Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-07-29

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represented the wishes of Thomas
co unity, and besides Sherman county
has nothing to do about it, anyway,
and we hereby politely advise the
would-be Adviser to attend to its own
affairs.
The Republican congressional con.
vention at Stockton unanimously pas
sed the following,
We, as representatives of a home
stead country, and living monuments
| to the wisdom of the land laws passed
by the republican party over the
active opposition of the democratic
party, hereby record our condemna-
ton of the paid-spy system of Com
missioner Sparks, who has sent men
among our people, who upon hearsay
evidence and rumors have suspended
and cancelled entries of land of home
steaders whose word is of more value
than the Oaths of the said hireling
spies. We believe that the vexations
and dishonest rulings of the said
Sparks are not from the motives claim
ed, but is a deeply laid plan to harass
and embarrass the people of republi-
can states and territories, and we de-
mand of the said Sparks that he call
off his dogs of war before the aveng-
ing arm of God calls him home to a
land where democratic land commits
sioners are unknown.
The few feeble efforts made toward
the organization of brass band are
come to naught. The band commit
tee canvassed the town with the cry
of ducats, ducats; but with little sue
cess. The ducats stuck to the pockets
of our progressive citizens, like por-
GUS plaster to the small part of a
mans back. Their plea was, 1--WE
subscribed to the Court House, there's
the church fund to meet etc." Others
suggested that if the boys wanted a
band let them get it. These few
cracked ones wanted the boys to Or
ganize, pay $4,000 for instruments,
donate their time and then furnish mu-
sic gratuitously on all public occasions.
We should smile! Owing to this lack
of interest on the part of the 'sleading
ones, and more particularly the lack
of cash, we are still to tread the even
tenor of our way minus brass band.
Failxre seems to rest upon any pro-
ject that brings not cash to the peck
cts of the LEADERS. If it meets not
their approval, they Jupiter like frown
upon it and it dies. Kind friends will
you submit tamely to this? Look what
pleasures fled from your grasp, when
the Colby Brass Band" scheme faded
into oblivion, and found a happy rest
ing place in that bourne from which
no brass band returns.
Never shall John Ackard proudly
lead the c. B. B. to musical victory.
The festive John Bean will not fill the
air with melodous B flat wailings, with
Geo. COffrin only two jumps behind him.
We will sadly miss the music of Geo.
Hyatt's bass drum, that he had SO
fondly hoped to beat. Our vision OF
him with a strap hitched to the region
of his ''lumber'' vertebra the other end
attached to the old bass which rested
lightly upon his broad expanse of no
bic front, are never to be realized.
Club Cox will never break our rest. in
the wee sma' hours, by trying to run
the scale backwards. n. j. Adams
and Brittell can never realize their am
bition to be brass band fends. Ed
Hovey will shed tears whom he learns
he cannot fill the candy joint with the
melody of tuba horn. With gen.
crosby that bestows freely upon his
friends lemons, cigars, shower baths
etc., he will greatly regret that it is
not his to bestow upon the aforesaid
friends; "when the robins nest
again, as tuba solo. Last on the
list comes Phil Troutfetter and Fred
Green, they too suffer the pangs Of
repressed musical genius. AS safe
ty valve to their feelings, butcher knife
contest are used. Words fail me in
bidding fond farewell to the mythical
&c. B. b.; We retire from public view
as utterly "a an EY. pro~;douf