The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-03-19

Q her visit here last summer and th
}. summer before. She is spending tn
IL spring and summer with her husban
# in Europe, and we hope she may b
kind enough to furnish the REGIsTE
+ with many more bits of gossip"
It The entire community deeply sym
: pathize with Mr.. and Mrs. J PIT. FloOl
i in the loss of their two children, one O
whom died last Saturday and the 9th
er on Monday. They were both taker
with diphtheria about the same time
y and the fatal disease did its work yer,
q rapidly. We understand there havl
Deen some cases in town but have
heard of no deaths here from thi.
/ cause.
Van Benefits lecture was not very
numerOusly attended last Friday night
One reason perhaps was because there
were number Of other meetings in
town on the same evening. But we
believe the main reason was because
our people no longer consider pro-
hibition an active issue. 1t has
been an accomplished fact so long
in lola that people have ceased
10 trouble themselves about it,
and have little more interest in lee
ture on prohibition than they would
have in a lecture demanding thi abol-
ton of slavery.
Commander Slower informs us that
McCoOk Post is going to give 'Just the
prettiest, smoothest, most satisfactory
Entertainment sometime this summer
that was ever given in this town."
The entertainment. he tells Us, will
consist Of the display of a series of
views representing various battle
scenes Of the late war. A powerful
stereOpticon Greek for magic lantern)
will be used which will cast upon the
stage picture ten feet square, highly
cOlOred, well executed and wildly
outlined. The Post has already sent
for the apparatus and twenty-four
views. We believe, with Slower, that
the entertainment will prove eminent
ly satisfactory and will draw a crowd
ed house.
A letter from our colored friend, J.
Florida some months ago, informs us
that he is getting along well although
wages are very low, ranging from for
that by hard work and economy he
has nearly paid for the forty acres of
land which he bought year ago.
Speaking of the general incidence of
both whites and blacks there he says
"The people here say am the work-
INCEST negro, and my wife is the seaU-
INCEST woman they ever saw" We
hope Mr.. Williams and his wife will
keep up their reputation for industry.
Get your little farm paid for, then stay
there and attend to il and you need
ask favors of no one.
Cy Simpson is connecting his resi-
dence and the post Office by telephone
this week. It is the Elliott patent and
is SAID to be very satisfactory. 1t will
be a great convenience not only to Mr..
Simpson and his family, but also to
the general public. Hereafter if you
want stamp or postal card after
seven o'clock at night you will not
have to wait till seven o'clock the next |
morning as you are now compelled to
do. But you can just go to the back |
door of the post office rattle your nickle |
and yell through the keyhole, "Cy!
t,Uo t,Uos and d one! And be quick |
about it for Pm in hurry" And Cy |
will get up and dress himself and come |
down and get your stamps, because
that's what we hire him for, and be-
sides she's built that way" The tele-
phone is big invention. Too bad Mr.. |
Simpson did not think of it sooner.
Those interested in the breeding of
fine poultry will be interested in the |
letter from Mr.. Norton, published on
our outside pages. We don't know |
much about the poultry business our
selves. To paraphrase some famous
lines
"a chicken by the riyer's brim,
A simple chicken was to him
And it was nothing more.''
So it has yellow legs and is tender |
about harvest time and lays two or
three eggs day in winter, we are new
er much troubled about its pedigree.
Seriously, however, we believe the
idea suggested by our correspondent is
good one. There is no question that
it pays better to raise high bred stock
of any kind than to raise scrubs and
mOngrels. And We see no reason why |
what was started ut first as mere
poultry show might not grow into an
annual exhibition of thoroughbred
stock of all kinds. At any rate the
matter is worth talking about and the
REGISTER will be very glad to pub
lish suggestions from any one inter
ested.
We are sorry to learn that some Of
our democratic friends are inclined to
be offended at the remarks in our last
issue about "choking OFF, the Topeka |
paper. We are sure there is no
occasion for such offense. The remarks |
were written and were in type, as ex- |
planned elsewhere in the same column,
before we knew or could learn whether |
the paper was really coming or not.
And they were written, not to cast as
PERSONS OH the gentlemen from Tope.
ka, or on those among our own citizens
who are backing them, but from
purely business standpoint. 1t is adj
mitted on all hands that it is a misfOr-
tune to lola to be asked to support
three papers. To man up tree 1t
would appear to be more fair and rea- /,
sonable to ask the new venture to de-
sist, than to insist that one Of those al
ready in the field should suspend.
This is the standpoint from which we
viewed the matter in our remarks last
week. Now, as already noted. since
the other paper is here we shall have
nothing further to say. The REGISTER
certainly has no desire to take any
part in the inter-necine strife which it
scenteth not so very far off. On the
its wish is to cultivate a feel
ing of brotherly kindness and fOrbear-
ance between it and its esteemed CO.
so that we may all live to-
gether in peace and harmony.