The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-01-20
Personal Squibs

Judging from the depth of snow on
the sidewalks in front of peoples houses
all over Bingville and speshially on
Main st we calkilate there amt menny
property owners in our midst who is
gittin lame back from shuvv1n snow.
Gid Smalley had curious axident to
happen to him tother morning Gid
stepd outen the house to look at the
thermometer on the front PLACER Jest
about daylight with nothink on but his
underwear and socks being as he had
Jest riz, but the front PLAYER was slip
perry with Use and Gid slipd and fell in a
sitting postchure and bounced down the
II steps of the PLAYER one at time
Gid wassent hurt mulch but he was
purity mad and remarked about it in a
very perfane manner.
Eph Higgins our accommodatin p. NJ
desires us to state to his P. o. custum-
mers that he cant register emmy letters
or do emmy writing work like that being
as he amt got no ink sinst it froze
solid during the cold snap tother night
and so he cant do writing until it thaws.
Kindly guvvern yourselfs according.
Hen Smiley one of our young men
who has been sparkin Miss lilly Wat
son down Snake Bend way aginst the
wishes of her parents is now Tillys
husband Thev run off and got mar
ried last wk. That's allus the way-if we
had a darter or son and wanted him
to marry somebuddy in partick1er we
would tell him Cor her as the case mite
be- that we diddent want him Cor her
as the case mite be) to do so and then
we would be sure that he Cor she) would
Yung folks in love is turrible head
strong and where there's will there's a
way.
Miss Tabitha Jones our fashionable
dressmaker is as bizzy as she can be at
present maxim dresses for the elect of
Ringville and others. Tabitha SAYS that's
the way it goes-its either feast or a
famine in her bizness. We should think
if Tabitha don't like her buziness she
would git outen it and go into some
other bizness Tabitha is very capable
woman
Miss Martha Tucker sent by parsels
post and got several cheep love story
novels which she has been engaged in
reading ever sinst and her mother says
Martha amt no earthly good about the
house and she don't expeck her to be
until shes finishd them books
Hen Weathersby happend to ment-
chion tother evg in the store that he
was most out of cliewin and smokin
hacker drummer would be around agin
to order some of. Nobuddy present said
mulch, but erly next morning them as
had heard Hen make this statement the
evg before begin to drop in to the store
one by one and lay in big supply of
tobacko either chewin or smokin. Some
purchased enuff to last EN- two munths
and before 10 a. NJ. evry seegar, plug
and package of tobacker in Hens store
was cleand out. Then Hen went down
seller and brung up fresh stock OF to-
hacker he had there which he diddent
/ say nothing about. Hen is a purity
smart man that way but we calkilate he
made mistake this time becuz the
fellers who bought up stock of to-
/ hacker ahead says Hen was ornery low
down to play that kind of game on en-
being as the tobacko they bought will
all dry up and git stale afore they car
use it all up and that after they do use
it all up they wont purchase another
speck of tobacker from Hen as long
as they live. So you see there is two
ways to look at this matter.