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Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-06-08
Personal AND LITERARY.

Colonel George W. Patton. of the
regular army. retired list. who died re-
Gently. was the author OF several we'll
known songs. including "Joys That
We've Tasted
Charles OConnor. the veteran law
Yer. it is rumored. Is preparing vol
ume on the famous law eases ia which
he has been engaged. which he intends
TO have ready for publication before the
end OF the year.
Fanny Davenport says. If had a
laughter who had taste for the stage,
l would take her 10 see the most horri-
BILE things. would so scken her mind
that she would never mention taste
for the stage again"
The Rev Charles c. Seweli. Of Med
field. Mass, attained to his eightieth
birthday recently. He is the oldest liy-
ing preacher of the Unitarian deuomi-
nation in this country. having been Ii
censed as preacher in 1926.
- Christian Reid is the writing
name Of one Of the best OF the presen,
Southern noyelists. Her true name is
johnson. and she is a quiet. shy. re-
served woman, who does not care to be
known as writer. She is unmarried.
-Musurus Pacha. the Turkish Am
bassador in England. describes the form
of verse which he has employed in his
translation of Dante's Inferno rs "a
twelve-syllabie paroxytone meter. re-
sembling the iambic. though wanting
the guantitative movement"
Mr.. Emerson is generally known to
have been. OF late years. sufferer from
aphasia, or enfeeblement OF memory.
After attending Longfellow's funeral.
he said TO friend; That gentleman
whose funeral we have been attending
was a sweet and beautiful soul, but
forget his Name
George Otto Treyelyan, the newly
appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland.
is nephew of the late Lord MacauIay.
the historian. He is abol: fifty years
old, has 4 wide acquaintance with public
affairs, and enjoys considerable literary
reputation. He has. for some time.
been Secretary of the Admiralty, but is
best known in this country through his
Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay."
a work entitled to rank with Boswelrs
celebrated Life OF Johnson
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-06-08
robbed afterwards. and when got into

robbed afterwards, and when got INTO
n travelling condition. come back
wouldn't, with never penny. when l
had made fortune; and vowed vow
not to come till had il back-which
I've done at last-and TO come this
night when l did. Letters we poor
wretches couldn't send oftener than
once in six months, and then they most
" went astray; so | wouldn't risk il,
not being any hand TO write anyway,
and always said next year I'll go sure.
knew you'd wait for me, Prue. my
darling. and here YOU are. with every
thing and everybody TO welcome back
the prodigal"
Mr.. Griggs finished his explanation
before the bounteous fire. with Daddy
Skifkins revolving around him in a per-
feet ecstasy. and everybody talking at
once.
Miss Prue took the opportunity to in
dulge in thankful little cry behind the
dining-room door.
But it somehow happened that while
the guests We're enjoying their banquet
not found to be seriously impaired by
Daddy Snifkins' presence-Mr. Griggs
persuaded Miss Prue TO take little
walk with him as far as the minister's
residence.
1T appears like it was her wedding
dinner she was cooking. after ALL" said
Miss Jonquil. when she heard the news.
But. law sakesr' she added. with n
litter. lit wasn't very stylish affair. l
wouldn't have such wedding"
Which remark did not trouble the late
Miss Merriweather in the least
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-06-08
The Model Sexton.

Josiah ii. Haywood. sexton of tho
Church of the Unity, Boston, has re-
Gently celebrated his silver wedding
Among the incidents of the festive oc-
casion was the reading of letter from
Rev. NJ. j. Savage, his pastor, in which
he said:
Il propose, fundamentally for
your own good-to suggest afew faults.
Ii you can only manage to cure these.
you will have become the ideal sexton.
and you can command a salary of &c.
900 year. or perhaps earn more than
that by travelling with Barnum As the
greatest curiosity of the age. The
faults | allude to are such as these:
Il. You have not vet learned how to
make the church hot andscool at the
same time. You must learn how TO
have one pew mark IS degrees Fahren-
heit. while the next one to it is down to
point where it would be comfortable
for an Eskimo.
80. You do not seem TO know how to
have free circulation, plenty of fresh
air, and yet not have any draft any
where. You must invent some way To
make all the drafts skip the pews where
RHEUMATIC and bald-headed people sit.
IS. You have not yet acquired the art
of having the church flooded with light
while all the blinds are shut ut the same
time This should be attended TO at
once, and you should not offer any such
poor excuse as that it is impossible. To
a sexton nothing should be impossible
A. You must find out some way OF
giving everybody the best seat, right in
the center of the house. no matter
whether the pews are already full or not.
-. You must learn how TO fill all the
pevs with strangers without making
ANYBODY mad about it, and at the
sane time have plenty of room left for
regular pew-holders.
&C. And. finally. YOU will spend your
leisure time in inventing patent church
thai shall be just warm enough and not
warm; not too draughty, but with
JUS draught enough; where all the peo-
pie whatever their mental. moral or
physical condition, will be perfectly
comfortable; and-crowning achieve
meit of all-that shall have all the
seats in the middle.
What is sexton for, anyhow, if he
can't please everybody at the same
tims?"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-06-08
THE HOUSEWIFE.

