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The Grenada sentinel., 1888-07-21
MY LITTLE PLAYMATE.

lam grandsire, journeying close
On three-score years and ten;
And when my daily tasks are done,
And LAID aside my pen,
] call my little playmate in,
Now passing on to three,
For have need as much OF her
As she has need OF me.
She draws me from the world Of fact,
With all its selfish strife;
She breaks the prosy lines Of thought
That make up common life;
She lures me to her little world,
Where airy creatures dwell,
Where all things dance in joy and light
Beneath some magic spell.
She wakes again those dreamy songs
That never yet were sung,
Which thrill through happy little hearts,
But not through human tongue;
She carols like morning lark
To usher in the day,
And bring back memories from land
That lieth far away.
Her roundelays and iinges make
Such music in my ear,
With all her tricky words and ways,
can not choose but hear.
We leave all other verse aside
For that small classic lore
Which Mother Goose has garnered up
In her undying store:
The naught ways Of Johnny Greene,
The virtuous Johnny Stout;
The boy in blue who lay asleep
When COW and sheep were out;
The robin sitting IN the barn,
With head beneath his wing,
Because the snow is on the ground
And he is cold poor thing!
The accident to Jack and Jill,
The hurrying little Jane;
The man who scratched out both his ey Is,
And scratched them in again;
The active COW that jumped the moon,
The bull that tolled the bell
These are few, but many more
Too numerous to tell.
And then we play at coop and seek;
The mystery is SMALL
We hide behind the nearest chair,
Or in the open hall;
And every time that search is made,
Within this same small round,
The happy shout of joy goes up,
Because the lost is found.
Oh. let me never grow too old
To join in merry glee
With any bright and laughing child
That climbs upon my knee;
Let me still keep the sportive mind
Until my dying day:
For what is life, in all Its length.
Without the children's play?
RE-. T. " Iarbor, D. D.
The Grenada sentinel., 1888-07-21
CONQUERING HIMSELF.
A True Story of the Tennessee
Mountains.


liz say dSc clleISy
with which the saw
tore into the heavy
oak logs was in
keeping with the
fiery emotions that
rent Tom Lang
staff's breast. As
the sharp, quick
putting of the en-
gine broke the
placid quiet of the
Tennessee Noun
tains, it pleased his
harsh humor tc
fancy the weather.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-11-01
The SpeareviIle Blade.

The Speareyille Blade comes out this
week with several 'puffs' for NJ. w.
Sutton. The tone of that paper was
changed after Mr.. Sutton went down
there and of course fixed up mat tiers. -
We know that the republicans of Speare-
vile have never been used right in any
republican convention and when NJ. w.
Sutton was nominated large number of
them expressed themselves as not salts
ed Even the Blade man came out and
told the truth on Aug. 31st in his paper,
which is as follows:
IF the farmers of Ford county are in
favor of paying the railroad corporations
$1,000 mile, they shold support for rep
resentative NJ. w. Sutton, who is rail-
road attorney and would be very infiuen-
tial in securing that kind of Legislation"
The blade man is the secretary of the
republican county central committee and
when he expresses himself as being
against Mr.. Sutton, he knew whereof he
spoke. We do not believe that the voters
of Speareville will support Mr.. Sutton,
knowing what they do, even if the Blade
did come ont for him, after he. Sutton,
vtnfdeEn ID Ind - edltu.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-11-01
STILL ANOTHER,
B. f. MILTON, Dodge City, Kas.

