Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-06-21

Some men squeeze doller because
lere is a good looking woman on it.
Re would like TO squeeze more of them
dollars, not women-because of the
aspiration we would get and the in
entive to do more hustling and fur
ish you better paper.
Harvest will begin pretty generally
yer the county this week. ''The
harvest is not great nor the laborers
ew." If all the wheat in the county
hat is cut will make an average OF 10
bushels to the acre it will be much
better than many men expect.
G. B. Ingersoll, of Port Washing
ton, Wis, has been in this county a
few days visiting relatives and friends.
He is much pleased with Barton
county, and has an entirely different
opinion of Kansas from what he had
before seeing the county and mingling
with the people.
The water wheel can only keep the
machinery of the mill in operation as
long as the stream which turns it keeps
moving. So with advertising. If you
cease to advertise you take away the
power that drives business in your
direction, and thus like the wheel, 1t
comes to standstill.
Editor Stevens, of the Larned
Chronoscope, was in attendance at the
Chapman funeral. as we're also Messrs.
J. K. Bartoo, J. R. Basiger, S. Sleeper,
J. Fl. Lushire, A. H Boyd, L Hall,
Henry Booth, B. F. Brubaker, Rob
ert Griffin, A. T. Casey, F. j. Davis,
F. D. Taylor, A. II. Ainsworth, Geo.
Watson and G. R. Case.
Fred Dumkow, of near Albert, was
in town last Friday. He has coup
lie of friends, Herman Beltz and Miss
Matilda Beltz, from Chicago, out WIS.,
ting him. They are exceedingly
we'll pleased with Kansas, and now
know that all the ISLANDERS that eastern
papers have published about Kansas
are not SO. Mr.. Beltz may buy a
farm here IN Barton.
The Ladies' Aid Society, of the
Sons of Veterans, Installed the fol-
lowing officers last Thursday night:
President, Miss Mollie Craig; Vice
President, Mrs. V. I. Mendenhall;
Chaplain, Miss Maud Hart; Secretary
Miss Laura Cooper; Treasurer, Miss
Emma Louthan; Guide, Miss Grace
Brown; 1. G., Olive Louthan; o. u.
Katie Glare; Judge Advocate, Viii
2. FEEDER.
Mrs. Merida Cummins, mother o
Mrs. j. II. Gill and Mrs, J. L. Arm
strong, died at the home of the former
in the north edge of Stafford county
at II p. M, June 10Th, 1894, of lung
fever, aged 70 years. She left tw'
sons and two daughters. Funera
services were conducted Sunday, tn
18th, by Rev. Fl. Riegel, and tn
remains inferred in the Great Benz
cemetery.
"Well." said man on the corne
the other day, "before the wome
make so much fuss about the temper
? anoe business they'd better aboIis
some of their own evils" "Wby,
remarked listener. 81 didn't kno'
they had any" CATER much con
I sideration," said the first man, 81
have concluded that the corset is
!, worse curse to women than rum
to men. You see rum only efect
occasionly but these other abominator
i make them tight, continually
q A prosperous democratic farme
(from the east side of course), was
town the other day with load of fin
cherries, for which he was gatherin
: in good money. When congratulate
upon his "good luck" good sense
rather he said: 81 never come
is town unless [ bring something to sci
r. confne myself to no one branch
20 farming, but raise every thing from
IL cherry to TT steer" And he is
man who is not trotting about Il
y country bellyaching about hard tim
II and cussing the administration.
to We desire to express our heartte
/, thanks to the many kind friends