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The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-08-21

o, the man In the Moon has crlek in
Vince! his back:
Whimm!
Amt you sorry for hint
And mole on his nose that Is purple and
black;
And his eyes are 80 weak that they wa
ter and run
II he dares TO dream even he looks at the
snn;
SO he just dreams of stars, as the doctors
Myl [adyIse.
l=s Eyesl ~ #s- ==k- e.
..##E# Bnt Isn't he wise
To just dream ofthe stars ms the doctor
adviser
And the man in the Moon has boil on
Vince. his ear,
Whim.
What singular thing?
know! bur these facts are authentic, my
dear
There's boil on his ear and corn on
his chin
He calls 1t dimple, but dimples stick in;
Yet it might be dimple turned over,
Whang! [you know;
Ho.
Why, certainly so.
1t might be dimple turned over, you
know!
And the man in the Moon has rheulnat-
Gee. Tic knee
WhizZ.
What pity that is!
And his toes have worked round where
his heels out tobe;
so whenever he wants TO go north he
goes south,
And comes back with porridge crumbs
all round his mouth.
And he brushes them Off with Japanese
Wiling! [fan,
Whann!
What marvellous man!
" hat q very remarkable, marvellous man:
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-08-21
Neatness About the House.

Every farmer, and i'll fact, every
person owning a yard, ought to
take pride in keeping it neat and
clean. Neat, well-kept yards at
tract the passer by, and add a
money value to the place. We
have an instance of this kind in
mind, now. A man came into a
certain neighborhood, recently, to
buy a farm. He found two that
were for sale. One was rs good
Ms the other, as regards location,
soil, buildings, etc, but one had q
neat yard about the house, and the
other had a slovenly one With the
slovenly yard for less money than
he had to give for the other, he
chose the one that cost most, sim
ply because it looked best.
Have a woll-made fence about
the yard, and keep it in repair.
Have a strong gate, and never let
it get off its hinges. Keep the
shrubs and trees trimmed up well,
and never let litter, of any sort nc
cumulate. Have u big box, or
hogshead, in the back yard, into
which cans, old boots, shoes, and
the thousand and one things which
accumulate about the house can
be thrown from time to time.
When the box or hogshead is full,
burn or bury the rubbish. This
refers not to the front yard only,
let noatness prevail all about the
place. 1t gives an air Of thrift
and prosperity, and always i'm
presses q beholder favorable. 1t
pays in more ways than one TO
have neatsurroundings. American
Agriculiurist
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-08-21
Acknowledge the Debt.

A venerable clergyman of Yir-
ginia said lately, "Men of my pro,
fession see much of the tragic
side of life, Beside deathbed
the secret passions, the hidden
evil as well as the good in human
nature, are very often dragged IN
the light, have seen men die
battle, children, and young $50
in their husbands arms, but N
death ever seemed so pathetic ID
me rs that of an old woman, a
member of my church.
al knew her first as a young girl,
beautiful, gay, full of spirit and
vigor. She married, and had four
children, He husband died and
left her penniless. She taught
school, she painted, she sewed,
gave herself scarcely time to eat or
sleep. Every thought was for her
children, to educate them, to give
them the same chance which their
father would have done.
"she succeeded; sent the boys
to college and the girls to school.
When they came home, pretty, re-
fined girls, and strong young men,
abreast with all the new ideas and
tastes of the time, she was worm
out, common place old woman.
they had their own pursuits and
companions. She fingered
among them for two or three years
and then died of some sudden
failure in the brain. The shock
woke them to Il consciousness of
the truth. They hung over her, as
she lay unconscious, in an agony
of grief. The eldest son, as he
held her in his arms, cried:
you have been so good mother
to us.
"Her face colored again, her
eyes kindled into smile, and she
whispered. You never said SC
before, john Then the light
died out and she was gone"
How many men and women sac
ri1ice their own hopes aud ambit-
ions, their strength, their life it.
self, to their children, who receive
il as a matter of course, and be-
grudge caress or word of graft
tude, in payment for all that has
been given them, Boys when you
come back from college, don't
consider that your only relation
to your father is SO get as much
money as the governor will stand. /"
Look at his gray hair uncertain
step, his dim eyes, and remember
in whose service he has grown old.
You can never pay him the debt
yon owe, but at least acknowledge
1t before tbs too late.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-08-21
Stood BY The Old Nan.

