Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-10

English as she is taught" Thousand
times over. In neighboring count.
at a teachers examination an applican
was asked to give the chief parts of TIT
verb ''think''. He replied in writing
''think, thunk, thunkt, thunken.
His bewildered brain must have thunk
en- seme wonderful Trunks about thai
time.
The Democratic county convention
nearly came to standstill last Satur
day. Some one asked where Col. Swi
CART was. Everybody looked around
the Colonel was not to be seen. Oh
course, Democratic convention with.
out the Colonel would be worse than
the play of Hamlet with Hamlet alb.
sent. Fortunately the Colonel was dis.
covered over in the corner where he
was explaining the tariff to some Re,
publican doubters, and the convention
heaved mighty sigh of relief and re.
turned to business.
sumner county has sheriff so mean
that, according to one of the Yelling
ton papers, he compels poor, dement,
ed, defenseless, sick man, who has been
adjudged insane by court and jury,
to walk five miles while conveying him
to the insane hospital, in order to save
one dollar on account of carriage hire.
Decency and humanity draw the line
there, particularly when it would be 70
expense to the sheriff. Who knows
but he has presented bill to cover the
expense of carriage for five miles of
travel?
There is, we believe, no Chautauqua
circle in Abilene, though several indi-
vidual workers are following the c. L.
S. G., course. In many towns and cities
these G. l.. S. G. groups are among the
pleasantest organizations of the place.
They differ from clubs, or Christian
Associations in that they allow young
ladies as well as gentlemen to partici-
pate in the meetings, and then too they
accomplish much for the members in
tellectually as well as socially.
We have been thinking of organizing
a Quill-drivers' Exchange. Among
other things it would undertake to
facilitate the flow of soul of our con-
tributors by contracting for and
keeping on hand a complete
stock of continued stories, poe
try, letters on public affairs, etc., and
furnishing the same to order. About
this time of year it would make some
such announcement as this:
We now have On hand 142 spring
poems which are not disposed of.
They will be closed out in job lots
bundles of 25-at rock bottom prices.
They range in size from delicate little
parallelograms of four lines each to
lengthy sidewalk size octameters. In
sentiment they will average ''fair to
good" Flashing fountains" and
soaring larks" are mentioned in l4O
of them though none of the authors
ever saw lark, it being strictly Eng
lish bird, and fountains with the water
turned on have mostly gone out of
fashion. This, however, only shows
the powerful imaginations exerted in
the production of these gems of poesy.
1t would be great success.
One of our handsome young men dis
covered a new combination last week.
1t was quite pleasant in the merning
and he came out with light suit and
hat, and moreover had a bunch of
fragrant violets pinned to the coat
lapel. But it grew colder and colder
and his teeth chartered more and more
briskly until something had to be done.
Half the business men were wearing
overcoats. He would 20 and get his.
Soon he reappeared with q monstrous
Scotch cloth ulster wrapped around his
1.-the form and upon the shaggy lapel
the cluster of coel, ''sweet violets''
laughing at the Borean breezes. The
combination was too stunning for any
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