The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-17
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ingalls, would make a good judge. Most
of MS sentences are beautiful.
This weather is growing on me, " re-
| marked an intellectual cornstalk yester-
day.
/ The Kansas farmer has set his cap for a
fortune. 1t is on the top OF sheaf OF
/ wheat.
The third party in the south is composed
of Jerry Simpson, PETER, Mrs Diggs and
Mrs Lease.
An eastern paper publishes picture of
| PETER with scythe over his shoulder and
calls him Father Time"
| Jerry Simpson says the only remedy is
| for the farmer of Kansas to break up. He
is right Break up the Alliance
THAT which you sow you shall also
reap" The Alliance has been having its
picnic. And now the grasshopper will
| have his.
Van Thusen, the editor of the Chicago
Tribune, used to live on a Sedgwick
county farm, little ways west of
Wichita
The farmer who spent his time last fall
drilling in the Alliance parade is today
borrowing wheat from his neighbor who
was at home drilling his fields
1.-THE Agora" is q new Kansas maya
zine The word is Greek one. It might
insure it greater popularity with certain
class of the Irish contingent If it were
B'gorra-
PETERS first speech in Kentucky was
fiat failure. About the third time he wet
his whistle with glass of water on the
table before him the disgust of the audi
ence was supreme.
1t would be better for Kansas if there
were not so many Alliance men ID the
state who are counting on the governors
salary to pay off the mortgage on the farm
three years hence.
The election this fall is an insignificant
one, but the campaign is momentous.
Half the members of the Alliance are say
ing to the other half an vote for you if
you'll vote for me-"
Mrs. Lease will not allow doctor around
her house. Some years ago she was indis-
posed and physician was called in. When
she showed him her tongue he looked at 1t
carelessly and said, 'It needs rest"
The Wellington Post says: big men
with sore head" AS Jake Stotler is a
big man mentally" the suspicion grows
on one that Will, the son, wrote this.
The same banners that last year appear
ed in the Alliance parade lettered Strike,
Slaves, for Freedom" will appear at the
county fair grounds this fall labeled Exam
sas, the Queen. Thirty-fve Bushels of
Wheat to the Acre"
A little mound over in Butler county
has this headboard: ''Here lies an ALI
ance orator." The story is simple. He
had been shown all over the farm. He
admired the stock, discoursed knowingly
on wheat and the preparation of the soil,
and as he finally finished his tour of in
spection at the sheds where the machin-
cry was stored he was congratulating
himself on the impression he had
made when he asked, And now, Farmer
Jones, which threshing machine do you
find gives the best service, the Singer or
the Wheeler s. Wilson,"
A farmer over in Greenwood county was
slipping quietly out of the house the other
night when his wife caught him by the
coat tail. 80, suppose you are going to |
the meeting, are you? Going over to the |
Alliance, are you? After a bard days |
work. Ell? Nothing to do here tonight. oh |
no. Horses don't need shoeing do they? |
Reaper doesn't need mending, does it? So |
much time to attend to the politics, haven't |
you? Nice kind Of man you are Think |
you're savin' the government, reckon"
Don't be huffy, Mary" said the intimi-
dated man, II was goin' to take you
along"
Going to take me along, was you9 I've
got so much time, haven't l? and I'm not
tired, either. am |? Haven't cleaned two |
rooms today, picked eight gallons of
blackberrles and put up all that shelf of
preserves, have i? l feel like going and
to a lot of claptrap like you
usually have at your meetings, don't l?
There is no work here tonight, is there?
No stockings to darn nor dishes to wash?
Nice, easy time have, now, don't 1? Don't
say word bat come back in the house.
I'll be switched if you go a single step"
Now, hold up, Mary" said the man, as
he glanced nervously at her put her hand
ou glass salt-cellar, II heard today that
Mrs. Lease was going to speak there to-
night and just want to see what kin of
a woman she is. saw her ride by here on
her way to the schoolhouse a few minutes
ago."
Saw her ride by?' said the woman,
evincing some curiosity. Now, tell me
how you knew it was Mrs. Lease?"
"Well, :" said the man, Il could tell by the
way she was dressed Her hat was pretty
and she had on a green and pink dress"
mot green and pink, surely" said bis
wife, completely Modified, that don't har-
monte. How was it made?"
81 can't tell you that, but it was mighty
pretty"
And her hat?" with still greater curl
osity.
Terrible fine"
"Well," said the woman, eff you're
bound on going suppose we'll 60. Wait
ill / get my bonnet.
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