The Iola register., 1890-08-01

Handed In by man who doesn't
knoto anything about .fd,Ming: If /
had about four acres of land close to
lola would get rich. How? Rails
ing small fruit and vegetables. Is
pecially vegetables. In the first place
would put up q water tank and
windmill so that could have a rain
whenever l wanted it. Then 1 would
plant lettuce and radishes and peas
and beans at such intervals that after
they once began to mature / could
have fresh vegetables On the market
every day clear up to frost. For lit
tie while in May and June when every
bOdy's else stuff was ON the market
l wouldn't get much for mine. But
through most of June and all of July
and August and September I would
have things my own way and could
get my own price. Look at our mar
kets now: Nothing but potatoes and
onions and cabbage! What wouldn't
people give for green peas and beans,
and fresh, crisp lettuce and radishes?
L tell you the man who first learns to
plant his vegetables in srcccssiOn in
stead of all the same day, will wear
diamonds.
The dry weather, killing the flowers,
dropping the leaves and whiting the
grass, has started good many people
to talking about putting up wind
mill and water tank go they can
keep their lawns fresh and green all
summer. We hope it will not end in
talk. Three or four neighbOrs might
put up partnership tank and mill,
thus greatly reducing the individual
expense. And the effect, i'm bright,
fresh lawns through any kind of
weather, would certainly repay one
The REGISTER would seriously object
to lola voting a debt of $4,000 upon
her shoulders, as Garnett has just
done, for a system of public water
works. But 1t would like to see the
city beautified as far as possible by
private enterprise.
That horse and cart of Capt. Ew-
ing's seem to be destined to bad luck.
On Sunday, Wallis Ewing was driv-
ing to town when the horse became
frightened at the same place where
the former accident happened, and
ran down the railroad grade, over the
culvert, and turned into the main
road at break-neck speed. AS the
turn was made one of the wheels of
the cart caved in, every spoke giving
way. Wallis was of course thrown
out but fortunately escaped injury.
The horse ran about hundred yards
farther when it was stopped by the
lines winding around the hub. of the
wheel. All of Capt. Ewing's family
like spirited horses but this one seems
to suit them too well.
An exchange notes that Homer
J. Hendricks, who is i'm the hardware
business at Sedan, Chautauqua coun- |
ty Is i'm Jail there for refusing to give |
testimony in an inquisitiOn held by
the county attorney of that county. |
The county attorney ordered him to
be committed for contempt, and Mr.. |
Hendricks attorney, J. V. Beekman,
started at once for Topeka to secure |,
writ of habeas corpus from the SUI |
preme court, which will determine the |
point whether a county attorney canl
commit for contempt.
Sometimes a patent is worth some
thing Five years ago u poor inventor |
of Rochester, n. Y; was hawking
about among lamp makers new pat |
ent burner, without success. He was |
pooh-pOohed and discouraged. Final
1y u Mr.. G.. s. Upton, who had good |
nose for a trade, took it in hand, and |
now the royalties paid on the lamps
made under the patent, aggregate a
fortune yearly. Over two million of
Rochester" lamps have been sold,
and the proprietor has i'm New York, |
the largest lamp store i'm the world,
with branches in Paris and Chicago. |
The County Central Committee of
the Peoples Party met in lola last |
and fixed upon Saturday,
9th, as the date for holding
a convention for nominating q county |
ticket. The same convention will also
select five delegates to attend the
State convention which meets at To
peka, August 18th. Each township
is entitled to six delegates in the
county convention, and it Is recom-
that the primaries be held Oh
August Z, at o'clock. The
A. HI. Harris. Secretary, are signed to
the call.
Prof. Chas. King, of Topeka, an in
structor in gymnasium work, has been
in town this week and under his in
spiratIon an athletic Union" has
been organized. Nearly all the boys
and young men have joined it and it
looks as if it would be success. The
idea is to rent room in the Brosier
block, secure Indian clubs, dumb
bells and other simple apparatus, and
employ Prof. King to give instruction.
If carried out as proposed, and we
hope it will be, it will be of
untold advantage to every member of
the Union who avails himself of its
privileges.
We desire to call special attention
to that part of Supt. Barber's an
of the Common School
exercises which states
the object to which net proceeds from
the admission receipts are to be de-
voted. An American flag is prize
worth working for and Mr.. Barber's
plan of offering one to all of the COM
mon schools which grade 30 or above
will certainly stimulate both teachers
and pupils to do the best possible
work. We trust that crowded house
will testify the sympathy of the peo-
Pile with the movement.
The next meeting of the Allen Coun-
ty Teachers Association will be held
next Monday afternoon on the banks
,f the classic Neosho. Two steamers
have been chartered which will leave
the bridge at o'clock in the afternoon
bearing members of the Association
and their friends, and will proceed to
landing where the exercises
will he hold ftar the ranr- |