The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-04-30

Did you see that IT.

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Did you see that To
DEAD men meyer adyerti-e.
John Rankin has not Jet celebrated
his centennial.
When the hoy. opened lhe last NEWS
they TIN ught there was going to be sir-
Gus sure.
The Junction City Union without
''pen, paste aud SCISSORS Is like a hail
squeezed lemon.
"A package came to EmporIa post Of.
Tee the other evening addressed s.Healtb
Institute" The boys NJ once cent IL n
the Emporia soap factory.
The gardening mania broke cut avn,
bad in EmpOria this spring. severaI new
fellows ''took hand" Lew Sargent nut
In lots OF seeds, and threatened 10 ruin
the vegetable trade. He toiIed igorous-
" and soiled several pairs Of paper cuffs
Asa Baldwin bossed the job. Lewis cab
oage and pork and beans crop were ont
early, and the outrageous froSts withered
his hopes. He put in large amount Of
-piekled pork' seed. We have not heard
whether It has sprouted or not. He thinks
alfalfa will do much better than roasting
ears, and has no use for sweet potatoes II
ne can get plenty OF sassafras roots. He
believes the soil and climate-we have
had such delightful climate Iateiy-par-
tlcularly adapted TO the cultivation OF sas-
sairas. Orders can now be left with him
for winter vegetables, and when he gets
ready to ill them he will let you know
yOu know. Harry Norton and George
Terry are euitivating q large garden in
the country. They are doing this on the
sly, in order not to discourage the other
vegetable men. George was out there
hard At wOrk ali this week. That's the
reason his manly phsrm was not dIscerna-
bile to the naked eye.
We call the attention of Mayor Bay 10
one Of his city officers. who is evidently
determined TO ruin the Merchants Hotel
or commit some other freak. HAVING. like
DR.. Young and other confirmed bachelors.
bought house and lot merely as a Spsc-
uiation, he Is now fixing up the house
U. n, and making garden at q furious
rate he Is up at i've O'clock hoeing the
blue grass and grating onion sets on his
hedge plants, and trimming his carly
peas with hand-SEw. Maybe he can a.
ford all this just to attract tenants. or
workup ferOcious appetits, but that's the
kind Of story Howard Dunlap and Col.
Steele told, and we all know how what
their real intentions were. The neigh
bors will please keep their eyes open and
let Us know how that garden gets along
"A new style OF church entertainment
Is called the Pound Social" Il consist.
Of auctiOneeriny Cd q lot of one pound
packages Of all snaps and sixes. conienLs
unknowq. Some contain pot alto, SEINE a
valuable ArricIo. They go OF lively and
make lots Of fun. And 1t isn't lottery,
you know; It's only an auction. Get up
pound social, or 3 pound Of soeIabiIity,
and send US around q specimen.
Mr.. Soden has been rebuilding the
saw mill end OF his dam, and made good
dam Job oft.
In 1871 cora was so plenty here that
it WAS seriously proposed to use it for fu-
el, and some was used in the stoves,
Monday, on Commercial street, we saw
two farmers very carefully sweeping up
some shelled corn that had scattered out
Of bag which had fallen from their wag-
on. They had been buying il at go ceuts
per bushel to keep their stock alive, and
every grain was precious. 1t wasn't
much like the corn fSol times = few years
ago.
On Fifth avenue lives u coIored lady
who navigates with one leg aud two
crutcbes. Tuesday forenoon the neigh
borhood was aroused by great rumpus,
and there was Sally herself, making it
lively for her husband and another color.
ed gentleman who had called to see him.
The wife fiourished her crutch over the
visitors head, and upbraided him for
making discord in the family, while the
husband stood around the house corner.
grinning at his friends predicament. Sud-
denly the virago pounced on her spouse,
drove him into the house and out again,
and throwing his clothes after him, babe
him quit those premises:
AN don't yer ever cum back. Don't
nebber let me see yer ugly face agin."
"fer bet won't. I've had too much
Of yer now"
And in company with his friend the
husband picked up his spare garments
and shufied toward Commercial street.
As our informant passed, he heard them
say:
"Hugh, didn't I tell yer what lind of a
woman she was: Did-'t we tell yer
what she'd dO?"
"fes, Joe," said Hugh, rubbing his
aching head; ''but 1 couldn't bleave it.
Fore God, she's the beggist debbil 1 eb.
Der knowed."
"An' you amt going 20 try her AginF'
''Golly, wouldn't 60 back to her for q
farm, no time. pn keep shy Of her as
long as live, or 1 don't know nufiin."
AT noon, less than two hours after.
ward, the injured husband was seen at
the window, begging to be let in and