10/13/06 11:34 - 37ºF - ID#30485

Mississippi--desolate, sluggish

The Jamestown Post-Journal has a section where they highlight the top news stories from 10, 25, 50, and 100 years ago.

Here are the top stories from 100 years ago (boldface added by me):

In 1906, Jamestown Mayor James L Weeks was home from a trip to Mississippi. He said Mississippi was a desolate country, an unhealthy country and the last place on earth in which he would care to live. There was a monotony about the silent forests, the sluggish pestilence-breeding ponds and the dreary stretches of swampland that did not appeal very forcibly to the mayor and his party. All were glad to leave. He was accompanied by William Townsend of Kennedy and C A Breed of Jamestown.

just imagine if anyone, let alone a MAYOR, said that now!!!

The other top story from 1906 shows how much was happening in Jamestown back in the day:

Mrs. W D Shedd and Miss Shedd of West Third Street entertained at cards yesterday afternoon. Euchre and bridge games were played. The winners at euchre were Mrs. Ralph C Sheldon and Mrs. Sara Logan Lyman. The bridge winners were Mrs. Edward F Jones and Mrs Anna Sheldon Bootey.

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10/13/06 10:47 - 37ºF - ID#30484

snow envy

what a bummer! we got *no* snow down here in chautauqua county. none. not even a frost. all the marigolds are still gold.

i was all excited to hear it was going to snow, especially because i'm headed to north carolina on monday, so i could escape from it. i'm looking forward to the weather being in the high 70's. yipee!

i have enjoyed looking at everyone else's pics showing the pretty snow. enjoy your snow day, peeps!

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10/06/06 12:48 - 44ºF - ID#30483

40 happy goats

it was such a beautiful day!

i live in the country in chautauqua county. i went for a long walk and hung out at chautauqua lake, reading The Shipping News. a very good book.

yesterday, we went to visit Carl, who is a farmer and expert construction builder. he has 40 goats, who he milks every day, and gets 5 gallons of milk a day. that seems like a lot of goats for that much milk to me. but i have never seen happier goats than his. they came right up to us when we walked in, and it was obvious that they really love Carl. each one has a name and he talks to them all. it was beautiful to see how happy they were. i really love goats.

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Category: love & romance

10/04/06 06:15 - 67ºF - ID#30482

first date

oh goodness. i just accidentally found myself on a date with some guy that i would never go on a date with. i really had no idea that's what we were doing. his name? started with a "j", had 5 letters.
he enjoyed talking about how he liked my butt; i enjoyed meditating and discussing yoga.
1:10, 1:12; i missed fairy time. got to get out of here. why is he hitting on me?
at least i had the thought the other day that i'd like to see what dating is like. glad i got that over with quickly.