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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-28

Male ChaperOnes in Chicago Steer Coun-
try Visitors 20 See the Elephant.
from ne Minneapolis 7rf5uAe.

From he MianedD0Ns TribuAa.
There are more ways than one OF max
ing living in large city. Apropos Of
this there was a party OF gentlemen in
full dress occupying a box at the Column
bia the other night. The eldest OF the
group attracted the attention OF the au-
dieuce By ms distinguished appearance,
line bearing, aud the elegant no OF his
clothes. He was easy and graceful. and
those who looked upon him thought he
must have been a retired merchant,
wealthy, with a taste, no doubt. for being
With bis youthful friends. There
was one man in the audience, how
ever, who knew him. and he en-
liaOteued those around him. Hes O pro-
iessionRl chaperOne for young men. and
old men, too, who come 20 Chicago 10 see
the sights. lie hangs around the Palmer
ard tho Grand Pacific most of the time,
but Is well-knOwn al the hotels. He
knows everybody and every place In town,
and when strangers at the hotels want TO
see the sights and make the tour he ~ on
nand 10 accompany them. When the
party comes In alter inspecting the city
he is usually the only sober one in it.
somebody must he sober, YOU know, TO
take care OF the rest. He Is paid 80 much
for his services, and on this be lives nice
~. He " not a fakir--he couldn't afford
10 be. He Is STRAIGHTFORWARD aud honest,
ana those who go out with him are safe
He is well educated. and has been we'll
brought up; has been 90 Europe, but who
r. BIO, or where he originally came from,
nobody knows. and. for that matter, no.
body cares. He is invaluable TO those
who need him, and he has plenty 10 DO"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-28
COMING SOUTH

cHNAnnah.I0 u 6.U5 m
Savannah.52 d 1901 D m 81 d 600 m
Connections at Savannah with Savannah,
Florida and Western Railway for all points in
Florida
Trans Nos. SO and "a will not stop to tGke
on or put Oh passengers between Savannah
and MIllen, as trains Nos. 10 and Is are eX-
pected to do the way business between these
points.
Local Sleeping Cars on all night passenger
trains between Savannah and Augusta, Sa-
Macon and Columbus.
Tickets for all points and sleeping car berths
on sale at City Ofice, No. 20 Bull street.
G. A. " HITEHEAp, WILLIAM ROGERS
Gen. Pass. Agt. Gen. supt., Savannah.
j. G. SHAW, W. Z. SHELLMAN,
Gen. Trav. Agt. Traffic Manager,
Savannah, Ga.
Sd" daily. ID Esq daily except Sunday.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-28

CONNECTIONS AT IBEMINAL POINTS.
AT Augusta-TraiDs 81 aud SO connect with
outgoing trains Of Georgia Riiiroad, Column
South Carolina Railroad. Train So connects
with OUTGOING train on Augusta and Knox
vile Railroad. Train 81 connects with trains
for Sylvanla, Wrightsville and Louisville.
At Atianta-Trains 81 ami 50 connect with
Airline and kennpsaW routes to all points
Sorth and East, and with all diverging roads
for local stations.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-28
Boston and Savannah
STEAMSHIP co.
FOR BOSTON DIRECT.
CABIN PASSAGE .................S $50 90
EXCURSION 50 90
STEERAGE u 90

THE hrst-class iron steamships Of this com :
panv are appointed to sail every Thurs-
day from Boston at P. NJ; from Savannah as
follows-standard time:
CITY OF MACON. Capt. WV. KELLEY.
THURSDAY, Nov. %, at s 80 A. 81.
GATE CITY, Capt. D. HEDGE, THURSDAY
Dec 3, at 80 P. N.
CITY OF MACON. Capt. w. KELLEY,
THURSDAY, Dec, 10, at s:soP NJ.
GATECITY. Cant. D. HEDGE, THURSDAY.
Dec. II, at 40 P. NJ.
Through bills of lading given to New Eng
land manufacturing points and tn Liverpool.
The cnmpany's wharyes in both Savannah
and Boston are connected with all railroads
leading out Of the two cities
RICHARDSON & BARNARD,
gents
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-28

