Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-20
When a man is sick unto death the

When man is sick unto death the
outlook for him must be very ''grave." !"
News was so scarce this week that
we rode five miles into the country TO
get small three line item.
The fellow who wanted to know
how it felt to be struck by a cyclone,
evidently does not belorg. to the repub-
lican party.
By the end of this week threshing
will be under good headway and we
will know the yield anu quality of our
crop this year.
Mrs. Jacob Dresser who has been
sick for some time with a private dis
ease, died at her home in this city
Wednesday at about 11:3O O'Clock.
1t was too windy to harvest last Fri
day with much comfort and some of
the crews stopped work in the harvest
field and ploughed corn.
Ellinwood has an average of five
people at the World Fair all the time.
They will have to do better than this
though if all that say they are going do
so.
Blacksmiths are now busy with
plough work. Farmers are learning
to turn over as much ground early in
the fall as possible. Early ploughed
ground makes the best crops.
Ellinwood should compliment her
self on the good train service she has.
Since No. stops here it gives us fast
trains going both ways No. 3 makes
only six stops between here and Tope-
ka.
Prof. and Mrs. G. G. Bullock left
Wednesday morning for Chicago where
they will spend few weeks viewing
the Fair after which tbey will go to
Brownville N. Y. to spend the summer
among friends and relatives.
There is a man in this town who
calls his wife his cyclors, because she
uses him so rough when they get into
fight. They have a fl at quite fire.
quently, in fact they would hardly
consider life worth living if they
couldn't have fight Ehen they want
ed it.
V. S. Musil took little jaunt into
the country south of the river last Sun
day, and while there visited our friend
Robert Smart where he found an or
chard fairly loaded WITH peaches, ap-
pies and other fruits. V. s. says any
one who thinks there is no fruit in
this part of the county this year, has
not seen Uncle Bobby's orchard. Mr.
Smart has also just finished harvesting
a fiue crop CT wheat taaL. will average
from Is to 20 bushels per acre.
REDWING REDTAPE
From Nun-ure-bizness.
''Harvest home, restful home
o, how oft thy approach I've blest,
Weary swain, blitheseme maid,
Fly to me, III give We rest.'
Harvest is nearly finished in this
vicinity.
Ed. Carson expects his brother out
here in few days.
w. A. Very has concluded to stay on
his ranch all summer.
G. M. Wantland has about finished
his breaking contract.
G. Cue finished working for J G.
Richardson the other day.
Raising turkeys is the rage among
the ladies these sultry times.
C.'Butz and family visited with his
mother at Eilinwood, last Sunday.
A school meeting will be held at Red
wing school house on the 9th inst.
Everyone turn out.
A. Tinkle, the Odin blacksmith,
made the blacksmith here, John
Deutsch. a visit one day last week.
Henry Garrison does not expect to
run the threshing machine this year,
but will leave his brother in charge.
A we'll has been sunk east of here,
near the road which is very convenient
for the numerous travellers along the
war.
III. G. Benke spent the 4th at Olmitz
being one of the speakers. He speaks
we'll of the hospitality of the people in
that neighborhood.
The road east of Redwing is to be
laid out and established as per order of
the county commissioners. and the
viewers, Messrs. Fiker, Uden and
Schneeweiss are to meet at the Claflin
2. o. on the first of August from
whence they will proceed to view the
road
England has given public notice tnai
she is going to stand out as "a mono
metallist," a gold bug and nothing else
There is but one nation upon the globe
capable of knocking the socks from un
der her, and its name is Uncle Sam
He is "bi-metallist" and a paper dol
lar man, and he will say so, and stanG
up to it until the COWS come home
England may boss India, but Uncle
Sam and his boy Jonathan are both