Show Drear vinter winter has at last closed dosed down over the erstwhile bustling town of Bingville in earnest No longer are our main street and allies filled with pedestrians and stray dogs dogs no no longer does the hum of industry resound in our midst There is at present three foot of snow on the ground in this vicinity except except- where the road has been broke out to travel through or paths have been shoveled from the doors to the sidewalks In fact some places the snow where it has been piled up in drifts with the wind is five foot or more more deep As a result the inhabitants of Bingville have practically up for the winter and will hibernate as you might say until some signs of spring manifest Not only is the snow deep but it itis itis itis is also cold morning when we opened the Bugle office to build a fire in the stove and warm up the place so as we could endure to set with our overcoat on also I our cap with the ear lugs over our ears and mitts on trying to write items for this we noticed that our thermometer which hangs just outside the door registered 19 degrees degrees degrees de de- de- de grees below zero J Jeb eb Parker says that he last ast Tuesday was a little mite the coldest nite which ever occurred in inthe inthe the history of Bingville J Jeb eb says the mercury in his thermometer all went clean down into the bulb that nite and the bulb busted and then there was no means of telling how cold it was Be that as it may mar it is cold enough and about all a person gets done from morning morning morning morn morn- ing to ni nite c is to lug wood from the woodshed to the fireplace and burn burnit it up as fast as it can cati be piled on A open fire may be a nice thing to look at but it is a powerful poor thing to get warm at in cold weather you weather you stand up before a open open fire and while one side of you is scorching the other side of you is and so in order to keep I warm front and back you haft to II turn around so fast that a pers person n I almost gets dizzy I During this cold snap Hen Weathersby's store has become a favorite resort for many of our most respected citizens and lately the store has beau beu crowded from morning until closing up time at nite by them as come there to get gaa a ar v r warm and for social intercourse Hen says however that in spite of the number of folks who come and go at his store his trade h has s fell off lately and that he is sick and tired tiled of burning up wood in his stove to keep a lot of loafers arm arm who dont don't buy Hen says why dont don't they stay and warm their by their own firesides excepting they want to buy especially especially especially ally J Jeb eb Winslow I who Hen says sets up against his stove from mornin morn in till nits nite smoking tobacco which he purchased at the Co seat eat We Ve hope it U will be warmer by next week or sooner if f possible In Inthe Inthe the the me god wal wa a to pass av yay a avay a athe the th I km inter ri n m gj gs is to s scribe for the theO Bugle and keep posted on what's goin on in our t |