The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-07-25
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Here Is streak in theexperience ofMr. Ed. Maiiek
one Of Our prosperous yeomcn. Some weeks ago, lie
sauntered into his orchard to what might be the
prospect for peaches He was surprised to observe
that of the fruit presented the appearance thnt
savored Of maturity, and upon closer inspection, he
was still moro surprised, we'll delighted, to 6nl
that he had several trees laden with thoroughly n
pened peaches. Turning about, to go to the house,
to procure vessels into which to collect his fruit his
ears were struck with buzzing sound, proceeding
from an outbuilding by. just let glance in,
as we pass by, and ascertain the cause. Glory. A
swarm Of bees in niche between the lathing and the
Misunderstanding, busy at work storing away honey.
The very thing he had been longing for-better still
than peaches. Having hives the house. the bees
must be got into them without delay So he fctches
his box, and after securing his prize shoulders it, and
stsrts for his dwelling-but hold What is that com
motion in the air ! Another swarm of bees live
and, by hockey coming this way! Glory be unto
Moses they enter the building. and settle themselves
in the very place which the other swarm had occu-
pied! We have often known bad luck to come like
the above but such succession of good strokes are
nowhere recorded outside the Arabian Nights Enter
tainment.
Miss Nora Dumleavy's select school closed ON
last Friday. Nora can have a respite now, from
watching the little darngs to keep them off the ice.
We notice that Henry Beidlemsn is erecting neat
cottage The site Hen. has chosen is a beautiful and
commanding one and in the Beidleman part of town
Died, at the residence of her son, Mr. Clark Fowler
Wednesday, July 10th. Mrs. Sally Fowler, aged 6
years and 10 months.
What is the matter with the siphon, that it is not
workingi Has it got sand in its crawl
Master Jimmy Childs received injuries, last week,
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which proved rather serious. He has been coned to
his room ever since, but is rapidly recovering.
Blackberries abundant pickers, ditto
although we say it who shouldn't" it is neverthe-
less true, that items read with avdty by the
many subscribers Of the Chief residing in the county
tributary to White Cloud. Persons in business would
do we'll to profit by this fact rather than de their
light under bushel." While it would be nothing to
us personally, we shall be pleased to sandwich any
occasional business notice in our Chow-chow. Strau-
gers come to city, set business stay only few
weeks and leave in disgust at the lack of patronage
whereas the trouble is, they did not make their bust
ness known. Nothing to us personally, buta remind
er to the public and then would be a sagacious
stroke, especially for new beginner.
Miss Laura Dickinson, of Hiawatha, is in our city,
on a weeks visit.
E. Boyer. agent for family sewing machines and
organs, is away on q trip to New York.
We hear of two cases of sun-stroke in this vicinity
that occurred last week. Ed Simmons of this place.
while fishing near the mouth of the Nemaha, lay
down in the shade, and went to Sleep Presently the
shade moved round, and when he awOke, he found
himself sweltering in the sum- and badly parayzed
that he was helpless. The other that of q
boy named Brackenbury, who stricken senseless
from the effects Of heat, while blowing in the field
ISafh indivi att
believe, have about recovered.
Miss May Forncrook has accompanied Miss Tina
Noyes home to St Joe, where she is spending n few
days.
Some of our boys have turned their attention to
vending apples npon the arrival of the trains. May
their enterprise be rewarded by many penny.
We made short trip up the A. & N. Road, last
week. and had opportunity to observe the recent
work done the road bed, to counterfeit the effects
of the washing by the river. At the instance and
der the supervision of S. X. Spaford Roadmaster,
new plan has been adopted for saving and
repairing the road Instead of cutting back into the
bluff and removing the track inward after each IN
derng of the bed the system devised by Mr. s. is to
construct rip-raps in the following manner: Brush
are laid along the edge of the road and these are
sunken in the sand by stone placed thereupon. As
the sand beneath washes away, and the brush and
stone subsde, another alternate layer of brush and
stone is supcrimposed, until the whole has sunken to
solid ground. Meanwhile. this is fanked by piles
driven to great depth, and the whole forms per-
manent protection against the incursions of the river
The new piletlriver is also improvement on the
old style, and is mainly the result Of Mr.. Spaffors
1t is claimed that by this machine three
or four times many piles can be driven in given
time than by any other in existence. 1t is said that
he Of rinrlppin1