The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-08-27
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| of the Normal School, has been engaged to take
charge Of the burlington schools Miss
Pumpkin Blossom," one of our Foremost and
sweetest songstresses, is mified because she
was not invited tO sing in the II lower Queen.
She says she has splendid '.soapranner'' noise
maker We are glad to learn that the young
couple of whom we spoke last week succeeded
in getting .spliced' after all. It seems the
outrageous banks of Duck or 142 creek were
more favorable for bringing the young lady
to proper understanding of the @situatien''
than those of the Cottonwood = There was
| II big crowd at camp-meeting last sunday.
| Some went to nod and doze, while many went
to show their clothes Sol. Phcnis, Of YER
digris, brought Us, this week, the largest cab
bage head we have seen for years. He has
several hundred almost large this. He
| sent it To our ''better half;'' and didn't want
| us to say anything about it. No citizen
! of the place ever misses an opportunity TO eX-
press his pride in Emporia and her prospects
| This is noticed by all newcomers, and is some
times the occasion for jokes at our towns eX-
pense The following observations by
| strangers stopping at theNational house were
overheard by some of our citizens during the
week past: After supper, few evenings
since, two strangers lighted their cigars and
when one of them asked the landlord whose
fine place that was just opposite (meaning the
residence and grounds of Judge Ruggles.)
''ls it for saleir inquired the stranger. ssH-l.
no. said the other stranger, IN bet he
wouldn't trade it for fine residence on Bos-
ton Common" Picking up the elaborate
and welt printed programme of the Flow err
Queen, which had just been circulated about
| town the other evening, st. Louis hummer
exclaimed TO his companion: '.I4ook here!
Talk about being in the backwoods, will you.
Wen, I'm going to send that home right of.
How are you, Great American Desert - ON
another evening two gentlemen took seats in
front of the same hotel, and after lighting their
cigars, one of them drew from his pocket il
copy of THE NEWS, when the following dia-
| logue took place: ''What paper is that:'' at
is the one printed here was the reply. lis
it II weekly '.Yes. Well, it is not so id
| aoedkiy, either. / have just been over talking
to the editor and FL bet you four dollars and
a-half he would not begin to trade his estab-
lishment for the New York HeraLd'' DIR.
Chambers, of Chicago, and Mr.. Charlton, of
Lawrence, two live agents Of the Washington
Life Insurance Company, of New York, have
been in town several days this week We
trust they met with good success as theirs is
country. Elsewhere We publish the statement
of the company Frank Gillett, of Cotton
wood Falls, has been in town several days this
week Card has some good pictures of Com
mercial street. IN looking at them we are re-
minded of some of the Eastern cities Bows
and arrows, whooping cough and stills are all
the rage among our Juveniles q That obse-
quious gentleman who had his hair parted in
the middle and wore a balmoral neck tie AT the
concert, the other evening, is from the East,
and talks of buying Lyon county for stock
farm. 1t is stated that he owns about half of
the State of New York and part of Pennsylva-
mia ''Jim,p said tightually slight individ-
al, No. 1, to slightualy tight individual, No. ,:
as the Flower Queen aodl howerT' "No,
you fool, it's belle flower" The Secretary
of the State Agricultural Society has been au-
thorized to offer premium of 800 to the best
band of music present and playing at the
grounds of the State Fair. Where is the En-
pora Silver CoFnet Band: