The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-01-05

EXCHANGE LOCAL NEWS.
Horrible roads.
-Snow-the 6rst Of the season.
Tho doctors report very little sick
ness at present.
Too muddy and sloppy New Yean
for much running around.
This clear weather betokens freez.
of sufficient magnitude to pile up ice.
Ellis & Eshbaugh slaughtered ter
fat porkers last Wednesday. Big eaten
about here.
Sheriff Woodin sold q large numbe,
of Humboldt town lots at sheriff's sale
last Tuesday.
| Literary exercises, declarations
recitations, ETC., at the school house ev.
cry Friday afternoon.
Wood is six dollars cord at juno.
ton City. Such price as that would
"freeze out" bayers at this place.
We are informed that some of the
boys "swore off" before j. p, thus
making their resolution little stronger.
Mr.. Frank. Stoddard, of Kansas City,
was registered at the Leland Monday.
While here he purchased 1872 acres OF
land across the river, of George A. Bow.
lus. Mr.. S. will bring his family to this
place in ten or fifteen days.
Sims, Hart and McCarley shipped
two car loads Of hogs last Thursday.
The number shipped was 100, which
were divided between the two cars. This
is somewhat larger than the average car
load. They paid three and quarter.
Mrs. Chas. Barth will please accept
our thanks for a fine bunch of pansies in
full bloom, picked from her garden and
sent to us on the last day of the old
year. These plants had remained out of
doors all the time, without any protec-
tion except little straw over them for
a day or two during the cold about
thanksgiving time, and were as fresh and
bright as though they had been plucked
in summer instead of mid-winter.
On Friday of last week while Mr..
L. Edmundson, with his wife and two
children were on their way home from
Mr.. Wisner's, one of tugs of his harness
became unhitched, and his horses went
off on run. Mrs. E. and the children
were thrown out, but fortunately not
hurt any to speak of, and the wagon
was somewhat broken up, but no very
serious damage was done. 1t was mar
row escape, however.
The past month has forcibly i'm.
prested upon the minds of our business
men the importance of good roads. 1t
is matter upon which it will pay them
to ponder. Of course the roads are most
vi euCH PasoaotS, uut tuctc oic very lew
but that have places that an emf ty wag-
on would be good load for team. The
too, are an interested class. 1t
is not to be expected that our roads will
always be smooth and dry, but the ter
rible ''sloughs of despond" that we have
been afflicted with for the past month
might have been in better shape. It is
a matter too little thought about. Too
little attention is paid to roads by our
partly from the Irishman's rea-
son, that when it rains they can't be
fixed, and when dry they don't need it.
Every person is directly interested in
the state of the roads. They enter large
Iy into the "bread and butter" condition
Of town and country, and both are deep
y interested in their being kept in as
good shape as is possible. Good roads
ire essential to the welfare and prosper
ty of all communities, and now, while |
he "winter of our discomfort" and
mud and slush, is upon US, is the time
% think upon these matters, and study |
Up some way of lettering them.