The other day, in Carson valley,
old Jeremiah johnson, the we'll
known rancher, died, and was bur
ried in the usual form.
When the corpse was laid out in
! the red school-house near Sheri-
dan a travelling preacher was call
ed upon to preside over the core
monies.
The six sons of the old man
was there in Il solemn row.
The preacher, taking his place
on the platform, opened up after
the regular formula that has been
so long in vogue.
My friends, jeremiah johnson,
was i'll full health and ripened
manhood when he was cut down by
the scythe of the destroyer.
Just here Tommy Johnson, a
boy of l6, rose up with:
Hold Oh, Mr.. Preacher, he
died of liver complaint. 1t was
old Jake Boliver up on Wolf creek
that got cut with a mowing-ma-
chine"
"Sit down, Tom, and cork up
was the remark of big brother,
who eollared the boy and pumped
him him down on his seat.
Gle was a man of Il thousand on
earth, but he could not stay" con-
tinued the preacher.
"Couldn'tstay?" shouted the boy
again. PITY about him. Per-
haps you don't think he was
slayer when he had the fight with
Dan Powers up in the canyon.
He stayed till he chawed Dams
ear"
Hold your jaw, you crazy luna
tic" whispered one of the broth
ers, hoarsely, as he jerked the boy
back into his seat; will you shut
Iup?"
The preacher paused, looked
across the corpse to the spot re-
proachfully, and continued:
Jeremiah johnson is no more"
What's that?" shouted the boy.
"Say, Jake, Bill, Charley, all
hands, do YOU hear that? Worse
and more of it. He says dad WAS
no mower. He could cut more
acres of grass than in day than
any other man in Douglass
"Will you never drop on your
self?' Missed a big brother, as he
reached for him again.
"Do you 'spose I'm goin' to sit
here and hear him say things about
the old man that he daren't say to
his face if he was alive? Are you
fellows ashamed of dad cause he
died?"
Four hands got the impul:ive
youth by the collar and yanked
him down good and hard.
Next thing you'll hear is that
he couldn't run a one-horse hay
rake"
Then the brothers grabbed the
boy, and, laying him on the floor,
sat on, and held him until the
preacher finished his talk The
congregation enjoyed the scene
immensely, and admired the youth
who would not hear his father
4,1I.a1 oL.,4
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-08-21
4 PrOfane Man Turned Into
Stone.


The following remarkable story
was related to Il Globe Democrat
correspondent by reliable farmer
who live. near the county line, be
tween this and Mercer county:
Last week, while at work n the
fields, farmer by the ar pf
Sylvester Redyman, ownerm sew
eral hundred acres of fine farming
land in Mercer county, began
cursing in a most shocking man
ner about the droIth injuring his
crops, and wound up with an oath
that he would cut Gods heart out
if he would come down. No SOON
er were the words spoken than a
vivid streak of fire resembling
lightning came down from the
cloudless sky and struck Redyan.
His companions who were in the
harvest field with him were rem
dered insensible for several min
utes. When they recovered they
were nearly frightened to death at
the sight that presented itself.
Redyan, the man who just few
seconds before had uttered the
terrible curse, had been trans
formed into stone and lay on the
ground near where he had stood
when he made the shocking offer
to the Supreme Being. His clothes
had been burned from him, and
the lips were parted in the stone
figure just as Redyan had finished
the oath. An awful heat arose
from the piece of stone, and was
50 intense that no person could go
near it. While the story is so
strange that it may not be believ-
ed by many, its truth is youched
for by many informant and sever
al other equally reliable men of
that vicinity with whom your cor
respondent has talked regarding
the strange affair. Each of them
had been to the place and seen the
tronshgured body and do not hest
tate to say that every word of the
account which | have given is cor
rect One man offered to hire
rig and drive the Globe Democrat
man to the spot and if things were
not MS he represented them to be,
he would pay the expenses. Redy-
IN was man about 40 years of
age, and had a family of wife
and five children, who IRE wild
with grief. Redyan was addicted
to swearing, and could scarcely
speak word without accompany
ing it with an oath. The country
where the affair happened is not
very thickly populated, which nc
counts FOR the remarkable trans
action not being given to the pub
lie sooner
-Naturallsts think that the
best way to make a wild animal
cover is to look him in the eyes.
This will do very well, provided
III L --..g
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-08-21
THE MAN IN THE MOON.

o. the man In the Moon has crlek In
Wheel Ibis back;
Mhimm
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-08-21
Farming In Dakota.

