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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-02-06
HIS ANCESTORS TEETH.
a Novel Suit that IL Exciting . QuI,
Connecticut Village.

a NOVEL suit th0t 1s Exciting . Quiet
Connecticut Village.
In the dingy little courtroom Of the
hamlet OF Hamden, Conn, q motley crowd
OF villagers gathered few nights ago,
drawn thither by lawsuit Of novel char
acter. The bone Of contention was set of
aged false teeth, artificial molars, that had
been buried in mother earth for the past
quarter Of p century, A Norwich special in
the Boston Globe says:
Amos Barnes, their original owner, pro-
vided by will that when he died his teeth
should be buried with HIM. They were
bought in the days when dentistry was
pristine art, and the set, mounted upon a
gold plate, cost sixty dollars. When the
sting of death made him the graves victory
his wish was fulfilled, and he and his false
teeth were buried together in a plot in the
corner of his own yard, where his old wife,
Ruth, soon joined him in his endless sleep
The worldly goods of the couple passed
along the line. Of posterity, every thing,
with the exception of the plot of ground
where the aged couple were buried, going
to their son, Merwin Benham. That little
strip Of land, however, went to Ruth's
daughter, Mrs. Bradley, of Springfield
She in turn gave it to her daughter, who
decided it over to Gilbert Benham, nephew
of Merwin Benham, and the wealthiest man
in all Hamden.
The peculiarities of Amos, as related to
Gilbert in the days of his boyhood, aroused
bis curiosity to such an extent that he
vowed a vow TO sec these teeth The sober
thought OF more mature years did hot affect
his weakness in this direction any, and he
Kept his VOW. Merwin Benham, in drive
past the spot where his fathers bones re-
pose, noticed that the slab was gone and he
called upon Gilbert for an explanation. Ar
irving at his nephew's house he was sur
Prisea 10 find the slab turned into mold
Ing stone. A seems ensued which reached
its climax when Gilbert lonrished the pair
OF old false teeth before the eyes of his
uncis MeFwlR, and invited him to try them
on.
Investigation developed the fact that Mar
Gus WoOdin, the sexton, had exhumed the
duss at Merwin's father, and rescued the
teeth from eve.-a..astipg oblivion. Merwin
at once swore out warrant Cor the arrest
Of the accommodating old sexton, and Gii-
bert made COUNTIES charges against his I'M
Gle, and secured q warrant for his arrest
upon charge of stealing his EMerwin's)
grandfather's tombstone and using it for q
horse-block. The cases came before the
justice in this complicated order, and that
official sagely threw both out of court. Gil
bert gleefuIly invited the villagers to call
upon him and see the set of false teeth,
which he carried in his trousers pocket as q
mascot. This invitation was too much fol-
the "oldest inhabitants and they advised
Merwin to sue his nephew tor dissemi
mating scandal in the neighborhood. Mer
win accepted the suggestion. and Gilbert
was notified to appear before the justice
and snoSy cause why he should not pay dam
ages for carrying the old teeth of Merwin's
father, and using his tombstone for mold
iuQ-siah
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No. 636. First Published Jan. 9, 1889.
SHERIFF'S SALE.

