Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-28

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Mrs. Joey Pardey, of the 2. p. p. p.
made things hum around here before she
| left. Ii has been said that fat people are
always good natured, and when this is APP
piled TO the masculine gender il may be,
and we think is true; but pile up two humid
red aud fifty pounds of extra flesh OH a
female form and there is no telling what
kind Of temper will be forthcoming.
When the p. p. p. p. found that the boys
bad stolen the wheels from their wagon,
Mrs. joey said she knew who did it: it was
the hotel proprietor, McCandless, and he
did il for thrce-fold reason. First, he
wanted to make money out of the crowd
by keeping them here few days longer;
then he hoped they would want to prose-
cute somebody, and as justice he would get
the fees in the case; and as such prosecution
would certainly cause fight or two, as po-
lice judge he would reap another harvest.
It required the combined arguments of the
balance of the party and the dog to con-
vince joey that she must be mistaken.
Then she evolved another theory which
| sounds more reasonable, though it would
show an utter heartlessness on the part Of
some OF our citizens. She said that one
night last week George CHATS the main
guy of tue show went out and got OH IA
roaring old full with the boys, and having
no money along TO pay his part of the ex-
penses of the rout, he agreed to put up re-
served seat tickets, and promised to take i'm
about half of the town the next night.
Owing to circumstances over which George
had no control, the business manager re-
fused to Issue the comps" and the boys
who had given George drink, and made
him drunk also, got badly left and it was
to get even that they stole the wagon
wheels.
This system OF reasoning was so plansi-
bic that her position was not disputed and
she went away from here with her opinion
Mr.. r. NJ. Sparks, of Lexington, Mo,
who has considerable bunch of cattle In
this county came in this week. On his way
here from Missouri he came by the places
in this state sud to be afflicted with tile
foot and mouth disease, and when ques-
toned about the disease lac stated it as his
positive opinion that the trouble with the
cattle he saw, two Of the punches affected,
Is nothing more than ''grease heel" or as
commonly called "crack heel" and that it
comes like scratches in horses, only in a
more malignant form, aud contagious; that
the cattle affected with it will communi-
cate il to sound cattle: that he has had a
good many cases of this disease among his
stock, most Of them on the road to Califor-
mia, and few in Missouri; that if it should
prove to be the grease heel, which he be-
lieves il to be, the cause OF the disease is
from cattle running on low, wet ground,
with some mineral in the land, such as al
Kali, and the extreme cold winter has help
ed to increase the disease; that he has had
cattle take it in the summer months. In
July and August it will cause the feet and
toes of cows to come off, and will Kill them
If not stopped. In one instance, two years
"SNf "a Wv bNaOA " i4o SUI wis dllcCb-
ed with the disease, but after applying a
remedy to the feet she recovered i'm a few
days. He says the past winter having been
long, aud the first part very wet, more or
less cattle afflicted in this way may be look
ed for, and that if the disease should prove
to be the grease heel, he offers the following
Information as to its treatment: The dis
eased cattle should be taken out and kept on
dry ground; new rope should be drawn
across the sore aud affected parts to cleanse
them Of impurities thoroughly, and then
apply hot pine tar mixed with tallow, and
sprinkle shocked lime on the ground around
the feed troughs. Mr.. Sparks says that he
IS satisfied there is no great cause for alarm.
concerning the disease, but expects to hear
Of more diseased cattle in different parts of
the country, as feed is scarce. He examin-
ed two Of the infected herds and several
punches Of cattle near them that were not
affected, and says that he does not believe
there need be any fear about the disease
spreading into this county.
Mr.. Sparks will be here tomorrow at
the meeting OF the Barber County assocla-
ton, and we hope he may be Induced to
| give q little talk.