Newspaper Article
Contributed by: Nehemiah Bear of Blocksburg
Blocksburg's Breezy Budget
This article appeared in The The Humboldt Beacon on March 18, 1910.
Miss Florence Booth after, spending her vacation at home near Irma, has returned to Eureka where she is taking a course in Kildale's preparatory school.
Miss Laura Wilson of Rohnerville is visiting with her grand parents Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Burgess. Miss Wilson makes annual visits to relatives and friends of this place, usually coming out in the spring when the country is at its best, remaining as long as she can, enjoying every moment of the time.
Geo. W. Burgess, our veteran assessor, is again at his duties, riding far over the hills paying his official respects to all, not showing the least partiality in such capacity. If you have not met the gentleman on his errant of duty you may depend on it, he will not slight you.
Miss Marion Boehne has returned home and we are reliably informed will wield the birch over the unruly urchins (if there be any) of Dobbyns Creek school this term. Miss Boehne, in company with her sister Anna, left last November on an extended visit and sight seeing in Nebraska and other points. Miss Anna stopped off at Eureka from which place she went to Trinidad to visit with her brother and family before completing her journey.
The earth has been kicking ground out this way having two moderate shakes Sunday at 6:25 a.m. vibration from west to east, no damage.
We are much pleased to state that Mrs. E. Hope who has been in very poor health for some time passed is much improved and able to up and around looking after her household affairs.
We are all subject in passing thru spaces of time, to spells of uneasyness but when there is a staple fixture of a community put out of commission caused by sickness other casualty it causes an upraising of unrest among our more appreciative well meaning people.
Mrs. A. Lyons and daughter Virgia arrived home last Thursday by way of overland. Miss Ella, we are informed, stopped off at Petaluma where she will remain for an indefinite period before coming home. Mrs. Lyons in company with her two daughters left last fall for the southern part of the state and other points with the object in view of finding a locality in which to purchase a home that would be more to their liking than old Humboldt, but with what success they met we are not authorized to state.
J. M. McKnight of Ruth was with us for a few days last week interviewing traps and buying up fur. The industry has been quite lucrative to many this winter judging from the number of furs caught and shipped to eastern market. The relegation of this class of animals from the country will have a tendency to increase quail, grouse, etc. as they continually prey upon them.
We are pleased to note that Mrs. W. A. Morrison has returned from Rohnerville to Blocksburg and they will make their future home on her ranch near town. Our little community seems to be in an unsettled state of mind while some are moving back and others are moving away.
W. H. Cox and family, an old settler, will soon take his departure and we are reliably informed their destination is in the vicinity of Marysville at which place he expects to purchase a farm.
W. H. Hamilton of Garberville in company with a Mr. Schmidt of Oregon was in town recently disposing of an interest in two very fine imported stallions, one a draft horse and the other a coach horse. The horses were not on exhibition here but are at present at Garberville.
March is doing its self to a nicity for its splendid climatic conduct to date. It was never known in the memory of feeble minded, to favor us with such delightful weather in every respect. It even invites the buds on shrubbery to out, the peach trees to bloom, the grass to grow, the cow to low and the ass to bray. The buzzard and humming bird come from the more tropical climate. Gardens are going in etc., and we hope they will come out bearing pleanty of good things to eat, but we understand March is like unto the Chameleon, only subject to sudden changes in its mode of conduct, hence may be deceiving us but let us pray she is going to do the --- in our favor.
If Prof. Haley was alive today we would prevail on him to take charge of the tail of his comet which is approaching our planet at an enormous rate of speed and will soon be visible to the naked eye. Many of our people are contemplating the advent of the railroad and its effects while an equal number are living in great suspense regarding the final result of Haley's tail has been predicted by a noted French Astronomar that it was pregnated with deadly gasses and as it would reach and sweep over our celestial body all animal life, other than aquatic, would be destroyed. Let us pray that this astronomer is in error and that we may again live to see the great spectacular sun again.
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