Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-12-21

" day, Dec. IA, 1893.
will be remembered with pleasure by
the Sir Knights who were in attend
ance, and the citizens whe were treated
to the concerts by the 4th Regiment
Band, of Larned. There were about
sixty Knights present from outside
towns, and Great Bend Division No.
81 did its best to properly entertain the
visitors. Larned Division came down
in body, and there were representa-
tiyes present from Mcpherson, Hutch
inson, Nickerson and Lyons. The
meeting was for the election of Lieu.
tenant Col. of the Regiment, to fill a
vacancy created by the resignation of
Col. Wilcox. Captain James B. Oar
rah, of Mcpherson, was chosen. Cap
tain A. a. Thorp, of Larned was his
prominent opponent for the honor.
The meeting was held at K. 2. hall,
and the Knights expressed themselves
we'll pleased with their reception. The
band gave two open air concerts during
the afternoon, and at about 4 p. m. all
knights present in full uniform formed
a large Division and paraded the princi-
pal streets.
While there are eighteen members OF
Great Bend Division, only twelve could
be prevailed upon to turn out in uni
form an5 take part in entertaining the
guests. This was very discouraging
but the few members who have labOred
so untiringly to maintain the Division
concluded. at a meeting Monday even.
| ing of this week, to make renewed eff
| fort to build up the Division.
| MINNESOTA has passed a law requir
ing that all substitutes for butter shall
be colored pink. The manufacturers
| pave carried the matter to the supreme
court protesting that the state has NJ
right to arbitrarily fix the color of food
It is to be hoped the supreme court will
decide in favor of health and humanity
and the American cow. No physician
| has ever testified that butterine, o.
| oleomargarine, or any of the manufac
tured substitutes for butter are health
producing. The Kansas Dairy Asso
citation has been working for a similar
law in this state to that of Minnesota
and we hope such a law will be passed
by our next legislature. And by the
| way, we are told that an institution no
d thousand miles from the Great Benz
| court house. where several hundred
people are fed daily, uses a substitute
for butter because it is much cheaper
article than tie pure product of tn
COW. If it was colored pink it nigh
| not stick so close to the roof of tn
mouth.
I'D LIKE to be a boy again without
woe or care, with freckles scattered OF
my face and hayseed in my hair; T(
like to rise at four o'clock and do
hundred chores, and saw the Woo
and feed the hogs and locl
the stable doors; and herd tn
hens and watch the bees and take tn
|
how to swim so that they wouldn
sink; and milk about hundred COW
and bring in wood to burn, and stan,
out in the sun all day and churn an
churn and churn; and wear my broth
er's cast off clothes and walk -four
miles to school, and get a licking ever
day for breaking some old rule; an
go home at night and do the chore
once more, and milk the COWS and fee
the hogs and curry mules galore: an
then crawl YEARLY up stairs to see
my little bed, and hear dad say, "Ths
worthless boy! He doesn't earn hi
bread!" I'd like to be boy again,
boy has so much fun; his life is jus
a round of mirth, from rise to set {
sun; guess there's nothing pleasante
than closing stable doors, and herdin
hens, and chasing bees and doing ever
. ing chores.-Walt Mason.
No USE of the people worrying abor
> how they are going to get through
!, hard winter-''confdenc will kee
: them warm and fill their stomach
Confidence is all this country h;
j needed" you know. In the meantin
!. we want the democratic congress
keep on giving US tariff reduction ar
!, economy IN government.
g The people of Kansas, according
Bank Commissioner Bridenthal's la
g report, have on deposit in the stat
d in private and national banks S3I $50
1883. This shows bank deposit
: S23.46 per capita, the population bell
a. 100000. The per capita deposit
Kansas is nearly as large as the p
G. capita of circulation in the Unit,
States.-Junction City Sentinel.
b WHENEVER Kansas real estate al
VI loan agent wants a free advertiser
puff he has only to drop some rema
" about some eastern monied institute
y writing him that. now that confifiden
81 has been restored in Kansas by reas,
of the success of the republican par
ID they are willing to just shovel the
D. no oney into the state" etc. and eve