President.
It was at Ferry Farm that the in-
cident of the cherry tree took place,
if at all; and there also was, and
still is, the pasture wherein young
George “broke,” and killed in the
breaking, the colt he had been for-
bidden by his mother to ride, stories
which have been used ever since to
teach American children to tell the
truth, and never to disobey.
Also, it was across the Rappahan-
nock from Ferry Farm, and not
across the Potomac from Mount Ver-
non, that Washington is reported to
have thrown a silver dollar.
In addition, Ferry Farm was the
only remaining tract of land once
owned by the Washingtons, preserva-
tion of which had not already been
planned.
These things led the organization
of the George Washington Founda-
tion and the purchase of the farm,
which, with Wakefield and Mount
Vernon, will complete the historic
trinity of Washington homesteads.
A substantial payment has been
made on the property, deed to which
was taken in October, 1928, and the
Foundation now is engaged in se-
curing, through contributing mem-
berships, the money required to com-
plete the purchase price and to
carry out the work of restoration.
The plans of the foundation con-
template the restoration of the farm
and the reconstruction of the build-
ings thereon to reproduce as faith-
fully as possible the estate as it was
in Washington's time.
The house occupied by the former
owner and present tenant, standing
on the foundations of the original
homestead, was removed to another
of the farm and a replica of
the original building erected in its
The slave quarters, and other out- curred at Berkley,
buildings also were built in conform- | ruary, 1773. Next in order in the not
lives of our famous heroes was the vent
of Abraham Lincoln near Hod- through the
| often save the
ity with the early records descrip-
tive of the
| gustus who felt that his month was
| birth
ing up to the conflict, has taken
place in February. Before the Civil
War it was the birth of the Repub. but many flocks of layng hens do
not have a sufficient supply for best
production. The poultry house
should be equipped with an auto-
matic waterer in which the water
ing of troops into the disputed ter- can be warmed. Heat from a light
ritory; before the Spanish-American bulb or from an oil lamp will keep
war it was the Cuban insurrection | water warm enough for the hens.
Such waterers should be securely an-
chored so the hens will not tip them
Warm water will induce the
to eat more feed and produce
many. All of these things came in more eggs.
lican party and organization of the
Confederacy and the election of Jef-
ferson Davis as its President; before
the Mexican war, it was the march-
and the blowing up of the battleship
Maine in Havana Harbor, and before
the World War it was the breaking over.
off of diplomatic relations with Ger-
February.
As a month, February has a long
history. It was first put into the
calendar by the venerable Roman the past year,
ruler Numa Pompilius. It was, ac- lost money;
$1 per bird;
cording to Numa, to have twenty-
nine days, except in leap years when per
it was to have thirty. So from the bird and e
very beginning it was a short month. per bird.
But February was to lose another profits i
day. The torrid month of July was good feeding,
management are
named after Julius Caesar and given
thirty-one days. Then Augustus
Caesar took over the following month |
which was named August in his hon- |
lor. August had but thirty days.
Tradition says this chagrined Au- |
entitled to &s many days as the
month of his illustrious uncle. So into
another day was taken from Feb-
ruary, leaving it twenty-eight days WwW
regularly and twenty-nine in leap let the free end
With this device,
a flock and catch
by the leg without hurting them or | wife.
| The first prime February date, in | frightening the flock.
historical order as well as import-
year.
February has often played an im-
portant part in American history.
ance, is February 22, 1732, the birth-
holding of the Northwest. This oc-
“It is our desire and hope to do | genville, Ky., on February 12, 1809.
