old neigh.
bors last week Sunday. Those present
beside the hosts were Mr.. and Mrs.
Jos. Rinehart, Mr.. and Mrs. w. e..
Ball, and son Sidney, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bemiller, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ball and
children, Miss Nellie Ball, Miss Ada
Zimerman. After the enjoyable dinner
was over social time was had talk.
ing over old times and telling stories
of the long ago. When the time for
parting came, the guests assured the
hOtess that they felt that 1t had been
good to be present. and that the social
hours had been well spent.
DIR. f. ID. Sickles, who recently came
to Fredericktown from Toledo, has
leased the rooms in the Cox building
over the postoffice, here he will be To-
Gated for the present. We understand
that the doctor contemplates establish
ing a sanatorium here some time in
the future II his practice continues to
increase as 1t has since he came to
Fredericktown.
Mr.. II. b. Kinkead of Columbus, field
agent Of the Licking Creamery Co.,
which has a branch creamery in this
place, visited Fredericktown on We'd
nesday of this week. He reports that
the plant in this place Is showing a
decided increase In business and that
1t will soon be necessary to increase
| their force by another man. They are
about to put in another Pasteurizer to
take care of the increased milk supply
which the many new customers are
selling them. He reports that COW
at Barberton has recently broken the
| worlds record for butter fat by about
20 pounds. This animal is Guernsey
COW and owned by o. C. Barber, the
match king. She made over 14OO
pounds Of butter In 1856 days, and this
record Is about ten times what the av
erage Ohio cow does. This shows OF
course this record can not be equaled
by every dairyman, but 1t Is possible
by the use Of the Babcock tester and
the milk scales to learn what your own
COWS are doing. 1t does not pay to
keep poor cows, and the sooner they
are sold to the butcher the better.
Last Saturday Mayor Bradrick OF
this village took $40 worth of goods
to Mt. Vernon to turn over to the Bel
gian Relief Committee. A committee
of ladies was sent up here Wednesday
to thoroughly canvas the town for
more funds and letter was sent to
be read to the pupils in the schools
asking them to aid in securing funds
for this cause. Contributions will be
received until Saturday when ship
ment will have to be made.