STATE OF KANSAS, COUNTY OF BARBER. "a.
James A. Houck,
versus
John w. Clutter and Belle Clutter.
MS wife; William NJ. Clutter, The
western Farm Mortgage Company
): b. Clutter and Belinda Clutter,
his wife, Frank Adamson and Will
lam NJ. Mclaughlin.
D1 virtue of an order of sale issued ont of the
~ Barber District Court sitting in and for said
BarDer county, 10 the above entitled action and
to me directed, will on
SATURDAY, THE 9Th DAY OF FEBRUARY,
A. d.. 1899, at o'clock in the afternoon of said
DAY, at the front door Of the courthouse in said
county, oner for sale at public auction and sell
without appraisement to the highest and hest
bidder FOR cash in hand, to satisfy said order
OF sale. all the right, title and interest whatso.
ever OF the above-named defendants. and each
OF them, and of all persons claiming under
tne1n III ana 10 the following described tract.
piece and parcel of land lying and situate i'm
said county of Barber, to-wit;
The northeast quarter of the southwest QUAR-
Ter, and the west half Of the soul he st Quarter
OF section fifteen. IL. ard the northwest 1Iar-
ter OF the northeast quarter Of section twenty
TWO, - AL in township thirf y-four. 81 south of
range twelve IL, west OF the sixth, IS, Principal
Meridian also lots three 3. ard fu;;r { and iha
south naIf Of the northwest sJtisr.er of
section five, b. in township TIN ty-fOlir 81 south
OF range ten. ~, west of che sixth, b, PRINCIPAL
Heridian, containing Ia All three hundred AID
twenty ans; ti;irty-eieht hunirrtiihs. a20 g. loo
acres more or less together wi;ii and singli-
TAR the tSUemehfs, heresi itaucBts and appIlrfe-
nanccs thereunto belonging or in any wise ap-
pertaining.
OF Medicine Lodge, in said coiH.v. mis- ~ .lsS
of January, 1882 80 ~
GEO, W. SFrt.X L,fss. Sheriff.
GEO. ). BARKER, Attt.sgey Ton PiaIns!n 1851
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First Published Jan. %, 1889.
sHERIFF'S SALE.

sHEhlFf'S SALE.
STATE OF KANSAS
BARBER COUNTY. 5ss
In the District court of Barber county. state
of Kansas
The Citizens National Bank of Medi-
cine Lodge, Kansas, Plaintiff,
NerSus
d: VanSlyke. N. Sherlock and C. IT.
Rigg, Defendants.
The Ohio Land and Cattle Company,
Plaintiff,
versus
ID. VanSlyke and N. Sherlock. Dcft's.
pY virtue of two executions, to me directed
- Issued out OF the District Court of Barber
county, Kansas, j, George w. Stevens, sheriff
OF said county, will on
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 23d, 1850,
at o'clock in the afternoon of said day, at the
IronI door or the courthouse, in the city of
Medicine Lodge, Barber county strte Of Kan
sas; offer for sale, at public auction to the
highest bidder, for cash in hand ali the right
title, interest, claim and estate of said defend
ants IN and to the following described real es-
tate, situated in Barber county. Kans to-Xit:
sa aue wesl nalI OF the northwest quarter of
sectlon seven O. township thirty-two south of
range eleven Cd west, containing seventy-nine
acres, moro or less
Levied upon as the property of said defend
ant, ID. VanSlyke, and to satisfy two judgments
obtained before d. \. McCanless a Justice of
the peace for Medicine Lodge township Bar
Der county, Kansas, one Judgment in favor of
the Citizens National Bank, of Medicine Lodge
Kansas. and against d. NanS!yke, n Sherlock
and e r. Ri9g for the sum of ono hundred AMI
thirty-five and e5-100 dollars and one Judgment
in favor of the Ohio Land and Cattle Company
and against ID. VanSlyke and n. Sherlock for
the sum on two hundred and one and 5-1G0
dollars. (S2Gl 05) together with the interest and
costs on both of said judgments and for the
costs of this sale.
Given under my hand at my office. in the
city of Medicine Lodge, this, the 18th day of
January, 1889.
GEORGE w. STEVENS.
1919 Sheriff of Barber county, Kansas
Overstreet Y Denton, Att'ys. for Plaintiff
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TWAIN in NEVADA.
Origin OF Two Stories on Which His Rep
ut3tiOn Was Founded.

