The spelling contest came off at the Hall in Sexton last Friday night and honors were won by Clara Newkirk, but for the contrariness of one of Center's teachers, the affair would have ended with a much better feeling.
Miss Laura Clifford closed her school at No. 1 with very appropriate exercises consisting of Declarations, Dialogues and Speeches. Miss Clifford had taught an excellent school and has made many warm friends who are sorry to see her leave our midst, there best wishes go with her.
As wood choppers, Mart Maden and Lem Hendrix cannot be beat. They have cut about three hundred cords this winter.
Someone threw a barrel and hit Frank Welsh on the head, knocking him down and making a fearful gash, Friday night at Sexton.
Orville Billings and Will Redman came to the front with a snake Wednesday of last week. Frank Redman pronounced it a copperhead over three feet long.
The oldest inhabitant says the blizzard of Saturday night and Sunday was of unusual severity.
The mud roads are almost impassible. Consequently, trade is dull and business very quiet.
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