The Cedarville Herald, Volume 24, Numbers 1-26

P« ew#*«»tt 8 my m e Tim. r *mmr Wima this item i*. m&m i f m Index, ifcd«mat##lfa«t your subecrip- tkm w overdue »nd a prampt-payarant is desired, . * | XVBtiTY-FOURTH YEAR. NO. 12 •»** CEDARV 1 UE . OHIO, MARCH 9 . 1901 . PRICE $ 1.00 A YEAR. SUNNY SOUTHLAND. YefdUor Viewed Enroute the Wondered, the Beauties and the Resourses of our Southern States. ■ In order to answer a thousand and one questions t h a ^ u y e , ,jwn-mo~ pnuurisd in the "Just tew days, the Editor will attempt to give a faint , idea <>f the South add Mardi Gras cel eimittons, On leaving Ciucfonati at 6 p. m. we arrived in the (.’resent City the inflowing" evening at about 10:30, over ' the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, .which idad'indeed is a line.of pic- ' Hinwjue curves through sunshine and (1iwers,.«.veritable pamlFsa. ,Begin- nftig with the ’famous blue .grass ' - 'region of Tveiituekyi 'a-contiuuous pan ,_-_oi'uma..oLeharmiug and interesting. scenery that cau nevef be forgotten. Those who have„taken the1 trip will , always be vable to ' recall , sunny thoughts o f sunny scenes in. sunny , land, with the resinous pine, sturdy oak and stubborn cypress trees, in the shadows. Such a trip once made “ remains in the memory like inusie that has died upon the ear, yet lives -like melody within the vaulted sanctuary of the soul." / To leave Ohio with snoWand ice da the ground and within a twenty-four -. hours ride be in a climate where peo­ ple were thinly clad,' doors of the , homes thrpwn wide open"for the Cool night atr, makes a northerner shiver With amazement. After spending a very pleasant night we ventured out oyer thecity, and while going through , the down towp' districts we heard a ' gentlemen say 1 that he paid five dol­ lars for the privilege of sleeping On a •cot in a hall, where -probably fifty , others were asleep. A brief- sketch’ of New' Orleans bright not be out of place, This city Was founded by .' the French in 1718, shout one hundred, miles from- the - .mouth of the Mississippi river.. I t is known as th* Carnival city of Amer- - tea, and fom A population, of over 300,000 inhabitants. I t has the larg­ est cotton, sugarjand rice markets in the1world. Has 16 miles of river front with more than six miles of wharves. The Marine Dry Docks Ubw under construction will'be the largest . in the whrld. I t excells any other city in the Union in regard to coast­ wise business. . The city is'lnwer than the river by about twenty-five Feet;" which makes the decks and wharf a great place for "shipping owing to the levies. I ti s a s i g h t t o seethe mam* - outh river "steamers unloading their immense cargoes of. cotton; it looked like miles ot cotton breast works, such as history tells us at this same city sheltered Gen, Jacksoh’s troops when he whipped the British in 1816. We also had 'th e pleasure ,of inspecting the largest transport in the^ Eng­ lish Nft7y» the Politician.' This ves­ sel was stalled off to accomodate 4000 mules which were to be taken to Cape Town, Africa, for the British army. Great bulky barges representing the foreign trade, line ,ihe wharfs, their capacious holds were filled with mahogany, cedar, logwood, coffee, banahas and cpcoanUta for the American markets. Your correspondent has dutifully visited as many^fl the chief points of interest in the city as time permitted, erijbyshrrideon the yellow waters of The mighty Mississippi; gazed off over the white capped expanse of the Gulf of Mexico; explored the qnsint came teries,where the dead are buried above the ground. The soil beingvery damp it was long ago agreed 4hat burial be neath the earth was impracticable and unsanitary, tberfofe the Cemeteries abound With tombs of brick and mar- W e B u y OLD GOLD & SILVER • . * f - . . Witt pay Gush or give you M e Wand VP-TO-DA m goods /o f nil the.Old Gold or Sitter you bring us. JE&* , change your IHsoarded Jfewetryor old Watch (fuses for someththing bright , new itnd up-to-date. - We al- itdys have the '&OQP Pew ( things. s u m * a s a o© M .w » * , pBDARVILLtt, . *. dffK>» ole. These tombs, consisting of two vaults with a crypt below for the bones are carefully cemented to prevent ex­ halations from the decaying animal matter. ‘ Often these