Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-05-18
aoovvAlLovy NEWS.
George Bingham.

Mathcwsla in a horse trade a few
days ago, and as a salve for his
conscience he will lead in the
| singing at the Dog Hill church
next Sunday.
Miss Flute Belcher spen1
Tuesday afternoon in the Gimlet
creek woods communing with ma
ture. AS usual, she did ali the
talking.
Jefferson Potlocks arose dur.
ing the Dog Hill preachers SER
mon last Sunday and went home
He had his red handkerchief tt
| his nose as he went out the door
to make the preacher think he
was sick.
Cricket Hicks complains that
some of the girls of the Rye Straw
section have been trying to use
steam roller tactics on him, hui
he still stands as one of Cupid /
uninstructed delegates.
| Tohe Moseley went fishing on
Camden creek Tuesday, but went
to sleep and let all his fishing
worms crawl away.
| Fit Smith, who has been max
ing search for the bnshcl OF
snakes he turned loose last fall,
has succeeded in finding most OF
them, and will leave tomorrow for
Bounding Billows. Fit takes the
snakes with him wherever he goes
and thereby attracts interest that
would otherwise be bestowed on
somebody else.
| Slim Flinders has promised us
q shower of rain within few
|days. What Slim does not know
couly easily be put inside the Wild
Onion school house.
The Postmaster sneczed Tues
day morning. lie says this is a
sign that somebody is going to
|get a letter.
The Tickyillc Tidings this week
reprints poem written ny Miss
Hostetter Hooks, the Ella Wheeler
Wilcox Of Hogwallow. The edi-
tor explains that though he had
adde da foot note it should not
be construed as a kick
| Isaac Hcllwanger reports that
there are several frogs missing
from his pond.
Sidney Hooks, who left Hog
wallow Tuesday night for Tick
Vile to buy calf, has not been
heard from and foul play is
feared, as he had about 80 on
his person.
The Wild Onion school teacher,
in his regular Friday afternoon
talk to his pupils last week, told
that while he had absorbed about
all the knowledge in the school
books, there was still lot OF
loose knowledge scattered about
over the world that they could
lpick up. Some Of them showed
| surprise when the teacher, in his
usual frank manner, admitted
that there were yet a few things
THAT even he himself did not know
| Wash Hooks has been i'm the
habit Of carrying two full jugs
faround with him to keen himself
at all times balanced and upright
But on Wednesday morning just
before he crossed the foot log al
Gander creek he stopped and tool
q big one and that missing DRINK
pulled him into the creek.
| Atlas Pack has two cisterns al
his home and would be willing t.
dispose of one Of them if he could
get a good offer.
\ Fillmore Hooks, OF near Bound
ling Billows, has an addition a
his home in the person Of a iint
tyoung son. lie has christenco
him Moline after the Moline dist
harrow.
! The widow woman who liyn.
linear the old persimmon tree il
the Calf Ribs neishborhood was
seen at the bod Hill church sun
! day with new hat on. There j.
/ some talk of Flick Hcllwange1
going to see her, hHt he will no
fully decide on the matter unit
| he can put on his spactaclcs an'
look at her at close range.
Slim Pickens went over into tn,
Bounding Billows section tn,
other day and returned whistle
that he took off an old saw mil
boiler. He says if he had SOM
way to get up steam he coul'
blow it.
Frisby Hancock has decided Il
catch all the frogs out Of hi
pond. This will be done to max
room for the summer stock o
|Nsh.
The Hog Ford Baptist chnrcl
will hold a social next Saturda,
might. A large crowd is cxpecte'
to be present. as this is in cclc
bration Of the twenty-first an
nivcrsary Of the congregation
attcmpt to pay on the church deb,
1nEvMATlc PAIN STOPPED
The drawing of muscles, tn
lsoreness, stiffness and agonizin!
lpain Of rheumatism quickl