Judge — September 5, 1914 — page 11: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

S wee 8, st CLOUD of dust floated in from down the road today, and the mail carrier is believed to be not far behind. a The Lazytown postmaster delivered a letter yesterday to Tobe Moseley. This is the first one Tobe has received in a Vostmaster at Lazy town long time, and the postmaster has asked him to hurry and get through reading it, as there are printed instructions on the envelope for it to be returned in five days. fa) Sim Flinders and his dog went squirrel hunting the other day. He brought home several whiskers from a squirrel he shot at, to show how close he missed it. } While filling his sack in a corncrib late Sunday night, some unknown person attempted to assacsinate Isaac Hell- wanger by firing three shots at him. Suspicion rests on the owner of the corn. Mrs. Jefferson Potlocks is back from a visit with friends and relatives in the Calf Ribs neighborhood.’ She aimed to Qua 7 : i || Lazytown Local News | By GEORGE BINGHAM & a return sooner, but when she started back several days ago, they asked her not to be in a hurry. a The railroad running into Tickville is being rebilt, with a lot of new crooks so that the train can miss the cows. oO The Tickville Tidings published a lengthy obituary of one of its former readers in its last issue. The article rec- ommended the deceased so highly, he would no ‘doubt run for office on the strength of it, could he come back to life. re] Atlas Peck fooled a patent medicine company last week and is enjoying the joke very much. He wrote for a trial bottle of their remedy, which they offered free of cost to any one who was sick with stomach trouble. Atlas wrote to them in a feeble, wabby, pale handwriting, pre- tending to be very sick, and to carry out the joke, went to bed until he could get the letter safely mailed. a] Atlas Peck was thinkirg about running for coroner, but has about backed out, as nobody has been shot in several weeks, fa) Ellick Hellwanger attended the ice cream supper at the home of Jefferson Potlocks a few nights ago. He had on his good behavior and refused his fifth saucer of ice cream, even if he did want it. Poke Eazley, after several years’ serv: ice as a pillar of the church, has now been asked to help hold up one end of the building, while Washington Hocks in- stalls a new foundation. Oo Yam Sims has been called before the Dog Hill church board to explain why he allows his mule to bray while the preacher is talking. Oo Jefferson Potlocks says there is more chance for the young man in business these days than there was when he was growing up. Cricket Hicks agrees with him, but adds that the young men of to- day are watched closer. (a) Cricket Hicks went to preaching at Hog Ford last fourth Sunday, but was unable to sit down in his standing collar. o The jailer at Tickville has been re- quested by the prisoners to leave the doors open dur- ing the hot weather. is) The depity constable wit- nessed a fight at the HogFord stillhouse Sat- urday evening. He made no ar- rests, as he had only one pistol ° with himat the ot a time. ‘The depity constable oO The Tickville train killed a hog fora man near there the other day. While there is a cow-catcher on the engine, no provision has been made for hogs. comicbooks.com