Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-07-05

Rev. w. A. Bosworth is preaching
a series of sermons on the diferen
denominations represented in GU
city. Subject next Sabbath evening
THE Episcopal Church"
The council ordered the streets wei
sprinkled at their meeting Monda,
evening, when 10! the heavens opene'
and the waters came down AM
knocked the street sprinkler out of
job.
"Now is the winter of our discon-
tent" is sentence running through
the winds of our republican friends
as they wonder how they can ge
around the leading question. of tn
day-tariff reduction.
Two Great Bend men made
wager the other day as to which coulC
tell the biggest lie. One of then
commenced: ga certain wealth,
editor" "Stop! stopl" exclaimed
the other, "you have won the bet.
Seventy-fve COWS and heifers fo
sale on liberal terms, in lots to suit
Also several bulls fit for service. A
portion of them are Grade Holsteins
Apply to G. E. Sowle, Great Bend
Kansas.
Rev. DR.. Burdick and family viii
leave this week for Erie, Kansas
where the gentlen an takes charge o.
a passionate in the Christian church
organization. Many friends in Great
Bend and vicinity will regret theil
departure.
The champion type-setter has
turned up out of the Georgia woods a
Atlanta. He sets $500 ems solid
nonpareil in three hours. There were
only three turned letters in the proof
He is only nineteen, country boy
and challenges the world.
Friends of the DEMOCRAT will dc
us favor by calling at our Office
when in the city, and getting &C
quainted. We are DESTROYS of know
ing every democrat in The county
and would take great pleasure in re
ceiving visit from you all.
Monday night during the rail-
storm, the lightning struck and killed
valuable horse and colt belonging
to M. F. Seward living about foul
miles west of town. It also strucl
and burned stack of wheat belong
ing to Peter Unruh, near by.
A young Irishman on applying t.
an old farmer for a job, was asked
"What brings so many of you Irish
men over here?' "Well, sir, we los
part of the Lords Prayer in Ire
land, and come here to find it. Far
mer:-"What part might that be?'
Irishman:-"Our daily bread"
In civilized society, external adj
vantages make us more respected. A
man with a good coat upon his back
meets with better reception than ht
who has bad one. You may ana
lyze this and say, what is there in it
But that will avail you nothing, fol
it is part of the general system.
Keep the pillow going in the corr
fields, friends, as long as you can. L
will never be an hour put in amiss
Thorough cultivation is one of tn,
things necessary at all times to insur,
best results. Profit by the exampl,
of the men around you who have al
ways had good crops. Notice tina
they are never idle.
No state in the Union can boast o
better public roads than Kansas. n
mud a foot or yard deep here. NJ
stones or rocks or deep ruts to ammo,
or break the wheels, but all smootl
and dry and level as a floor. If
rains all night and the roads are DIR,
before noon, and people can enjoy
ride even in a shower.
Captain Norton, of Coolidge, mad
us pleasant call Saturday. He say
that at the time the papers were no
ticing the lack of water in the Arkan.
sas river here, at Coolidge the rive
was almost bank full; and he ac
counted for it from the fact that
large number of irrigating bitches ar
draining water from the river.
Protection to American industry
as we now have it, is protection to tn
eastern manufacturer only, and no
to the men who work for the manu-
faoturer The svaraoa waoes Of me-,