Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-02-16

your wife. You used to say you had
the boss girl when you were single
Peckham (sadly)-'She's still boss.
Mamma-"Look Cissy, here is the
doctor comingl What a favorite he
isl See-even the little chickens run
to meet him!" Cissy-"Yes, ma; and
the little ducks cry 'Quack. quackp"
J. w. Fairchild and w. r. Wood
passed through the city on their way
to Garfield last night. Night before
last they had quite an experience
during the wind blowing their tent
down, and giving them a "cool
arising" They are from Saline
county.
VIM. Hamilton, formerly of Albion
township, who moved to Dakota some
time ago. writes that the snow-drifts
are Is feet high and frost on the
window panes an inch thick. Fodder
is very scarce article there. He
would not give one of the poorest
quarter sections in Barton county for
some of their best lands.
The Barton county budding asso-
citation met Tuesday night and elected
its board of directors'for the ensuing
year, consisting of g. n. Moses. d.
M. Lazarus, Elmer Dean, G. P.
G. H. Hume, c. F. Will
ner, D, F. Robinson and Fred Zuta-
vern. The new board will meet
next Tuesday evening for the purpose
of electing new officers.
Capt. J. F. Lewis and J. w.
Brown, of this city, attended the
of the Arkansas Valley real
estate association at Hutchinson
Tuesday. Nearly rs men were present
and permanent officers were elected
and committees appointed. This
is organized for the pur-
pose of encouraging emigration into
the Arkansas Valley, in central and
Kansas.
First young lady-Do yyu know
that Julia Gawkie had two offers last
week !?
Second young lady-Nonsence 1
don't believe it.
FIRST young lady$-But It's fact 4,
she had. On Saturday Charley
Doodle offered her his hand and for
tune, and on Wednesday he offered
to let her off her engagement-Har-
per's Bazar.
Some time ago V. S. Musil, of
Ellinwood bored Il we'll near his resi-
dence. The drill passed through an
eight inch vein of coal, but did not
know that he found anything else un-
til the other day. When the boys
were examining things around the
we'll they gathered up bucket full
of black substance, took it to black
smith shop and placed the bucket in
the fire, when it yielded over two
pounds of lead.
A gentleman from Greeley county
1--WE did not learn his name) is at the
Valley house, having the "mad
stone" applied to wounds received
from a mad dog. The mans wrist
was terribly Iacerated, and he also re-
ceived bad cut in the face. The
dog bit several horses and cattle be-
fore he came in contact with the man.
The stone adhered two hours the first
time it was applied, and was sticking
fast when we were informed about
the matter.
With ill-concealed emotion he took
the thin, worn hand in his and drew
it gently toward him. Life at this
would seem to him the in
tensity of bitterness. The past. with
its struggle for existence, the present
and its desolation, the future shrouded
in uncertainty, all came before him as
in a dream. A strange mist gathered
before his eyes. He gasped, leaned
heavily forward, and in a qui vering
and husky accent he exclaimed:
I'll pass ]" Sylvester had caught
bob-tail flush and seventeen cents
we're swept to the other side of the