The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-12-20
AMERICUS.

| AuL0OTS VI CHICKEN CnOker1 ABOUT.
Mrs, Coon has bought the Bolus
farm, one mile east OF towR.
The Kaws have quit selling wood.
Wood is four dollars a cord in
town.
Meadow larLs are still seen In this
locality. They seem to consider this
SHOWN south.'
Thomas H. Stanley has . twin
brother visiting him, from Iowa.
-Conklin is learning his oxen to
trot, to be ready for the epizoot.
--HUST.--Doc. Thornell, Ike Wright,
Fred and Dave 10y, Milt. Toor1ey and
one or two others went out on q deer
hunt some ten days ago, and have got
back safe and hearty. They killed
three deer, besides other game. and re-
port having lots of fun. The Kaws
had been in ahead Of them or they
would have killed more deer.
The cattle men are active this sea-
son. Several large droves have pass
ed through lately, and others are win
tering in this valley. Some of the
farmers are feeding out large quanti-
ties OF corn to these droves. It may
be interesting to many to know how
corn Ii fed to q large herd. Long,
wide boxes are set on posts sufficiently
high from the ground to allow cattle
to eat from them while the hogs can
not. Into these boxes the corn Is
shOVeled from wagons, and the cattle
eat till they are satisfied.
-Hfnchman & KimptOn, of this
place are buying up 8 fine herd Of
young native steers. Last week they
brought In seventy head OF yearlings
from Chase and Marion counties, which
raised their number to one hundred
and forty head. Mr.. Hinchman also
deals in large steers and took out q
large drove In the fall.
CHANGING to stop at Mr.. Oscar
Lambert's farm recently, We were al
lowed the pleasure Of examining some
varieties of corn he is Introducing in
this neighborhoOd. He sent to Ohio
and got four pounds of seed OF one
kind, last spring. and raised thirty
bushels of corn from it, portion Of
which he will sell in small quantities.
It is very fine. The grain is long, ears
large and very firm, and some OF them
contain from thirty-four to thirty
eight rows each. 1t will pay the far
mers to plant such corn. Mr.. Lambert
had six acres of oats this year that
weighed out S71 bushels to the acre,
and six acres mere that went as BUSH
els. Mr.. Lambert is endeavoring to
improve his stock, poultry, hogs, grain
and everything else about his place,
and is making very credItable progress
in all these branches. He dressed q
last spring Brahma chicken few days
ago that weighed 61x lbs. If anybody
doubts the propriety of money and
time being thus expended, let him go
and see the results on this farm.
-FIsHING.-Some fellow came along
the other day and reported the fish as
biting awful bad in Allen ;ereek." So
Mart. Archer, Bob. Hall, Lew. Sutton,
Brace and Domm hooked up team to
DR.. Thornell's spring wagon to go out
and fetch in load. At the word tall
set" they got in down at Docs stable,
and pushed out, and the horses at once
concluded to run away. And they did
run away. Then the boys pulled until
they broke one line and the horses
still kept running away. By this time
the team was dashing around the fence
corners, and the boys began to con-
slider what they had best do. Bob.
Hall recollected that his other horse
was in the stable, so he got out of the
hind end of the buggy to go and get
him so that he could stop the horses.
Brace had paper that contained full
instructions what to do in such cases,
but in his hurry to go q fishing he had
left 1t down to the restaurant, so he
got out to go after 1t. just then they
came along by Mr.. Reasley's fence,
and Archer thought he had best get
out and stand his rifle up against the
fence for fear something might hap
pen. When he got up he saw one of
the seats fall out of the buggy, and
Lew. and Domm both got out to pick
up the seat. Then the team ran up
past the stores and swung around to
ie Goddard house barn, but the doors
were closed, 20 they jumped the high
board fence st the corner, knocking It
fiat and all the spokes but two out Of
one wheel, and got tangled and had to
stop. II it hadn't been for this the
boys could have found out how the fish
bite in Allen creek.
CHRIsTNAs TREE. Each Of the Sab
bath schools in this place will prepare
Christmas tree for its scholars. The
Il. E school will have theirs at their
church Tuesday evening, and the U. p.
will be at their church on Wednesday
evening. Everybody is invited to both
and everybody Is allowed to put pres
ents on the trees for outside parties ~
well as for those connected with the
sch coils or congregations. A general
good time for all Is desiIed.
Brace viii give ball in his new hall
Christmas evening,
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