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Show Personal Items. Old Gideon Miller, who hat lived a bachelor all hit life and it liable to die one, it courting a handsome widder at, the Co. teat, if all reports be true. Thit ain't the firtt time pld Gideon hat been on the track of a wife. The great trouble with Gideon it that when the trail begins to git hot, at you might say, he jumps the track. What Gideon lacks it courage. He is too bashful to pop. Everybody in Bingville seems to be more doolett and good for nothing at thit writing than ever if possible. We calkilate thit it laziness. Hen Weathers-by, Weathers-by, who is tumble spry and energetic, says he don't feel as if he had a leg under him these warm days. Deacon Andrews has been riggin up his fishing pole for a week back. The deacon says he knows where he can go and ketch a mess of fish the first day it is warm enough to set on the ground without ketching cold in hit chest. Mrs. Ab. Skinner, who hss been visiting vis-iting her sister in the city and has returned re-turned home, has been urging Hen to give trading stamps to his customers, whatever them is. Mrs. Skinner says they give em in the city and she don't see why Hen can't do it alto. Hen told her if she wanted stamps to go to the P. O. that he wasn't a going to tell stamps in competishion with his old friend and customer, Eph Higgins, who is our lawfully eleckted P. M. Brad Tucker called at this office last press day to see us print the Bugle on our Washington hand prett and as he was a-standing around in the way looking on with amazement while we printed almost 18 copies a hour, the handle of the press flew outen our hand and struck Brad on the head. |