Hope Republican, Volume 1, Number 32, Hope, Bartholomew County, 1 December 1892 — Page 5

I have still got the goods. I arn (selling every day. Why? Because I sell cheap and give extra value for the money. Fits perfect. Ask your acquaintances ■about the work I do, and then write me or come over to C. C. TAYLOR. Bbiwburs, Ihd. HOPE REPUBLICAN?^ thanksgiving day. ■“Uncle Zeke” Tells a Good One On Himself and Hired Hand. I suppose that by this time most people have almost forgotten Thanksgiving Day; but I haven’t. And I just want to add right here that, if everybody had as good cause to remember it as I have, last Thursday would never be forgotten. Hardly ever, -anyhow.

Bright au’ early Thursday mornin’ John and I hitched the horses to the wagon, put on the side-boards and ■started to the field to shuck a big load of corn. We were Just started at shuckin' and I was “puttin’ it over” John in great style, when whiff! bang? went a shot-gun about seventy-five yards from us and about a dozen of the shot struck me about the short ribs, and John nearly hurt himself laughin’ at me. He ought to have known better than to have laughed at an old man, but I said nothin’, thinkin’ maybe some other reckless hunter was out and maybe John would laugh in the other corner bf his mouth before night. Sure enough, about a hundred yards farther on, bang! bang! went a gun and John must have jumped thirteen feet in the -air. When he came down he began petting his shins aa if they were pet rabbits. It was my time to laugh! I laughed so hard that the horses came near runnin’ off and I •shut up on thataccount. Well, John complained considerable all forenoon, and when we started home to dinner he remarked that he didn’t think he would be able to work any more that ■day, and I told him, “All right, we’ll just lay off this afternoon and take a fresh start in the morning.” Well, things passed off quietly until night. I guess it must have been about eight o’clock when I heard some one out at the gate callin’ for John. I went out to see who it was, and there stood a young man, a friend of John’s with two pretty girls, and wanting John to go with them to a dance. Poor John! There he sat with a darning needle picking shot, and not able to go to the dance. I had a good laugh for there were no horses to run away. Theyoungman who came for him turned out to be the identical one who had filled John with shot. But there's no use of talking, judgment will overtake a man somewhere and John says he feels about even with the fellow who shot him because he had to buy three suppers that night. But John’s sworn qff shuckin’ corn on Thanksgining day. Adieu! ♦ Uncle Zeke. The Comet. The comet did not materialize as a guest to our mundane sphere last i Sunday night. Contrary to. many predictions it passed in safety, and if the brilliant shower of meteors occurred as predicted citizens of this community were unable to observe it on account of the cloudiness of the weather. It is little wonder that these strange heavenly visitors create awe in the minds of the superstitious. Coming almost without warning, waving their long streamer of light across the sky, they attract attention by their very contrast with the ordinary heavenly bodies.

Modern astronomy has made these strange visitors an object of especial study, and much of their alarming character has been taken away. The tails are nothing more than some electrical phenomenon resembling the spectral-light-shafts of the aurora borealis. If a glass tube a few feet long be exhausted to a millionth of an atmosphere and high electrical pressure brought to bear the same corruscations of light are seen as those observed in the tail of the comet. This tail is always pointed away from the sun so that when a comet is receding it goes tail first. This shows that there must be a strong repulsive force exerted by the sun. As the comet sweeps ■around the sun the tail moves at an enormous velocity, being estimated in the case of the comet of 1858 at 1400 miles per second. It would appear from this enormous velocity that the tail is a mere optical phenomenon, since about 30 miles per second is the highest speed observed for a solid body in the solar system. It has led to many interesting questions among astronomers with reference to that mysterious thing called space. If the comparison of the experiment in the glass tube be true, it would seem that space may be filled with something probably very much diffused. The present comet contains so little solid matter, however, and passes so far from the sun that no very interesting facts may be expected from it.