Origin OF Two Stories on Which His Rep-
ut2tiOn Was Founded.
"No man ever led more peculiar career
anywhere than Mark Twain did in Nevada"
said Hon. T. G. Bates, of the Sage-brush
State, to San Francisco Examiner reporter
1 remember well when, in 1861, he came
to Carson with his brother, Orion Clemens,
the new Secretary OF the Territory Mark
came along, not as asecretary to him as is
popularity supposed, but as a mere sight
seer. Mark was not disposed to work, and
never did work to amount to any thing, ex-
cept when he went to the Virginia Enter
prise as reporter. He put in the whole of
his hrst winter looking around Carson, and
the next winter he went over to Humboldt
County and did some more Of it there.
81 always held that circumstances made
him. The two best stories he ever pub
hshed, and upon which he made his reputa-
ton as humorist, he was not the original
author OF at all. These, the Jumping
Frog Of Calaveras County, and the Pie
Bitter OF Mariposa,' were published years
and years before in a Stockton paper by
Sam Seabough, the old California editor.
Seabough was editor of the Stockton
Independent, and some miners came down
from CalaveraS and told him about the
miners there loading a frog up with shot.
And 1T was fact. In those days the men
IN those camps would bet about any thing,
and one day they got to betting how far
some frogs could jump that they had
found. One miner conceived the idea of
filling one Of the rival frogs with shot, and
he did it, and the frog couldn't jump.
"Seabough printed this as news, which
1t was, and it was copied all around, and
long afterward 1t came out in Mark Twain's
book
In like manner the story of the Pie
Bitter OF Mariposa' was printed by Sea-
Dough. A gang of men had gathered one
night In the saloon below Seaboughs office.
There was among them a man with the
awfullest mouth you ever saw 1t was very
big and curious-looking, and out of his
ponderous lower jaw two teeth were
missing. Somebody came in and asked
Seabough to 60 down and take a look at
him. Seabough did so, and somebody then
asked the man what had happened to his
teeth. He said he was a pie-biter from
Mariposa, and had bitten through as many
as thirteen pies at one time, on several
occasions, but that the last time somebody
rung in plate on him, and that was what
did i.
ut struck Seabough as an unusually
funny thing, and he fixed it up aud pub
ished it. Years after, as / have said.
after tho 'Pie-Biter Of Mariposa' had gone
the rounds OF tho press, 1t turned up in
Mark TWain'S book"
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THE ART OF KISSING.
Oscillation Considered In the Light Of
Professional SCIENCE.

Oscillation Considered In the Light of n
Professional Science.
Is kissing an art! Is there any science in
OSCILLATION! There certainly is, says the
Detroit Free Press. There is just as much
art in administering kiss as there is in
dressing with taste or writing an essay. 1t
is not every kiss that is acceptable, nor
every attempt that merits communication.
There are grades of kissers, just as there
are grades of preachers or painters
There was time when kisses were ad-
mlnistered upon the back OF the fair lady's
hand. The hand was chosen because the
face was so painted and powdered that a
kiss would sadly impair the beauty of the
facial ensemble But the hands then were
probably kept whittier than they are now. A
hand-kiss at best is a barren ideality and
the hand would have to be attractive in it's
cleanliness in order to be kissable Final
ly the hand took back seat, and the lips,
which nature fashioned to be kissed, came
to the front.
There was an art in bestowing kiss on
a lady's hand. It had to be done daintily,
delicately, considerably and solemnly IN or
der that the full effect should be realized.
If there was art in this, how much more
necessity is there for artistic performance
where the lips are concerned! Look at two
women kissing. There is plenty of
innocent impetuosity in the act but
not much art. They rush together
like two approaching locomotives and
II there is not a percussion equal in
noise to the explosion of boilers, there is
enough to let the bystauders know that
there has been some unusual performance
The genuine art Of kissing is realized in it's
full perfection where members of the oppo-
site sexes are concerned. But there are
fewer men than women who know how TO
kiss properly. Most men want delicacy, or
If you please, idyllic tenderness in securing
the delectable prize. They rush at the
goal of their desires in a laundering way.
like tiger which gathers itself together
and strains all its muscles in one Jump in
order to overpower its prey. There is no
finish in kiss so administered. 1t is apt
to be offensive, because it is 50 clumsy. A
kiss to be perfect should be bestowed de.
liberately and carefully and reverently,
with somewhat of the same caution that a
man would show if he were to walk among
lot Of eggs without injuring any of them.
There is nothing in the world that is capable
OF such nice finish and sentiment as an
artistic kiss. But heaven preserve the
fair sex from the man who kisses them al
II he were a sandbagger and she the object
to be Sandha0ged.
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A CANNIBAL'S HOUSE.
Description OF II Queer Hut Adorned witt
Skulls of Eaten Men.

