The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1886-10-21

The prairie which has kept its
/ green garment this year exceptional
I iy long, iill the last days Of October,
has within the last two weeks under
gone . great change In appearance.
lt ig nov brown as 10 winter, and iis
dreary aspects would never inspire
the poet % plaintige lays about the
melancholy or sere and yellow grass
blades Of autumn, even II that genius
homo could exc living or poetry cut
Of such prOsaie surroundings. The
song Of meadow lark and mower and
the hum Of thresher and festive bum
bic bee alike are heard no more the
farmer draws In the last load Of
somewhat scant supply Of hay and
awaits the first sprOuting Of wheat
blades IS eagerly as Dir. chintEbug
but it is hoped that last Thursdayis
flne rain wall cut the latter gent Off IN
his prime and give. our wheat crop
the desired boom.
Weare sorry 10 fail to find In the
JOURNAL any record Of the new and
spicy publication, the Windsor Enter
prise, devoted 70 the interests Of the
W indsOr literary sOeiety, under the
able editOrship Of Miss HObsOn aud
Mr.. Williamson. This literary socie-
" meets every Friday night at the
Mayo school house and deserves cred
it as one Of the most successful under
takings Of this kind In this neck Of
the woods. Good order maintained
combined with good musical and lit
erary exercises makes IL enjoyable 10
the overlooking houses meeting there.
The Question for next Friday night
will be ResOlUsd THAT Capital pun.
ishment should be abolished - The
Affirmative and negative respectively
will be ably handled By Mrs. Kirk
and Mr.. ]. Mayo.
Mr.. J. Washburne has to try batch
ing q while, Is his wife and daughter
are on q visit with relatives in eastern
Kansas.
The fair daughters Of Pleasant Val
ley tow nship are drawing suitOrs
from fsr and near. Miss .. Parks
was joined ia holy WedlOek to Mr. H.
Smith, Of Culver township. Mr.
A. Samples, OF Glendale township,
brought home his bride, Miss Leon
ard, last week. More Of the happy
cOnsummatiOns are talked of in the
near future.
At the primaries on the 18th, NJ.
P. Weiss and Mr.. Charles Smith
were elected delegates TO the county
convention. The township caucus
was postponed till Saturday, Oct. %.
when every voter should turn out
and help frame a satisfactory peoples
ticket.
Miss Joyce, who teaches In Ebene-
~-rrr~.N h..rn1r. -
ling school, for Thursday night, Oct.
p.
Mrs. Ladd, wife Of our old and re-
speeted neighbor, Mark Ladd, de-
parted this life on the 14th inst, after
being an invalid for a number Of
years, and was buried on the follow
ing day.
Mrs. James Devlin, who was such a
painful sufferer from chronic rheu-
matism, is much better af.eT using
DR.. HOuseris patent electric appli-
ances.
Mr.. George Nichols, of Clay Center,
spoke 10 rather a slim audience at the
Weiss school house. The maj Ority
Of our voters look with disfavqr upon
the Anderson movement, AZ from no
other reason than that upon this gem
tleInaH will rest the espOnsibility Of
probable disastrous results 10 the Re
publican party Of the Fifth district.
The Democratic meeting at the
same place last Friday night was
well attended. Some fine speeches
were made,
Mr.. John Gordon jr, held q public
sale under the management OF pOpu-
lar Price, end will leave for the wes-
tern part Of this state.
]. Gordon sr., whose wife died last
summer, Is now making his home
with his son-in law, Mr.. W. Marks.
CORRESPONDENT.