THE steamships Of this company are ar
4 pointed TO sail from Savannah for BaIti-
more as foilows-city time;
JOIN HOPKINS. Capt. II. D. FOSTER,
TUESDAY, Dec. I, at 3 Pm.
WIN. OR ANE, Capt. BILLUrs, SATURDAY.
Dec. 3, at4P.M
VIM LAWRENCE. Capt. KENT, WEDNEs-
DAY. Dec. q. at 9: 80 A. N.
WIN. CRANE, CAPT. BrLLUPs, MONDAY.
Dec. Il, at I'm.
And from Baltimore every Wednesday and
saturday at3P. NJ.
Through bills lading given to all points
West, all the manufacturing towns in New
Eng md, and to Liverpool and Bremen.
Through passenger tickets issued to Pits
burg, Cincinnati, Chicago, and all points West
and Northwest.
JAS. B. WEST & CO., Agents,
III Bay street.
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FAST MAIL.
:35 . m AR Baiubridge

l'V4 p M Ar ..Cnattaheochee ~ fl.,6-
stops only atstations named aud an r..,,'it IA
S'alluns between dupont and Gsfne LII
and Ihomasvllle and Chattahooehee Dig "51
man buffet sleeping cars Washington to is ci,'
so"Fllle, Jacksonville TO New York snd a.
aud from Jacksonville and New Orias su' %
Pensacola and Mobile. Pullman palace sjse ia
ing curs Jacksonville to ST. Louis Via SareP
nah, Atlanta. Nashville and Evansviue '@1-
ATIAAIll CnASI, L ~ l. l. y -
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-28

To gather pearls from oceans vases
Divers down in divers places;
But atour mouths Of streams aud bays,
NO pearls do Asian swimmers raise
like those m beauty's mouth that shine
Made by the s0zODONr divine.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-28

Those who are suffering from Coughs.
polus' Bore Throat ETC., should try
BROWNS BRONCHIAL TRocuEs. Sold
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-28

stops only at stations named. Pullman
vile. Pullman palace sleeping cars 10 and
from jacksonville and Louisville. and Gaines.
vile and Montgomery, via Thomasville and
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-28
Railroaoe.
Savannah, Florida & =; 445igSfe ma 3,

Al trains Of this road are run HI,
800 Meridian time which ia ss a,i ~ os central
than Savannah time N''7 slower
On AND AFTER SUNDAY. Nov r. ~.
daily as follows: 'o"" Viii run
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-28
aatIrnann
central Southwestern Railr dS.

All trains OF this system are run ny stand
ard 1907 Meridian time, which IS So minutes
slower than time kept by city,
SAVANNAH. GA, Nov. %. 1885.
ON AND AFTER THIS DATE pASSEN-
~ GER TRAINS on the Central and South
western Railroads and branches will run as
follows:
GOING NORTH.
Leave No. 81 No. 5S-
Savannah d $40 al m. d $40 p m
Leave No. Is
d 5:40pm.
ArrlvQ n
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-04-09
Columbia and Greenville Railroad

On md after Oct 9th, 1884, Passenger
Trains will run rs herewith indicated upou
his road and its branches. Daily Except
Sundays)
NO. 63--E pASSPSUyP
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-04-09
Wi7:s'' &aiSsH'', 3sggb.e..s'',,,

BE YOUR OWN PHYSI(IAN.-A
h&'y' who for many years suffered tor
mcntS worse than death from Uterine
troubles, such as Falling of the Womb,
l'eu""rrhora C'hitcs,) painful and sup
pressed Menstruatior, finally found rene
dies which completely cured her ANY
sufferer from such diseases can take the
remedies and TINS cure herself without re-
V"aling her condition to any one, or sub
Iecting her womanly modr:>ty to the shock
OF an examination ,by Il ,physician. The
recipes with plain directions, will bo sent
TO any address FREE OF CHARGE scc,melv
sealed. Address Mrs. NJ. j. BRAErE, 49G
Marshall ST., Philadelphia, Pa. Name this
paper march j, 1885
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-04-09
Young Mcn!-Read This.