Description OF u Queer Hut Adorned with
Skulls of Eaten Men.
The Truth-Seeker gives the following de-
scription of a cannibal's house: There are
two large posts IN front eighty feet high,
on which rests the large peaked shade,
around which there hangs graceful fringe
of young sago leaf. The front is about
thirty feet wide, and the whole length of
the house is 1G0 feet, tapering gradually
down to the back, where it is small. Our
compartment is about twenty feet high and
ten feet broad The front is a common
platform, floored with the outer skin of the
sago palm, and kept beautifully clean, The
whole is divided into courts, with divisions
of cocoanut leaves, nine feet high, on which
hang various figures, not at all good look
ing. From the top of the cocoanut leaves
hang graceful curtains of the young trond
of the sage palm. N6tanding on the platform
in front and looking Down the whole length
along the passage or hall, WITH tie various
divisions and their curtains, il has wonder
ful ehect. IN each of the courts are numer-
Gus skulls Of meE. gyomen and children,
crocodiles and bears; also many breasts OF
the cassowary. All are carved and many
painted. The human skulls are Of those
who have been killed and eaten. The
daintiest dish here is map, and it is consid-
cred that only fools refuse and despise it.
In the last court there are the same kinds OF
ornaments, and then . screen with curl
ously formed things of wood aud native
cloth hangings on it; also sibis their only
clothiug), belts, small bags and other things
belonging to those murdered, which have
been presented to the gods.
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mo, 974. First Published Jan. 16, 1891
SHERIFFS SALE.

STATE OF KANSAS, Sc
BARRIER COUNTY. 90
In the District Court of Barber county in the
State of Kansas.
William L. Blair, Plaintiff.
versus
Thos. L. o. Bryan, Mamie V. O'Bryan,
Alice ]. Taylor, l.. M. Field and H.
II. Richards, Defendants.
NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to an
IN order of sale, to me directed, issued out of
the District Court of Barber county, Kansas
Stevens. sheriff of said county, WILL on
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY, 16,
A. D., 1889, between the hours OF nine O'Clock
noon of said day, at the front door of the court.
house, in the city of Medicine Lodge, Barber
county, etate OF Kansas, offer for sale, at pub
lie auction, to the highest bidder, for cash
in hand, all the right, title, interest, claim and
estate OF the said defendants in and to the fol-
lowing described real estate. situated in Bar
Der county, Kansas, to-wit:
The northwest quarter of section No. twenty
one, Fl. township No, thirty-two. 81, south, of
range No. eleven, IL; and southeast quarter of
section No. thirty-siX, township No. thirty one,
81, south, of range No. twelve, II, west: and the
north onc-half OF the northwest quarter of sec
ton No twenty-nine, %. township No. thirty
two. 81, south of range No. eleven, IL, west.
Levied upon assthe property of the above
named detend:nts and TO satisfy judgment in
said action against them and in favor of said
plaintiff for the sum of Fourteen Hundred and
Twenty-three and S0-1G0 dollars IS1 4aS3 sol to-
gether with interest and costs and the costs of
this sale. and to be sold without appTaisement.
Given under Jpg- hand at my oiice in the city
OF Medicine Ledge this 18th day of Ian. 1854.
GEO. W. SrEE EMS,
24-SS Sheriff of Barber county. Kansas.
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mo. 1904. First Published Jan. ., 1883.
SHERIFF'S SALE,

