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The Chariton Patriot Chariton, Iowa Weds., February 10, 1875 LOCAL NEWS: Lent begins today, and Easter Sunday comes on the 28th of March. This is a very early Easter, and another indication of an early spring, according to an old saying. ---------------- We hear of a rather remarkable old woman who stayed over night at the house of one of our farmers near town a few nights since. She lives near Red Rock in Marion County. Is 62 years old and lives on a 40 acre farm that she has improved during the last two years, doing all the work herself, including the cutting and splitting of rails to make the fences. She says that her average days work is 50 rails. ----------------- We give an article on "Little Editions of Humanity," on our first page this week, but the cases there mentioned do not "get away" very badly with one in Chariton, that has just come to our knowledge. Mr. E.L. HART, son-in-law of MR. T.A. MATSON, is the father of a 8-4 boy which has arrived just in time to count one in our census about to be taken. The little one is all right, and promises to be as big as other folks after a while. ----------------- Pshaw? What's the use of trying to enumerate them, for now comes T.F. CRANE, the good-looking and good natured lawyer, MR. S.L. HOWARD, our efficient R.R ticket agent, and R.E. EDMONDSON the skillful carpenter, and each reports an increase in the family; and goodness only knows how many more to hear from. We suggest that the election, and taking of the census be postponed a few weeks, when we will have sufficient population to organize as a city of the first class. There will be no trouble at the present rate of increase. --------------------- SCALDED.--One of WM. DICKEY's little girls, about 4 years old, in Newbern, fell into a boiler of hot water, on Saturday last, and was badly scalded. She was getting better at last account, and will probably recover. -------------------- CHILD KILLED. -- A child in a family of the name of HULL, living in the east part of the county, died last week from the effects of bruises and burns caused by a stove falling on it. The family live on the Eddyville Road, and came in from Kansas last fall; the woman giving birth to two children on the next day after their arrival in the county. The child killed is some two years old. ------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert February 10, 2006 iggy29@sbcglobal.net Notify Administrator about this message?
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