Some of the duties that crowd the life
OF patient mother or scoldiny wife:
Cooking to do and dishes To wash:
Patches TO set for Tommy and Josh;
The beds 10 make and the lamps TO nil,
The water to draw. like Jack and Jill:
The stove to black and carpets to sweep;
Watch the baby just learning To creep;
Cutting and making jackets for boys;
Picking up careessly thrown-by toys:
Feeding the eat and chickens and hens:
Dealing out paper. pencils and pens;
Dressing children for school and for church.
Making laws to enforce with birch.
Tables to set and the yeast to brew;
Potatoes To boil cranbcrries to stew:
Securing the dopr-knob. winding the clocks.
Cleaning the silver darning the socks;
Washing out napkins. doing up shirts.
Letting down tucks in the wee girls skirts;
Grinding the coffee, beating up cake:
Heating the oven Just right to bake:
Wa ing the windows, securing the sink;
Scarcely n moment TO read or think.
So little time for neighboriy calls.
Shut up and hcdgcd in by four square walls,
How can the mind be free to expand
When work i pressing on every hand?
-UdtchMdn.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-06-08
HUMOROUS.

"A pretty young girl in the country
has a six-foot lover, who lives in a town
two miles distant. and visits her three
nights n week. The neighbors say she
is an adept at drawing the long
beau"
A boot-black, smoking "butt''
which he had just picked up. is aeeost-
eddy comrade with: ..Say. what brand
of cigar is that?'' Robinson Crusoe?''
why dyercal it that?'' :. Cause it's
a castway." .,r. ..-s-
She: why is it that whenwe were
lovers. you always got me box at the
theater, and covered the front with bou-
quets. but now you buy seats In the
dress circle''' He: AT that time your
father paid for your bonnets-"
1t was an Irishman who remarked
Of miser who had died and was treat
ed to rather pretentious burial:
Faith, and if he'd lived to see how
moighty expansive thing it was to dole
himself. he's never been boru."
The paper-pattern fend who calls
on newspaper Offices for few exchang-
es, to be used in his family for cutting
paper patterns. always wants papers of
the latest dates He probably has a
notion that the latest style OF patterns
can only be cut from the latest papers.
~ o. PieaVune.
Jones, who possesses no musical
ear, was hugely enraptured at the vocal
fireworks Of poor singer at a recent
concert. Don't you think she is
splendid?" he inquired of musician
near by. II think she is glorious
screecher." was the truthful response;
and Jones was satisfied. -HnsicaI
Hcrdid 9s
He had always told her that levi,y
was not becoming, especially in a girl
about to enter into the sacred duties OF
a wife. She promised to reform and
the wedding came off at last. When
the officiating clergyman. in the course
of the ceremony. turned TO the groom
and in a very solemn manner asked him
to repeat the words: with all my
worldly goods thee endow." the bride
ducked her head against the altar rail-
ing and Just snorted with merrirpent.
The groom was deck-hand in Myrtle
avenue thread and needle store. Brook
Ign Eagle.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-06-08
THE LATE MISS MERRIwEATHER

