The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1879-12-25

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EorfAe At ltsa.s, -Neu- YeskS 5sssepfons
win be inaugurated in this city. The follow
Ing ladies will keep open house and welcome
al who may honor them with a-Gs3- Xsas,s
call. The list will appear next week with
such additional names ~ may be handed in |:
Mn. J. r. Furiong and Mrs. F. w. " sllcr;
| jr Emporia Avenue, north end French villa
| residence.
e Ms D.Jacksonrnd Yrs. e. r. Hovey,
! theirfesidenceon hewis- street, assisted
by Mr.. W C. woodman, Mrs. W. s. Wood
man, Mrs. Thos. Woodmsn and Miss Linda
Carver.
Mrs.. G. G. Russell assisted by Mrs. Clay b.
northeast Of city limits.
Mrs. c. A. vanNess, Nrs. ID. Hsyr, Mrs.
DIR. Russell, Miss Fannie Parker and Miss
Minnie vanNess will receive with Mrs. Kos
Harris from to 5 p. m, At iis South Main
street.
Miss Hattie Lewis and Miss Anna Jones
will receive with Mrs. and Miss Kramer, cor
ner Third street and Topeka Avenue.
The Misses West, corner Emporia Avenue
and Second streets.
The Misses Jewett and Miss Bullock will
receive with Miss Pollock It the residence Of
Chas. Caldwell, on Topeka Avenue.
The school examinations were held last
week, and Friday night between seyen or
eight hundred Of the FOSTERING chaps and in
nocent misses who will be running this town
s.,u A,-. La f,-
q two weeks play. The very night the school
adjourned the ice commenced to form, since
which time several hundred Of the youngsters
have been testing the thickness OF the ice on
the ponds below town by suddenly setting
down, the girls topping about like pullets
with their heads Oh. No doubt our little
friends whom We met there last Saturday
have read often the tender tale Of the lass
who went raking hay named Maud Muller,
but few perhaps have ever read hcr skating
experience on the lower pond, SO we give it
entire:
Maud MULLER. on winters day.
Went down upon the pond to play.
Beneath her Derby Cleaned her locks
OF red banged hair, and her crimson socks
She straddled about from ten to two,
4 nd then mole In the Ice fell through.
On the bottom of the pond she sat,
Az wet and mad ~ half-drowned rat
4 man with cottonwood pole went there
And ishe her ont by her auburn hair.
And then her mother thumped her well,
Tho just hUw hard, Miss Maud won't tell,
An hung her os er q stove-pipe to dry,
With q thumb in her mouth, fist In her eye. |
Alas, for the nraide n! Alas. for the hole!
And 'rah for the ma n with the cottonwood
pole!
FOR the truest words If tongue or pen
IRE "a skating girls n ke headless hen."
OF course every lawyc.- will declare he was |
ot there. but decent regard for the truth |
ompels us to state that there was not q sim |
lie absentee. Before His Honor, Judge |
last week, young man, one Of the |
rorld's untortunates. far away from his ma
i've land that lies along the bright Mediter
AucAn, Wac askeu 10 81 euu up 4hu picSu /
guilty." or mot guilty." to the charge Of
elonious equine ABSTRACT OH. In broken
parish the man Of bonds made answer that
C hadn't been In the boss business. Have
on connselv ~ asked His II ,nor. "No, nor
'oney." responded the sad.cyed prisoner.
In that case the Court will assign you any
Iwyer you may choose from the arraycd
ar" kindly answered the Judge With u
'ournful mien the stranger viewed the twen-
five or thirty road.browe ed limbs scattered
bout In Judicial presence, and with CLEAN
egotten OF hope, lighting up his counte-
ance, pointed out gentleman of distin-
ai,hed presence whose name inodesty forbids
: To mention. Hes no lawyer, but An edit.
r" suggested His Honor. At first no an
ver broke the silence, but look Ell despon-
rnc, which h.uuts lis sti,!--x look that re-
ectcd q moment into which all the misfor.
ines and caamities OF /. lifetime had been
iidrniy rolled. with thin white lips COM
re-sed and the head bowed tae doomed man
I slowly iall ''then, may il please your hon
:, proceed with the sentence"
EMIL GERBER.
FORMER FOREMAN OF THE EAGLE COM
MITs SUICIDE.
Mrs. Emily Buscr, of this city. received =
iegram last Thursday that her brother.