eyes, sill" resumed the Dakota
man, us the crowd Of agriculturists
drew back from the bar and seated
themselves around little table.
Eyes, sir, We do things on rather
Il stable scale. I've seen man
OH our big farms start out in the
spring and pillow strait furrow un-
til fall. Then he turned around
and harvested back"
Carried his grub with him?.'
asked Brooklyn farmer who raj
SEES cabbage on the outskirt.
"No, sir. They follow him up
with steam hotel and have relays
of men to change plows for him.
we have some big farms up there,
gentlemen. A friend of mine
owned one on which he had to
give a mortage, and | pledge you
my word, the mortage was due on
one end before they could get it
recorded at the other You see it
was laid off in counties"
There was a murmur of aston
ishment, and the Dakota man con-
tinued:
Il got a letter from man who
lives i'll my orchNrd, just before l
left home and it had been three
weeks getting to the dwelling
though it travelled day and
night"
Distances are pretty wide up
there, amt they?" inquired New
Utrecht agriculturist
REASONABLY, reasonably" re-
piled the Dakota man. "And the
worst of it is it breaks up families
80. Two years ago | saw whole
family FRUSTRATED with grief.
Women yelling children howlin g
and dogs barking. One of my men
had his camp truck packed on
seven four mule teams, and he
was around bidding everybody
goodby."
"Where was he going?' asked
a Guavesend man.
"He wa. going half way across
the farm to feed the pigs" replied
the Dakota man.
Odd he ever get back to his
family"
at isn't time for him yet re-
turned the Dakota gentleman.
up there we send young married
couples to milk the COWS, and their
children bring home the milk"
81 understand You have fine
mines up that way" yentured a
Jamaica turnip planter.
Eyes, but we only use the quartz
for fencing" said the Dakota man,
testing the blade of his knife with
his thumb, preparatory to
whetting it on his boot. at
wouldn't pay to crush it, because
We can make more money on
wheat l put in eighty-nine
hundred townships last spiing."
"How many acres would that
be?" ave don't count by acres,
We count by townships and coun-
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-08-21

-Naturallsts think that the
best way to make a wild animal
cover is to look him in the eyes.
This will do very well, provided
the beast hons't got holt of your
coat tails,
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-22
Fountain pens at Palace Drug Store.

Fountain pens at Palace Drug Store.
If YOU want to buy a wind mill al
reasonable rates call on Jardine & Reed
Ladies! Don't fail to look at those
ready trimmed suits at j. w. Allen &
Sons.
The best Automatic pencil in the city
for twenty-five cents at Palace Drug
Store.
If you have claim for sale or trade
Kingery & Harvey have a customer for
you.
Ladies! Call and see those fine Oxford
and Newport scarfs at j. W. Allen &
Sons
Best bargains ever offered, in the
| WOOdmanse windmills, by Jardine &
Reed.
Wanted every family in Thomas
county, to try sack of our -four.
J. NJ. GAMBLE g. Co.
We keep on hand full stock of the
Beloit flour, try it and be convinced
j. NJ. GAMBLE & Co.
For choice Timber and Homestead
claims call on A. S. Beymer, Monument.
Kansas.
The meeting of the stock holders of
the national bank has be en- postponed I'M
til May 1st.
Early Ohio, Mammoth Pearl and
Early Rose seed Potatoes at J. W. Allen
& Sons
McGonigal is selling lots, decided land
and claims. Call and see him before To-
eating.
Mrs. Georgia Weld is having neat
dwelling house put up in the south part
of town.
HIP! HIP!! HURRAH The New
Studio is now open, ready to do all kinds
of photo work.
10000 acres of ST. John county school
land for sale by, A. S. Beymer, Monu
ment, Kansas.
FARM BANK
LOANS AT OF
MADE COLBY.
The Howell and (hjcapO Lumber Com
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-22