tombs are built in tiers like a wall of' extraordinry thickness, and are called “ ovens,” After a year or two if the tomb is re- quired tor. another person, the slab is removed apd the remains if there he nuy, deposited in the crypt. . In this maimer a long Series of. burials may tuke place in a single tomb. Ghal- metto, th e National cemetery is lo­ cated near the spot where life battle of New Orleans was fought between the Americans and -British. Metnric is the handsomest ‘o f Sill. I t contains many munificentYnbnuments',. among Which Are, tliose of Albert Johnson, Stonewall Jacks >n mnl the tombs of the Army of Northern Virginia, Ten­ nessee "and Louisiana., I<i the vicinity are Greenwood,. Odd JMlowaJKeaU-- Fireman’s aod many otner cemeteries, all worthy of a-visit. We viewed the ancient Cathedrals as well us the lovely homes of the aris- tocracy along-St. Charles A've., ate of the strange southern dishes with their garlic and red oepper seasoning,- and listened to the babel .of strange tongues in the French market. , Clay statue is now at the center of the city and 1ms been' the scene of sev­ eral niolis; the first in 1874. which re­ sulted ip s battle at the head ot Canal street, by which the Degro government was overthrown, and later, the. 'place where a mob gathered and, revenged the denth of Chief of Police, Hennes­ sey, who was killed by the Italian members o the Mafi society. W® next will take up the great Mardi Gras. The carnival was an enjoyable affair, the weather being the prinqiple topic"of conversation* as it^ns Very hot and sultry. "Flowers were seen in profusion, shirt waists and bare-footed picaiiinmes galore. One feature of the carnival which especially strikes the ^.visitor is the number of maskers who-appear upon the street. The whole population seenm to don the oddest costume they can device, put on a mask or, a domino, and set ou t for a time. ". The arrival ofKing Bex who"came up the river royally attired, and es­ corted by bis court .was the beginning of the display, this was Monday noon. The parades of Rex," Prote'us, and Cornua each are supposed to cost from $50,000. to $75*000, The parades consists wholly of floats, each .having « band and an advance guurd of ten men op horseback. Each parade has ’ twenty floats representing in tableaux, come subject each of "which contributes to the harmony of the whole. Every parade makes up a series of magnificent cars replete with the glitter adorned with gold and sil­ ver tinsel and oddly grotesque forma, all seems one grand display of color, harmonious and delicate. .There has been nothing like them in. history, and it is said that even Nero’s ihsrcb into Rome is eclipsed by the golden pageants df,Comus, Proteus and Rex in New Orleans today* The night parades are the most beautiful, "the streets and buildings being brilliantly illuminated, with thousands of electuc lights, tbo beautiful floats and the occupants lo rich costumes, lighted by innumerable colored lights, coupled with sweet music far surpasses ones imaginings o f fairyland. Yet like alt beautiful dreams, it had an end, ami as the last light was extinguished and the last note of sweet music grew dim in the distance we wended our way towards our train, carrying many fond rememberances o f Mardi Gras, the fair maskers flti the streets, sweet music and the thousand and one sights ami sounds of the. Quaint f>l<l French New Orleans that will always he a most pleftsautrecolleptiou, - - On the return from the Creseut city, northward it seems impossible to remain from speaking of the country between New Orleans and Mobile Afrer leaving the city some little dis tance We came.to a low swampy coun­ try* this being the neck betWsen lake Potttehartraiu and the Gulf ot Mexico The entire country between the two cities Ison this order.t The sombre forest where the long moss trails from thelivebairheUghSTrnd touches with gray fringe, the thick bush of thejun- Mobile, that quaint old city of Ala* bams was our next stopping place. Timcustom house,docks and bay which Farragui made memorable by his en­ gagement during the Civil war, W0 were wonderfully surprised to find that Mobile did such ah extensive business as she does with the outside world. There it a 28-foot channel dredged through th,e