Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1883-06-22
West AAair Notes.
Graphic Correspondence.

Ed. GRApHIc:-Having leisure o
/ account Of confined wet weather
Thought to write you few items fror
this place
The rains have continued so lon
that the earth seems Ike a bed G
mortar.
Yet with all the wet, the late plantin,
of COZ. 4 has come up well and continue
to grow and look wen. There is a
least one third more corn planted il
this township than was planted las
year and the farmer still continue t
break and plant hew ground, between
showers. / her some tax of plant
ing up to the first Of July. l am salts
fed that if the ram lets up any way:
soon we can raise corn yet. All othe,
crops look we'll in this section of coun-
try. Oats and grass is doing well.
Potatoes are looking splendid and as
to amount planted, there has been
twice the amount of previous yeas.
Our better half presented US nice
mess of Young potatoes yesterday fol-
dinner, dug rom our early patch Of
about three fourths of an acre. Tl.ey
are yet small, the largest being about
as large as hem: egg, but the vines
are very full.
All garden "tiuck" is doing we'll and
we have promise of abundant yield.
Early sown millet looks bad. The cold
rains on it when it first came up. came
near killing it. Late sown is doing
well.
There is meeting going on at the
Golden Rule school house in this dis.
trict. 1t is conducted by the Holiness
persuasion. and they seem to be hav-
ing good time generally. There has
been quite member of accessions to
the church andtte interest seems to
be on the increase. They do not stop
for rain or mud but are found at their
posts day and night. with their swords
bare and mailing fea, al attacks en- the
ranks ofthe ungodly of that neighbor.
hood.
Mr.. Dixson of Pure Ar s St dong
4 good business with his store. Every
day finds his trade increasing.
Mr.. ]. w. Turner has been through
his township last week, canvassing for
book and taking names for the
GRAPHIC. We learn that he done
nothing in the way of the book,
md but little for the GRAPHIC
IS it is already taken in nearly
very family. We are sorry for ]. W.
or We hoped he would make a good
hing out of the business. The next
ime you come Billy, bring Jessie
ames or some blood and thunder ten
ent novel, guarded with some of N.
Wilson'S Rocky Mountain Bitters. and
'ou VII make a better success oft.
Miss Martha Turner, of Kinks, ne
as been on visit at her uncle's, ]. L.
,eigler's for the last two weeks. She
MI retu1n home in few days.
Mr.. ]. L. Zeigler has been very sick
Nth malarial fever, but at present is
BILE to be about again.
The health Of the county at present
good.
tits reported that Mr.. VIM. Swisher ,
tho went South this spring, is on his I
'ay back and WI make this his home /,
gain.
Mr.. Peter Weidenkoffer who went to 6
-ansas short time ago has returned, 1
nd reports that he did not find the !
md of promise he went to seek. {
lie says that to sit in a place all day, G
nd hear no one chop wood, no one I
al hogs or COWS, nothing but the
ind blowing, the dust flying and = few (,
" flies buzzing, is no place for him. G
or his part he prefers to wrestle with
e stumps and rocks among the YER i
ant hills for while yet, rather that to O
owe to such dreary place as he .
und in Kansas. Il
Mrs. E. B. Ready is visiting with her
ster Mrs. ]. L. Zeigler. .
There is talk of having big time at i,
ew Baden On the 4th ofJuly lift will .
in enough to lay the dust. :
Hoping to hear again soon from z
addy. remain yours as ever. :,
F. F.
From Clay Township. "
Mr.. EDITOR j thought that would
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