The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-11-09

10y ing in V eariy ' and
~ ~ kept coming until
.slld<43yr@S the streets were
EnsssTA{SSsE crowded wit h
ylXssSHSsSs thrODgs of happy
INK u slsYSx,s. men, women and
" children. The
sight of the steam cooker at work in
the park whetted everybody's appe-
tite, so that when, about one O'Clock,
the ropes were let down there was no
hesitation about obeying the order to
'fall in for dinner" Every body had
provided himself with tin plate and
cup and knife and k,-and the
Post did the rest. There must have
been thousand or more at the tables
at one time, and we did not hear of
one who failed to get all he wanted to
eat. The bill of fare was simple,-beef
and bread and beans,-but there was
plenty of it, and that was the main
thing. Through combination of cir
cumstances for which nobody seems
to blame, every one of the speakers
engaged for the occasion failed to get
here. They were not particularly
missed, however, for Presiding Elder
Martin, of the NJ. E. church, was here
and was pressed into the service. He
talked for little over an hour to the
people in the park, and entertained
them every moment of the time. He
talked again in the evening at the
camp fire and made splendid speech
Besides his talk the camp fire was en-
livened by five minute speeches by T..
S. Slower, H. Nj. Miller, M. A. Car
michael, of Colony, j. E. Henderson
and Rev. Jas Hunter. The hall was
filled and the evening was as pleas
antly spent as the day had been.
The band furnished the music and adj
ded greatly to the enjoyment of the
day. So, taken all in all, the second
annual reunion of McCOok Post was a
splendid success.
P. w. Fisher was talking to us the
other day about the expense of raising
a crop of corn. He says that he spent
just Sc days, with team, on his 40
acre field. That included breaking
the ground, planting and cultivating
four times. He gathered 1900 bushels
of corn which he can sell now for 35
cents bushel. Now calling his work
worth s. day and that is pretty good
wages. it will be seen that his crop
has melted him $312-sOmething over
81 an acre. Mr.. Fisher has no COM
plant to make. about the way Kansas
has treated him this year.
Times are good in Allen county this
fall. We do not remember year
when there was so little complaint as
there is now,-and we have been here
since the year one. The moral of it is
that every body should pay the prin-
ter. There are three or four thousand
dollars lying around this county that
belong to us. No one man has much
of il, but a lot of men have all of it.
And if each man would come in be-
tween now and Christmas and bring
his share of il, we could pay our debts
and be happy.
The Presbyterian Y. p. s. G. E. had
a rally at the church last Sunday eve
ming that was much enjoyed by a
large congregation. 1t was gracefully
presided over by Miss Ella Ewart,
and the program included interesting
papers by Miss Lily StinsOn and Miss
Eva Kinney, of lola, and by Mr.. Guy
Tredway of Allen Center. There
were letters also from absent men,
DerS OF the society. Ino pIOSTdul
was interspersed with mnsic by the
choir.
Upon the invitation of Major Foust
about hundred guests assembled at
his home last Monday evening to sur
prise Mrs. Foust, the occasion being
her birthday. The surprise was
successfully perpetrated and
delightful evening spent in con-
versation, playing cards and dis
cussing the delicious refreshments
which were served. Her feminine
friends awaited themselves of the OPP
portunity to present Mrs. FOust with
a handsome oak rocking chair.
Tuesday of this week Mr.. E. Shrop-
shire and Miss Mamie Flake, accom-
panied by two or three other young
people, drove over from Bronson and
were married about l o'clock in the
parlor at the Leland hotel, Probate
Judge Hawkins officiated. Quite a
number of friends were present who
Join with the REGISTER in wishing
them long and happy life.