bat h r the gulf so that thelargest o focean steamship and sail­ ing vessels cart make the port, • Lum­ ber and cotton were her principle in­ dustries, it ranking third in the ship-, e ig of bottom More bananas are •tight Tnto fhis port and unloaded than in any Other place in the world. Two vowels are scheduled to reach 1this port each, week which carry 20QOO •bunches ol banana each, which means h train of 40 cars to tlie ship. ,I t was an foterestipg sight to.Watcn a banana ship befog unloaded. As the negroes inarch down the gang plank a white roan is stationed at .the enti, whose duty it is.to hit each negro on the back and as he -.does so" to- tell -the- grade. Mobile has good schools and, churches and is indeed a very .attractive city. Io hus a number ot palatial residences with wealth -of shrubbery and vine -flanging everywhere. “Every thfog’in mid-winter is a living green-,, varied by flowers such as the honeysuckle, jean- mine and roses which fill the air Tylth health giving.parfnme, . From Mobile to the Torobigbce, Riv­ er, a dHlgnee rtf 16 miles tsa veritable network of shrubbery amt torest--frees in.u.Jrtiy swampy country. Growing hero in this swamp were several snscies of palms .that would set the northern ladies into perfect raptures. Ti c spa- ejes most plentiful were the fan shaped palm which grow intropical luxuriance and presented a sight that would de­ light" any one. These patas could b d If?" ^ F a M n T A l l The” while found by the acres, one of which iu , n ‘.i:,,ia r0i u » raoa most northern homes would have been a treasure, Wild foul of various kinds would rise from the water frightened by the shriek of the engine, and the sight would-thrill the hearts of-the sportsman at the thoughts of what was vn store for such as he, Small al ligators could be seen swimming about in the water bordering the tracks and a glimpse of an occasional due niightbe caught as it made its way back into" swamp from the- appoaching train. Ever since my school days I have had ft desire to see the Tombigbee river. For some- reason or another it was always a great delight to point to that stream as it seemed a pleasure to" roll its sonorous names Under'my topgue. When I hod-Crossed it my ambition w3a satisfied. Our next.stop"was a t .(Montgomery, Ala., a typical Southern town but" shows the traces of the northern hand. From here a journey over into the State of Mississippi was made. The Itind is rough and principally red clay. One feature of the, towns is that it a county seat has^ two thousand pei ole they .have quite a city, T h is ‘would be rather a small place to a norther­ ner, - Back to Brimgham, Ala,, we find n citv beyond comparison to any of the southern cities, This city was built by northern people' and consequently of a different style. I t is known as the “Pittsburg of the youth,” Over a million and onc-bnlf dollars monthly are paid to the • 50,000 employes in Birmingham. A t oue time the state had to pay the "county expenses, now the county pays-1-16 of the state taxes and its county financial transactions are greater, than those of the state treasury. Here can’ lie found 25 1f the largest blast furnances, the Pratt coal mine the largest in the world, ’In this mine the state receives 25 cents per day for convict labor, the prison era being kept in the mine until'the expiration ol their sentences. Coal and iron mines in this vicinity are uumerous. .The negro* are paid twenty-five cents a train car load for mining the ore and two men tan get mt from 12 to 20 cars per day. One of the most interesting-' features of the day wag, the manufacture of iron pipe A t the plant of the American Pipe and Foundry Co,, pipe from three in­ ches to seventy two inches-in diameter is manufactured. To describe the work, the cores are taken and wound with twisted hay* then covered with a coating of mud that is evenly put op. The cores are then taken to the main building through the center of which extendi n series of .pits. In these im­ mense pits are the “outside” cores standing on end; The melted metal is then poured in, The^ intense heat burn* the hay and this giyes the space needful to bull Out the completed pipe. The South is rapidly develop ing their natural resources and it is impossible for the North fo compete