for Ferry Farm what has been 80
perfectly done at Mount Vernon, and American history with the
what others are planning to do for of the territory of Flori
Wakefield, where Washington Was |g
born,” Mr. Hills said in explanation
of its foundations and pi
He fount an’ educational | 1 mpiate
: y 1819. By itd ons, Spain for |
project, inspired by motives Wholly | the sum of five milli
pte J a i Somers 1, JF rte Slr i of
’ ! to
never will be permitted to enter. If Wi o her ig 10] ens
| to the United States
February next comes to notice in Of
pai
territory, negotiated by
dams, was completed in February,
of the Pacific Coast texmitosy |
for a time it may be necessary t0|north of the forty-second parall
a small entrance fee, as at mqphis provision of the treaty helped
Mount Vernon, to the Boner re to |
Mount Nernon, Be
Toke it ob to all visitors. |
will
the
see
t from the beginning it
be, to the boys and girls of
country, their farm, to visit and
a
what farm life was for the boys and | summer of 1945, February of that
girls of Washington's day; thei
farm, where they can have Summer
camps, where Boy Scouts and Girl [i 0 aot the struggle. The ter-
ritory under dispute was that be- |
tween the Neuces and the Rio
| Grande Rivers, both republics claim- | ally s
ing it. In January, 1845, President the
| Polk ordered General Taylor to
his army into the disputed territory anc
The Ferry Farm property, cover- (and take possession of it. This or- | times.
about 460 acres, includes the |
I purchase by Augustine
Washington in 1739 from the execu-
tors of William Strother of theland
Scouts aid other 2 tions 3
young people, can reunions,
the d made historic by Wash-|
ington, and amid surroundings which |
will make his life and times more
than ever vivid in their young
described in an advertisement in
Virginia Gazette of
wil .
Va. in the issue dated Friday, | 88 the treaty of peace
April 14, to Friday, April 21, 1738,"
as follows:
“One tract containing 100 acres,
lying about two miles below the
falls of the Rappahannock close on oer
‘the river side with a
and a ferry belonging to it,
the place where Mr. Strother liv
It is a very beautiful situation and
very commodious for trade.”
| forth. And it is worthy of n
in the confirmation of our title to the
Oregon country with which there had | meat scra
eek 8 Joke dispute with Great Milk
While ' hostilities in the - Mexican
War did not commence until the
saw the carrying out of the
‘American movement which helped to
—
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which in his will he left to his Son |. .4 tne story, and that it has
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ing the major portion of his youth,
and it was this hom
he referred when al Fredericksburg
on his first appearance as a private
citizen following the tion of
his commission as Commander-in-
Chief of the Continental Armies at
growing
infancy and in the honorable men- |
is made of my revered
ose
maternal hand,
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follows: “Washington's Boyhood
Home.” “At this place George
Washington lived most of the time
from 1739 to 1747. Here, according |
to tradition, he cut down the cherry
tree. Washington's father died here
in 1743; the farm was his share of
the paternal estate. His mother |
lived here until 1771.”
“Modern historians of certain
4conoclastic schools,” comments a
whose succes- |
ashington, a
"a great influence strengthening
purchase of lands thereafter en- ., i, hojjef as to the desirability of
the estate to something like oy 0),te honesty in their lives.
Washington lived at Ferry |
his widowed mother dur-
| George Was!
in
“Not only is Ferry Farm the place
where occurred the incident of the
cherry tree, but also the many oth-
dedicate it, on the occasion of
bicentenary of Washington's birth
‘to the youth of America, has a
strong feeling that by its preserva-
restoration it give to
en
cess in life.
Each contributor to the projectis
promised a certificate of member-
| ship in the foundation, dated as of
| the bicentenary year which, the
| foundation feels, “will be in years to
| come not only a source of gratifica-
tion to all those who aided in the
work, but a valued heritage to the
descendants of the original holders.”
Distinguished men and women in
| every part of the country, it is stat-
ed, are included in the list of con-
tributors to the foundation.
——Subscribe for the Watchman.
Water is cheap and plentiful, paper are eligible for the contest.
The local editor accredits the report- messuage, tenement
a Tor t the contest and certifies that and tract of land situate in the b
e cles clipped from the paper i
and submitted to the judges are the to LR SU Grol ua tio, |
work of the contestant.
publisher of the Quakertown Free
Press; D. Glenn Moore, of the Wash-
ington Observer; Floyd Chalfant, ern line of an alley:
publisher of the Wellsboro Record; |38 min. East a distance of 49.58 fect 10 | E¥es sxatuliied: Be ion]
Clifford A. Shaw, city editor
Clearfield Progress, and Franklin
Banner, head of the department of cross (X) on the side walk.
journalism at Penn State.
of the Beaver Avenue; thence south 52 de
| an
—Of 214 Ohio farmers who kept C. | west along the northern line of eat | High St., Bellefonte, Pa. 71
records on the Leghorn flocks during
sixteen of the group
made from 1 cent to
101 made from $1 to $2
bird; 23 made from $2 to $3 per
ight made more than $3 |
This wide divergence in
ndicates the possibilities when
good housing and good
given the flock, is
the assertion made by a writer in
the Prairie Farmer.