THE VohTAIc BELT Co., of Marshall,
Mich, Offer to send their celebrated Ell
EorRo-NohrAIc BELT and other ELECTR1c
APPLIANCES on trial for thirty days, to
men (young or Old afflicted with nervous
debility, loss of vitality and manhood,
md all kinh2e3 tronbles. Also for rheu-
motism, nenra!8in, paralysis and many
other diseases. Ccmpleto restoration to
health, vigor ana manhood &;layanteed
Ne risk is incrrrcd a" thirty days trial is
allowed. Write them nj once for illhstra-
4ed pamphlet free. jan ], 'Gb.-ly
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-04-09
Ube Sntts

An Independent Newspaper Of Dera
3cratic Princi piles. but not Controlled b
any Set Of Politicians or Manipulatore
Devoted to Collecting and Publishing al
the News Of the Day in the most Inter
esthg Shape and with the greatest pos
sible PromPtness Accuracy ard Impair
tiality; and to the Promotion of Den6
cratic Ideas and Policy in the affairs o
Government. Society and Industry,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-04-09

St7s said that overflow of the gall in
cattle is caused by feeding too many
cotton seed, and only small quantity
OF other kinds Of food.
Prayer-n6sting every Thursday evening
at O'Clock p. NJ at the PYssbytarisn
church. AN are invited to attend. 49,
Our Sabbath schools ohould mite and
arrange something pleasant for the chill
dren abont'the 1st Of May.
we hope Mr.. Wiggins will give every
oody timely warming OF the approach of
cyclones, during the coming season.
Frying chickens have made their ap-
pearance i'll our market, and command n
iboralprico.
lou may have read of those ice-bergs
III the northern seas Hney have thoir
course. Tlfoy smash whatever would Ci-
vert their course, OF retard their progress,
and do not seem to view the wreck. II
appears to tho editor protein that these
qualities ai'S possassed in u wonderful
degree by a citizen now located Soma
w'tn"e on the banks ftho Potomac river.
The April showers have come.
The fruit crop promises to be m
abundant one.
Wheat is beginning to come out oc
the kinks.
The oat crop will be short.
Our town election was SO quiet that
some of'ouf people didn't know that
it was going on
Frepa'e your land by plowine
deep, then cultivate shallow trb;.
was Dickson's method and he ALWAYS
made good crops.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-04-09

Gen. \. G. Gar'in.5 on ii, Il 1T his
r""tV"n at '5aluIa in NewHerry
county on Friday the 9th ult., aged
G2 years. Gen. Darlington WAS a
lawyer OF distinguished ability; an
able attIocate, and an eloqucnts speaker.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-04-09

The appointment of Peason, as
Postmaster of New York City, pleas
eS the Independent Republicans and
some Democrats, but many Demo.
Gratis are displeascd, and one Demo.
cratic organization in Brooklyn de-
nonnced the Presi&;cnt for appoint
lng h2m. No man can please every
body.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-04-09

Ihe g""no;a%ent@ are happy. Our
farmers have determined to try q
big cotton crop once more.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-04-09

y" 40 '--~H,Svru' n,uunsbVro 10 Rich'd
Through Tickets oil Sale at Charlotte
HTe"nv''lc, Senccn, Sparransurg aid Gaine.
VILE t" all points South, Southwest; North
aid t:aft.
A with + K 10 anil from Athens
with \ L toahA from rantlaL Falls
with Air Lihc 10 aid from Elber,on
and Brwcrstillc
with Blue Ridge n to aid ffor.i ea]-
halla, &c
with and n tG md from Newbcr
ry; Aston Ahd Coiumb!I.
with an; = u and h Is diid from
HrndcrSonriilc. Alston, &c
u with chester and Lenoir n TO and
rom chester Yorkviile and DALLAS
IL with G niviS>inn and C. c md M
Ioand irdm greensboro, raleigh, &c
|. SAuE, Snnerintendrnf.
ShAEGTER. Gen'l Pass. Az,
RINEs, ID Y p & Genl Manager
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-04-09
SLATE of South Carolina
County OF ptCkENs.