with the south in the manufacture of iron. . „ /- • A stop in Guiles county, Tcnnessfee, gavo me a fair !d<mof the Tennessians, Guiles county might be termed the GtiEfeSTBcounty of the state. The farms nr* more like Ohio farms than any t k i t while South. As for the crops most of the land was cultivated and ready for the corn planting* Oats had been sown and in some cases were tip. In this Section considerable wheat is raised; wheat, cord and cot­ ton being the staple products. Thous­ ands of tons. of strati cotild be seen over the county, in many, instance# it ked. valuable p farmer. Land was never be a ric Indeed It ttluid roduet to thgtiorihern . was being turned, up as far a# the Bilie Grass section and from here we could notice "a vast change in the climate. Upon reach* i«g the Qtteeu Uiiy found sfiow and ice the moo tut had been ielisorae^foj weeks backl ' 1 BY THE WAY. Local. Matters Gathered , by tlijo Herald Matt In His Rambles. There is a littls fellow, about three years of age, in this town, "who is iibnut as clever and shrewd as you will find among kids. He has a young aunt who likes to be kissed—by this youngster. This .little- fellow also likes dogs and plays'with them ou ev ery occasion, and when he does, his aunt scolds and refuses, to be kissed— by him. The other .day a -bird-dog belonging to the'family brought borne four little puppies and this clever kid spent all his spare time—from"eating —playing with them. Last Saturday evening after nevenil'huura romp with the pups, he entile into the house with it quizzical smile bn his face mid asked Iris aunt to kiss him, She did, but he was not satisfied with one kiss, insist­ ing on soTnatiy more that his aurit be gau to wonder the reason for such to themnrid ought to be kicked out, anmiparWyi Wei have reference to Tim those meiys natujre-of their secret obligations and 'who tell their wives the tbe-little fellow was emHio|* in the moBt puzzefing way. > “ What is it, petty?”asked his aunt; “ what are so pleased about?” , Taking on Avery serious look, he said: “ I lisesd Iwq uf ’e ’ittle puppies in ’e mouf an’ mania ain't washed my face,” - t Laughing gleefully at the joke on his aunt, he dodged past her and ran from the mom. Now" the aunt realizes it is risky to kiss even little boys. Saturday evening wbile sitting be­ hind the -drawn curtain o f the office window, a couple bouiid for the opera house stopped-pn the sidewalk outside. He had evidently been giving her el- oqbent reasons wby ho loved her and he wanted to .go^..thrnugh before he jeachcd the. opera house. What we heard was: “For, you I would cast the world aside.” The. remark star­ tled us fora moment with .the fear that ho might bump old mother eat th iuto another planet and play the dickens, but a moments reflection revealed the .fallacy Of #ucli a fear. We peeped through the crack between the curtain; and window and who do you think we saw?. Two college students. At the lecture the same e^cuing we satbeliiud them and they were ns sober as you please and on Iris face there was no such look of resolve as one might ex pent to see on- the facetjf a mnn wim intended to push out of it’s orbit sncli' a weighty matter as the eftrth to gain the hand of the demure looking girl by his side.- " We were in Gray's store the other day. Two dru.mmers happened to be present, so was Will "Blair and when the latter is around there is bound to be some clever things said. Politics was the subject. One of the drum raera said: *‘A1! things come to him who waits, except political pie atfd ft fellow ha# to go after that and “ tip” the waiter besides.” “That’s so,” said Blair “ ami this k one of the towns’ in the political sea* sons where ht If the men are hustling be waiters.” .Weoften hear the remark made that preachers are working for the money and when they receive an offer of another position with a larger Satary thay are ready to accept even if they have tochange4heir denonri nation to do so. There is enough truth in this remark to make it re­ markable when a pastori is loyal to his church and his convictions. Rev. John Bicket, a graduate of the College here is pastor Of the U, P, church at Greenfield, O .' Not long ago the Presbyterian pulpit at that place became vacant ’and was offered to Mr