The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-01-27
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Grounding day coming next weel
time was when Bluffton, wear,
with battling snow drifts and zer,
waves looked forward to Groundhos
day or anything else that migh
herald a break in the cold spell
but there's only mild interest in
winter such as this when it come.
to a forecast-fact is, prediction 0.
an early spring wouldn't be mucl
of thrill -. which reminds us Of
the bobbysoxer in the post office tn,
other day who said she never coult
get a thrill out of smacking {
lipstick kiss on the back of a lettel
to her boy friend and smart
shoppers taking advantage of some
money-saving sales in Bluffton stores
that crowd in town last Saturday
did lot of buying, according tc
gossip in the business section the
first of the week !. !. and Blufftor
doing its bit i'm the March of Dimes
collection at the Carma hit $21 or
the opening night Monday row
of big tin cans mounted on broom
handle passed up and down the
aisles by Lions club members die
the job quickly !. and those quar-
tiers and half-dollars really made q
terrific din as they ratified into the
cans.
| Surprising the number of Blufftor
people interested in feeding birds
that free bird seed in the News office
window moves fast-and it's sur.
prising the number of birds that are
wintering here-redbirds and blue
birds and some unusual species
which this writer is unable to
identify, and of course the usual
multitude of sparrows.
Some say that seasons are chang
ing, scientists say it isn't so-but
oldtimers will tell you that around
the turn of the century when old
fashioned winters were in vogue
that about this time-these last
days in January, could be seen doz-
ems of smart cutters and spirited
horses dashing down Main street to
the jingle of sleighbells. That was
when the great midwinter social
event was to hire bobsled at the
livery stable-Harry Patterson's or
Bill Morrison's down on Cherry
street and get a crowd to HE off to
some friends home in the country
with a couple of quarts of oysters
for a big supper. And just for the
record we'll tell you that in those
days oysters were 35 cents a quart
yes, we said quart, not pint.
| That story about Mark Twain
who on reading his obituary in a
newspaper said the report of his
death was greatly exaggerated, had
local counterpart in the case of
Wilbur Potee, Bluffton mail carrier
who the other day received word
from his insurance company that
they had learned of his death-just
a clerical error, you know, buS rath-
er surprising to Wilbur.
/ Gold-or wasn't tin that sand
excavated from the basement of the
Fett hardware building on North
Main street the latter part of last
week. Anyway there were yellow
flakes in the sand which lookd like
gold and their appearance created a
mild stir among some of the boys
but no one took the pains to in
vestigate further. Just in case
you're interested in possibilities OF
gold prospecting here in Bluffton
there's a pile of the dirt at the
rear of the building.
/
/ Congratulations to M. M. "Dode'
Murray, sole survivor of the Murray
triplets-who was 81 last Saturday
Birthday dinner at Mrs. Hod Muir
rays with cake and candles and
everything, and present were his
nephew, Aaron Murray and wife
from Washington Court House and
Fred Triblehorn and wife-Mrs
Triblehorn is the only surviving sis.
ter.
The Murray triplets = originally
quadruplets-were born on Nortf
Main street near the American
house. Three of them, Med, Hoo
and Dode grew to manhood ane
their birthday anniversary was fol
many years the occasion of fanil,
dinner and reunion.
| Not only is Dode Bluffton's oldes
native born resident, but he and m
| wife are the oldest living coupl
married in Bluffton. Mrs. Murra,