—Get your job work done here.
‘oats and bran in addition.
of exercise is a necessity.
door and high door sills should be reference to which the same more fully |
Plenty dated July 26, 1830, to be recorded, con- |
— Take an old rake handle or an
old bamboo fishing pole and a piece
of stiff wire about 30 inches long.
Insert one end of the wire firmly
the end of the handle for about
a foot, then bend the rest of the
ire back nearly against itself and
flare out a little.
you can reach into |
individual birds
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
NJ OTICE.—Is hereby
ee of the assigned i
. Dorman and Lily Do Satate of to public sale at the Court House
Second and final account of The
| RaLiiedd pk Pmt. Tr
— Every poultry farm should have th Jane Rod
day of George Washington. Next a hospital or some place apart f
| came the birth of William Henry the
| Harrison, another illustrious Ameri- c
| can hero, who played so important
‘a part in the War of 1812 and the
rest of the flock where sick bi
be examined and treated.
ou are not a poultry disease expert |
jet your local veterinarian or
poultry disease
Virginia, in Feb- the c
8. CLAUDE HERR
onotary
laboratory di
isolation of i bird o |
the best of condition will pre- | others in
the spread of any disease prese any way interested and
rest of the flock and {f° C
poultryman hundreds 1
passed and filled record
ister's Office for Jor
egatees,
| of heirs and 1 on | measure
nted to the Orphans’
ounty for foi
ER. The
i t of
- | PANY. EuArdian® of Ser”
~The plan now is to raise the |
n. The treaty for asquiting the turkeys in confine
J Quincy key hen with her
A small shed
urehags |
rom |
Bellefonte Trust Com
executor of the estate e Trust Com
late of Spring townshi
| 2 CO
The tur-' count
poults is fenced | o BY ot ne
is used for shel-
thence North 59 deg. est 79 perches to agner’ Feed
Dun | stone; thence North 45 deg. West 18 ne Chick Starter and 1%
to fatten you can |
Give the poults to
the turkey hen, rear them in an
| closure on new ground and feed them
little if any corn.
2
ually on corn.
| A. Sresman, late of State Col
t and { :
final account | Bast 38 perches and 13 ihehes thence by Wayne Calf Meal Per H -
—For a hen to produce economic-
he must be supplied with all
ngredients necessary for the Olive Garis, late of
plenty of good bal- | ceased
ed food with fresh water
She must also be supplied ete, of
der was then carried out. A little at all times with a plentiful supply Bellefonte
later Mexican soldiers came into the of calcium (lime.) This
same territory and the war broke ed not only for shell fo
ote that | also for body maintenance.
after a series of brilliant victories, limestone grit will su
| February again figured in the finish, efficiently and economi
between the the same time aid in
| United States and Mexico was con- food.
cluded on February 2, 1848.—Nation- |
| al Republic. {
and final account i
orth 89% deg. West 38 perches 18
‘ ownship, de- | inches to the piace of beginning. Con- | Oil Meal 34% =~ - - =
10. GERBERICH. The first d
ohn Soffer, admis. "ot
rberich, te of
11. GAMBLE. The second and
Gamble a. Bel
aS. "
move completed eggs,
lime is need- |
rmation Tigt ; Account of
A good {
this lime | Jy
. The first
and at count of the Moshannon
grinding the | guardian
13. IDDINGS.
LEDENCS The first and partial ac
This is the season of the year
when Agvieutural activities are at T
| their lowest ebb and farmers and
issued by the Foundation, ye. woodland owners harvest tim-
© | h |
house, three storehouses, | A veracity of Par- yo. and fuelwood from their wood-
ashingt
several other convenient outhouses 4 tne story of the cherry tree.