SHERIFFS SALE.
STATE OF KANSAS,
BARBER COUNTY, So
In the District Court of Barber county, state of
Kansas.
The Kansas Mortgage and Invest
ment Company, Plaintiff.
versus
Angus A. Spring and Dora Spring, De-
PENDANTS.
DY virtue of an alias order of sale, to me direc-
ID ted, issued out of the district court of Barber
county, will on
SATURDAY, FEBRU AIRY q, 1859,
at the hour of o'clock in the afternoon, at the
front door of the courthouse, in the city of
Medicine Lodge, Kansas, offer for sale at pub
lie auction, for cash, To the highest bidder all
the right. title, interest, claim AMI estate of
said defendants, in and 10 the following des-
cribed real estate. situated in Barber county
Kansas, tO-wit:
The southeast quarter. IA, of section thirty
SIX. 3d. IN township thirty four, "a. south. OF
range ten, 10. ana lots one, /, ami two, z and
the east hall of me northwest quarter. "a, of
section nineteen, -, in township thirty three
IS, south, or range iTiI, -, west of the 9th +.
NJ; subject TO mortgage in favor of james
ii. failman for the sum of 81 600 90 with INFER
est thereon at the rate of seven per cent. per
annum from the list OF December, idSI.
Levied upon as the property Of the above
named cefen9iants and to satisfy Il Judgment
in favor nj said plaintiff for the sum OF Two
Hundred and Thirty-nine and 2i-lG0 Dollars
together with interest and accrued costs anG
for the costs of this safe.
Given under my hand at my Office in The city
OF Medicine lodge this list Cay Of January.
1889. GEO w STEVENS
1919 Sheriff Barber county. Kansas
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mo. 1850. First Published Jan. 30, 1887
SHERIFF'S SALE.

mo. 1o3O. First Published Jan. 30, 1881
SEERIFFS SALE.
STATE OF KANSAS,
BARBER COUNTY,
In the District Court of the oath Judicial Dis
trict within ana tor Barber County
Kansas.
l. Silverstine and D. Daniels partners
doing business under the firm name
aad style of |. Silverstine Co.,
Plaintiffs.
versus
Il. Abromovica, Defendant.
u the district court of Barber county, Kansas
TO me directed, in the aboVc-entitled cause /
will on
FRIDAY, MARCH l, 1889,
between the hours of 10 o'clock in the forenoon
the front door of the courthouse in the CITY of
Medicine Lodge, Barber county. Kansas sell
at pubic auction, for cash, to the highest bid
der, all the right, title, interest and estate of
the aboye-named defendant in and to the fol-
lowing described real estate, situated in Bar
Der county, Kansas, to-wit
The west half of the southwest quarter of
section thirty-two, ~, township thirty
three, 30, and lot four, 1, and the Southwest
quarter of the northwest quarter of section
nVe, ., township thirty-four, south ali in range
fourteen. ii, west.
TO satisfy judgment rendered against said
defendant and in favor of said plaintiff. in said
suit. for the sum of One Hundred ana Sixty
TWO dollars with interest and costs and for the
costs of this sale.
Dated at my office in Medicine Lodge Kan
sas. this 10Th day of January, 1853.
GEORGE w. STEVENS.
90 ~ SnerlH Barber county Kansas.
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SHERIFF'S SALE,
STATE or KANSAS.

