Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-30

he has been unfortunate in having a
failure of any undertaking, do not in
crease his discontinue by proclaiming
abroad his bad luck.
AT a trial of breach of promise suit
in this part of the state few days ago,
the plaintiff testified that she had set
ON his lap for ten hours at stretch.
In this case we think the young man
is entitled to damages.
Though the mills of God grind
slowly yet they grind exceeding
small" Now we know where those
specimens of humanity are ground
out who are too mean to take paper,
but not too proud to borrow one
G. n. johnson returned Friday
from quite an extended visit in Mass
achusetts and other parts of the east.
He says that there were more people
at Saratoga this year than were ever
known to be there before in one sea-
son.
One of the strangest freaks of nature
in the way of agricultural crops is the
broad cast sowing of an innumerable
variety of seeds by.a congressman and
the gathering of a crop ofvotes, all the
same kind, but from different varieties
of seed.
Washburn College, at Topeka,
Kansas, is easily accessible to all parts
of the State. The advantages which
it offers for the study OF English, An
cient and Modern Languages, Science,
Music, and Painting are unsurpassed.
The fall term begins Sept. 18th.
The back bone of the dry spell is
broken. Frequent rains will continue
from now on during the fall, and
ground will be in good shape for fall
planting. Our advise is to farmers to
leave their wheat ground as rough as
possible to catch the winter SHOWS.
LosT-Sunday evening, Aug. 18th,
on the road leading to Great Bend,
about one mile south of Hoisington, a
small breastpin, old fashioned gold,
two rings or loops, one through the
other. The finder will be rewarded
by leaving it at the DEMOCRAT Office,
Great Bend, Kansas.
Brother Chapman is working like a
beaver all over the DISTRICT, he not
being home more than two days each
week. Does this look as though the
Office had been seeking the man?
Hardly. And it does not look as
though Mr.. G. thought he had any
sort of walk away.
A. P. Blackler, late of Mcpherson,
has gone into partnership with W. w.
Morgan of this county, and the firm of
Morgan 81 Blackler are doing a pro
duce and commission business on the
north side of the square. AS there
will be lots of produce shipped out of
this county this year. we predict for
the new firm a good business.
H. J. Trask, residing two miles
west of the city, favored us with a
sample of his ninety day corn, which
can be called perfect in every respect.
He says it will average from forty
eight to fifty bushels an acre. Far
mers who are wise will cultivate this
kind largely, as it natures before dry
wheather or hot winds.-Newton Kan
san.
Remember that each township and
voting precinct is expected to send
their full list of delegates to the dem
ocratic convention to be held in Great
Bend on the 9Th of September. 1t
has been suggested and requested by
the chairman of the central committee
that you hold your primaries Satur-
day Of this week and select delegates
and alternates.
While the papers of surrounding
towns are constantly having something
to say about the way ''fakes" of all
kind, are permitted to run, and fleece
the people, Great Bend has nothing
of the kind to complain of. Reason:
Our license laws will not permit
travelling trickster to perform on the
streets of Great Bend, without first
paying heavy tax.
The country correspondence" in the
DEMOCRAT is not what we would like
it to be. We would like friend in
every township in the county to write
down the happenings of local import,
ance in his or her neighborhood. 1t
would be a source of pleasure, We
think. to many of our country school
teachers, if they would but try it
once. We don't want any long. wind
ed theoretical sr scientific article, bat