“Whether tradition is wrong (and
| the burden of proof rests upon
who would attack it and no
TY SOO Aueame Waah-|Jefenders) or whether 106 story Is
n lived with his family until his
death in 1743, and itis this property
! | gale to commence at 1:10 o'clock P. M. Tankage 60% -
le- | of said day.
National Bank,
Thomas H. Holmes, Jr. a
Hancock, executor ol
ete., of J
ni steph Iddings, late of
14. IRISH. The first and
ofthe Moshanmon Nationa) Bank of PHA:
te., of Guy C.
rg Borough, o
first and final
W. Eaton, executor of
Johnston, late of Lib-
eceased. :
iQ IRE en Facias virtue of | an Yoako Up Jour
Irish FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1882. orders.
On | 10ts. :
any other crop, and careful thinning
and cutting in the woodiot is one gry 7
method of practicing forestry, ac-|
cording to Lewis E. Staley,
true there is no gainsaying the fact iy JoF the department of
that generations of children, past
and present, have thoroughly hor}
| ee of Jenone’ B,
those | di
t on its | nal account of John
. The fi
ian of Frederick H
1. ;
cout "of Bemjurin Kasmark: Ad "of
up Kasmark, late
15. MUSSER. The fiat ana
. Musser, late of
deceased.
19. MITCHELL. The second and final
Ce yaad,
McCAFFERTY. The
abeth MoCafforty Horty Tiarrts, Bellef Bor-
ough, deceased. » nts
McCLIN:
“It cannot be too strongly empha-
sized,” said Secretary Staley, “that T
holding idle woodlands is notonlya
loss in dollars but is an added drain
lon the farmer's yearly income. Dur-
!ing this period of depression the sale
of timber from farm woodlots in
many cases is an important factor
in safe-guarding the farmer and his|T
er boyish episodes which trying as
| they. may have been to the patience | family Jom ahancisl inconveniences
Home grown timber Admr., of Eliz-
parents, show that while he only furnishes lumber,
‘had a strong respect for honesty, |
oR patie | Sue {of farm use, but help take care
| hington
'a prig, but a real live, wide awake
i
“Tne George Washington Founda-
tion which has been organized
gos Bis fons a
to on was dur- |
ing Washington's boyhood and | different varieties,
| The only difference between rais-| yj,
ing trees and other crops is in the
| number of years required for the
crop to reach maturity. A well kept
woodlot will consist of trees of many
Ra ‘and if protected
they can be made to yield
harvests of wood
Some farmers sell no timber | C0"
but consider their woodlots financial- |
ly profitable owing
received
and lumber for the repair and con-| 3; ov
struction of farm buildings which
otherwise would have to be pur-
Many Pennsylvania farmers after
years of wood farming have
learned the advantages
ing weed trees that furnish little or
no valuable wood, and those that
are crippled and unhealthy, in order
to give the best trees in the standa
chance to develop and mature. The
good trees should be cut only when d
they have reached maturity.
—Breeding ewes need plenty of
fresh water and salt at all
Feed each of them two poun
corn silage daily, and legume hay if
to the returns
first and final ac-
and Ellis Au-
count of Effie R. Auman
man, Admrs., of
Woodring, late of
ceased,
of remov-
nada, Admr.,
Warntz, late of
ceased,
28. ZERBY. The first and final accoun
Sl at Gentzel, Execr 5
29. MINGLE. The fifth and final ac-
Trust
count, oF 8, Del Re ine. Tae o
deceased.
executor of etc., of
GHAM, The first 8d cies
Simos ™ Sle
AND FOR SMOKERS
COLDS, sincers, speakers
couch | |S. Hams ioone. Fi Practices a
WILSON'S S. 3
as the Pod Kidney or DROPS Office, room 18 Crider’s
as the month which saw the birth test for high school reporters con- | windmill . 81-1
of our greatest Presidents, Pencil Pod Black Wax ducted by the Pennsylvania | £* : boty
Washington and Abraham is somewhat similiar to Brittle Wax. Paper Publishers Association and the | KENNEDY JOHNSTON.—Attormey it
But February is noted for other Tendergreen, a recent introduction, departmen | = "> tention given all legal business sn.
