The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-08-18

Looking down the creek, from OuF
EnDehe, . few days ago, we discovered
that . new building had been ere06ed,
and on inquiry found that It 10 to be
the dwelling of w. H. Sammers, ibr.
merly of Greenwood county. Gazing
In another direction, thee beautiful
nights, in search of the next comet}
we observed q light on the jackson
hill, four miles away, which nlumin-
afes . new house on that ate. Mrs.
Martha Antram has commenced An
addition to her dwelling. II IL to be
Of stone. substantial and commodiOus.
Mr.. William Harry Hirst, we believe,
IL the architect. Harry IL versatile in
bis talents. He can plan and build Q
house, or most anything, down to Q
hay-stack-can run an engine or q
header. Entering the Union army ct
fourteen, he remained all through the
war. He has travelled In nearly every
State and Territory Of the Union be
fought to maintain. and possesses Q
rich fund of information in regard
thereto, and might write book. Az
ter his many wanderings he purposes
returning to the scenes of his boy
hood, among the beautiful hills and
valleys Of western Pennsylvania, to-
be with his aged parents in their de-
Ginning years. May his cheerfulness
never forsake him, nor his generous
heart and his shadow grow less.
The later planted corn Is looking
and doing very well, but some Of the
early is growing smaller by degrees"
but not /" beautifully less"
Mr.. Millison, our home thresher,
and who, we are informed, is running
an excellent machine. is away ahead
Tor behind) with his jobs, and we can't
get any threshing done, SO that many
of our farmers have to buy -four,
which is costing them, at present
prices. Mt the rate of about $l.lO per
bushel for the wheat from which 1t IL
made. There is not much propriety
in tina fitness " of this state Of things
II would seem that there ought to be a
corresponding difference in the price
of flour and wheat-not merely for the
benefit Of the farmer, who may be1
short on bread-stuff, but for the con-
sumers at large.
Alf Wait, the postmaster and store
Keeper at TORY. Is, We believe, selling
his goods satisfactorily, only he won't
give five pounds Of Arbuckle coffee
for ninety cents.
We have been astOnished to hear
that some persons go To Salina for
their buttermilk. We are sure that II
they would consult their wives and |
mothers they could get n.uch better |
article nj home. and we think il would |
agree with them better We see some
men i'm town occasionally whose coun-
tenances look As il they had swallowed |
ten-penny nails. or something disa- |
grceable had got edgewise in their |
Perhaps ii was because /
they were feeling badly over their eff |
forts to evade prohibition, for we take /
Portable when he is endeavoring to
thwart the will of the people, speaking
a majority. Such evasion Is
ut war with our whole system of gov
Repeal Is the remedy, IL II
he IA bad law. Abraham Lincoln,
when inaugurated President of the
United States the first time, promised
that the fugitive-slave law should be
though it was to him, of all
men, personally OdiOus and contrary to
every instinct of freedom. When you
have been beaten at the polls don't
iefy your own authority. 1t was a
theory of the great Missouri Senator,
Thomas II. Benton. that " the people
seldom go wrong, and when they do
they invariably right themselves"
And they do il through the constituted
means. 1t is plain that liquor has a
lemoralizing effect when high minded,
honorable men will clandestinely get
heir drinks, and, too, openly defy the
of the people.
While we have had no rain for about
wo weeks, and the days have been
rot, the dewy ewes have been very re-
'reshing and the early morns delight
ul.
Flowing and haying are going on
With undated interest.
Messrs. Amos, Floyd and others are
'utting up hay with view to obtain
ng and keeping sheep.
Sam BatdOrf has procured an amend
nent. There are hopes of Samuel
'etI. They call 1t the fifteenth. Sam
5 going to be Sheriff-some time.
The KOuntz brothers have been alb
ent for some length of time purchas-
ny cattle.
Rev. w. A. Simkins will preach at
he Mt. Pleasant school house on next
the 10Th instant, at 4 o'clock
;. n. ANNOTATOR.