The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-07-18
Usage Thoughts.
AUNTIE

Dear Friends:-The glorious old 18th has pass ed
once mpre, and everybody, wife ami children
,ok it in and If there ever was a 4th of July
that was more fully, thoroughly and satisfac-
torily enjoyed by happy, we'll blessed people,
it must have been a hi sger day than we h I'VE in
Kansas. That rain just before daylight was
what spread that general big grin on every
granger's face. The general expression was,
Oh, isn't this mud lovely That rain will.spoil
lots of nubbins, think.
Well, We all went to NJ n IN to en'huse and
when we got there the or ,wd looked as though
every man, woman and child in Allen county
was in the grove. And such fine grove and
that blue or ,ss Oh. dear Oh, dear me Yes,
we started early, had tn, pleasure of riding
with the paper man in two wheeled wagon,
of the Eng'i persuasion. Well, | thought it
a little too much English Def ,re we got ther e :.
Everything was lovely until we struck the
O'Neal hill there the singletree bar weakened
and my pard leaped out. l would have done
the same thing but l noticed the ends of the
shaves were hook shaped, So I knew if the
horse and wagon parted the wagon could not
20 down hill very far before these hooks would
hook onto a rock and stop that ca IT and myself
from jumping into that big hole of water at the
foot of the hill, and l still felt patriotic. On
top of the hill once more all safe and sonnd,
Jog ging along at two-forty gate, until we
struck the Bronson delegation, where we fell in
lihe, still feeling patriotic. Bang! went some
thing First though 1t was an anvil iiired-back
the dashboard, up went the seat and down
went the lower part of the box. "Whai's the
matter ?'' says my pari-couldn't stop be-
cause we were in the procession. 1 said,
stay on top, pard yes, stay on top. Well, we
set our knees against the dashboard and
braced our backs against the rim of the back of
the seat and Pard aud | both breathed easy
once more, both still feeling patriotic. Yes,
the American blood rushing furiously all
through us by the wav IL was forcing the
sweat to the surface. Arriving at the grove
we took out I.ellshazzertour horse) and hooked
the ends of the shafts of our dog cart over a
limb and sailed forth, still feeling patriotic and
thankful that things were As well as they was
By-and-by the band arrived aud did honor to
themselves rs good tOOters. Yes, they GER
tainly know how to toot horns to perfection.
After playing several fine pieces they rested,
and Mr.. Foust. an attorney from lola, was in
troduced, and right here want to say that he
did acquit himself well he was the right man
choice when they selected him M orator of the
day. After speaking, AMI some more fine mu-
sic by the band dinner was announced, and out
come the boxes, baskets, ETC., and oh good
gracious never felt g" patriotic in all my
life. The widow and Mrs. Myers spread joint
Iy, aud out rolled the good things. oh, no.
guess not. never felt more like true Amer
lean since learned to hur rah for the stars and
stripes. I must say something about that
young, tried chicken, and that raspberry jim,
they called it. Well. think damned quite oft
en-, still feeling .triotic all the VIII lie. My
travelling pard struck a little bon ANA in the
way of picking up subscribers tor his paper,
The REGISTER. Yes. the Osagrrs, Modocks
and Goshoots like the REGISTER and come
to the scratch nobly by handing over lots OF
kale seed to my pard. That's all to-day.
4 PATRIOT.