Sunday, October 29, 2017

14 March 1872.

LYMAN ITEMS
Weather fine for this season of the year. If, as the old adage runs, "a bushel of March dust is worth a King's ransom," several could be ransomed if they were in captivity, and were worth the trouble.
Rumor speaks of a rumpus in town, and says that wood cuts were plenty for a short time.
Hon. C. H. Frew, our talented Representative, was in town for a short time on Monday. He was well pleased with the aspect of things, and told us we were doing finely, much better...
than he expected.
Taylor John, the proprietor of Thawville, sold all his earthly possessions in the shape of personal property, on Tuesday last, and intends quitting agriculture and pursuing husbandry, having already made a contract with a prominent Chicago builder for the erection of a brown stone front on one of the principal streets of his native city.
Carl Lohman, an old German citizen of our town expired on Sunday last.
Our doctor sports a new hat; business must be looking up a little in his line, as we have heard of no fire lately.

 
--Paxton Record. 14 March 1872.

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