The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-02-05

en- at the court house last week. lie
had received an invitation, and in Or
der to adorn himself properly he had
secured white shirt from an accom-
modating neighbor. While attending
to other details of his toilet he lay the
shirt on the table from which, in an
unlucky moment it slipped Off into a
convenient slop-bucket. 1t was al
ready late i'm the evening but there
was nothing to do but have the shirt
washed, and this the boys mother
did. She proposed to hang it out
doors to dry, but the boy objected
Fearing that the young lady who was
to escort him might call while the
garment was still ON the line, which
would be embarrassing. 40 the shirt
was hung by the kitchen stove. But
alas, it was hung too near the fire, and
when the youth came again to claim
! it, he found only the charred remnant
of collar band and heap of ashes.
About that time the diffident knock
of the blushing maiden vas heard at
the door. and the brother Of the unfOr-
tunate proprietor of the shirt was
obliged to tell her that IAN accident
had happened and D. can't go to
the party tonight" 1t was really
| too bad.
The narrow escape of Russell Sage
from death by dynamite has been
taken as warning by George Bow
lus. He has had an electric bell put
in the post office and connected with
button which rests OH the floor I'M
der his table. Hereafter if any crank
should come in and demand check
for million dollars Mr.. BOwlus
would calmly proceed to write it out,
but while doing so would quietly
touch the button with his foot. The
bell in the post office would ring and
Leffier aud Allen would seize their
artillery and fly to the rescue of the
bank. 1t is a great scheme. We
has one too. When anybody comes
in now and wants to know, in big,
double barrelled voice, "wh0 writ
that piece" we simply press the but
ton-and the boys i'm the other room,
with bulldog and two hOrse-pistOls,
do the rest. 1t is great scheme.
They have n cooperative club In
Junction City which is now entering
upon its second year and has thus far
been very successful. This club was
organized to conduct common kitch-
en-, in which all the family cooking
was to be done, away from the homes
of the members. There are fOrty-fOur !
ladies belonging to THE club, all of
whom express their satisfaction as to
the results of their experiment. The
officers of the society all serve with
out pay, having the work of super
vision so well distributed that the .
task is not great for anyone. Al the .
cooking for the fOrty-fOur families re-
presented has been done at the society
and the prepared food deliv-
cred at the various residences. The
expense is estimated to be full one
third less than at separate kitchens,
with the advantage of greater variety
and better cooking, professional
cook having been employed. Mrs. NJ.
f. Clark is the. secretary and would
doubtless respond to inquiries for
farther information if any of our lola
ladies should be DESTROYS of organizing
such club here.
Married, On Wednesday, February
3, 1892, at the residence of the brides
parents west of lola, Miss Hattie l..
Bassett and Mr.. Il. o. DennisOn, Rev.
VIM. Hawkins, officiating. The we'd
ding was very quiet, only the imme-
date relatives of the parties being
present. The bride lived in lola for
many years and has many warm
friends here, while the groom is a /
young man who grew up in theneigh-
DorhoOd west of the river, wheTe he is
highly esteemed. The REGPTER Of
'ers its best wishes. =;
A bout a hundred members of his ,
old and young, gave !
Rev. 4. :. Freed a donation party on
evening of last week. They ;
bountiful lunch with them
md left as reminders of their visit ,
arge number of valuable gifts. The A.,
evening was a very happy one and
Mr.. and Mrs. Freed were highly
pleased and appreciate to the full
st extent the kindness of their
friends.
Prof. Snow reports the month some
what colder than the January,average
eleven of the "a preceding Janu- '
lries having been colder and thirteen q
warmer than the month just closed.
fhe mercury fell below zero on five t
lays, one more than the January
average. The rainfall was below the I
lverage. The lowest temperature was S
8 degrees below zero on the 10th. The '
,ntire depth of snow was go inches. ]
In response to inquiries it may not
re out of place TO say that the lecture
o be given at the A.. o. U. w. Hall l
O-morrow night, is by no means re- !
nash of the letters that have already '
appeared in the REGISTER. 1t is de- /
-oted almost entirely to the charac- i