The Iola register., 1885-10-02
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OPGlu8 0AACy SCOVVA OpCtISN OCPSs
q with an enrolment Of 80. There are
over 20 In the district Of school age......
Our last list of items just returned from
Washington. 1t seems that they made
the round trip for nothing only because
it takes two cents tosend them to lola.
...... We are glad to see that some one
else took up the quill during our alb
sence The farmers here have gen
orally soured ON fax raising. Corn is
better than was generally supposed.
The late rains and warm weather is
bringing out the late planted. ......... Mrs.
w. II. Martin and Mrs. James Hicks0n
attended the Kansas City fair.........
Mr.. Haynes has built crib, granary,
stable, wagon and implement house un-
der one roof........ n. Tallentire Is build
ing q crib, ,.granary, wagon and imple-
ment house. c. r. Osborn is the ar
chitect. District 30 has bought The
charts SO highly recommended by many
educators. These charts could very
easily be manufactured and sold at
good profit, for SIS, instead of $35. and
we hope no school board in Kansas will
hereafter agree to pay any more for
them. They are altogether too small
for practical use for large classes. .........
H. Tallentire and son has been visit
ing his father in northern Ohio, whom
he had not seen for eleven years. After
the fatted calf had been eaten, he came
home via. st. Louis and stopped to see
the Exposition ......W. H. Martin,
James Hicks0n, n. r. Sm0ck, NJ. p.
Briggs and others are attending the re-
union ut Topeka. JACK & GILL.
Allen Centsr::Articles.
Just at present we need little rain
and judging from appearances we will
get it sOOn......... Wheat-sowing time Is
about Over......... Mr.. Port Is building a
barn 42xS4. A pretty large one for this
country, but it ia not money thrown
away.........It rather strikes US that the
road north of Mr.. Ports place has not
been improved very much by the addi-
tion of those cross grades.........Charles
Gates and daughter Essie, of Yates
| Center, were at Mr.. Barker's Sunday Y,
being called there by the serious illness
of Mrs. Barker's MOTHER. ..... George
AmmOns Is wrestling with the e''shakes'
occasionally. ..... Mrs. Nettie Wise re-
turned to her home in Kansas City last
Monday. .........E. p. Faddis, an old resi-
dent of this place, is visiting here at
present........R Rev. Ault preached last
Sunday. Next appointment in two
weeks.........A new branch of study has
been introduced into the Allen Center
school. Our little sister came home one
evening and said, 1--WE are going to
have some lessons in phizzlegigamy."
Now we don't profess to know what
"phlzzlegigamy" is, but we'll wager
our old straw hat after we wear it an
other summer, that 1t Is either some
new-fangled method of wearing the
hair or it is the science Of arranging 81
worth of ribbon on SOC hat........." SIN
dependent" says he only wishes it were
"Dear" as the C0urant expressed It.
.........As far as we know, the democrat
ic ticket gives pretty general satisfac-
ton to democrats, unless it be commits
siOner. Neither democrats nor repub-
licans think lola entitled to the COM
missioner this year........At last Dame
RumOr has given way to Fact and he
says positively and without reserve,
that "SoW and SetU" are ''hitched,
and now we worry no more......... Yours
ever and anon, BONNY BEN.