Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-05-31
Miss j. Lizzie Phelps visited Hois-
ington last Saturday.

Miss j. Lizzie Phelps visited Hois-
ington last Saturday.
G. L. Chapman and Henry Born
spent Sunday in Larned.
Some men hereabouts would rather
talk politics than hoe potatoes.
The Barton County Band Associa-
ton meets in Great Bend June I'd.
Webster Langham is learning the
printers trade, in the Tribune Office
Mrs. c. q. Evans. of Cimmaron,
a resident here, came in on
a visit last week.
The home of r. l.. Harvey, of
Hoisington, was made happy last week
by the arrival of twelve pound boy.
Some fellows we know are bowling
for woman's suffrage whose wives have
to beg for cents to buy a spool of
thread.
Gerry Piller, one of our Logan
township solid, men is having his
dwelling remodled and otherwise
repaired.
Mr.. Arch McLain. wife and
daughter and Miss Merrimie, of
Larned, were visiting in Great Bend
the latter part of last week.
Ernest Wyman is now assisting in
the Postal telegraph Office. Ernest is
an industrious and steady boy, and
will make his mark some day.
T. D. Cole thinks the corn will come
out all right, and is not worrying
about the wheat crop since the arrival
of that fine baby girl, last Friday night.
The roses never bloomed more pro-
fuseiy here than they do this year. A
wise observe says that when there are
plenty of roses there will be an abund-
ance of corn.
Jennie June says that working be-
tween meals is injurious. Now If Jen-
ME will suggest way to abolish this
evil she will have the gratitude of
mankind.
The Logan township creamery gets
5000 pounds of milk daily. That
distributes quite respectable amount
of money monthly among the farmers
of that locality.
The Sunday school picnic will be
held in DalziePs grove, near Clafiin,
next Wednesday, June 9Th. If the
weather is pleasant there will be a
large crowd in attendance.
We can have 4th of July celebra-
ton that will be appreciated by every
citizen of the county, if we go about it
right. And it looks as if our people
had got started in good shape.
The cold weather and frosts the
past few weeks have injured fruit to
a great extent, cutting vegetables and
much corn to the ground and gener-
ally injured the potato crop. Apples
have been telling badly in some local
tiles.
A baby carriage is all right, and so
are babies and the mothers of babies,
but when a carriage is stopped short
in the postofice entrance for five min
utes for two women to chin each other,
it is all wrong and causes a great deal
of cussing.
Col. G. F. Mecklem says he will
bet a watermelon he has the youngest
mich cow in seventeen states. He is
willing to back his IA months old COW
and her calf (Baby Mckee, against
any bovine you may trot out. Get
ready to spend the 4th in Great Bend.
A farmer told Senator Armstrong
that some of the Barton county news
papers are getting too awful thin for
any use; he spread lot of them over
his bean patch the other night, and
they were SO thin the frost went right
through them. Query? Were they
Tribunes?
Great Bend is indeed proud of her
brass band and its regular Saturday
evening concerts. These concerts are
attended every week by great crowds
of well pleased citizens, and the excel
lent music the boys give US furnishes
restful recreation at the close of each
busy week of work and worry.
Ellinwood, Hoisington, Clafiin. Oh
mitz, Pawnee Rock, Heller, Dundee
and all the rest OF the thriving young
cities of Barton county are cordially
inviten to join Great Bend this yeal