Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-06-29
HoewaLLow NEWS.

hOGvvAllOW NEWS.
Dunk Bolts, Reg. Correspondent.
George Bingram.
(COpyrighted. 1916. Adams Syn. :
The Dog Hill preacher will lee
lure OF screaky shoes next Sun
day.
Columbus Allsop began this
week on the task of practicing up
to play the bass fiddle while Miss
FruZie AllsOp songs at the VITA
/ Onion school house entertainments
to he given next February, when
the teacher and his pupils will
celebrate the event of George
Washington having success fully
crossed the Delaware.
Jefferson potlocks has discov.-
cred that large bump OF cau-
tiousnrss is developing on his
head since he engaged in a figh:
| with Standard Hancock at Rye
Straw.
Poke EaZlcy believes that
everybody has been given two
ears 10 enable him to hear both
sides of the question.
The Postmaster. political lead
or in Hogwallow. has of late been
considerably disturbed over the
political situation. He announced
yesterday that he would remain
neutral until he knew what r.
Roosevelt was going to do abo,ll
it.
When your train of thoughts
approaches a gloomy crossing
blow your whistle and open he
| ihreitc.
We are sure of one thing: TIC
| sun will rise tomorrow morning.
but we are not sure we will he
here to see it.
Yam Sims says every time Miss
Fruzie Allsop washes her face
she gels wrinkles on the towel.
Yam Sims started out tn walk
10 Rye Straw yesterday. ~! as he
had made mistake AMI got his
right shoe on his left foot he got
mixed up in The direction. larG-
ing away over at the Lizard school
| house.
Raj Barlow shot at Jefferson
Potlocks on Mnsket Ridge Tues.
day. hut Jefferson is deaf and has
not heard about it.
Dock Hooks has purchased a
looking glass which is to he used
when he wants to talk to himself.
The Dog Hill breaches an
nnilnces that he hasn't any po-
lillcal belief and will vote accord
ing to he dictates, Of his con
science and his congregation.
| The drove of snails that the
mail carrier reported to have
ovcrtaken him on Musket Ridge
live weeks ago have arrived in
llogWalloW and this week they are
passing the pOstoifice.
Miss Hosteiirr Hooks is getting
ready to play for the musical en-
iartalnmenls and yesterday took
her accordion Ia the blacksmith
shon to have it charged with wind
from The bellows.
Jefferson POtlocks went over to
| the blacksmith shop at Rye Straw
this week and brought back a
wagon load of old horse shoes.
which he will hang up along Gan
der Greek to give him good luck
in fishing.
l'rlsby Hancock arrived home
safely this week from a pleasant
visit with relatives at Buzzard
Knob. While driving along the
road near the Wild Onion school
house on his way home snake
crossed the road in front of his
horse. The reptile. he says. was
so long that he was DELAYED at
least a half hour in letting il pass.
The thermometers at the home
OF Washington Hooks got out Of
fix Friday morning and register
cd 81 degrees below zero. AS a
consequence Wash and his fam
lily are threatened with pneumo-
mia.
AS ii grows older The Excelsior
Fiddling band is getting TO he
more important, and only last
Saturday added another feather to
lis cap when il was asked five
times to- play the same thing
over at am entertainment in the
Gilt Ribs neighborhood. The
band used 10 stand up all the time
when il played. but now is will
ing TO rest on its lanrels when
ever the benches are handy.
Children rrv