Judge — December 12, 1914 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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— = yeaa xB an LP HE DUST has all been settled for the year, and Yam Sims says it isa hard matter now for a nice young man to at- tract much at- tention while traveling about over the country roads. The Wild On- ion school teach- erhas cut out his geography class until the war is over, as the trustees would rather he would remain neutral throughout. The school teacher The entertainment to be given by the Ladies’ Aid of the Dog Hill church prom- ises to be very successful. To draw a large crowd, no admission will be charged, but the person passing the hat around will stop in front of each spectator long enough for him to decide whether or not he wants to contribute. Fletcher Henstep was over in the Calf Ribs neighborhood yesterday and got a good look at a man who is reported to have paid up seven years’ back subscrip- tion to the Tickville Tidings. Columbus Allsop has a good dawg to trade for something else useful. This will cut his number down to seven, but he says he has to do it, as he is afraid he could not make a gvod living for them all Lazytown Local News By GEORGE BINGHAM this winter, and at the same time look after his family—as is required by law. The widow of the Calf Ribs neighbor- hood was in our midst on busi- ness one day this week and looked at Raz Barlow. Poke Eazley has just about completed his last pine stick and announces that he will be ready at an early date to begin whittling on a fresh dry-goods box. Poke Eazley A lightning-rod agent was here a few days ago. Columbus Allsop got one on approval and will take it to his housetop and try it out thoroughly next time there is any lightning. Jefferson Potlocks was arrested on Musket Ridge day before yesterday, by the depity constable, on a charge of hav- ing entered the smokehouse of a man near Bounding Billows. When searched, more than a bushel of turnips were found on his person, - Tobe Moseley reports that his bees have just gone through a hard summer's work, and he is now letting them enjoy the fruits of their labors by no* arising every morning until the dew is off the grass. Washington Hocks has got back from a prospecting tour through the woods of the Gander Creek bottom and reports a bountiful crop of autumn leaves Miss Fruzie Allsop bought a stamp at the post-office this week. Another job for the already overworked mail carrier. The Excelsior Fiddling Band is re- ported to have made some lovely music while out serenading the other night, but the wind blew it all away as fast as it was rendered. Yam Sims, who has been riding a tall, yellow mule for some time past has swapped it for a smaller one, to conform with the hitching post at the home of Miss Flutie Belcher. Cricket Hicks yearns to live in Tickville or some other large place, where he can have his shirt washed by machinery and tied up by a pretty girl every week. Yam Sims icbooks.com