Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-24

ue WdVerly gazette says lnaC A. l. ar
| well raised 1872 bushels of fax seed from
eight bushels of seed.
II amt as neryy as used to be-" said
teeth filled in one day.
Since Campbelrs Electoneer beat the
record on Abilene's racing course, that
town claims the pennant for the state.
The attendance Of Indian pupils at Has
kell institute, Lawrence, this year, will be
nearly double that of any previous year.
The Kingman Leader says the race for
sheriff this year reminds one of the old
nursery stery Of 'ten little Injun boys"
Kansas has very few, but some of those
men who are always intent on making
somebody pay for some accident or mis-
hap.
The soldiers reunion ct Ellsworth dur
ing the first week in October is looked
forward to with interest by the blue
wearers
Though the average number of hairs
upon the human head is fully 120, 200, the
Ell Dorado girls still persist in wearing
switches.
A black-eyed for one and bloody nose
for the other, is regarded in Wellington
sporting circles as six Of one and half-a-
dozen Of the other.
Watermelons in this states newspapers
are never brought" they always come"
to town. So much for the watermelon i'm
portance in Kansas.
There is one vain old codger at Kingman
who insists Of serving the coffee and max
ing his wife carve, so that he can see him.
self in the silver urn.
1t is only known for truth among the
boys but the masher In the Halstead
band has made eyes at one of the girls in
the Arcade at Newton.
Kansas Methodists build new church
every day in the year. John Wesley and
John Brown are great people In Kansas,
says the Kansas City Star.
The fact that the largest watermelon
patch in the world is located in Georgia
and contains 800 acres leads many Kan
sas boy to think himself misborn.
y Wellington girl whose father remon-
strated with her change of color in the
door mat on the top of her head, argued
that her dyed hair looked beautiful in
death.
There is a certain caste in Kansas which
regularly get a cramp In its side on the
first of each month and is confined and
not able to see any one, especially the bill
collector.
A merchant at Wetmore had part of
case of lamp chimneys in his store room
and lot of humble bees have made their
nest in one of the chimneys They can be
seen at work through the glass. The mer
chant wouldn't sell those chimneys for
any price
They 90 great deal on hat flirtations in
FL Dorado, and the following are the three
forms most in use: Wearing the hat
squarely on the bead--I love you madly;
tipping it over the right ear-my little
brother has the measles; holding it out In
the right hand-Lend me quarter.
The charred remains of John Stillman,
farmer near Severance, who has been miss
ing for over a week, were found yesterday
on his farm where hay stack had been.
Lightning struck and burned the stack on
August II AID it seems that Stiilman had
sought shelter under the hay and burned
with It.
An argument for boots from the Well
ington Press: 1t pays to wear boots.
While standing near buggy one day in a
stable at Caldwell last week, somebody
pulled a lap robe out Of it and a revolver
fell to the floor and was discharged, the
ball striking Dick Duvall in the leg. His
boots being thick broke the force Of the
bullet and only skin wound resulted.
The trouble between the Salvation Army
and some of the Wellington boods still
goes merrily on. Friday evening Ed
q
kins while attending services at the bar
racks. The first lick didn't hurt, he said
but the second one hurt badly and Ed
rose up and demanded retaliation. The
advance agent of the Lord, who sings to
guitar, demanded that the Intruder be
arrested, and Marshall Ed Coates took the
boys up the street and told them to keep
away from the place as II would corrupt
them.
al Ar kn dn;l 70
ceipt of milk at the creamery last week !
was S,4S4 pounds per day, or a total Of
90, 5S4 pounds: this at IS cents per hundred |
amounts to Sl,2l3.2l, which will be fully |
appreciated by the farmers 10 whom 1t was
paid. Each hundred pounds OF milk has |
made four and one-third pounds of butter !
or ten pounds of cheese. About 800 |
pounds Of butter were shipped Wednesday !
to New York, and the cheese has nearly all |
been sold. Cheese making will begin again |
next month and continue until the weather |
gets cool enough to make butter without |
ice.
Kansas farmers are not little perplexed /
as to how to get the corn on the stalks I
without taking the latter down. whose /
huge trunks would be greatly in the road. /
Numerous remedies have been proffered /
but they are cast aside as ineffective, but /
one is here submitted which will be found /
very practicable This, by the way, IS for /
Kansas farmers only. About three feet 4
from the ground cut two diagonal slices IN 4
the stalk, meeting at an angie OF forty /
five degrees This, OF course. Will sever /
the stalk entirely; through this insert an 1
iron rod, which viii form a hinge, which !
by the manipulation OF pulleys viii allow 1
the tree top 10 swing down, and after be- /
ing rid OF its products can De lifted into /
place again out Of the way, and LETT TO dry 1
for cord wood.