Ben marioa, 106, some of them | has long, round pods of high quality. Pennsylvania State College wil NEW ADVERTISEMENTS | Hight street °F Sra
havifig to do with war, And while FR Li 16 and continue to |
brough outbreak of During past = | Five prizes ranging from —Attorne
Apr onflict in all of our wars but ering and meat cutting tar | primes 1 gd i i He: of Flory. Facios laued of al J Yond Justice or the Rack il
| one, February has been not at all| tions Were StisEid bY omemakers, » *Viee br Tra of clon eo atic) Jusiaess will restive
. For in four of our great armers, County, to me directed, will be ex-
peaceful | school children, and | Student reporters of school activ- to public sale at the Court House |°f Temple Court. 49-5-1y
wars some important overt act, lead ren, and meat dealers. ities and news for their local news the Borough of Bellefonte on
G. RUNKLE.—Attorney at Law.
Consultation in Engl and Ger-
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1982. W
* jaan. Office in Crider's
Bellefonte, Pa. Brecht:
The following property:
ALL that certain
of State College, Centre County, Pennsyl- |
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i BEGINNING at a x) on the side EE ————————————— EE ——————————— EE —
Judges for the contest are C. M. Jjak Jn the infurdection of the Dunmore | R. A. L. CAPERS.
Morrison, editor of the Philadelphia | Northern, line = West Beaver Avenue; Echetonto OSTEOPATH. B Sai
. e on, Eastern | efon ta
Public Ledger; Charles M. Meredith, | ryuizer Street North 37 deg. 58 outh | BCrider's Ex. 66-11 ee
Yea a distance of Ds feet to an iron | BE
n: nce No eg. Bast a dis- |
tance of 190 feet to a point in the West- | D. CASEBEER, Optometrist.—Regis-
ai I ea ay | tered and licensed by the State.
a point in the Northeren li { isfaction guaranteed. replaced
pe, Of Wat | lenses matched, Casebeer Bldg.
22-tf
Beaver Ave., a distance of 190 feet to
Having thereon erected a three story | va Re aA Board, Hatate eon
| concrete block and steel building con- | every day except Saturday,
taining four apartments and store rooms, | fonte, in the Garbrick building opposite
and al a two and one-half story frame [the Court House, Wednesday afternoons
dwelling house, {from 2 to 8 p. m. and Saturdays 9. a.m.
BEING the same premises which Ruth (to 4:00 p. m. Bell Phone. 68-40
A. Martin, single woman by her |
— af ———
Fire Insurance
and at large appears.
Seized, taken in execution and to be | AT A
| sold us he property of J. B, Martin and | 20% Reduction
Sale to commence at 1:00 o'clock P. M.,
of sald day. 76-36 J. M. KEICHLINE, Ageat.
veyed to J. B. Martin and Emma A
Martin, his wife, parties hereto, as by |
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give the | Terms R | Bellefonte, Pa.
Iollowing afoqunts Mg. be PResents | Sheriff's Office, otonss, ROB, Shentt :
| nesday, Feb. 24th, 1932, and unless
gEcepiions are filled thereto on or be-
Feb. 2nd. 1932 77-6-3t | - .
writ of Fieri Faclas issued out of
S "Vik of 1 SALE.—By virtue of a
i the Court of Common Pleas of Cen-!
IRA D. GARMAN
Fi i
rst and final account of Charles T. tre County, to me directed, will be ex-| JEWELER
1420 Chestnut Street
n the Bellefonte Borough on
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1932 PHILADELPHIA
Te. following ropeny: Have Your Diamonds Reset in Platinum
t No. 1. ginning at a stone cor- Jewelry
ner: thence by lands of William a | 4-314 Exclusive Emblem
West ten pe to stone corner; thence |
by lands of William Schaffer North twelve |
| porches to corner of public road leading |
rom Zion to Curtin's Works ning |
EGISTER' na lands of Geo Frell East ten to |
R ER'S i ORICHS ~The follow- | stone corner: thence by lands ox William | |
d examined Schaffer South twelve perches to place of
the Reg fo in | beginning. Containing 120 perches neat e
Tract No. 2 Beginning at a stone cor-
will be | nor; thence along lands of Thomas Lesh
Court of Cem | South 21 deg. West 13 per. to stone: We have taken on the line of
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24, 1982. thence along 1 of Daniel Lesh North »
ry 1 beg ent sui per, toy wanet | PuaITIN eeds
and final | Des ror} 3 afters a F
Al
| , 25 f
| stone; thence South 631% deg. East 40% We also carry the line of
we | Bg ac perenne em" | Wayne Feeds
|
| the line of M. Corman estate; thence by
and final sccount East 74.8 rods to stone; thence by other |. per 100 lbs.
