they sure had a ......strange sense of humor back then......but i like it!.....more puns, innuendos, "tongue in cheeks" and double entendres than i know what to do with!.....i guess the lindseys had a different....clientele then than they do now....can't believe they got away with "paddies" even back then.....(i are one).......mac ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancee Seifert" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 5:59 PM Subject: [IADECATU] RICHLAND NEWS > The Journal > Leon, Iowa > May 22, 1883 > > Corn is not coming up very well in this part of the country. How is it > elsewhere? > > While the prospect for corn is so gloomy the dog market is taking a boom. > Pups are in demand at $20 a piece in payment for one that has been shot, > providing it is the right gender. Keep your head up, FRANK, and it will > do > you more good than a narrow gauge railroad. > > The Comstock School, noted for its peaceful, quiet and entertaining > exhibitions, is being taught by A.L. BROWN. We understand he is having > good > success. Mr. BROWN is a pupil of Prof. Taylor's, of Murray, which is a > sufficient guarantee of success, as Mr. Taylor never sends out a poor > teacher. > > There is nothing the matter with the Grand River telephone. They can cuss > on > it with the greatest of ease. > > What is the reason we never hear from Westerville any more? When the > railroad paddies were up there we heard from there frequently, but since > the > railroad went back on them, they have hibernated I guess. > -- NYM CRINKLE. > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert > December 30, 2009 > [email protected] > > > www.iagenweb.org/decatur > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >