The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-25

vote on the question. The ones that elected
him would certainly DO the ones to do the vot.
Ing. The Democrats would be very likely tt
do the same under the circumstances.
Phil FARLEY.
hn Usage Notes.
[Received too late for Publication last week.
Boys, l am at some loes as what to say first
a. there lie terrible sight Of racket In the old
mans gouri to-day, and / am uneasy as tc
whether 1t will be worth printing or not.
We hearda splendid funeral sermon yester.
day at the Usage Valley Baptist church, deliv.
cred by Elder ]. ". Sage, OF Lacygne, on the
death Of Miss Luella Blunt. The house is q
large building, and yet 1t was packet to over.
flowing, hardly standing room for the great
crowd. We will have to build larger church
soon as there lie getting to be too many people
In this vicinity for our present church faciIi-
ties. - ' r
! met a Christian minister at the church,
he lie brother-in-law ofJorisn Dodge. He lie
visiting his friends and looking at our country.
He likes Southern Kansas. Yes, everybody
that comes from the East and North likes our
country. Il Is strikingly strange how ignorant
some people that live In Illinois, Indiana and
Ohio are. Every enc that comes to Kansas is
surprised and well pleased with our country.
They generally say "well, you have splendid
country sure and certain.''
As to our farming and planting, we are all
right. Several are done planting, and nearly
every one, has planted:some corn.
Friday night and Saturday gave Us nice rain
which makes grass and oats boom.
We experienced a young cyclone the other
evening that made the dust intolsrable but
did no material damage.
was over to Bronson Friday and every farm
er along the road was at work with from one to
four teams. don't think 1 remember the time
when everybody was so intently busy at farm
work as they are at the present time and the
land is working up so nice and mellow all
kinds of crop products are going into the ground
In good shape. And one more grand feature is
so much mixed farming just think few
minutes. Oats, potatoes, fax, castor beans,
broom corn, corn, sorghum rye, wheat, mil
let and tame grasses. Wheat and rye are look
ing fine, and our tim,l rain makes 1t boom,
you bet.
The widow that am stopping with at pres
ent 10 moving along with her work. She sent
me to Bronson with . box OF eggs to get some
hash with. The eggs did not hold out accord
Ing to the widows count. She thought she
counted right, thought may be some Of them
got broke. There was a deficiency Of twenty
five cents any way, and found that some one
had stuck long, black bottle Of sea foam into
my overcOat pocket and guess they must have
taken out that missing twenty-five cents.
iidn't bring any bottle home with me, but shat
night she said she thought she smelled some
thing like beer about me. told her there WIS
a lot of barrels standing on the side walk ard
may be had rubbed some Of the barrels onto
nv trousers She said a-hem and we all went
to sleep. Why 10 it that women are so sharp
,centedP Why, sir, ifs man walks along the
street past drug store, his wife Tor widow
lines worried when get home from town, and
when I lay down I get away back against the
vail 30 can rest better, and then the widow
,ays "what makes you lay so far away p"
say, don't bother me am sleepy and wor.
lied and want to go to sleep.
Well, everything is pleasant and agreeable
except the assessor. He is vety inquisitve.
lie generally wants to know what you own and
Why you own IL. 1t don't make any difference
whether It is paid for or not, he says "it is all
he same to him.
This has been pretty hard week on the old
nan. The widow has been cleaning house and
had to help catch the largest bed bugs, and
hose old chaps are powerful crafty. When yuu
;ank down bedstcad and they hear the racket
hey scamper of to hunt new pasture. And
hey don't leave any marks on the road that
-ou can track them by. Well 1t is astonishing
o see how big a bug can get into such small
racks or holes yet they do that very thing and
-ou cannot find but one end Of them at time,
md just as IKE as not that Is broke on. IfIwas
big, fat bug don't think I would like to see
pring time come SO early.
Well reckon patents and new ideas will never
top. Every day something new turns up.
The idea Of man sandbagsing himself, and
while yet crazy and dumb, buying q railroad
icket and coming home all safe, is a new thing
o the voters of Usage. Mr.. editor, can you
ell one where there is a sand bag factory? Il
want to have one made to Order. This widow
hat am stopping with needs bagging ocea-
ionally and want long one made that will
each further than br Dom handle, for l am
early wore out with that devilish long handle
viii some gentle reader please tell why all
women are such experts with the broom han
lie? I never heard of broOmhandle school
ct, and yet they all use them just as though
hey had graduated with the highest honors. ]
i'd very unwise thing last winter
ought twelve brooms at one time for the
widow Well, have learned to buy one broom
t q time after this and shall adhere to the
Ian sure and certain.
Well, another nice rain Thursday night keeps
Theat, oats and grass booming.
Mrs. Brown got out of Jail the other day nd
made the Osagers visit. She says John has
sure thing on all his boarlers SO far as
Their hotels are concerned, for they can't take
ny a his customers away, and no one goe 8
way and leaves his bills unpaid"
The Methodists are divided and are making
Dts of racket. Stanley wants the house Juilt
n the corner Of his land and claims the matter |
Tas settled last winter and he circulated a |
Inscription paper and got eight hundred sub |
cribers. Now the south wing wants to move
south, either one or two miles.
Mrs Brown has got the widow up on her ear /
, go out to lola to squander some Of her kale |
ED at o. p. Northrup's dry goods house.
Thole back load Of alpaca gingham for only
|. Is. o.! it is swful cheap. Lon is the boy
nat knows how to do such things you bet.
DON Pedro.
An Answer Wanted.