Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-09-26
NEVER SAM The LIKE


EFsT oae ~ho comes 20 KzzszS CITY
t0vm k21sas the~ dzvs h2s hEs owu
particular STOCK % stories 10 tell about
th- Eo1rfgl e-ops n thai State
Among the >saEoEe- pilgrims ~ho
landed in The city reoeutlv VA
Charey Barrett He had spsat four
or ere days N Southern Kansas. and
h. mouth wzs going AZ th@ rate oE
Eve hundred revolutions \ minute
about cro@ when he Va --es D.
Tins man-
~Nhzi- heexclainel -YCu never
saw the Ike, The farmers down IN
southern Kansas had 70 reat the pub
JIG rozds 10 ses RON enough 70 Stack
the EheaI Wasn't ru.au enough n
the Eel1s TO hold the stacks Iaw Oue
~Ho= J. the fruit crop
Fruit. You never sax The Ike, An
pies = big - eaazoa halls -O~Tn- in
clusters A. bS a. h2y<szc0 Iax
one apple thas-
-IN1t The tres break doza-
Trees You neTer san t. Ike.
The farmers planted sorghum N tie
orchards and the stalks gr ID Ike
telegraph poles zRd supported the
limbs / zw one stalk % So-Ehu-
thai E1 tEO fass-
How i the brur--aor- CROP
-B1o1 corn, You never Sx 1h-
ike There hasn't been n eloE5v Gzy IN
>-sNa- y - -
cloud up The broom cC-n e~~ 80
high that Il Kept the clouds sxe1s %
the face Of the sky a. clean - a nsx
4oo- They I'll have 20 cut The IN
doEn Il il gets too dr. So-e q shs
b-oo1oou stalks are - high that
How i the o1z cropT
IOz, Yoa : ax the Ike,
DOwn il the NeO>ho and Fall rIvsr and
Arkansas bottoms The corn : "a high
- a hOa@ They u~ step lad 4ers 4
gather roasting cars
Areats sep ladders pretty sxper
siveT
Expensive. Well ! should say %:
but that Isn't the worst Of Il The
trouble : TIA; the chilGrea climb I'D
into the corn stalks 10 hun. for szr-
nests and sometimes fall cut and kill
themselves FOUrteen funerals il one
eOu1fy last week from that czuse-
attended AL OF then That i whv |
an 30 sad And mind yOl the corn :
not than half grozn A uan =:
Arkansas City has invented a machine
which he calls The Solar Com Hzr-
ve>ser and Child Protector Il i IL
lated with g1> ike a balloon and soSs.s
over the corn tops and ths OCCUPANTS
reach 6oEn and cut OF the ears Of corn
With cavalry abec- Every Kansas
farmer has = cavalry szbcr and
DO they make nueh cider in Kan
a
6Iders You never szx the ike.
Oeeans o. il. Most OF the farmers IN
Crowley County have filed their
clsse-ns with cider A proposition
vas made ! few d4ys since 10 the
waterTorxs company Of Arkansas
City 10 supply the town With cider
through the mains hUt the company
EaS competed 10 decline b@eau@ they
we're afraid the cider woald rust he
pumps They ~ere =orry. but iheE
said they woGld have TO continue 70
furnish Eztsr. although Il cost -oN
! zE One farmer Who
-HOw i the potato CROP
PO.a o.. YOu never sz~ the Ike.
A nan in SeGEiex County dug I
potato the other day that vas 80 Big
hs usd the cavity Is gre- IN so- a
cellar Isas q potato that
The people must be happy over
their big erOps
HAPPY, You never san the Ike.
! KNOW men IN the Arkansas waller
Eh0 ere too poor this tine Izss Tsxr
% Gag n bread TaSOc and roE thsv
have pie three tines = 6zy- O-e e.
IoE that
But the reporter. Just AZ this uosr.
had = pressing sngzEsne1: elsewhe-@
-kzns1s City lines
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There IN tTo things that make
Ia1 feel about the sre o. a pin,
thunder storm on top Of The C1&kIls
and hS. sight Of Nzgzz FAN OF