b. r. MILTON, Dodge City, Has.
DEAR SIR:-Learning of your being
candidate for the Legislature from
your county, We volunteer to express
the hearty interest we feel In your can
vas. Knowing that you have always
been thorough democrat, but that
your popularityis not limited to your
own party in this county; We believe it
the wish of every one of your friends
here with out regard to party lines,
that your canvas will be successful
one. We have unbOunded confidence
in your honesty, growing out Of a ten
years acquaintance, and no question Of
your ability to fill with credit to your
self and constituency any Office you
might aspire to, Through our asssocia-
ton with you.)
With best wishes in all things, We
are Respectfully,
PEYTON A. PARKS, Chairman of
Henry county Democratic Committee.
E. A. GRAcEY, Prosecuting Attor-
ney of Henry county, Mo.
J. NOBLE, NJ. D., Candidate for
Representative Henry county, Mo.
II. n. SALMON. Ex-State Treas.
G. B. REYNOLDS, Prin. Pub. School.
W. NJ. GODwINE, Co. School CON.
I. o. SMITH, Clinton Eye.)
7. j. LINGLE, Ed. Clinton Daily
Democrat.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-11-01


Miss Fannie ThOme came to the state
of Kansas in the spring Of 1887. She re-
manned here few weeks, visiting her
brothers. filed on tree claim and return
ed to her home in Missouri. She return
ed to this state again, after an absence of
more than yen, ARRIVING here about
the Goth of July. 1888. She has now
been living in our state only little more
than three months.
Any intelligent person will readily see
that she is not q citizen of the state, nor
never has been, nor will not be before
the Goth day of January 1889. before
which time, if elected. she will be re-
quired to take the oath Of office.
Mr.. Hugh n. Swan was educated in
Indiana. and was teacher in that
state before he came to Kansas He came
here in 1884 and settled on claim few
miles south of Dodge City. Like many
others, who came here to farm, he found
farming Improbable and turned his at
tentiOn to his old profession, teaching
in his home district where he could be
with his family. which was residing on
a claim.
He is broad minded, liberal, educated
gentleman, and is we'll qualified to NIL
the important position for which he is
now aspiring.
Shall We support Miss Thome, who is
an entire stranger to us, whose interests
have never been identified with our in
terests who is not citizen of our state,
or Mr.. Hugh n. Swan, man who has q
family to support. a man who has been
a resident to our county four years, un-
dergoing the privations of a frontier life
and helping to build up our county:
Voters! Pause and reflect before cast
ing your ballot, and be sure you cast il
for the deserving gentleman. Hugh N.
Swan, and not for one who is not citi-
zen of our state
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-11-01

We are opposed to the election of Mr.
Wells to the office of District Clerk, be-
cause of his uDsocial qualities, because
he is new man to us. unknown and un-
tried, and because his claims on the sup
port of the people are inferior in conse-
quence of bis being an old bachelor hav-
ing only himself to care for, and be-
cause he appears to be looking out for
the shekels and no community, of inter-
est with our people.
Weare opposed to the election of E.
II. Madison to the Office of county attor-
ney because of his manifest unfitness for
the bar, because of his youth, mex.
perience, want of preparation and his al
most unqualified ignorance of law and
practice. Mr.. Madison had better try to
succeed as school teacher and not have
dual failure in the professions upon his
hands at the same time. We would
also remind Mr.. Madison that consist
ency is jewel and that it would be bet.
ter for him to choose either the liquor
element or Temperance element and not
be hypocritically trying to work both at
once and together as he is doing. We
are opposed to intrusting the important
Office of county attorney into the hands
Of an incompetent and vacilating boy.
We are opposed to Miss Thome for
county superintendent, because she is
not a citizen of Ford county and would
not be eligible to vote in this state If she
was not disqualified by sex. We are
opposed to her further because woman
can not efficiently discharge the duties of
the Office in Ford county at the present
time because of sparsly settled
country on the prairie and because of
the fact that we have many schools dis
tricts to organize, which work can not be
as we'll done bv woman as by man.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-11-01

John Martin, our candidate tor govern
or. will close his exhaustive campaign OF
the state in the enterests of the democrat
ic ticket, at Wyandotte, next Monday
evening. Throughout the last six weeks
Mr.. Martin has been speaking constantly,
his canvass having embraced the larger
towns in every county in the state. His
speeches have been remarkable for their
force and vigor and he has made many
converts to democracy. As man he
stands the peer of any candidate that has
ever been placed on ticket. his record
is clean and his chances are such that
many are predicting his election in spite
of the well known republican majority
against him,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-11-01