IN PROBATE COURT.
NOTICE OF FINAh HfgTTLESIENT
- hereby give notice that will apply
To- F,,rIonn d: II, Newton, JndfE Of Probate fcr
1&i5, for leave 10 make Il final Settlement
with my wards MaliSsa FE8uson, w. p.
Gu lStain, Susan ,2dans, n ,rtha l.. Chas
tHil, William Giastain, Ahncr Chastain,
Nelson Chastaia, Rowland chastain, John
J.. Chaetain and Joseph II. Chastain, and
get discharge a. their Guardian.
JOHN 4. EEASTAIA, Guardian.
mar 19 1885 g5 5
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-04-09

There was conHilorblc cxciteme~ +
IN Central last Monday over the
town election. Two tickets wote in
the field. We have not yet learned
the result.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-04-09
T'I'ENTS.

.tf.s.sEssEfa, vi e gt3 sEss.sE"
f,y TX ! H.. > -.
{silles8}is not a. o,t,,,,;,,o -, - -
years preyioiis '-'''
iB az years " ll,, U,,D,.
will aiwaya 1.-Two
1he tree schools in Chester county
WIZ oe open about five mouths in this
year. -..
A'A J'''1 vi A'cHlngton county Is
W o''' ""0 i9 "attinB three new
In Clarer ion, .,r,7rf,. Aha fo,,,,,,.s
planting NOR n,,,, tbu,, mama,
oncle SaA'ilI, l'"uce OF the peace in
for ,,,,.,,; 'A '0'''ooo
&b;s aldo of H., .,,,.,,.. s' ,ii0n oil
,,ove,,, +,,o,.,,oI, "''''
The fortiGn ln.Distors appointed. 40
Har, are over sixty ycars of 400,
We .ret,r1l tbnnks 70 Hon. J. T.. Boggs
1or the ah!e amt n}tj factory manner in
ment of Trr n,>.,,>,,.r, d,,,;,,,. ,,,,r ,,;,;+
Co the Worl5, ,,v,,.,;t;o,, ~ No ~.
les,ps.
Neither .Y.ilG ". .l,,lt con hovo O ,o.,,
br;obt con,,,,,..,,, -,,,,o,, ,...
Sb,in.r,s ?, = .. ,;r.,...,
&bs vo,,,. .,.,,i ,.....:r.
uo
.:.,-,,. "" VI iie"'c" ny
Chem anu giving
so,,iu... ,.-....,,,,,
+;,,o,, ,.I o'',i'' oon-
,,ata ~, ,'''iins carry lie
atort;,,a d. m,' "n" "i'Tr
,ra.o,in "Ns0
,nuh~ ",i "'i '"ii'S, Lao
'ii'oN-
yard.
pn,o..I..,.., ..-,,
6,,,~,t, 40 'eo" '"oi'e Se''rS'
s,,,LI,,,l VIC" 4''i'o
rems;r. ....,...... -, iA'A
Gay al" '"".' " extend to the be-
A00''ou '..'''} "" e"ftlelt sympathlcs.
''.'-." heSi'atlon' say th"t
"o .- gruP nus given the
'''' ''' "'''' 70 nave Sold ah lnl-
Il,
."oi''o - curing the past VIII
o'' ll1hroN CO.,
MIR. = " 3D. PIT IN ~nrh eifcc
tive W.. 80 81. ... w eh the 1sv instant.
Solne { hr ."@ gaclous acted Oh con
'''''>'p,-' 10, u
! I. i'''i'e
laid bros v.,,u ,ut rest IL Year heuce.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-04-09
state OF South CarOiina
County ofPickens
Han GSsGrt Of JONaEEorS PLEAS


