Year: 1878

Shelbyville has kissing socials. Columbus
is jealous


Farmers report the growing crops in ex-
cellent condition.


Mocking birds are building their nests at
Lagro. So says the Express.


There will be more corn planted in Della
ware county this season than ever was known
before.


The next fair of the Greene County Agri-
cultural society will be held at Linton the
first week in October.


North Vernon has a female barber, and
there isn't beard in that town that can be
found with microscope.


The Plymouth Republican says that the
winter of 1629-30 was warmer than this, and
that plowirg was done every month.


Mitchell Commercial: The Baptists are
preparing to buy a pipe organ for their
church. 1t is 10 be IA feet high and to cost
about $900


1t is said that coal oil and pine tar mixed
well together and put on young apple trees
will preserve them from gnawing of rabbits.
Try IT. farmers.


Petersburg Democrat: FARMERS along the
banks of White river have mostly sold their
corn at % cents per Dushel, while some
have foated their corn out In boats destined
for the coast trade.


A farmer gives assurance in the Western
Rural that he has, by ditching well, convert
ed an extensive tract of pete marsh into best
of timothy and red top meadow, yielding
two or more tons TO the acre.


Porter County Vidette: An extensive
wheat grower with whom we were in con-
versation few days since informed us that
he did not see wheat more promising during
the past 20 years than it is at present. He
gives it as his opinion that no damage will
occur to the crop this season.
According to the Rockport Monitor, a
J Wedding recently occurred in the Methodist
church Of that city which was little pecu-
liar. The parties were of the Jewish faith,
and were married by a rabbi. and yet q
Methodist church was chosen as the place
| for the ceremony to occur. After the wed
| ding reception was held at Masonic hall.


Franklin Democrat: The bad weather has
put quietus on all farm operations, and
farmers will have to lay by their plowing
until the bad weather ceases.
Farm labor throughout the state this year
promises to be lower than ii has been for the
last 20 years. From Sl3 to Sl6 per month,
farmers say, will be all they can afford to
give, unless the times and greenbacks are
plentier.


This Is not voted good sugar year; the
sap runs freely but is not as rich in sacharine
matter as formerly.
The Winamac Democrat shows that a
tramp near Medaryville practiced a new
sort of confidence game on farmer, pre-
tending he wanted 10 buy such farm as he
saw there and had ready money to pay with,
but after enjoying the best entertainment
the house could afford over night, getting
off with the pretext of meeting his brother
at train time and having him also examine
the land before closing the trade. Very
many might easily be taken in the same
way-which remark will apply to both
swlndlers and swindled.


Bedford Journal: A few of the moneyed
men of Bedford ought to go TO work and
build a few houses to rent, The demand is
SO great that it certainly would be paying
investment.


The farmers throughout the county are
jubilant over the fine prospects for bounti-
ful wheat crop. They say the prospect
never was better at this season of the year
than at present.


There is an old lady living in Greene
county by the name of Riley, who is over 100
years old. She is yet hale and hearty, and
able to prepare her own meals.