The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-04-07


Shinn the other day. "There's Erie,
for example, where it is the fad to 60
to church. Everybody goes-even
the lawyers. They begin going at 8
o'clock on Sunday and they 90 at in
tervals all day. Not because they
are any more religious there than the
people of other towns are, for between
times they go to the post Office and
talk politics and prize fights and so
on just as they do elsewhere. But
everybody goes to church when
church time comes simply because
every body else goes. If you want to
find man on Sunday in Erie, make
the rounds of the churches. Over in
FredOnia, where l live, it is very diff
ferent. There are just as many good
people there as there are anywhere
ON earth, but they don't seem to think
it necessary to work themselves to
death going to church. They take
turns at it so that most of the services
are fairly well attended, but they
don't make fad of it like they do at
Erie. At least that is the conclusion
1 came to when l went once, seven or
eight years ago."
Mr.. HI. w. Hoffman was in from
Moran Tuesday. He denies very en-
phatically that there was any politics
i'm the election in that town Monday.
One of the tickets was headed RE
publican ticketn and the other "NOn-
partisan, Citizens ticket" but all the
candidates for cOuncilmen on the lat
ter ticket were Republicans Some of
the ranzest Democrats in town work
ed hard for the Republican ticket,
while some lifelong Republicans
worked for the other. It was the old !
street fight over again, Mr.. Hoffman
declares, and has no political signifl- |
canoe. The fight was a very close |
vote, the vote for the respective candi- |
dates beng as follows: Republican |
ticket. For Mayor, l.. b. Kline, 95;
For Councilmen, G. II. Thayer, 1872;
G. p. Keith, 1872; w. NJ. Mapes, 9S;
J. f. Hobby, 1O3; b ID. Lee, 1Ol;
For Probate Judge, p. Moss, Sc. Non
partisan, Citizens ticket, For Mayor,
Joshua Rumbel, 1O2; For Council
men, III. w. Hoffman, 1O7; C.. r.
Thayer, 1872; C. 2. Keith, 1872; w.
+. Young 81; Barton Gwin, 153
For Police Judge, James Wood
ward, 100.
Walter SOule, who owns a farm i'm
Carlyle township, has lately returned
from three years stay i'm California
and was i'm town Tuesday. He thinks
il is no wonder wheat Is cheap since
he saw the way they grow it i'm Cali
fornia. He says he knows of one field
so miles wide and 100 miles long, OF
wheat. They have mach
ines which pillow, sow and harrow all
at once and one man, with one of
these machines and o traction engine,
can put in 100 acres of wheat a day.
And then, for harvesting they have a
reaper and thresher, so
that the wheat, falling before the cut
ter at the front of the machine. is
in bags, ready for the
market, at the tail, the straw going
into the furnace of the traction engine
to keep up steam,-a sort of monster
that compels the wheat itself to furn-
ish the power that devours it. 1t is
no wonder that we find it hard to
against grain sowed and
in such wholesale way.
Mr.. ID. Chatterton, of Salem, was
one of our callers Tuesday. Mr..
ChattertOn is one of those who believe
that "a little farm well titled" is a
great deal better investment than big
farm half tended. He cleared $50 last
year off half an acre of onions, and he
did about as well with potatoes and
beans. This year he is going to raise
these three staples, and chickens.
Mr.. G.. believes also that it pays to
feed his ground, and one of his ways
of fertilizing is to sow oats and millet
and then plow it under just as it heads
out. 1t is cheap and effective. By
such treatment and by strict atten-
ton to business he finds that he gets
along very comfortably on so acres of
land.
Ira r. Hicks forecasts April wealth
er as follows: About the End, expect
a sudden change to very warm, with
hard electrical storms from that date
to the 5th. Sleet with some snow,
may result to the north. A sharp
cold wave will follow, giving way to
warmer, stormy weather about 9th,
and 10th. From 18th, to 18th, expect
q series of violent disturbances.
Frosts and freezing nOrthward, will
result about 10th, and 10Th. Watch.
and see. Very warm, with tighten
ing, rain and hail on and about 2lst.
and 22nd. From 25th, and 18th, look
for much the same results as during
the last two periods. Venus on the
10th, will affect storms and tempera-
lures all the month.
The Ladies of the Presbyterian
church expect to give an entertain
ment at the Opera House on the even
ing of April IA, with the following {
program.
Reading-"Old Spot" Mrs. Fulton.
Violin Duett-Misses Reimert and Beck.
The Coming Style-Miss DOllie Harris.
The Passing of Arthur with the boat scene :
from Tennyson-Miss May Ewing and others.
Cradle SOng-Miss Nellie Smeltzer.
Reading-Mrs Picken
Recitation-"SaxOn Grit" Jennie KelsO
Portrait of Hunger.
The Chamber of Beauty. IL
The program will be interspersed ;
with vocal and Instrumental music.
ten cents. Ice cream and
cake will be served after the program
for Is cents. All are cordially in
vited.
The Secretary of State notifies us {
that the Public Documents of 1891 and
1892 are now ready for distribution
and any one who is willing to pay the
express on them may obtain them by {
his office. The.documents ,
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