"Sixty dollars-and I've earned it.
mercy knows"'
And Miss Merriweather glanced down
AT the little heap of money. lying upon
the whitely-scoured table, in retro
spectiye manner.
Just TO think of the patches of tur-
KEYS I've rose-pampered them up as if
they were babies. too. Yes, l do say
I've earned it well.''
And YOU ought to put it in the bank,
and it will accumulate interest"
Miss Prue's sister, Mrs. Potter, lit
tie. wilted-looking woman, with a small
nub of dusty, fiaxen hair pinned tightly
at the back of her head. who was manu-
featuring preserves in big brass ket-
tie, swung over the blaze in the fire.
place, had one single idea of solid COM
fort-money at interest.
Banks amt always safe" remarked
Miss Prue, half TO herself; land don't
see the use of money, either, if you
keep it always in 4 bank, so as you
cant get it if you want to. reckon I'll
have some good out of this, anyhow.
I'm gong to give a ~. r,e
"a partyr' screamed Meg Potter, a
bouncing. black-eyed girl in red
jacket, who was watering 4 thrifty
crocus that dwelt in an ancient coffee
boiler in the kitchen window. .'Oh.
yes. do. aunt Prue. and I'll help you to
make the cakes. and Wen invite those
charming Thompsons that have Just come
from the CITY. and
No, we won't" said Miss Prue, de-
cisively. 1t amt a-going TO be no such
affair; and tell you, once for all, it's
only going to be a party for poor folks
those that don't have turkeys or plum
pudding. I'm going to search round in
all the highways and byways for the
poorest and most miserable, and make
them all come; and I'm going to give
them one good feed Of frosted pound
cake, and lemon pies. and boned-turkey.
and currant jelly, and other delicacies.
Nonsense" grumbled Meg. thump-
ing her watering-pot down with empha-
sis, THAT won't be nice"
Goodness graciousr' groaned Mrs.
Potter, ''you always was queer, Prue
Merriweather; but this beats all. They'll
most likely get i'll, and blame you for it,
and call YOU names. and your money
will all be wasted. when you might save
it up. Ii you're afraid of a bank. lend
ii OUT
I'm going to- interrupted Miss
Prue. WhoSoever giveth TO the poor
lendeth to the Lord I'm going tolend
this much to the Lord. anyway"
But you won't get no interest,""
mourned her sister, stirring up her pre-
serves with much detection.
Il amt afraid Of getting cheated,
anyhow" said Miss Prue, dryly.
And as there was no hope whatever
of persuading her to change her mind,
her sister and niece We're constrained 10
make the best of it and help along with
the preparations
lit looks as if YOU were cooking your
wedding dinner. Prue Merriweather,
Uttered Miss Jemima Jonquil, appear
ing in the doorway with purple calico
apron pinned over her head, and glanc-
ing critically at the row of pies upon the
cupboard. beside which stood great
cake studded with raisins and citron.
II come to fetch your pattern back, and
smelling nutmegs and things here, /
come this way.''
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-06-08
"A physician was called to the bed

"A physician was called TO the bed
side of young man in Schoharie Coun-
". j. Y. and while he was bending
over the bed the unconscious patient
suddenly drew up his legs, and placing
then against the doctors stomach.
kicked out and sent the doctor flying
overchairs and other furniture to the
opposite side of the room The doctor
was picked up unconscious, with three
ribs broken, and when he recovered
consciousness the young man was dead.
N Y. Sun.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-06-08

What constellation resembles an
empty fireplace? The Great Bear (grate
bare.l
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-04-01
A NEW RAILROAD.

Under the above caption the state
journal of a recent date has the fol-
lowing, which would seem to confirm
beyond the possibility of doubt, the
Geographic rumor respecting a new
railroad to Superior, which we pub
iished last week. The projected line is
not only feasible but needed one
and will become paying one as soon
rs built, and if the Grand Trunk
Company has really taken hold of the
matter, we will soon have the road.
The Journal says
As editorially announced BY the
State Journal yesterday, the Grand
Trunk has entered into an agreement
with the Wisconsin Central, by which
the former agrees to build a road from
Superior to Ashland and from Portage
to Chicago, using the Central track be-
tween Ashland and Portage. Thus the
Grand Trunk gains what it has long
sought, direct connection between its
Chicago terminus and the Northern
Pacific country, while the Central Will
have a close connection with Chicago.
for its northern and central state bust
sess,-it being designed by the Central
to have an outlet to its Neenah termi-
lis by a new line south from Neenah
to Milwaukee, via Oshkosh and Fon du
Lac. There is no doubt of the fact
that the Central and Grand Trunk ar
rangement viii commence to bear fruit
this summer. The line will pass
through Madison and give us another
through line, greatly adding to our
railroad facilities. 1t will be booming
times for Madison, when trains from
Portland, Oregon, come down through
here on their way to the Atlantic sea-
board.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-04-01

