| Show smithfield circumstances current happening in that pleasant little city editon JOURNAL evidently the I 1 people of smithfield have some faith in the promise of good times made by McKinley andare are at present busily engaged in preparing to take advantage of it when it comes new stores are being opened old ones being being enlarged and taken alto altogether ether smithfield to bo be on t ho verge of a boom everybody talks business business business even the man who is out at the knees and ru runs ns his hia face for his bis tobacco tella tell me as I 1 ask for his subscription bohl iohl oh yes yes 3 es I 1 like tite THE JOURNAL and should be pleased to but things are up and I 1 shall doubtless be eo 80 busy as aa to lie be unable to read it great scott mryt hillard illard ll is 13 erecting a frame building on main st in which he will conduct cori duct a grocery and butcher business he hopes to open april first james cantwell is opening a general merc merchandise handke bjoro in the dou I 1 aass building abe smith the mer merchant charit intends building a new brick store the coming summer the young men s coop co op has changed chang cid hands bands pir mr E R miles jr having acquired the control of it mr J P low the present man ager retiring on the last of the present month there is some talk of outside parties opening a store at the old I 1 richardson stand but no names 1 could be learned i with fully one third of her trade I 1 diverted to logan and with all these institutions competing with one another smithfield will hardly be a center of monopoly and unless more advertising is lone done than heretofore somebody will ill get squeezed some little of grain and produce is being done this week mr ir gichard hill leaves here today for holland having apin again 0 been called e d to a hor as a missionary in in the ti whan e returned but 1 two years ago ap evidently smithfield is proud of his loyalty to the latter day work for during the past week no less than four surprise parties have been held in his honor and incidentally his interests quite a nice purse was raided for him at the last session ot of the city council J T hilliard Hilli aid resigned his is portion po am a road supervisor the salary i 70 being 1 insufficient t I 1 J ewin ewing was appointed in liis his bicad quite a number of cami families acs ics are preparing to leave here as soon boon as I 1 eoon boon as spring opens some going to teton basin others to canada smithfield posses ases a real live taxidermist in the person of mr E A littledyke and your corres pond prat had the pleasure of inspecting spec ting his collection of mounted animals and birds lie i ii a first class workman and deserves success mr robt meikle the smithfield inventive 1 genius has evolved an entirely new kind of bone grinding nia machine chine which he claims can be made and sold for about one quarter the price 01 oi those now upon the market ile he is it at present trying to interest sonie some of moneyed men in his new inen tion heres a chance for some gome local capitalist to make a good investment the public schools of smithfield employing 0 six teachers lre are in good working and hope to t 0 continue through the entire school term 1 I found father arn Cb chambers ambers aged 16 ed sl 85 working diligently at his orge lorge ant and happy in the expectation of living at least 20 years ir smithfield is a clean hubbling huttlin little burg ol 01 but I 1 for or all that money is is scarce and the delinquent sub scriber eves me with a look that su suggests ests the words of the J jerdel itea ite hat hast thou found nw me oh ob mine enemy cuemy and I 1 answer 1 I 1 have but there the simile belill for I 1 get whit I 1 got for dinner today nothing but bin keep your eye on rue roe im hot on the trail of Par pandas rias 3 pric more when I 1 learn it r 3 smithfield mith tidd march larch 13 |
