Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-27
ANTHONY ACTUALITlES.

ANTHONY, Feb. "a. 1885,
To the Editor of the Eagle:
Shoot the ground hog, as the man
that saws there is none in Southern
Kansas.
What is ground hog? According
10 old Pinneo he Is a noun, because it's
The name of something, Of the mascu-
line gender, because il is he old one
Of this year, third person-trequently
spoken of-singular aumber, because
il means but one year, and in the
Hominative case, according to sole one
The ground hog governs the weather.
Snow has been falling all day and is
now about six inches deep but it is not
cold and if we do not receive biz
ard the snow will soon be gone. 1t
= sincerely to be hoped that we will
have no more cold weather this win
'er as our cattle have had about all the
cold weather they can stand, if we
have au early spring all double or
our single wintered cattle will come
out with very little loss, but there is
no hope for the through cattle, their
fate has been recorded. This has been
a disastrous winter TO the tenderfoot.
Stock is away down with him now
Some of our cattlemen had foresight
and humanity enough about them
TO cut and put up into hay the large
blue stem that has made its appear
apce on their ranges within the last
year or two, aud will thereby be able
10 feed their weaker ones through and
save them; but the great majority of
the ranchmen failed to put up hay,
called it "grangering," but there
viii be quite numter of grangers in
lroad hats and big spurs this year
ant not so many dead cattle next win
ter. see by the EAGLE that the old |
settlers have had their jubilee; was
quite sorry that ! could not attend
this year, this being the second time
that have failed to meet with them
since the organization. readily OBJ
serve the names of the old ones and
am glad TO know that they are able to
come out and enjoy themselves.
Would like TO see 10. Allen and Moth
er Fitzgerald trip the light fantastic.
10. will have TO take some anti-fat or
A. ~ oil 80. INN ia nj
lady ere long. While writing of these
old settlers reunions ! have thought
to mention an incident of my own ex-
perience that had escaped my mind
and was only brought back by my wife
hunting up one of my diaries that
/ kept in I'VE olden day." and in look
ing it through to find what she desired
the incident was brought to light. She
and I spent the Fourth of July, 1871,
with friends at Park City as the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Newt. Miller, and Mr..
and Mrs. Nereus Baldwin. They had
a regular celebration in the grove
west of town, The programme was
speaking, toasting, dinner, dancing
and good time generally, such as {
no one other than pioneers can have.
The speakers We're Col. c. c. Nichols, {
w. I. Jewett, Bob Hall, Theo. Thorn
son and others. After the speaking !
the tables were spread, and such din c
ner! II was elegant; there was buffalo, s
deer. antelope, prairie chicken, bacon, Q
ham and one solitary and lone old hen, 6
baked and stuffed, and was the contri-
button of Mrs. Newt Miller, and this q
wss the only domestic fowl that was 4
laid on her country's altar that day. e
For fruit we had the sand plumb, but 6
we had good time all around. t
/ presume if there was to be din u
ner there this coming Fourth Of July, b
DR.. Minturu, Alb. Jeweit, Chris. Zim- I