guar- lands of Jacob Schaffer N A
(lands of Jacob Schaffer Nor tlnenss Wagner's 16% Dairy Feed - 1.30
by same North 69 deg. 30 minutes West | Wagner's 20% Dairy Feed - 1.36
| 58.8 rods to stone; thence by land of 's 32% Dairy Feed - 1.50
* | Corman estate th 51 Deg. 40 Wi er's Pig Meal 1.60
West 37.68 rods to the place of beginn- 8 =. n>
ing. 18 atres’and 136 perches, | Wagner's Egg Mash - - - - 1.76
| Tract No. 4 at a Pine tree; Wagner's Scratch Feed - - - 140
Grower with Cod Liver Oil 2.10
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| perches to stones; thence by
| Doililam Schaffer et al South 39% des. Blatchford Calf Meal 25lbs
other lands . Zimmerman
| South 47% deg. West 63 perches; thence | Wayne Egg Mash - - - - 210
land now or formerly of John Strohm | —
ai 1 Ee I ; ! | Cotton Seed Meal 439% - -
RN amed tracts tuate in | Bean “iim
wake Wh Centre County, Penn: BOY = an Medi 50% iia a
sylvania.
| gated, taken in execution and to be | Fine Ground Alfalfa Meal
| sold as the property of Jesse H. Shaeffer. | Meat Scrap 45%
BE seek
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| Terms cash. Nn M. BOOB, Sheriff. |
| Sh Office, Bellefonte, Pa., ‘| Oyster Shell -
| bruary 8rd., 1982. 7-6-3
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e my n-
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Po%he ‘Borough of Bellstonte on We will meke delivery
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| ALL that certain messuage, tenement days. Interest charged
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and tract of land situate, 1 and be-
ing in Ferguson Township, entre Coun-
ty, State of Pennsylvania, bounded and
escribed as follows, to-wit:—
BEGINNING at a White Oak cn line of
lands late of Shorb, Stewart & Company;
Thence by land late of David Harpster
(being part of a survey in the name of
George, Nice) North 27 degrees 30 min-
sreoieyo fora: oe mii C, Y, Wagner & Co
i of. Joseph . .
and a survey in the
Nice, and by Jang late of Shorb, Stewsit BELLEFONTE, PA.
: Thence *% out | 75-1-1yT.
g
to a : Thence the same North pm
beginning.
CONTAINING 210 acres neat measure.
EXCEFTING Ja trom above. descHived Caldwell & Son
the-less out of and from above described .
tract ot ‘land the tol :
1. BEG G at a Post line of land
viding G3 Fowiey aa D. Kuster Bellefonte, Pa.
8
f C. M. ; thence
Fords See 2 Plymbi
20.8 perches a Post; Thence by lands ing
orth East
20 perches a
Rash oe ae tan bed and Heatin g
the line of M. Powley and D.
pe
(PE SE Fa Se Vapor....Steam
FF en a as fas oy Hot Water
Neat = "perches peless Furnaces
by said rosd Full Line of Pipe and Fit-
frees West §8 perches fo a’ Post and tings and Mill Supplies
perches to the Place of ®Cpercnss mnet| All Sizes of Terra Cotta
Seized, taken In execution and to be Pipe and Fittings
sold as the property of Chas. W. Simp-
son and Nannie R. Simpson.
to commence at 1:06 o'clock P. M.
of paid day. y y ESTIMATES
possible. Where timothy or
hay is fed, the ewes should get some
ae of Wikis.
cash. «on M. BOOB, Sherift, | Cheerfullv sso Promptly Fernished
eT, 01883. Belieonie, F2. 1-6-8 ne an j