Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-01-31

- 5Q air and nlcKel
%IE cigar, observed
MlA1 - that, though the
weather was pleasant, the air full Of
salubrity and italian ozone in equal
quantities, the number of men who
had bad colds and other deadly ailments
which nothing but Sp. F0me'sti could
relieve them of-as they swore on a
stack of affidavits as heigh as bible
1 could not help but wonder at the
frailty of human beings and the Kan
sas prohibition law. Then when I
dropped into one of the justices courts
and heard the testimony of sworn
witnesses which went to show that five
medium sized men had procured and
drank eleven large sized pint bottles of
red Ticker all in one afternoon and the
precincts of the city, I again wondered
what was s'the matter with Hannah"
A still small voice seems to murmur in
cadence low, that something is wrong,
and our lawmakers, even though they
be of the party with ''beastly majori-
ty," ought to do something for the
good of Kansas and her future pros
perity.
AN Iowa clergyman recently took
for his text: "Can a man with family
work for $50 month and be chris
tianp" Our information does not say
what argument the reverend gentleman
made from his text. To hard work
ing newspaper man such salary seems
princely, and a man who could not
support large family in regal style;
say his prayers regularly; go to church
three times Sunday and four nights
out of the week, and drop dollar into
the hat at each meeting; attend all the
church fairs and buy at auction all
their quilts and such inexpensive
things; contribute $40 month to the
salary of the parson, and chip in sever
al hundred dollars towards building a
new church or raising the salary of the
choir; wear long tailed coat and
furnish his wife and six grown daugh-
ters with head gear that would knock
the socks off the entire congregation
and make the minister's wife sick with
envy; head all the subscription lists for
missionary funds and pay in advance
for his home paper, on salary of $50
month, ought to be prescribed from
living in this christian land of high
protection and cheap diamonds.
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LET ME see, in 1887 we were told
that we ''always have good crops the
year before a presidential election
Then in 1883 the same wise men came
around and informed the people that
"a presidential year is bound to bring
good crops" For goodness sake, choke
those fellows off before they inform US
year is bound to be good crop year."
There is no method in their madness;
besides if presidential elections have
anything to do with crops or crop pros
poets, the fates would certainly decree
that, after the result of the late victory
of monopoly and high protection, the
whole United States should be visited
by drouth and DISSOLUTION.
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IF YOU happen to have eaten too
hearty meal good plan is to start
out and walk about ten miles. If you
happen to be ''star'' boarder-onc
that never misses meal nor pays p
cent-and do not owe for your DEMO
Graf, 200 mile walk, due west, would
do no harm. The quicker yon walk the
sooner you'll get there, Elihu.
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In THE minds of some people it is as
great crime fer man to get tight as
for a woman to get loose. As the two
sorts are often found together there is
reason to believe that some dark and
hidden cord connects the two classes,
and they should therefore be treated
alike by all good people.
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WHY ARE the few gamblers which
lnfest the sacred precincts of Great
Bend like lice? It is not because they
are so hard to capture, but because
both species make their living off the
heads of families. Do you scratchy
Weather for 1889.
Professor Foster. of Iowa, whose