BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, AUG. 3, 1900 COXTON John FOSTER hauled his first load of musk melons to Bedford Tuesday. …. About all the people in this locality are through hay harvesting, excepting Conductor HATFIELD, of the S. I. He has in quite a crop which he has not yet found time to reap. … Homer SEARS, of Bedford, was here on business Monday. …. Blackberries are scarce in this locality, but all one can find are very nice and none are going to waste. …. G. C. SMITH is having no end of trouble on his stock farm on account of a Jersey cow, which was determined to do her own milking. He purchased a muzzle that worked, and the cow gave so much milk that he had to buy two pigs to help dispose of the milk. But the cow soon began failing again in her milk so he decided to keep a close watch on the cow. So he rose the next morning at 4 a.m. and proceeded to investigate his stock yard, when to his surprise he found the two pigs busily engaged in milking the cow. What he said he never told. He is going out of the stock business. …. We noticed an item in last week's issue stating that Conductor WILSON, of the S. I., was off resting up. We noticed he is looking unusually pleasant since he is back on his run. Wonder why? …. William J. THROOP, of Paoli, has the contract for building about 30 miles of gravel road in Orange county. He called here and purchased the rock crusher which is being used on Bedford and Williams gravel road, from E. F. HAXTON and will move it as soon as the road is completed. …. Mrs. Joe KERN accompanied by her daughter Lizzie and Mrs. S. C. SMITH were visiting friends and relatives at Odon Sunday. …. Joe DUSSARD and wife, of Bedford, spent Sunday on the farm.