The charge in the Republican, Mike
Sutton's paper, that B. f. Milton was
SEEN by the friends of one Moore
who stood charged with the stealing of a
horse and saddle, is just such as is to be
expected from man who cOnfesses to
having sold his office of county attorney
for good fee" The facts are these:
The said Moore was mere boy, and had
been in Jail for several months; he was
subject to severe epileptic fits, and when
brought into court was pale and SICK
Mr.. Milton consulted with the court
Judge Strang) about the case and with
the advice and consent of the court.
struck out the charge of stealing the
horse and left only the charge of stealing
the saddle, to which Moore pleaded
guilty and received a sentence, and fine
of twenty-five dollars. As soon as the
prisoner was removed from the court
room. Judge Strang told the sheriff to
send the boy home as soon as possible"
The sheriff suggested that the boy had
no money, and Immediately it was pro-
posed to raise money by passing around
the hat. This was done by the sheriff,
and Judge Strang dropped in the first
dollar. The members of the bar and
audience contributed, and enough was
raised to send Moore to his people, which
was done that day. Thus was justice
with mercy, anG God pity the
hard heart that says may" to such
action.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-11-01


N. W. Sutton, realizing that in his
speech accepting the republican nomi-
nation, he gave away most complete
ly the state of his mind, and showed
conclusively that his sympathies were
with corporations, and adverse to the
people, has tried to recover lost ground
by saying in substance: True, | am
hired servant of the Santa Fe; true.
if elected, | would still be in their ser.
vice, but that would mt be as bad as
being director in railroad company
as my opponent is
The fact is that Milton was one Of
several public spirited citizens named
by the board of trade of Dodge CITY.
to act as director for the first year IN
the Omaha, Dodge City 4 Southern
Railroad Company, home enterprise.
and one that will bring many benefits
to the people of Ford county. 1t is a
position of honor, but not of profit.
This illustrates clearly what the peo-
pie well know, that Mr.. Milton is at all
times ready and willing to do all in his
power for the interests Of the people of
Ford county.
But the joke of the matter is that
Sutton, thinking the people might ap-
preciate the work of Mr.. Milton and
others in the matter if the new rail-
road, got company formed called the
Dodge City & Denver r. r. Co., and
become one of the directors in it. As
a charter costs only two dollars, it is a
cheap way for him to show his public
spirit.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-11-01

The vain-glorious, corrupt and truck
ling NJ. w. Sutton is evidently in the
last throes of disappointed ambition.
having perverted the responsible duties
of his office as county attorney. When we
as the servants of the people, impelled
by sense of duty, published a portion
OF the dark and revolving record made by
himself, he in the last issue of his pa
per (the Republican, instead of answer
ing our charges virtually admitting the
truthfulness of them, INDUCES in low
billingsgate and abuse and misrepresen-
tation of one who is in every respect
vastly his superior, except in that ele-
ment for which Mr.. Sutton has the ex-
elusive right-that of hypocracy and low
cunning. The Hydra" has the gall to
speak of 3. F. Milton as fraud" Oh
Gods deliver us from such sycophants
and apostates. Says the unctuous Sutton:
Millions first appearance in Ford coun-
ty was as a teacher" A conceded fact,
or the versatile monstrosity would haye
put a in denial. The proficiency as such
teacher has never been questioned, and
had Mr.. Milton desired he could have
still held the position as one of the in
structors of our public schools. In order
to avoid ''the appearance of evil when
Milton was candidate for county attor-
nov IN 1891 IL uoc pococcarv m tho and
that he might be successful. to make it
known, that Sutton was not at the time,
nor would he be if elected, one of his ad
visory board. The statement made that
Mr.. Milton entered into corrupt bar
gain with law brakers'' is simply in keep
ing with Sutton's political intrigues and
his Unborn nature to tell all but the truth.
The statement with regard to obtaining
permits by questionable methods on
the part of Millions partner, is simply
as absurdity, and vile aspersion upon
the character of one whose standing is
too well known to suffer on account of
the poisonous out bursts of man who
mas proven false to every position of trust
imposed upon him. For smooth and even
handed mendacity, we commend you to
the Shiny tongued Sutton, and ask you as
freemen, if you can afford to barter away
your votes upon man who stands self
condemned
The canvas is about closed, and what
has been written in our paper touching
the history of the various candidates, is
simply the out growth of facts as they
exist. Now should the electors of Ford
after being advised of the true
of things, and cautioned be-
fore the breakers should have been
reached think proper to bestow their suf
ferage upon man. whose every act and
word is antagonistic to the best interests
to the laboring element of our county, in
preference to Mr.. Milton, whose honesty |
and integrity can not be truthfully ques-
toned, then indeed we will haye added a |
link to our county's history, that will re-
main as a canker upon our body polite
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-11-01
In his speech at Spearevil!e, NJ. ".