-"Knuckle down tight and fan
ever" constitutes the bulk of the street
music these days.
1t has cost twice as mnch to SUD-
port the criminals of Nevada, as it has
to educate her children.
bayfield, loggers have been offer
ed sl1.OO per thousand for logs deliv-
cred at Duluth. What next?
Charlie Watkins is the boss man
IN the dray and freighting line. His
many teams are in constant demand.
We heard one little urchin about
knee high to tree-toad telling a
boon companion" how he had "raked
IN" over a hundred marbles already.
A friend at our elbow says this is
the toothache season, and that our
popular tooth carpenter, Dir. Laffitte
is plling up fortune in consequence.
DR.. Laffitte pulled a tooth for a
man this week that had three prongs
each distant from the other nearly
half an inch. 1t surprised the doctor
but hurt the man just the same and
had to come out.
-Rumor says that the horses which
have died here during the winter have
been hauld back of town but short
distance and left unburied The au-
thorities should look after this matter
and see to it that all such carcases are
properly buried, and thus avoid a pes
thence.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-04-01
ALL AT HOME.

The TINES this week abolishes its
patent insides and presents itself to its
hundreds of readers as distictively
home paper. This change has not
been made without considerable cash
expense and the entailment of a great
deal of extra labor, but we have felt
from the start that the town ought to
have paper all her own and have
made the change accordingly just as
soon as we could arrange for it. We
know the town is large enough to sup
port the enterprise if the people
are SO inclined, and we do not think
we underrate their liberality when our
faith leads us to believe that all, es-
pecially the business men of the town
will sustain us with their patron
age in our efforts to give them "a paper
printed entirely at home. By this ar
rangemnt we have more space for To-
cal matters and for advertisers. On
our part we shall improve every OPP
portunity to give you good, newsy,
and neat looking paper, and if proper
ly sustained continue under this plan
of 'all home work" How do you like
like it, any way?
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-04-01
A FALSE RUMOR CORRECTED

Nothing Of a particularly startling
nature has transpired in political, or
rather local election matters since our
last issue. Beyond the names given
then, we have heard of but one addi-
tional candidate, in the person of Mr..
}. f. Bishoff, Jr., for the position of
Town Clerk. Messrs. Shaw and Bar
don are the only prominent candidates
for the position of Chairman of the
Board, and when both parties are so
well known to the voters, we need say
but little. We feel called upon, how
ever, IN the interest of fair play, to say
word IN this connection. There is a
report on the street, by whom started
we know not, to the effect that if Mr..
Bardon is elected he will use his in
fiuence to have the taxes of non-resid-
ents for whom he acts as agent, abated,
and that in this way the town will
loose too much financially. This is
doing Mr.. Bardon an Injustice. If
You will stop and thing moment, YOU
will remember that all these old tax
matters were abated and adjusted last
year by the present board, and by
looking at the records you will see
that all of these non-residents for
whom Mr.. Bardon acts, except one or
two, have paid their taxes this wear,
50 that there is none of this tax abat-
ing business to be done even if he was
SO inclined. Hereafter the taxes, all
OF them, must be paid or the lands
sold under the delinquent tax law, and
IN such an event any one of you can
step forward and bid upon all such
property. We do not think it is any
credit TO Mr.. Bardon's opponents to
circulate and adhere to such stories,
Mr.. Bardon owns a good deal of pro-
perty in Superior, and probably there
is no man here who has the best inter
ests OF the town constantly before him
more than he, and we all know that
ne is in favor of local improvements, if
tor no other reason, then call it a sell
fish one, for he has sense enough to
know that every dollar iudiciously
spent by the town in such improve
ments, enhances the value of his prop
erty two fold, and the rule which
holds good in his case applies to every
lot owner in the town. When a man
handles his own private affairs as
judiciously and successfully as Mr..
Bardon does his, it is safe to say that
he would make a frst-class public
official and We feel sure that if he is
elected, the people of Superior will
never have cause to regret their
choice.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-04-01