AMONG THE CHURCHES. BAPTIST. The pastor preached at Sharon last Sunday. The B; Y. P. U. meeting will be held at 5:15 next Sunday evening. Class No. 5 will give a pumpkin social at the residence of Rev. W. W. Smith this evening. All are invited. The ladies have about $32 as a result of their efforts which closed with the entertainment of last Saturday night. Covenant meeting next Saturday afternoon. This will be one of the most important in the history of the church, as business of vital* interest will be considered. Next Sunday is the last Sunday for raising the Sunday school debt. It will probably be more than raised, as there is considerable rivalry among the classes as to which shall hold the banner. One class is now pledged to raise more than one-third of the entire debt. METHODIST EPISCOPAL. Regular services next Sabbath. All are invited -to attend each service. Rev. Doddridge, of Columbus, will aid in the protracted services of the week. The White Ribboners will serve lunch at Reed’s hall New Year’s eve. Further notice will be given. Bro. Current preached to a large congregation in the evening. At the close of service Mr. and Mrs. Coffey united with the church. Rev. Ryan supplied the place of the presiding elder last Sunday. He preached a very able sermon and administered the sacrament at the close of the service. Bro. Current served in the same work at Hartsville. Monday evening Bro. Marlatt,'our presiding elder, was present and gave us an excellent sermon. In the course of his remarks he stated that' a lack of piety was the cause of much degradation and misery in the home. In society the card-playing and wine-drinking indulged in the parlor was as harmful as in the saloon. As time passed his appreciation of the value of Christianity increased. On Friday evening, Dec. 28d, the cantata, “Santa Glaus’ Delight,” will be given at the M, E. church by the Sunday-school. For t'ue past two or three weeks the C., H. & G. trains have been remarkably near schedule time. Scarcely a train has been late in that tnnd.

» ADDITIONAL LOCAL. Pumpkin social tonight. The creamery here will be sold ; Dec. 15. The county commissioners meet next Monday. H. S. Rotninger was in Indianapolis Monday. Christmas will be here three weeks from next Sunday. Jos. Carter and son Harry are buying hogs this week. Capt. W. H. Aikin went to Indianapolis Tuesday morning. ✓ J. T. Remy and wife are spending a few days in Greensburg. Ed. Cook is repainting the awning in front of the Gryhl block. The preparations for Christmas entertainments go on rapidly. H. G. Solomon left his dollar with us Tuesday for the Republican. Already signs of Christmas are seen as one visits the store rooms. John Patterson has accepted a position in John Simmons livery stable. Will Congressman Cooper spend the winter in making, or in practising law? Miss Nellie Drake of Greensburg visited - Miss Anna Rights over Thanksgiving. Class No. 5 give a pumpkin social to-night at the residence of Rev. W. W. Smith. Everybody invited. The population of many South Sea islands manufacture their entire suits from the products of palm trees. It is only three weeks since Cleveland was elected, and. already many of the prospective postmasters are feeling good over their individual outlook. Elda Spaugh met with a serious accident while riding to town last Tuesday evening. In passing a wagon the horse he was riding slipped on the side of the road, falling on him and breaking the front bone of his right leg about four inches above the ankle. Some boys who were passing helped him t <j> remount and he came on to town where Dr. Stapp attended to his injuries. He is getting along nicely. HANGING LAMPS GIVEN AWAY! MONDAY, JANUARY 2, J 93 Two fine Hanging Lamps will be given a why. With each purchase of one dollar’s worth, you will receive a numbered ticket, and on the date mentioned above the tickets will be put into a box and drawn out. The 20th ticket drawn out gets the first choice of lamps. This opei'atiou is again repeated and the 21st ticket drawn out gets the second lamp. J. I. EIWS DEU8 HOUSE, M. J. BEV1S, Manager. S 11 Located at Hope will do a good business. Hope is in the midst of one of the richest agricultural districts in Indiana. The mill that burned last summer did a good business and its absence leaves a good field unoccupied. Anyone desiring a good location should look at this opening.