In his speech at Spearevil!e, NJ. W.
Sutton said that as far as residence is
concerned, Miss Thome would be eligi-
BILE to the Office Of county superinten-
dent of Ford county if she were res
ident of Edwards county. If she were
even a resident of Edwards county, re-
publicans might look over that slight
defect, for she would still be Kansan,
but unfortunately she happens to be a
resident of Missouri, and Kansas peo-
pie are not disposed to send over to
Missouri for county superintendent,
at least while they have score or
more teachers at home well qualified
for the place.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-11-01
Proclamat on.

Calling an election to vote on the ques
ton of issuing bonds to improve the city
hall grounds.
Pursuant to the resolutions of the CITY
council, of the city of Dodge City, Kas.
passed at it's meeting on the 3rd day of
October, 1888, and authority invested in
me by law, l, r. w. TafbOx, mayor of
the city of Dodge City, Kansas. hereby
issue my proclamation, calling special
election in said city of Dodge City, Kan
sas, on the 9Th day of November, 1888.
The polls to be open from the hour of
eight clock a. m. until six O clock D. m
for the purpose of submitting to the legal
voters of the city the question, ''Shall the
mayor and council of the city of Dodge
City, Kansas, issue the bonds of the city
in the city, for the purpose of improving
the city hall grounds, in the sum of two
thousand dollars, payable in twenty
years from the date of their issue, with
interest thereon at the rate of 6 per cent
per annum, interest payable semi-annu-
ally?"
The ballots. at said special election,
shall have written or printed on them,
For the bonds. or against the bonds.
The said special election will be held in
Inc NdflOuS W6IuS, 0uU INC JUICES anu
clerks of the said special election shall
be as follows:
FIRST WARD. Election will be held at
city hall, and S. Galland, A. Curtius and
l.. n. York will act as judges, and Geo.
GrOberty and II. r. Brown will act as
clerks.
SECOND WARD. Election will be held
at Union church, and G. II. Martin, j. H.
SWEET and A. II. Snyder will act as judy
es, and Allen Jones and c. II. Porter
will act as clerks.
THIRD WARD Election will be held
at McCarty's opera house, and j. A. Ar
ment, L. K. Mcintyre and d. c. Sweeney
will act as judges, and Mac s. Todd and
D. F. Owens will act as clerks.
FOURTH WARD. Election will be held
at, and w. C. Shinn. NJ. Collar and
W. B. Dickie will act as judges, and
A. Mootz and J. c. Bloom will act as
clerks.
Given under my hand at the city of
Dodge City, Ford county. Kansas, this
24th day of October, 1888. 4
r. W. TARBox. Mayor.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-11-01
From an "old Timer"

Tom Lahey L. our candidate for District Clerf
We must all turn ont and for him work:
He is well qualified in every way
and by Tom We all must STAY
Tom has been in Dodge for long time,
And il a good man, well combined
Everyone knows they can depend on him.
So We must all work and put votes in
You can see him on the street every day
The same Tom. as every one can say.
He puts on no airs for fashions sake,
And with everyone will always shake
Being in Office don't swell his head,
Because he has been too well bred
In business hours he is at his stand
Willing to accommodate every man.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-11-01
FROM A VOTER AT SPEARE.
WILLIE.

