Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-03-14
The Kociell Collection.

| 1ne IoIloWlng articles were shipped
on Monday morning from Medicine
Lodge to the Kosciusco exposition in
| Austria:
Seven varieties of cane seed; statistics
as TO the yield, percentage of sucrose,
etc.. were furnished by DIR. I. w. Stout.
Seven stalks of cane IL to Is feet
long. Sample of sorghum sugar. Ali
these articles were furnished me by the
managers of the sugar mill.
One stuffed head of Texas steer.
one stuffed head of deer; PAIR of buff
alo horns, set.
Tanned furs of coyote, opossum and
catamount.
One ear of st. Charles corn. and sta
tistics were furnished by U. s. Lands.
One ear of bloody butcher corn, with
the statistics obtained from John Lyle.
One ear of yellow dent corn and sta
tistics from c. w. Pease.
Sample of turkey wheat; JOHN Lytie
furnishing the statistics.
Sample of fulcaster wheat, with the
OboSiobtNo AiOB a. 11dlI.
VIM. Hogard furnished the items in
regard to the yield, ETC., of oats and bar
ley. The samples were given by j.
Dobbs.
Chas. Taliaferro posted me on the
items of raising Kaffir corn. the samples
being furnished by F. E. Clark.
Two SAMPLES of broom corn, dwarf
and standard, was enabled to obtain
through the kindness of Mr.. Hogard,
who took the pains of going after it to
Isabel and there be got it from a per-
son whose name can't recollect. The
statistics about the broom corn were
obtained from Milton Ham.
l.. Nj. Axline brought me sample Of
nice green Alfalfa hay.
Shaw Bros. furnished a sample of
wheat -four.
Tom Best samples from gypsum
works consisting of a jar of Keenes &C.
nent loose in powder, same cement
wrought in slab, white; same cement
IN slab with cOlOrIng matter i'm it, re
sembllng marble in appearance; some
Keene cement plastered in a frame
showing how 1t looks when put on a
wall.
u. j. Aber contributed nice slab of
crystalized gypsum.
Z. y Chandler gave a large slab of
the Sun City marble OH which Mr..
Sherlock. the marble cutter. was
ordered to cut the following words:
Ma Wystawe Kosciuszkowska
Ztmerykl
1894 r0ku
and on the opposite side, the words:
Clips Kansaski gor
gipsOwych W blizkosci
Medicine Lodge, Kans.
Miss Florence Mood presented a
slipper full of roses painted on crys-
talized slab of gypsum.
Mr.. Wood gave large polished piece
of native gypsum, which was worked
into paper weight by Mr.. Sherlock.
Miss Diana Kidd presented piece Of
red gypsum and an Indian stone arrow.
MIR. Kidd, half petrined bono of pre-
historic animal, found in the ground
deep under the surface.
L. w. DeGeer, part of mastodon's
skull, petrifed.
John Dohrer, two stone arrows.
Mrs. Casper burst, an Indian stone
ak.
Mark Dargan, block of petrified
cedar.
Walter Fulton, chip of petrided elm.
Mrs. John Singer, a jar of sweet
picked tomatoes.
OF the fruit were sent: One jar OF
plum butter, one of blackberries, one of
peach preserves, one of canned toma-
toes.
Uncle Eli Harbaugh, than whom, by
the way, there is no better Judge of
wood in Barber county, brought 26
different varieties of wood and John
Murphy ended the list with q block
from locust tree.
John Sparks sent sample of wheat,
but 1, not knowing the variety and not
having the statistics, did not send it.
VIM. Starkey sent sample of turkey
wheat and ear of yellow dent corn, but
they arrived too late; first obtained
samples having been packed already.
Eliza Kennedy was very kind to bring
me from Sharon bunch of broom corn
straw from Jimmie O'Neal; but samples
from Isabel had been ordered already.
70 all those who in any way helped to
fit out the collection for the exposition
as well as to those who showed readl-
ness to assist me, l return sincere
thanks. 1t is to be regretted that pho
tos of blooded stock, to which Barber
county can point with pride, could not
be obtained. To the collection will be
added yet, photographs of sugar mill,
gypsum works and Kansas farm and
wheat field. on which Miss Lena Brad
ley. the photographer, is working now.
They will be sent by mail in a couple OF
days. s. KoCIEII