Mrs. b. D. Bean and Miss Clara Bean
| OF Seward, Neb., and Mrs. Geo. Patton
of Truro, Iowa, arrived here the first o.
the week. Mrs. Bean is mother of Newt
and John Bean, and Miss Clara Bean and
Mrs. Patton are sisters.
As will be seen elsewhere, post of the
G. A. X. has been organized at this place,
and is called Chickamauga Post. The
membership at present is thirteen, and
the number will be doubled at the next
meeting.
Feeley & Co. is the name of the new
ness in Colby. This firm are having q
building erected south of Gamble & Co. 8
store. Another building will also be put
up by this firm and used for q harness
shop.
AS will be seen elsewhere, the citizens
| of Colby desire to incorporate the town
as city of the third class, This Is .
move in the correct direction. The next
regular meeting of the board of county
| commissioners will be in July, and
the town cannot be incorporated until
that time.
You would be surprised to see what q
fine line OF jewelry is carried at the
Palace Drug Store. Every thing in the
jewlery line from collar button to fine
gold watch, and all at eastern prices.
Call and see us.
Fifty three emigrant wagons passed
through Colby Monday and sixty-six on
Tuesday seeking homes in the west. New
er before has there been such an emigra-
ton to this part of the state. Most of
the new corners are bringing good horses
with them.
G. Fl. Martin & Bro. are selling the
latest and most stylish designs Of wall
paper to be had in the market. All are
cordially invited to call and inspect their
stock whether you want to buy or not.
No trouble to show goods.
Quite a sum of money has been raised
to build a court house on the court house
grounds. James Fike circulated the pa.
per and secured three hundred and fifty
dollars the first day. The sum desired is
five hundred dollars. This speaks well
for the libcrality of our citizens. Wen
have to start James with subscription
paper for church.
A speciality made of window glass of
every size at Palace Drug Store. Orders
from distance promptly attended to.
Those who contemplate building are re-
specially invited to call and get prices,
Glass cut any size and shape ut purchas-
ers' risk.
C. H. MARTIN & Bro.
Walker s. YOussc have full stock of
everything in the drug line. They war
rant the quality of their goods. Every
thing in the patent medicine line can be
found on their shelves. Prescriptions
compounded day or night. A fine line
of cigars always on hand.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-22
incorporation Meeting.
COLBY, April 18th, 1886.

COLBY, April 18th, 1856.
Meeting called to order by E. P.
Worcester.
n. j. Adams was made chairman,
Geo. II. Hyatt secretary.
Laws On organization read by G..
w. Goodsoe.
Remarks made by Worcester, Weld,
Hovey, McGonigal, Hall, Willcoxon,
Porter Adams and Donelan.
Motion made and seconded that .
committee of three be appointed to
ascertain if there is two hundred and
fifty inhabitants in town. Amended
that the petition shall also be circulat-
ed at the same time. Carried.
Moved and seconded that meeting
be held one week from tonight. Car
RED.
Moved and seconded that q commit
tee of three be appointed to consider
under what name the town shall be
organized. Lost.
Moved that the name of Colby be
inserted in the petition to organize
the town. Carried.
Moved and seconded that . commit
tee composed of three Of the legal.
fraternity ~ appointed to draw up
the petition Lest.
Moved and seconded to adjourn till
one week from tonight Carried.
G. H. HYArr, secy.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-22
Sixty seventh Anniversary Of !. O.
o. +.

Sunlight Lodge No. 273, of Colby,
Kansas will celebrate at Beams Hall,
on Monday evening, April 26th. The
Sixty-seventh anniversary of the intro
duction of Odd Fellowship into
America.
Everybody is cordially invited to
attend and participate in the exercises
of the evening.
Doors open at So'clock p. m, litcra-
ry and musical exercises beginning at
$50. Banquet, from 9-3O to 1890,
followed by social at Beans Hall, and
dance ut Huf-s hall.
All members of the order and es-
pecially all members of the Sum
light Lodge are requested to meet at
the hall before 8 o'clock p. m.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-22

Some one has figured out that lif'
is like a harness because it contains
'traces" of care, shines" of trouble
'bits' of good fortune, "breeches" of
good manners and "bridled" tongues
and every one has a "tug" to pull
through a severe cold unless they
take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
Best buy a bottle Of Walker & Yousse
before you get strapped.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-22

Capt. W. A. Abbott, of Dcs Sfoines.
Iowa, who served in Co. A., 18th Ind.
Vol. Infantry, during the war has been
afflicted with severe attacks of rheu.
matism more or less ever since,
in recent interview he stated that
no treatment he has ever found
equals Chamberlain Pain Balm. The
penetrating and pain relieving power
of this medicine, places it in the high
est list of curative agents known to
the scientific world, about all the adj
vertising this medicine has had has
been done by persons who have used
it and recommended il to their friends.
Try it when you are in need of q med
icine for lame back or rheumatism.
Sold by Walker & Yousse. tt
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-22
COURT HOUSE FUND.

We, the undersigned, citizens of
Thomas county, and state of Kansas,
agree to pay the amount set opposite
our names for the purpose of erecting
a building on the court house square
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-22
PlR0 for Sale.

