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Written by Compiled by Terry A. Fye
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
(The Spirit is pleased to share with our readers vignettes of life in the 19th century as originally reported in past issues of the newspapers. These reproduced stories include their original headlines and spelling.)
Local Intelligence
(October 23, 1895)
Postmaster Jenks says that parties wishing their letters to go through in a hurry should always write “In haste” on the lower left-hand corner of the envelope. When these magic words appear on the envelope everybody connected with the postal service jumps around lively. The stage driver whips his horses into a brisk trot, the postmaster dances a jig, and the route agent rushes forward and tells the engineer to pull the throttle wide open and let ‘er go.
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A young lady in the East End grew drowsy last Saturday evening about nine o’clock and yawned. In doing so she opened her mouth very widely, as is customary in such cases. And her mouth remained open. She could not close it.
Her friends became alarmed and sent for a doctor, who found that she had, by opening her mouth too wide, unhinged her jaw. He pushed the joints back into their places, and she was all right again.
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Punxsutawney was quite lively last Saturday. The streets were crowded, and people appeared to be moving about as though they were doing business.
There are no dipterous insects on Punxsutawney. She is all right. And one of these days when we get two more railroads, the largest pig iron furnace in America, and a lot of small manufacturing establishments, we will be all right.
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Judge William P. Jenks, of Brookville, was in town on Saturday. The Judge is a man of the most sterling and unbending integrity. He is true to his principles, and walks uprightly before man and his Maker. He belongs to that old school of virtue, which is more rigid in its self-discipline than the modern article. The Judge is growing old, and when he passes away this community will realize that an oak has fallen.
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(October 30, 1895)
Wholesale Arrest of Women
Last Saturday Constable Graffius went to Anita and arrested an Italian woman on a charge of felonious assault preferred by a Polish woman. It seems that the Italian woman attacked the Polish woman with a stiletto. This is but one certain time in the day in which the women of Anita can get water from the company’s hydrant, and the Italian woman refused to take her turn, and insisted on running in ahead of the others. This lead to the trouble.
When she was arrested she made information against seven more women on a charge of assault, and yesterday Constable Graffius went to Anita and arrested five of them. They were brought to town and gave bail before ‘Squire Wilson for a hearing next week.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 09 February 2010 )
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