Bicket, with a salary Of $1500. He refused although he has a small congregation and is only receiving a salary of . $600, This congregation ought to be proud of their pastor and give him that Support and help, which he deserves. Recent)/ we received word from a postmaster that the Herald was un­ called for, for the reason, that the man ity whotii it was addressed had been sent to the penitentiary. We are sorry to hear it for the man was a paid-up subscriber, but we have some names on our book# that we would not he sorry for in the least, ‘.'V . V■ ■ •(• . «-- The.majcrity of our citizen# fight secret societies,’ We don't why, .per­ haps they don't know themselves} but Wftdon’t kuaW that there are some itiau in the, order#.whft a disgrace other lodge affirirs.- We know of sev eral'euch members and we know that their wives have betrayed their con fidence.- . i - The following conversation is said to Have taken place 'over the tele­ phone; - ■ ' . “ Is this — - ’ b grocery?” “ Yes.” ’ . “ Got any mackerel?” • ~ “ Plenty.” _ “ Is it dry?” • / “ Qf couW.” . “ Well, give it a drink.” It was only a small boy that spoke but the grocer got as mud as if it had been a cuunfoir,' scheming vengeful irian. An old Darkey was In one of the the salooija down by the railroad, no master which one, He had about as big a load as .lie could carry and was quoting Scripture freely. "He told the barkeeper about the story of Daniel wbo was alone in the wilderness and how the ravens brought him food. He said, “ If the ravens^ hadn’t done brought the prophet Daniel stuff to eat he would have stuhved, sah,” And the barkeepordidn’t knowDaniel from JoknL . Sullivan, and does not know . et whether the Darkey was right or wrong, A loafer in the saloon told a story aboutn man having been tracked to a henbouse in town, and the colored gentleman changed the subject imme­ diately. There is one thing that any man- will steal—or should we say take?— aqd that is aii umbrella; so, would ad­ monish all to not judge a man by the umbrella he carries until you find out who owns it. Hungarian Orchestra. - The fifth number..On "the -lecture course was the Hungarian Orchestra, assisted by (L Edbert 'Grant, reader, and long will this number remain on the minds of those who were fortu-; nate enough to bear it. A program consisting ot twelve nqmbersarranged iu three part w s ’rendered. A num­ ber of encores on the “ popular air|’or­ der were given and gratefully received by those who did not nppseriate the eUssics. The overture* of “ William Pell” by Rossini seemed to move the entire audience end was received with rounds of applause. Several of the other numbers were well received, but it is our opinion that “La Carina Mazurka Russe”, by Ganne was the greatest number on the program, warm, glowing, palpitating life befog imparted even into the coldest classi cal measures* This number seemed to appeal directly to the emotions and and carried its hearers along with it in spite of themselves, - The Hungarian Orchestra was pos sibly the greatest musical organization that ever faced a (Jedarville audience, .unlessit wssthe New York Sympathy Orchestra which appeared here a num­ ber of years ago. •Obituary* Mrs. Eilen Bird, was born October 1 % 1829 In England, and departed this life a t her home, surrounded by her family iu Cedarville, Ohio, March 3,1901. , n She waB united in marriage,to her now bereft husband, MV, Bloss Bird, ia.London;.Eng., August 10,- 1841 Tbeyfomigrated to this country in 1847 urid located iu Cincinnati, from thence -they moved to Cedarville, April 1,1853, where she and her bus- band have resided over 48 years. She was the devoted. ■mother- of seven children, three of whom sur­ vive, namely, Mrs. Julia Condon, Mys Jennie Turnbull and Mr, Robert Bird, all of whom reside iu Cedar- ville. • ' , She was intelligent, industrious and upright in her life, with a .retiring and pleasingdisposition, A faithful friend, kind neighbor^ charitable to the REV. HUTCHISON Gave four-Interesting Lectures at Opera tloure, this Week* Dm wife and poor, affectionate a beloved mother, She united with the^M. E. church shortly after her arrival in this place and remained an honored.arid faithful member for 42 years, She was noted for ber punctual nud regular attend­ ance