Am CSNrt Of nhiEorS PLEAS
John NJ. Jones, Plaintiff, vs. Mahala Whit
| miro, Harvey Wnitmirc, Susan Jones.
Anna Whitmire, Richard Whitmirc, Ma
linda Whitmire, Eunicc Whitmirc Eliza
"hitmirc, RcbccCa Whitmrc, Bart Whit
mirc, and Leirs at law Of Mary e. Jones.
nee, Whitmirc, to wit: Mahata VI Jones,
Eunicc Il. Jones, ramclcy A. Jones
hahatta Jones and Mary j. Jones, De
fcndants ts-SuMMoNs (C0MPfAINr SEnyEDl
TO the Defendants above named:
" OU are hereby summoned and reauir:
IL cd TO answer the complaint in this
action, OF Which Il copy is herewith served
upon you, and to serve Il copy Of your am
swcrto the said complaint on the subscribers
ut thcr office at Piclcns Court House with
IN twenty days after the service hereof,
exclusive OF the day of Such s ry;ce; AID
II you fail to answer the complaint within
the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this
action wilt appy y to the Court for the
felicf demanded in The complaint.
Dated February 18TH 1885.
LIS. j. j. LEWIS. o.Cr.
CHILD & BOGGS,
Plaintiff 4 Attorneys.
TO Mahala Whitmirc. flarvty Wa:tmirc,
Anna Whitmirr Richard Waitmirr,
Mallnda Wn!tmirc, EuMicc Wnitmirc,
Eliza Whitmrc, R"bcc2a Whitmirr aad
Burt Whtmire, absent Defendants:
Please take nGticu that the S.unmoIir and
complaint III th;s n"tjrn. of which tn"
foregoing is c~py OF She summons, WAS
filed iii the office Of the Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas for PicN2n& County on
the 10Th day Of February 1885, and Tint
the object Of this action is for relief, and
the partition If the real estate Of Christie
pher y. Wuitmirt. Gcvr;tscd
CHILD l. BOGGS
Plainliff4 Attornrvs.
mar D, 1888 % Gw
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Nc cElaao Il q HDanviIIe Ts ne
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT

On ana after October 18th, 1884, Pas
sehge Train Service on the Atlanta and
Charlotte Air Line Division will be asfol-
lows
NORTH aTd-
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-04-09
PRICES CURRENT.

''-T'' " ~ I'D y n II FU II " IIUIIES n. F.
L,r$.
'""hEcTE WEEKLY n> FERGUSON & MILLER
Kerosene Nil has again advanced and
sells at 12i cents by the b.rrel add 20
cents retail. Meat t,@; declined and sells
"I 7 cents b" the, side md less in quan
tlty. Flour has l"m"med steady. Sugars
=" ""'' Fhn general tendency of the
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-04-09

IHEN THE VOICE EzrL>uMED-Fo first
class Groceries, cal on O. H. Scyle wiz,
airN'h stock anIN,>w fgur,3. Give m,
a trihl and yoa will be pleased.
.. Fl. SEYLE,
Easey, S. c..
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-01-02

Prohibition never accomplished any
real practical, beneficial, temperance
work yet, and Sd when commenting
upon the growth of thetemperance prin-
ciple In the United States 1t is not worth
while totakethe question Of prohibition
into consideration at all. That great
strides have been taken, however, to-
wards healthy temperance sentiment
in the country is matter of absolute
demonstration. Sixty years ago the peo-
pie Of America drank five gallons of
whisky per man; to-day they do not drink
over two. During this period the pro-
ductiOn Of spirits did not keep pace with
the increase Of population, but the use
OF them did increase enormously im the
arts at the expense Of consumption.
Much less drinking is now done in pro-
portion than was done even twenty years
ago, and with three times the population
that the country had in 1910, the statis-
tics show that the people actually drank
no more whisky in 1883 than they did in
lS40.-John N. Edwards.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-01-02

Fifty-six years ago Andrew jackson
was president-electo OF the United States.
The electoral colleges met that year. as
this, Wednesday, December 8, and cast
their votes, and this year, as that, the
votes will be counted on Wednesday
February II, in the presence Of the two
houses Of congress. The 9Th OF March.
lS29, when Jackson was inaugurated,
was on Wednesday and will fall on We'd
nesday this year. Parton says Of the
time that elapsed between the election
OF Jackson and his Inauguration, "AlI
Washington was busted during these
weeks with conjectures as TO the course
Of the president-elect, and, above all.
as to his intentions with regard TO APP
pointments and removals. But all con-
jecturing WIS vain. Nothing was ascer-
tanned until he chose to reveal IT,"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-01-02