1t is rumored that the Gilberts are to
go to Speareville on election day to
vote the dear people like a flock Of
sheep for NJ. W. Sutton, their attorney.
1t will be remembered that during
the last session of the legislature, the
people of Speareville "put up" to send
the Gilberts to Topeka in the interest
of division Of the county, and they
had few "blue prints" of the state
made and sent to the dear people show
ing the county divided, and the east end
represented as 'Soule county, with
Speareville as the county seat, and
railroad center! Now all this was
blind, for they were there spending the
money of their friends and working in
the interest of Mr.. Soule and his ditch.
1t Is stated by several members of the
legislature that they did not use the
petitions sent them by the towns of
Speareville or Ford, or even mention
the county division. These men were
working hard for the interests of the
ditch, and even had introduced bill to
exempt irrigating bitches from taxation
for five years. Had the bill passed, as
the people living along the
line of the ditch would have had to
bridge the ditch at their own expense,
while this millionaire's property. went
Now Mr.. Sutton is the hired
attorney OF Mr.. Soule, who Is backing
him with his barrel of money, and
should he be elected he is paid for adj
Vocating any kind Of legislation Mr..
Soule may wish for bis ditch OF his
railroad.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-11-01

H. H. Wells who is running against
Tom Lahey, for clerk is the man who
as township trustee made motion to
have all lands within three miles Of the
railroad, taxed ST 90 per acre, and had
it not been for Mr.. Duncker, of Wheat
land, it would have passed. Every
farmer, under this motion, would have
been taxed beyond their means, and be
paying to-day, more taxes than their
land would sell for. Vote for Wells to
stay at home.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-11-01
ANOTHER FARCE.

Every sensible man knows that q
charter can be fled with the secretary
of state for the sum of 500 Mike
Sutton thought that because our citi-
zens had made the north and south
line a success that it was best to be
identified in sowe way with another
line of road, and hence the following
charter:
The Dodge City and Denver r.ilroad
COMPANY. c4liAa ssssk = eee ESQ,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-11-01
From lisa Richards
Chicago, Oct. 22nd, 1888.
s.The Tines

''The Tines
MIR. Blaine made hi.
speech. While he, the great ''head-
light and ''mouth-piece" of his party,
has, from the very day he landed, kept
before the people, that one great and
all absorbing topic, ''the tarff. -
When he rested and studied surround
ings, felt the political pulse Of the
Chicagoans, and western people, he
made his speech, but be left the very
essence Of republicanism out.
The people here expected to hear
from him, and learn of him why the
war tax Of 1864 should be longer per-
petuated; why that which WINS a tenn
porary intentional enactment, should
still remain. But Mr.. Blaine did not
enlighten the people. He did not say
why it was necessary for Al per cent.
war tariff still to remain, nor did he
tell wherein the Mills bill as proposed,
would injure any American industry.
Chicago is the wrong city for any man
of the least Importance to make q
speech with even the expectation Of
single word not being reported. Every
sentence will appear the next morning
before he is out of bed and be read by
all the people.
Mr.. Blaine answered no political
questions, explained no intricate prob
lens, such as the people want to know.
He arraigned the administration for re-
fusing to admit Dakota to the union,
for breaking down the useful policy Of
paying of the national debt as rapidly
as the surplus in the treasury will a.
low, partisan favoritism in depositing
public money in national banks, and
for deliberate attempt to destroy the
protective system of the country, BY
using against it as an argument, Its
tendency to produce surplus in the
treasury. But in the whole, not one
word OF argument in favor Of the ex-
sting tariff tax.
Let the public answer Why Mr..
Blaine lodged the tariff question alto
yether.