until the infirmaries of old age prevented her, She delighted in the service of God’s house and to meet with the people rif God. Her last illness was severe and try­ ing, yet she murmured not. She sweetly submitted to the- will of her Heavenly Father and expressed-a willingness tf>depart and to be with Christ, which is far better. Then she slumbered quietly into the last long sleep from which'"no. Christian ever wakes to weep. The funeral service was held at the house Tuesday afternoon and ,the bbdy interred ito the Baptist cemetery. ReV. A, Hamilton officiating. Troubles of HisOwn* According to las* Saturday’s Spring field Press-Republic^ The interurbsn situation assumed a new phase yesterday, arid John P Msrtin president of the Cincinnati, Xenia & Springfield Road, expressed himself as disgusted with the situation in this city, declared that it is difficult for him to decide what the attitude of ex-Mnyor Constantine is iu the matter offoterurban roads coming into the city. He said (hat ex-MayorConstan­ tine pretends to he for his road, and then the next thing that hd hears is that he has corie and set the property owner# in streets that the company desires to Use, on their ears, and the plansjthat have been, laid are thus up­ set. The objections of the Washing­ ton street propev *y owners have been overcome"and everything was thought to have been complete. Yesferai thing# took a turn, the plans had n been knocked in thehesa t 5 ! rngement# upset. Street people have Tor Mi« and the ar The Washiogtori revoked their per­ mits f tl e Martin road, Mr, Mar­ tin now threatens to abandon Spring- field and build somewhere else if the citizens allow certain men to play fast, and loose with them. Mr. Martin states further that' “i f Springfield does Hot want the road, very Well we will go somewhere else,” 1. The fine,business property known as the Lowry Block is for sale on easy terms at private rale. -Here You Are. A.card has been received,.frorn Dr, E* Reynolds, ot Xenia,"asking for a' copy ol the -Herald to be placed iu the box of the corner stone of the new court house. The committee ask for the village officers and the condition oflhings at the present date. Mayor, J . H, Wolford; Marshal, J . C, Grin* die; Oorp Clerk, J.-.G. McCorkle; Treasurer, Jacob Beiglcr; .Members of Council, J. H. Andrew, W, H. Ililf, Jacob Lott, Obits. Dean, George Irviuo and George Bbroades. The Hugnr Straw Board & Paper Co. are running at. full, blast, with .ft daily capacity of 21 tons. Of much good has his concern been to the town ot Cedarville. Our lime and lumber interests are beiug worked to their fullest extent. The principle topic of couversation a t the present time is electric roads. ‘ Two roads being pro­ jected through the village. Harry Frey proposes to build from Spriug - field, south, touching this place. The Daytop & Urbana South Western will build from Springfield by way of Yellow-Springs, Clifton, Cedarville and Jamestown, with a branch from Cedarville lo Xenia* A PpomECY~The D. 8. & V . S. W. will be the first read built and in operation. ‘ — . ' ' Good Premium. W. H, Harris & Co, Chicago, pur­ chased $100,000 worth of the Greene county court house bunds last Thurs­ day lor $109,330, The bo»da are 4 percent, gold bearing, in $500de­ nominations The remaining 1100,* 000 in bonds will be sold next fall. Republican Primary. The Republican voters of Cedarville ijm I Cedarville' township are hereby notified that a Primary flection will be held at the Mayor’s office ou Tbunf4 day, March 14 from 2 to 7 p. m *for the purpose .of selecting candidates to. fill the following Offices': One Trus- tee/Ohe Justice, 6f the Peace, Otie Township Treasurer, One Assessor and Three mefribers of the town Coun­ cil. ' £ i By Orderof Central Oomtolttee. Monday Ralph Black, 15, was taken before the Probate Judge,, Joe Dtan, on ft charge of attempting to cut his teacher with a knife.' I t seems os though the youth has rather art unruly character as this is not his first appearance at the bar of justice, Some time back he was taken before: the ' Probate court on a charge Of placing a tie on the Panhandle tracks tor the purpose of Wrecking a train. His friends c a r n e t his rescue and se cured bis release under suspended sentence He next got iW trouble" by cutting a bey friend severely, and the Grand Ju ry recommended to the Court .of Common Pleas that he be sent to the State Reformatory Judge Scraggy, under suspended sentence placed him in the -bauds of his unde/ upou the promise to do better and go to school, But ollate ho threatened the life Of his teacher find he Was brought Into court. Judge Lean took no action in the case but con­ tinued it to today When* iu all prob ability lie Will be turned over to the Court OfCommon Pleas* M n . J* E, Low s , Mrs, J . H , Andrew party Thtirsda*. to her lady friends* The out of town guests WeS tbe fol* «,,*> ,.H .»