This week I have a few more things from the Aug. 9, 1882 issue. I am hoping to go back to the Genealogy Library this week to read more papers. They are a lot of fun to read as you find not just the news or even society gossip, but also little jokes, poems, and a lot of editorializing. In this issue, we learn that Jacob Redinger furnished a very fine coffin for a Mrs. Provin (first name not included) and that he also carried a complete line of elegant furniture.
Mrs. J. L. Ramey was going to “get even” with Harrison County’s peach trees as they were not providing the peaches she wanted. She ordered two bushels of peaches from friends in Kansas. Mr. Freeman in Lorraine reaped a literal windfall when wind blew down Siberian crab apples. He sold a load of them and sent the staff at the Ridgeway Blade a few as well. John Leazenby who was attending the Normal School in Bethany, came home to spend Sunday and reported that there were sixty teachers in attendance. A “desirable residence and lot” was offered for sale in Ridgeway, but no other information was given, only the direction to enquire at the newspaper office.