A few thoroughbred Poland Chins
and Berkshire pigs for sale at reason.
able prices. Inquire at sec. 3 town
z, range 33.
j. T. HARRIS.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-04-22
HAY,

Fifty tons of hay for sale at Cumber-
land. III F. s.. SEE.
st. Patrick's Pills will promptly re-
lieve consumption, and if their use is con-
tinued for few days as directed with
each box, permanent cure mry be ef-
fected Sold by Walker & YOussc. If
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-09
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

The total imports Of dry goods at New York
during the past week were valued at 81, 8SY, 1924,
and the amount thrown on the market at ST.,
573 931.
Logan county. Ohio was attempting to rescue
his wife from burning house, yesterday. a
heavy timber fell upon him, inficting injuries
which caused his death.
The attitude of Greece towards Turkey is be-
coming more friendly. The Greek consul in
Crete has been recalled. The reserves are being
dsbanded, and the departure of troops for the
frontier has been countermanded
Masked burglars forced An entrance into the
farm house of james Dather near Warren. O.,
Thursday night The members Of the family
were threatened with death If they gave an
alarm, The thieves ransacked the house. secnr
ing considerable money, and escaped.
Robert Sewers, of New York. a graduate of
Oberin College, and we'll connected in the
East, was arrested at Cleveland, yesterday for
forgery. Rivers. while clerk to Lieutenant Ed
wards. of the United States army. forged Ed
wards's name to checks aggregating $500.
The woman's suffrage committee, at its meet
ing at New York, Thursday night. passed a reso
luton denouncing the pending bill to take suf
frage away from the women of Utah, calling on
New York senators and representatives. to OPP
pose it. and declaring womans suffrage the true
cure for polygamy. The request was telegraphed
to Senators Evarts and Miller, at Washington.
The hearing in the case of Millroy. the Mont
real tailor charged with smuggling clothing into
this country, has been set for Feb. 2. at Platts
burg, N. Y. number of New York brokers
and prominent ladies of Fifth avenue, who have
bought clothing and riding habits from him, Lave
been subpenaed to testify. The federal officers
claim to have traced $4,000 worth of smuggled
goods to him.
Julius Beck, of Chicago. met with frghtful
and somewhat unusual experience Thursday
evening. He was driving in company with his
uncle, Ignatz Beck. down Blue Island avenue.in
buggy. just before the viaduct was reached,
the horse became frightened at passing loco
motive. 1t reared and plunged about wildly,
causing the buggy to tip, throwing Dir. Beck out.
The horse then started on the run for the via
duct and reaching it, jumped the railing,
taking buggy and boy along. The whole outfit
landed thirty feet below in coal yard. Julius
was very badly injured.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-09

Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-General Browne ar
rived here to-day, direct from his home at Win
chester, and will remain indefinitely. He reports
Mrs. Brownies condition considerably improved
Joseph Gent, of Columbus, is here. He has
not made known his wants.
George B. Cobb has been appointed by his
father clerk of the House committee on public
lands, and has entered upon his duties.
John Wester has been appointed to one of the
clerkships of Colonel Matson's committee on
invalid pensions. Mr.. McGee of Columbus, has
been appointed to the principal clerkship of the
committee, which has four clerks.
Representatives Steele and Matson were
among the Presidents callers to-day.
Judge Moody, recently chosen United States
Senator by the Legislature which met at HUI
roe ID. T.. few days ago, was at the Capitol,
to-day, and Judge Edgerton, his colleague, is
expected to arrive tonight. It is probable that
resolution will be adopted admitting them to
the floor as matter of courtesy.
Secretary Lamar has returned from visit to
his home in mississippi and was at the State
Department this morning.
Commissioner of Patents Montgomery is ex-
pected to return to the city on Monday next,
when the telephone case viii be taken up and
decided.
The following named persons were to-day ap-
pointed and sworn in as committee clerks: John
i. Elliott of Texas, Indian affairs; w. c. p
Xix of Wisconsin, military affairs Abram c.
Weaver, ct Iowa. expenditures in the Den5rt-
ment of the Interior; Alexander 3. Bones. of
Illinois, claims: Clifford Sanders, of Missouri.
labor Charles Gosden, of Ohio Territories;
Louis 6. Hoble. of Texas, commerce.
Hon. A. C. Melette, formerly of Muncie. now
of Dakota, and Governorelect of the proposed
State OF Dakota. arrived here tonight and will
remain several weeks
Civil-service Commissioner Edgerton saws it
is Commissioner Eaton, and not himself, who
viii shortly resign.