STATE OF KANSAS. COUNTY eC siAnsKls ga.
James W Cox,
Bi;s.etf A. Chisholm and LoI,ssa
Chisholm, his wife: TIE West.,ro
Farm Mortgage Company A!exan-
der Campbell and - Ga.spt,cII iiis
wife, W. II, McCague.
Pr virtue OF an order of sale Issued our of fhe
- Barber district Court sitting in and for said
.sarber county, in the above entitled action and
TO me directed, Twill on
SATURDAY, THE Sth Day OF FEBRUARY
A. D., lSs9, at 2 clock in the afternoon Of said
DAY. al the front door of the courthouse i'm said
county. offer for sale ut public auction and sclt
wi,9out apprsisernent, TO the highest sn<i box.
Doder Tor cash Iii hand. to satisfy ~ n f,rsisr Of
sale, all the right, title nd is.teT.isf
OF the aboYe-naHed ,iyISIA.aiits and each OF
men, ana ol q. Hels-lils claiming gnis,r Thorn in
ana % .'le t2li9"sag described tract piece and
ipsyte; ol taIld wing and situate in said CONN
" or Barber, fo-Sft: 'o'''-
Inc north half of the souti,east oilar.,,y. OF
secLlon SIX, o, ana the west half OF :h.s so:Tfb-
l'ar teI or section FIVE 3 all IN towpsi,3p
t1nI one, ~, south IF range eleven H. yeIf
OF the "a ., Principal Meridian c1utaiH;. .
que hundred and sixty. 16U. acres rnars, or lass
.ogetner with all AMI singular s5pc tenar4eufs
ne iI.ol,atnents and arIIlrtenances tnertunto
oeIo2nkIng or IN say wise appertHining
DiFen .iLdfr my hand at my Office in the city
= Aedicine Lodge, in said county. this 9TH day
GEO, ". STEVENS. Sheriff.
oEo. .. BARKER, Attorney for Plaintiff. 8la7
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Waiting on the Editor

Seekers after posthumous literary fame
will stand a good chance of getting it by
sending their effuslons to one of the big
magazines, says the New York Sun. It is re-
lated of Richard Henry Stoddard that he
was surprised recently by seeing in
Harper's poem he wrote and sent to that
publication fifteen years ago. 1t is said
that he was not altogether pleased with the
verses, which seemed like the inspiration
of another mind. Some of the negro dialect
poems Of Irwin Russell, a young and
talented Southerner, were published several
years after his death in the magazine to
which he had sent them. A'young writer
of tbs city who had one of his little stories
accepted by great monthly five years ago
is still watching for it. He has spent $21
for sixty copies Of the magazine, which
paid him so for the story. He says he is
going to try to get another story accepted,
so he can balance the account five years
hence.
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mo. 1.252. First Published Jan. %, 1881
PUBLICATION NOTICE.
In the District Court OF Barber county, state of
Kansas.

In the District Court of Barber county, state of
W. L. Blair, Plaintiff.
Isaac @. Root Malissa l.. A. Root
William Smith and Daniel Firestone,
Defendants.
The State of Kansas to Isaac c. Root Mails
sa L. A. Root and Daniel Firestone, Greeting:
VOU are hereby notified that you have been
L sued by W L. Blair, plaintiff. and that You
must answer the petition filed against you on
or before the SIN day ot Marcil. lco9 or said Pc
utlon viii Se taken as true and Judgment rem
dered against you for the sum OF One Hundred
and Ninety-siX Dollars and Eighteen Cents
(sl9j 49, with interest thereon at II per cent
per aanuln from the 10Th day OF j prii lSSS and
a certain mortgage executed by the said defen-
dant= Isaac c. Root and Maiissa T.. a. Root on
the Both day of August, i. D., 1855. upon the
Following described property, situated in Bar
Der county. state of Kansas, to-Nyit:
Lots Three and Four 4 and f. Block Fourteen
IA and Lot Eight (S) Block Seven % and Lots
Fourteen and Seventeen ia aud 10 Block
Eleven I'D in the town of MingonG, according
to the recorded plat thereof.
And adjudging that said plaintiff has a first
ZIG u on said premises to the amount for which
Judgment Will be taken as aforesaid. and order
ing said premises to be sold and the proceeds
plaintiff and costs of suit. and forever barring
and foreclosing said defendants and each of
them from ali right, title and equity of re-
dempfion in or to said premises or any part
thereof SAMPLE & LONG,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Attest: FRANK HOLMES. Clerk.
'is-1I BY ). l.. ALLEN, Deputy.