The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-06-12

i In the evening the opera house was
lcrowded to hear the alumni Grafton
delivered by Mr.. A. G. Scott Of the
class of ~. The rather unique sub
Iject, "Cranks," was treated in novel
and entertaining manner, which was
highly appreciated by the large audi
ence. While the University, on &C
count Of its age, cannot boast Of as
many distinguished alumni as some of
the older colleges, the Grafton of Mr..
Scott showed that all that Is needed Is
time.-Ldtcrence Letter in X. c. Times
A telegram from Gen. J. G. Cald-
well, of Topeka, brings the welcome
assurance that he will be in lola and
will address the multitude" on the
Fourth of July lola is certainly to
be congratulated on securing so emil
nent a speaker. and no one who can
possibly reach this place on Independ
ence day. should fail to hear him. Gen.
Caldwell is admitted on all hands to
be one of the very foremost orators in
the state, and his address will be eager
ly looked forward to.
By some unaccOuntable oversight
probably because We local was out of
town on that day-we entirely neg
lected making any mention last week,
of the Memorial Day services. 1t may
not be to late yet, to observe that the
services were conducted without a
hitch, according to the published pro-
grammes, and were very appropriate
and interesting. The largest crowd
ever drawn here upon similar occa-
sion, was present, and the day was
thoroughly enjoyed by all.
Three or four weeks ago we reported
the result of a seven days test of Jer-
sey COW owned by Mr.. H, F. Travis,
showing that the cow yielded 19s
pounds of milk daily. This was con-
sidered very remarkable yield, but
Mr.. Travis will haveto "come again"
as Mr.. J. Baker, living near LaHarpe,
lays it all over his JerseY with little
two-year-old scrub. Mf. Bakers COW
is two years old, had her first calf
about two months ago, is smaller than
the ordinary Jersey COW, and has no
pedigree, yet in seven days, with no
feed but prairie grass she yielded 14S}
pounds of milk, or a daily average of
2lI pounds. Who will be the next to
"bob up serenely ?''
Allen county students at the State
University will return home this week
covered with honors. We see by the
Lawrence papers that Miss Maud
Thrasher, formerly a resident here,
took the second prize for defamation
at the oratorical contest at the Univer-
sity last Monday, the prize being $40
in gold. She was also awarded the
works of Shakespeare and Shelley's
poems as a reward for the best grade
in Freshman rhetoricals during the
year. Miss Fannie Pratt, of Hum
boldt, for similar excellence in the
Sophomore class, received Shakes
peare's works and Scott's poems. And
Mr.. A. Z. Curdy. also of Humboldt. re-
ceived a prize of SIS for the best Ger
man essay. We congratulate each of
them, not so much for the prices they
received, as for the ability and work
that won them.
TheREGIsTERoccasi loses sub
scriber on account of remarks that are
too strong for one in delicate health.
We take notice though that one who
has his name taken off the list for
some such reason, generally continues
to read the paper. He borrows it, or
snakes" it, or buys II at the news
stand. A good illustration of this pc
culiar fact is furnished by the
leaguers. So far as we now recollect
there are only two or three of their
names on our list, yet hardly a week
passes but the Inter State has to fur
nish space for some of them to kick
about something THE REGISTER has
said. All this is very complimentary
though not particularly profitable to
US. We would much prefer to have
them pay for what they read; but if
their principles or prejudices prevent
them from so doing, we are glad they
read any way. 1t will never do them
any harm and it may do them a pow
er of good.