<,* lowing, Mr*, E, W. Higar, Mrs, I«e# Enquire of: Nosh, Mrs, Harve £iash, Mrs. DAytJ Adm., 1Watt, Mrs. Dr. R. H, MeCldiifo, atriile, Ohio. Mtt. Ed Rader, of Xenia. Dr* Hutchison, of Yellow Springs, in the interest of our public library, gave four very interesting lectures in the opera house, from ‘Tuesday to Friday, inclusive. . Thh.Iec(fires; “ From Gibraltar to, Rome,’ ’“The Land of tlie Pyramids,” and “ A Trip Through the Holy Land” were all very dhterestfog,,socie very flue pictures being displayed. The principle lecture of the’-Occasion was “The Passion Play,”. The, doctor' visited Obdrainiriergitu this past sum­ mer and obtained the pictures, The scenes were Very -realistic arid dram­ atic representation of the suffering ofChrist as it took rise in.1633-when the great plague was brought on the people in thig-mbuutniu , town, Was beautifully,portrayed by’the colored, pictured. The; JBibical characters were well represented, each scene from the history of Christ’ befog prefaced by a tableau; of typical’ iraportTrom' the Old Testament. I t was very unfortunate that par- ‘ ties had been'arranged for this week," for all due. respect BUch things should have been posponed during the period of such enjoyment. One thing which should be brought to the attention of the public, and that was the att^jid- ance of autjmblie officials, professors and school _teachers,- some of whom, never put in an. appearance., .Surely those who Jook to the public for re­ muneration Tor their work, would not intentionally allow suck an entertain­ ment to pass Without giving it some support. The’attendanee befog very light, consequently the "profits w^re Bmall and we suggest that the town­ ship, trustees donate the use of the hall id allow the cost’ to fall om the tax payers.-.For such a .worthy-cause* as i was this entertainment gotten ;up the public should hive patronized it more liberally, • A douce was givon Thursday even­ ing at the home o f the Misse#‘Jack- son’s, The following were present, Misses Belle Beazell, Bess and Mary Crain, Hope Andrew, Anna Costand BelleWinter. Messrs, Cecil George, George Seigter* Jasan and Clayton McMiliah and J N Wolford.- Harry Frey with a company of bush ness men from Springfield spent eev*f eral hours here yesterday afternoon. These men iu _company with a num­ ber of the citizens met in the Mayor's office where the proposed route was discussed. ’ The 33. 8 . & U. were rid- iculed’to some ektent bu t after the storm there seemed to be little damage done. * The telephone company are making arrangements to con«trucfc a.branch line connecting J . W* Marshall, Dfo#- more Collins, and James McMillan, According to* the latest authority the electric railroads between Xenia and Dayton have consolidated, going Into effect about March 10* Miss Zola Downard gave a party Tuesday evening to a number ol h lady friends, iu honor of M-ls# Oraiu, of Jamestown. . AWtwfti’iVkritvfFrabe, Neoshei Falls, Katis,, R «v ,j$ 1900, Pepsin Syrup Co., Moutieello t). Dear Sira;*—For almost fifteen1 year# I suffered from Indigestion, «ud last winter thought I would die, when my doctor* Dr* A. J* LSeYfri^oe of this place, advised me "to tty ’Hr* Oald well's Syrup Pepsin, which Idid, m two bottles cured toe, I t riot on l/i Keyed me, but it cured trie so that have riot beau troubled since, I f any one should offer me $600 for the good Syrup Pepala has done me £ would not think o&taking It* No one osu take your mekicine without bring con­ vinced ol its mors than wonderful cures. I recommend ft to , all my friends Haa Uxaiivs and stomach ram - edy* Yours with gratitude, , Mrs. J,Morgan, 'flfcUbyC. M/&%w»y? •