Milwaukee Republican; If our
Madison correspondent is not mistak-
en-, the Hon. VIM t. Price, otherwise
known as Bill Price, is to emerge vic
tor in the long struggle over the con-
gressional apportionment. Between
Price and Hon L. w. Reyes, other
wise known as Boss Keyes, there has
been bitter antagonism on this and
other subjects. Each had views and
objects to attain by manipulating the
the apportionment. Each has been
supposed to seek to carve out dis
trict that would be most likely to look
kindly on his aspiration to seat in
congress. But Price, who is tough
and gamy, though small of stature,
appears to have been latterly getting
the advantage of his opponent. He
has out-maneuvered and fanked him.
Allying bis forces with Rankin and
Delaney, who also yearn to transfer
their activities to Washington. Price
has captured the apportionment COM
mittee and secured the adoption by it
of bill that is as satisfactory to him
as anything he can hope for, while it
puts Keyes, county into the same dis
trict with Congressman Hazelton's
county. The plan assures the Demo
Gratis of two districts, which are such
as Rankin and Delaney sigh for and
have ciphered for, 1t is thought the
combination is strong enough to as
sure the passage Of the bill by the as
sembly.
Price has won, the bill alluded to
having become a law a few days since.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-04-01

President Willard has sent out an
expert engineer and two surveyors to
travel the whole line of the transcon-
tinental route to report on the best
methods of providing elevators for
farmers along the line from Oregon to
Lake Superior Some system is desir-
ed which will furnish farmers storage
at every station-Exchange.
With independent elevators all
along the line and Superior as general
headquarters for selling and shipping,
we think the farmers will then get the
full value for their grain and the Min
neapolis mill monopoly will find its
Occupation gone" Now is the time
for the farmers of the great west coun-
try to take hold of this matter and
bring the issue to a successful termin-
alton.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-04-01

If the people Of Superior ever in
tend to help themselves any now is
the time to do it. When a stranger
sees that a town is doing all she can
to build herselfup they feel more like
taking hold and helping the good
work along, but they don't want to
help town that can but will not help
herself. 1t is only necessary to take
retrospective view Of the place to
see what has been done in the past.
Do you want the same policy con-
tinued? We think not.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-04-01
Crow Dog Convicted.

Crow Dog, who has just been under
going trial for the murder of Spotted
Tail, a prominent Indian cheif, last
summer, has been found guilty of
murder in the first degree" by the
jury that sat upon his case. The YER
dict was interpreted to the prisoner,
who did not seem to realize its full inn
port. A motion will be made to let
the matter go over to the August term
TO enable the prisoners friends to raise
money to carry the case to the su-
preme court Of the United States to
pass upon the jurisdiction of United
States courts over Indians. The de-
partment will be requested to assist, as
this being the first instance of the trial
of an Indian for crime against another
Indian, it is important that correct
precedent be established.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-04-01

The London Observer closed
feeling tribute to Longfellow, by say
ing: at is scarcely too much to say
that, since the death of Byron, no Iiv-
ing English poet has enjoyed such wide
popularity rs Longfellow
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-04-01

About thirty thousand people in
the city of Buffalo are supported by
the railroad companies. The amount
expended there by different roads in
wages alone will foot up over s3,OO0,-
600 annually.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-04-01

Senator Window, of Minnesota,
will accept thanks for a copy of Sena-
tor Blaines Memorial Address on the
life an character of James Abram Gar
field, delivered before both Houses of
Congress, in February last. 1t is
paper well worthy of preservation.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-04-01
Judicial Election,

ELEY ENTH JUDICIALC CIRCUIT
For Judge of Circuit Court, to fill vacancy,
SCION II. CLOUGH.
For Judge of Circuit Court for full term,
SOLON II. CLOUGH.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-06-29
SHORT HORN CATTLE FOR SALE.

l35 head OF Short Horn cattle. with &C
calves ~ side and more to follow. 81
cows from to years old, 20 2 year
olds to calve soon, the remainder yearling
helfers. Nothing less than 7-Ss In blood
and large percent Thoroughbred. We
bred last year to a Thoroughbred Short
Horn and thoroughbred Hereford bull,
We have % calves by Hereford and 80 by
Short Horn, and are using the same bulls
on the herd this year, both bulls for sale
with herd. These cattle were wintered in
Kansas. Persons desiring to raise their
own bulls, or bulls for sale, will find it tc
their interest to examine this herd. Fol-
full particulars call and see me or address,
Geo. II. Philips, Medicine Lodge, Kansas,
or John |. Vanmeter, in charge of herd,
Anthony, Kansas.
N Il. These cattle will be sold in lots to
suit purchaser