Iowa
Old Press
Washington Gazette
Washington, Washington co. Iowa
January 30, 1891
Clay - As we seldom see anything in your paper
from this part of the county, perhaps a few items this week would
be appreciated by your readers here. The principal occupation at
present is putting up ice and sawing wood. The men of this
neighborhood are noted for their large wood piles and large
grub-piles, while the ladies are endowed with a know-how to get
away from the former and prepare the latter, so as to give best
possible results...A.B. you are "in the soup".... Tom
Hart, our local Nimrod, hunts the gay and festive rabbit with an
old shot-gun, with the barrels tied on to the stock with a small
piece of rope. Nevertheless, he hits them every pop (some
pops)....Susie Meacham, our efficient organist, has a good music
class here. She gives instruction on either piano or
organ....W.J. Alter has gone to Union Co, on a visit to his
sister, Mrs. C.W. Ingham. He will have charge of the Clay cheese
factory this season...The Clay Cheese Co. have just closed a very
satisfactory seasons business in spite of the drouth, under the
management of E. R. Alter...Taxidermist Wes McCarty, the
mainspring of the republican party in this township has gone to
Keokuk to serve as a juror in the Supreme Court of the State of
Iowa. This is evidence complete that the republicans know how to
appreciate good talent..In a law suit last week before Squire
Alfred Meacham between Mr. Briar, and the Iowa Central Railroad
about the killing of a heifer, judgement was withheld on account
of a slight technicality, but it is considered that Briar has the
best case.......The Franklin and Clay Congregational ministers
exchanged pulpits last sabbath....The fine mild winter we are
having is very acceptable to farmers here, as some would be short
of hay and grain, with such severe winters as Iowa is capable of
producing.
[transcribed by N.J., Nov. 2012]