The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-04-20
Brenner Gab.

do not intend to say in these times that the last
frost has killed the fruit. for we have found in
Kansas that fruit is not killed one time in twenty
by frost, after it blooms The killing is a. a rpIe
done long before it is thus far developed Occa-
sionaily, We have green fruit TO blast and fall of,
alter being well formed. With these few remarks
on iruit We expect to quiet many nervous people
about frost killing. The bloom, after being well
blown, is not easily killed. OF course. such thing
might occur, hut is not apt to, in Kansas. from
meteorological reasons, of which refrain to speak
in an item column
Many kinds of companies are formed; but Bremen
has a regularly chartered matrimonial COMPANY
composed of Harry Hartshorn, Thomas Laprap.
and Newt Banghman. For a commencement of
their business, they bought lots in Biood's Ad-
dition, and have let the contract to build a dwell
ing house thereon and whichever one of the three
composing the firm gets married first i. TO have the
said property in fee simple. The belief in general
il that two of the firm going to lose some money
The girls who want to marry, know now who TO set
their caps for.
How few women who have reached the age Of
seyentyhve can make birthday dinner, and get
up the dinner with their own labor. Yet we were
called to Of this kind of dinners last week and
went fifteen miles to attend. Mrs. Nancy Lancaster
was the aged lady who gave the dinner, and pre-
many old settlers and narrated many of the hard
times OF early Kansas, among whom were Mrs
hoiiins and her two daughters, but among whom
none could narrate half the suffering and hardship
that Mrs Lancaster had seen, in her sixty years
experience on the frontier; having come from Ken
lucky at an early day, and settled in St. Louis
keeping On westward from settlement to settlement
until finally they homes;eaded in Kansas she and her
family where she now lives, and carries on her farm
with more success than many young people, We
shall refrain from making any remarks or mention
Of the beautiful presents given her. and the kind
greetings and donations of her guests But let NE
say, that Dock and Billy got all the oysters they
could eat, and that Mr.. Her had regular old shak-
ing ague after he ate his dinner which left his din
ner in poor condition for digestion.
Mr.. John Often met wj.n a loss which we arc
sorry to record, and many horsesuen will be sur
prised to learn. Having purchased fue Clydes-
dale horse, two years ago, at a cost Of something
Ike siOoo, said animal suddenly took sick and
died last week.
Ben Often also met with a sad accident. While
cutting hedge, thorn struck him in the eye, and
destroyed the sight, causing him great many pain
ful hours. People who have to trim hedge can not
use too much As for the, I do not want apv
hedge.
Mrs. j. l. Scott and her daughter Ella have re-
turned from Illinois. They have come back to stay
They do net like the frogponds in Egypt
Quite number are ready to plant corn, and arc
going TO commence, this week.
We hear nothing more Of the change of railroad
We learned from friends, while out in Union
Township, that the extension of the Missouri Pacific
Railroad is being rapidly completed near the south
vest corner of this County. Their station and new
own is to be named Anthony. HERETO