Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-07-18
DERBY.

DERBG, has-, July 10.
To the Editor of the Eagle.
Having grown tired of detailing the
rapid growth of our little town and
cxultingly speaking of the promising
outlook of our locality in every par
;icular, | started from the sanctum of
our honored old friend Judge Mccoy,
where he wasSspread out la the true
Kentuckian over one table, a bench
and two chairs, with his shoes and one
stocking of, reading about the bell
gerant Kansas coon and regiment
of Celestials, after joining him in
good laugh and the universal eaclama-
ton, "Ain't it hot" up the street in
quest of something fresh TO commune
cate. .... ...- .-,s.
The first place halted was at my
good old neighbor Barton's furniture
store and in response TO my inquiry
for news faint voice came up from
amidst the beds, chairs, etc, from a
lounge" Amt il hot.'
On up to the next store and 10, l
found the firm of Foster & Cater
standing on each side of the counter
taking turn about at some kind of a
refreshing apparatus. l believe they
call it soda fount. Both greeting
me simultaneously with that novel
query, is this hot enough for YOU"
Yet before l left | was treated
to the most acceptable piece of news
got on the route, a good, cool drink.
Still onward toward the north until
reached the house of Ransom Il Hell
lar to discover there two fine looking
clerks on opposite sides of the house
in the most commanding positions for
the fondly cherished breeze that has
been our salvation these three days,
seemingly waiting to encourage some
poor way-farer by the exclamation,
"Ain't il hot?" Such was all the news
1 got there and OF thinking it would
get better Is progressed norihward,
and passing by the restaurant peeped
in, and to NV sorrow | found George
and Uncle Pete toe far gone TO greet
me with the..universal salutation. The
next place invaded was the sacred
precincts of Father Waters, known &c
most of your readers rs a man not on
ly quilt and equablc, but always full of
news, 10 say nothing of his great adj
miration for the ladies, and rs good or
bad luck would have il one of Derby's
bellies passed Just as | entered which
caused him 10 raise his venerable head
just three inches from his pillar of
wrapping paper. looked, exhaustcdly
Whispering. ''Oh. it is TOO hot then
[ knew nav cake was dough. Along
up. passing in sight of his reverence,
our beloved Baptist pastor, saw his
feet in the shade near his well and
his head reaching As far towards the |
north pole as hs could get it which,
YOU know, was no small distance.
Seeing he WAS unable TO wiggle his |!
toes. | would not modest him and ap-
preached the Grand News depot, |
there finding the incumbent scarcely
able TO point To his usual ready and
willing deputies, Messrs. Jackson and
Cook. who began, one tell me about
the lnjuns and the other TO tell me it !
was hot: until the heat itself, combiued
with the invariablc reminder that il
was hot, absolutely overwhelmed me
and | returned southwark, TO be
braced up by one of our esteemed
friend, Col. Hcnderson's rich store of
rare anecdotes, who has by the way
just returned from Warren and Hen
dcrson counties, HIN ois, where lie, in |
company with several other distin-
guished survivors, assembled in a
grand and Joyful reunion of the
pioneers and first settlers of that |
splendid section. Heaven grant that
such useful life may be prolonged,
enabling, if possible. the possessor to |
celebrate dozen or more such ami |
versaries.
Ere we close we briefly note that |
again we are reminded that in the |
midst of life we are in death, even
though il be in the early morn. For
TO-DAY. after short illness. the pre-
cious life of the sweet little girl of Mr.. |
and Mrs. Simon Cobner returned TO
him who gave il. age one year. Cause |
of death diarrheoa. or common par |
lance summer COMPLAINT H.