Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-02-04
The average legislator fails to compre-
hend that onr country is far greater
than any party. Plumb was a noble
exception.-Little River Monitor.

bend that onr country is far greater
than any party. Plumb was a noble
exception. River Monitor.
Is IT not barely possible that men are
too free of their criticism of ladies
whose dresses are worn short, either
top or bottom? Men themselves are
too often ''short;" and then too, very
few men wear their pants long enough.
Newspaper men are no exception,
though they often wear their pants
longer than other fellows; we have worn
pair as long as, say two years, and
would like to wear them longer if it
were not that a scrutiniZing public
might condemn US for OVERRIDING the
hole-y act. The most unpleasant
feature of the average editors pants is
the ''short" pockets, and that deform-
ity is noticed more particularly in pants
that are worn long. In short, we ask
pardon of all ladies for any long criti-
cism we have ever made of the abbrevi-
ated-tOp or bOttom-dresses.
EVERY indication points to healthy
business for Great Bend merchants the
coming spring. And what is true of
Great Bend merchants will also be true
of the merchants of surrounding towns.
If nothing in the way of unheard of
weather or hail or cyclones comes the
crop of wheat will be enormous in
1892. There is still about two-thirds
of the wheat raised last year in the
farmers hands, and just as soon as
the new crop is reasonably assured that
wheat will be got out of the way and
the money received therefor will be
put into circulation, creating revival
of business in all lines. The month of
February is always the dullest season
of the year and business men do not
expect to more that pay rent and pro-
vide fuel, but if we are not greatly mis-
taken this February will show marked
improvement over those of former
years.
closing of the postoffice at half past six
in the evening, as but few laboring peo-
pie can get their mail in the evening
and have to go to work in the morning
before it is opened, in consequence.
This is annoying, but when man buys
a postoffice, he has right to run it to
suit himself. He is under no obligations
to the people, as he got his Office in
spite of them. In the language of Mr..
Vanderbilt, "The public be -" The
postoffice is soft snap to be handed
around to ''heelers," and as the ''com-
mon herd" have no voice in its disposi-
ton, they must submit to its manage
ment. The people cannot remedy the
matter even by petition to the post
master general, as the word of one
''heeler" in this congressional district
is more potent than the voice of all the
people. 'Tis true, it's pity, and pity it's,
it's true.-News.
YES, pity It's it's true. 1t is not only
true in this locality, but all over this
broad land of ours, and why Bro.
Townsley lstill stands up for it we
cannot understand, knowing the
political chicanery, the deception,
| the favoritism, the trickery and al
around cussedness of the practices ol
the republican party; nursed ano
fostered by long years of power and
preferment; grown reckless by evil
practices and overbearing by unchecked
public abuses. We saw, the wonder is
that man who is willing to openly
acknowledge all this will persist il
standing up for and advocating the con
wonder is that Bro. Townsley continue:
to be republican and submit to being
squelched, sat down upon and fattenee
out by the ''heelers" who get all the
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