Miss Matte Morley, school-teacher
Of Greenwood county, Kas., has earned
enough money by teaching to buy one
hundred and sixty acres Of land. She
hired eighty acres broke last year, and
had ten acres sOwed i'm wheat. She pur-
chased stock and pastured the rest Of
her land until she sold enough TO pay
for 1t. She Is now out Of debt and teach
Ing school for forty dollars per month.
She Is twenty-one years old, but she has
not wasted any time OF money. She
has been content with calico and mus
lin dresses in the summer and CORE
spending cheap and pretty fabrics I'm
winter. She did not go on summer ex-
cursiOns and rustic around IN summer
silks and fussy hats and feathers. She
did not aim to dress better on one hun
dred dollars year than the wife Of a
merchant or the daughter OF banker
who went TO the same church Of Sun
days. In other words, she was blessed
with good sense.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-01-02

Hon. III. NJ. Bickel, Of Mcpherson
county will be an applicant for the posi-
ton Of receiver of public money at the
Iarned land Office, a position now held
by Mr.. Booth. Col. Bickel was the
democratic nominee and candidate for
congress in this, the 7th district at the
late etection, aud rs such gained the
admiration Of every democrat in the
district for his untiring devotion to the
cause he represented and for the gallant
CANVASS he made, and even his political
opponent could not say q word against
his character as citizen or politician.
Col. Bickel is q graduate Of the Iowa
university: he served his country in the
union army and at the battle Of Shiloh
received what nearly proved a mortal
wound. OF late years he has been en-
gaged in farming and stock-raising in
Mcpherson county, where he has the
confidence and respect Of all classes.
For twelve years he has been fighting
for the democracy, and now modestly
asks appointment TO an Office which he
Is In every way atted Cor. We hope
that his claims VIII receive considera-
ton from the democratic press Of the
state.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-01-02


Talking about cold, :" said frontier
looking man Mt the Northwestern depot
Hope you folks down here don't call
this cold weather. This is nothing but
a slight GOODNESS. Now, IL you had been
with me and my pard last winter you'd
found out what the rale meanin' of
the word cold Is. We wor up In the
mOuntings on the line of the Canada
Pacific railroad, prospectin'. We built
us n little cabin on the mounting side
and put four hre-places in 1t, one ON
each side, you kn0w-great big, old
fashioned fireplaces, too. Then when q
cold wave came down on us we kept all
four o. those fireplaces goin', an there
was just room enough for us to sleep in
the middle OF the room. My pardner is
a tall man, he is, an when he sleeps he
stretches out for all he Is worth. One
morning he woke up and found that one
Of the side fires had gone clean out on
US. The others were all right, and my
pard got so close to 'em he had blistered
his right hand an his feet an singed his
hair on his head, but dun me IL his left
hand wasn't friE. That's what I call
cold weather."
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-01-02

Already, this winter, this section has
experienced thirty days of solid cold
weather, rs bad as could be visited on
any people. During that length Of time
the ground has been either wet with
rain or covered with snow. Much suf-
fering among the people has been the
result. Persons who came to Barber
county with the expectation Of finding
a land of perpetual summer have been
grievously disappointed, and not a few
are the complaints that are being made.
In their anxiety to acquire land, many
of our new settlers did not look after
the actual necessaries Of life, and 80
much Of the suffering has been brought
on themselves. Had every settler pro-
vided himself with q comfortable dug
out, built for comfort rather than for
appearance; had he invested a few
dollars In coal and wood when these ar
ticles could have been obtained at rea-
sonable prices. he would have been bet
ter prepared for the cold weather. But
the idea with many was that there
would be but little bad weather and
certainly no real back east cold; and
30 their shanties were not battened,
underplnned, ceiIed or plastered; they
provided no fuel and during days when
the mercury was even down TO zero,
corn stalks and prairie chips have been
their only warmth producers Ininduc-
M settlers 10 locate here they should
Ipyn be told the whole truth.