The Iola register., 1889-08-16

Another funny thing about learning
to ride q bicycle is that everybody wht
meets you seems to feel himself under
some sort of obligation to offer you ad
vice, You are admonished to "hOld
Ter straight" to "Be careful or that
horse will buck yon off" to "Keep 9
tight grip on your mulew "Keep in
the middle of the road!" To "turn 'el
loose!," and to door not to do forty.
seven or eight other things. You
might be inclined to resent this volun
teer advice, il it were not for two
things: In the first place you are toe
busy. You have other things than re.
sentiment to think about. And In the
second place, it is offered with such
evident good humor that you haven't
the heart to resent it. In fact the
amount of good humor that an anna.
teur cyclist will awaken in the course
of his pilgrimage around q single block
is truly astonishing and ought to en-.
title him to high rank as philanthro.
pist.
Another candidate appears in the
field this week in the person Of Our
old friend 7. A. McLeland, of Carlyle
township, who enters the race for
sheriff. atom" McLeland, as every.
body calls him, Ia one of the old tim
ers, landing in Allen county April /,
1853, and locating on the farm north
Of Deer creek where he has ever since
lived. When the war broke out he
enlisted in Company E Ninth Kansas
Cavalry and served with that COM
mand until mustered out in January
1865. Since then he has lived quietly
on his Carlyle farm, attending strictly
to the business of making livelh ood
and being a good citizen. He has been
steadfast Republican all these years
and now for the first time asks for a
public office. He comes into the race
rather late but when the rest Of them
come under the wire at the finish he
will be "somewhere there or there
abouts."
At a meeting last Monday night Of
those interested, 1t was decided that
the Fair this year should be conduct
ed on the same general plan as that
which proved SO successful last year.
That is to say it will be simply a
"Farmer's Picnic," free to every body.
Special premiums will be offered. as
they wele last year, by the horsemen
and the business men around town.
the Horticultural Society. The gen.
eral management of the Fair will be
in the hands ofthis society, which has
already appointed it's committees, and
is energetically at work. The date
will be as already announced Septem.
bcr IL, IL and 13. Every ybody who at
tended the Fair last year was delight
ed with it, and we have no hesitation
in vouching that those who attend
this year will be equally pleased.
At the meeting of the F. NJ. B. A.
Assembly last Saturday We under
stand a committee was appointed to
make arrangements for holding the
annual picnic of the order somewhere
in October. The place was not defin-
itely fixed but we are Informed the
trustees of the lola Park have offered
the committee the free use Of the park,
and as this is the most central poin
the picnic will doubtless be held here.
Invita- tions will be extended to Lodg-
es of the order In Anderson, Woodson
and NeOsho counties and the picnic
will doubtless be grand affair.
The F. NJ. B. A. have in contempla-
ton the organization of a Mutual In
surance Association which we have no
doubt will prove good thing if prop
erly managed. Its operations will be
confined to this county and the
scheme is to insure it's members against
losses by accidental fire. rain or wind
storm, the losses to be paid by apro
rata assessment. 1t will allow a great
many to insure their property who
would not be able to pay the fees Of the
regular companies, and will doubtless
prove popular.
Oklahoma Journal: The rush of eX-
press business having somewhat SUBJ
sided special agent Scott will be trans
ferred to some other point and A. w.
Durham, the former agent, will again
be placed in charge. MIR. Scott has
discharged his trying duties very sue
cessfully and we believe has succeeded
in pleasing both the Company and its
patrons. He will 60 to lola, Kansas,
tomorrow for few days visit with
friends.
J. J. Burke, of the Colony Free
Press, has been employed by the Scott
boys as local editor and general out.
side representative for their Oklahoma
Journal, the business having grown
too large for them to handle without
help. Mr.. p. J. Talbot, formerly fore
man in the Courdnt office has charge
of the Free Press, being assisted in the
editorial by Mrs. Burke, the accom-.
plished wife of the proprietor.
The following are the names of the
teachers employed for the ensuing
year in the Humboldt schools, with
the salary paid each:
Estey ES PSnfips sls9a per per maTsn
Miss NJ. L. Chamberlain, 1900
Mrs II. L. Divelbiss, 1000
Miss f. Fannie johnson, $500
Mrs. Ella e. Kimball, $500
Miss Lillian Webster, 81 %
Mrs. X. X. Redfield, $500
Miss Nette Chambers, 5000
Mrs. J. E. Ireland and Miss Mabel
Clark gave a surprise party last Fri
day evening, at the residence of the
former, in honor of Miss Sadie Ireland
and Miss Edith Reid, of Yates Center.
About 80 young people were present,
elaborate refreshments were served
and the evening was heartily enjoyed.
eff we do cay it as perhaps should
not" the business men of lola are for
tunate in having paper which cir.
culates in every part of the county and
not just in one or two townships. An
advertisement in the REGISTER will
reach more people than if inserted in all
three of the other papers of the county.
Al the eveninps are getting longer