Marion County AlArchives News.....Pikeville Items August 1, 1879
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The Vernon Clipper August 1, 1879
PIKEVILLE ITEMS
There are a few localities in this section in which the corn crop has been 
injured by drought, but as a general thing the prospect for a bounteous yield 
is good.

Bad fences are a fruitful source of discord among farmers at this season of the 
year.  When the crop begins to mature, hungry cattle and hogs will make 
incursions upon the inviting fields of grain, unless they are restrained by 
good and sufficient fences.  Then, as it too often the case, dogs and shot guns 
are made to supply the place of a fence, a proceeding usually followed by 
quarrels and petty lawsuits.  In such cases everybody should observe the golden 
rule:  Do unto others &c.

There is some talk of holding an election in Pikeville to prohibit the sale of 
liquor within a prescribed distance (say two miles) from the courthouse.  No 
definite action has been taken in the matter.

TOM BANNISTER is the owner of an educated wagon dog that will drive oxen with 
loads over roads where the most skillful human drivers would despair.  His 
dogship watches for the critical moment, and when he sees that the oxen…(torn – 
HUGE CHUNK OUT OF PAPER)

The first Saturday in ---the day fixed for holding the ---to select a 
courthouse site for Marion County.



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