The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-06-05

giving. and so he spent the winter on
the main track of tall slippery elm
tree which grows just between the port
cullis and the henhOuse Of my baronial
dugout.
Well, he developed somnambulism
during the winter without pausing to
consider that those who sleep on the
apex of 80 foot tree ought not to get
too restless, and so lie woke me this
morRng by falling OFF his perch with
dull thud that seemed to knock about
IL yards of Song out of him.
Farm life brings person next to ma
lures heart closter than most any other
thing. Yesterday friend came Oh from
Heidelberg TO visit me few weeks, as
he had read in the papers of how l wal
lowed around in wealth and gave a
house party on Tuesdays and Fridays,
and how did nothing but lie all day in
a gaudy hammock picking the bango
or a woodtick now and then, drinking
one Tom Collins after another and Great
ing witticiSms until overhauled by the
police
He care thinking that the entire
place was lighted by electricity, where
rs | rely almost entirely on the heaven
II bodies and tin lanthorn, which we
also Use ut times to strain plum butter
through.
For a guest who comes here for fort
night S outing there are two very pleas
ant methods of relaxation. One is to 60
down to the barn and look at the house,
while the other consists in remaining
at the house and looking at the barn.
We also play at skittles.
The friend from Heidelberg said:
Let us 20 to the all-the- while moving
river to see il, for everything else here
seems to Se all the while yet remaining.
nate everything to always be remain
ing" he does not speak very good Eng
lish. but we have trained him so that II
he does not care for the potato top green's
at table he can ask some one to pass
the jelL At our house you can have jell
or greens.
So we went down TO the river. 1t is
beautiful Opaque stream, and II you
watch it keenly for few days you may
see Il sawlog come down.
We sat down and lighted our pipes to
watch the river. BY and by large, fat
man, dressed IN a cardigan jacket, came
floating down the stream Some one had
rlfied him of his pants, also of his fair
young life with n shotgun).
AIR thought 1 aloud, but still to
myself, they have started up the feud
AGAIN He told me, only last Monday is
2 week ago, that they had scalt the back
Of his best hound pup. Probably he went
there to see about it. and they saw him
first This Is awful, " continued. soon
we Will have TO rely entirely on colored
help "
Whether temperance or female suf-
frage is To free Us from this condition
Of things cannot say. know one thing.
and that is that If my watermelons act
the way they did one year there Will be
another feud right here. and IL won't
be entirely a vegetable feud eyether. Last
gear poisoned nine of my best water
melons, but the gent who took them, be-
ing full of blockade whisky at the time,
rather enjoyed the poison that l put IN
and was mp betimes the next morning
singing like blue jay with his tail III
the door. (The blue jays, | mean.)
Speaking Of female suffrage and adj
vanced rights. | attended a meeting IN
Washington last winter held for the
purpose of passing law TO amehorate
woman.
1t was a collection of very bright
minds and high, intellectual shoulders.
l walked down through the beautiful
room, which was in private house, ana
j moved so still in my new arctlcS that
no one heard me approach. After had
seated myself down in the pompadour
row tall, sweet lady came TO me and
said softly and in the most faultless Ian
g,sage that she wished would oblige
her by removing my overShoes. as the
floor had been recently waxed. l colored
Up a good deal, Of course. but took OF
1ny arctics. revealing nay new blue socks,
with white toes, for / had omitted my
shoes in my haste az home After the
meeting was over ! was asked TO come
u,5 and meet several of t.ae prominent
movers III the woman's emancipation
matter. me: Susan B. Anthony in nv
sock feet on the stage; also quite mum
ber of other bright women in good
clothes I'm glad th.t fel , e .,.frace