Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-18
GREAT BEND,
LOCAL COMMENT.

GREAI BENZ, hANOAO
LOCAL COMMENT.
A wizard oil show is said to be
heading for Great Bend.
The indications are that the potatoe
crop will be failure in this county
this year.
A fine girl baby was borne to Mr..
and Mrs Charlie King, of this city,
last Wednesday.
Call on this office for stock liens,
bills of sale, notes, mortgages, justice
of peace blanks, etc.
More rain fell in half an hour,
last Wednesday night, that had fellen
during all of the past six months.
Newspapers, libraries and soap ad
vance civilization, the same as faith,
hope and charity advance Christianity.
Geo. Stryker is now looking after
a new ten pound boy, who came on
the heels of Wednesday nights big
rain.
An Edison photograph horn gave
couple of very pleasing entertain
ments at the Grand couple of even
ings last week.
Music may have ''charms" to soothe
the savage ear, but when our foreman
goes to practicing on his new tuba the
charm won't work.
The heel fly cometh, and the old
cow goeth, with head and tail up, for
the cooling depths Of the frog pond;
but she has dandy time finding the
frog pond.
June 9th (paste this date in your
hat) the comfy comm issiopers meet
as board of equalization, when they
will hear complaints as to assessment
or taxation.
We keep farm leases, blank notes,
receipts, contracts, cbattle mortgages,
and full line of justice of tile peace
blanks, at prices that cannot be dupli-
Gated by eastern houses.
The picnic season is upon us. With
a little warm weather now the woods
will soon assume their usual summer
dress and the chiggers will have their
bills filed and their joints oiled.
A French statistician figures out
that in 5000 years man will be but
fifteen inches high. It is quite posi-
BILE. Even now, men not infrequently
find themselves becoming alarmingly
short.
Do you remember that in 10 and
80 the spring was dry-dry as powder,
but that later on there were good rains,
and those were good corn years. Will
it not be we'll to govern yourselves
accordingly?
1t is better to dry up and blow away
than to be drowned out, 50 do not
complain about dry weather IN Kansas,
while Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio
and several other neighboring states
are all under wafer.
Parties living on or near the line of
the streets, where the electric lights
are. can have electric lights furnished
on application to the Electric Light
Co. Also electric bells, and all kinds
of house bell work done, in this and
adjoining towns.
FRANK Rose, Supt.
How many of our bewhiskered
friends will we be able to recognize
when we join them on the ''golden
shore" within the "pearly gates?"
Angels have no whiskers-at least we
never saw a picture of an angel with
whiskers on.
The Handsomest Lady i'm Great Bend
Remarked to friend the other day
that she knew Kemp's Balsam for the
throat aud lungs was superior reme-
dy, as it stopped her cough instantly
when other remedies had no effect. So
to prove this and convince you of its
merit any druggist will give you a
sample bottle free. Large size Scots
and 81.
If Your Cistern
Is Out of Order
Or .Slf5 Water is scarce,
don't worry yourself for a moment
60 right ahead and use hard water with