ff e are I Leaders of Low Prices! Are still at the Old Stand with the Largest Stock of Goods ever brought to Hope, consisting of Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Caps, Notions and a General Stock of Gents’ Furnishing Goods. LOWEST PRICES ALWAYS S CERTAINTY LEHMAN & CO. P. S.—We show a nice Line of the Latest Styles in Fall and Winter Cloaks and Jackets. L. •& Co. MANHATTAN CLOTHING CO. GREAT STOCK OFSuits and Fall Overcoats! Arriving daily, and sale now going on larger than ever. MISS NO OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND! LOOK FOR NAME ON WIRE SIGN ACROSS THE STREET. Manhattan Clothing Co., 316, 318 and 320 Washington street, Columbus, Ind. J. GYSIE & BRO.. PROPS. o » 2860. The Most Extensive DIUIO m QRGAfl S la fiontham Indiana. <: WS'A CATALOGUES A Ilf ft J ® prbe. a Th« Olwiptwt 'Sh l| V»r Ip PUC. to Boy a Fin# Org&z $ 2ast Place to Get a Good Plsae, Terms Easy. Warranted Fivo Years. _JZ a **** t ‘ Correspondence Promptly Answered Address, S». V. ELA.RDX3XT O. S 337XXT0121*. T-prA* H. T. POND, Salesman, Clifibrd, Indiana. DO Ml want anying in my line? 1 have the largest stock of CLOCKS, I have the largest stock of WATCHES, (Ladies and Gents’—Gold and Silver) I have the largest stock of SILVERWARE, VEST CHAINS, JEWELRY, &c., I have ever had, and will sell as cheap (or cheaper) as anybody. (fa me a call J- T. Scbaub, Hope, Ind.

CMUBOi DIRECTORY. MKTiiODisT Episcopal. Rev. J. D. Current, pastor. Preaching every Sunday at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. and class-meeting at 2:30 p. m. Epworth League meets every Monday at 7 p. rn. Sundayschool every Sunday morning at 9 a. m. H. G. Solomon, superintendent. Prayer meeting every Thursday at j 7:30 p. m. Laies' Aid Society every alternate Thursday at 2 p. m. CHRISTIAN. Elder James Small, paster. Preaching on the second Saturday and Sunday in each month—Saturday, 7 p. m., and Sunday 10:30 a. m. and 7 ■p. m. Ladies’ Christian Aid Society meets every alternate Thursday aV 2 p. m. MORAVIAN. Preaching every Sunday in ihe English language at 10:30 a. m. and 7 p. m. Cottage prayer meeting every Tuesday at 7 p. m. Bible lecture every Wednesday at 7 p. in. Y. ; P. S. C. E. meets every Friday at 7 p. m. Rev. W. H. Vogler, pastor. BAPTIST. Rev. W. W, Smith, pastor. Preaching every Sunday at 10:30; Y. P. B. E., 5 to 0 p. in'; Sunday-shool, 9 a. m. George B. Stapp, superintendent, Prayer-meeting every Wednesday at 7 p. m. Vebletan m. k. Rev. J. Hester, pastor. Proachevery alternate Sunday at 10:30 a. in. and 7 p. nn Sunday-school at 9:30 a, m. Prayer-meeting every Wednesday evening. SECRET SOCIETIES. O. A. A. Churls# Porin’- •'j—' 1 ' h» r- ’ \ ,

on first. 'Wednesday night in each month. Wm. Williams, commander-, k. op p. Byron Lodge, No. 108, K. of P.> m «ets on Thursday night of each weak in their hall over Stapp’s drug store. Euo. G. KeoEnnas, C. G. i rank Stapp, K. it. S. I. O. R. M. Conestoga Tribe, No. 127, I. O. Th M., meets on second sleep of every seventh sun at their wigwam in Sim* moas’ new building. Thor. Vinnedoe, W. S. Ed. Miller, K. R. E. * A. M. Hope Lodge, No. 150, P. & A. M., mx'ets on Tuesday night on or before the first full, moon of each month in their hull in the Bittrich building JOHN SIMMONS, —PROPRIETOR OF THE"PILOT” Livery, Feed and Sale Stable. North-east cor. Public Square, HOPE, ■ - - INDIANA. attention paid to funerals. Good horses and carriages always in readiness at low rates. Give me a call and I will treat you right. 8-3m J. F. BBANNEN Will buy your POULTRY And pay you the highest market price in cash. Wait for him. RELIABLE AGEAiTS Wanted for the Republican at every post office in the county. Apply at this office for particulars,