Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-22
TAIL FEATHERS AND FLOATING DOWN.
With Which a Local Reporter Piumes The
Readers Of the Eagle.

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Howard Soule says the remarks o Mr..
Osborn OF Butler county, in last weeks
EAGLE Down-sent the farmers into the
wheat fields to more closely examine the
growing wheat. He says the farmers
in the northwest part Of this county have
no fears OF the chintz bug this summer
that the wheat is late, but the weather is
unfavorable for the prosperity ofthe chintz
| bug. / am satisfied that the prospect for
full crop is better west of the Arkansas
river, than on the east side. The land
west OF the river being more sandy. The
cold weather that has prevailed this spring
has not retarded the growth Of the young
side . The railroad is reaching out for
Anthony, and it will not be many days I'M
til Anthony will be the terminus Of an
important railway. When that is accom-
plished the good people Of that prosperous
city may grasp the hands OF irrepresible
Judge Bayne, and say, swell done good
and faithful servant" -. Benny Bear is
starting in the drug business at Clearwater.
If that young city secures few more bust
ness men as good as Ben it will be all right.
49,. The sidewalks on Douglas Avenue are
twelve feet wide, but owing to the large
amount of merchandise displayed on
the north side. the pedestrians must all go
single file. There are places where two
persons can scarcely pass. r.. p. Ferries
has one OF the neatest little steam engines
in his place that l have seen. He also has
a complete engine lathe and is doing some
nice work The State Of Kansas, in order
TO keep her funds safe. takes it away from
Kansas banks and deposits in New York
banks. The New York banks speculate in
stocks and loose the money, and Kansas is
left. For my part | cannot say that / am
sorry The street railway company have
had some drivers on lately that do not seem
to take as much pleasure in beating the
poor mules as some heretofore employed.
Some people have yet to learn that the pa
tient mule relishes kind treatment, and that
when he is kindly treated he becomes more
attached to his master than the horse
Mr.. Woodford, in his temperance speech at
the rink last Sunday night, told an alarm |
ing story of bank in Illinois that issued
seven hundred dollars in new, crisp notes,
and it was all paid out TO aborng men in
just forty-eigbt hours. Three hundred and
seyenty-five dollars of that same money
was deposited by the saloon men. He con-
veyed the idea that the money was all spent
for liquor. When Dill and Jake Echart |
were running their saloons, they cashed
checks for nearly all the laboring men in the |
east end oftown on Saturday night, and do |
not suppose one per cent. was spent for |
liquors. II man has a ten dollar bill on |
Saturday night, and wants to pay his gro
Ger 70 cents and the barber 70 cents and five
or six other men small amounts, he wants
change for his ten dollars, The saloon
keeper will accommodate him If he has
that much change, and they generally have
more small change than any other BUSH
ness man.
Mr.. Woodiord made such an impression
on his audience, telling how the moderate
drinker went "oyer the hill TO the poor
house, But when the meeting closed and
Mr.. Hewitt told the six or seven hundred
people present that sl75 must be raised TO
pay the expenses of these meetings, the
solemn looking crowd did not come down
with cash enough to run saloon ten
months. .Gabe Carlton says he could Of
fer some excuses for being in town on
show day, but he said they would be SO
flimsey that nobody would believe them, SO
he will not offer them The show on
Monday was attended by an immense
crowd The people in this country do
not have enough of holidays, and these
shows offer.the farmers the only chance for
amusements. IL is all right to go TO the
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