Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-12-31
From the Kansas CITY Times.
CHRISTMAS IN HASKELL COUNTY

hAOoL Oh bIOLl6b hUOub I'll ObuoI
places on earth have been told, then
turn to Kansas and something en-
tirely new will be found. Kansas is
above all things the State of origin
atty. When the first settler put his
foot on Kansas soil the man who had
said that there is nothing new under
the sun turned in his grave, for his
spirit knew that every time Old Sol
crossed the heavens, and gazed upon
his own flowers in the great land Of
sunfowers, he knew that the state
ment was false.
Christmas was celebrated in many
ways between the North pole and the
South, but the late returns from the
outlying counties Of Kansas were
sure to bring in the story of the most
unique Christmas celebration, and
The story has arrived. 1t came from
that famous spot known as Dudley
township, Haskell county, Kansas.
Dudley township, Haskell county,
Ksnsas--the heart Of the greatest
prairie dog country on earth. Dud-
ley township, Haskell county, which
in the old boom days that are gone
beyond recall, blossomed like gar
den of the gods-in the minds eyes
Of the land sharks. Dudley town
ship, Haskell county, Kansas-where
the coyotes howl, Dudley township,
Haskell county, Kansas, the only
township in the whole United States
of America which gave a majority for
the Palmer and Buckner ticket.
When the returns came in from
Dudley township, Haskell county,
Kansas, some days after the late
election, there was great rejoicing
among the Sound money" demo-
Gratis. General Buckner was 80
pleased with the great evidence Of
his personal popularity that he was
quite reconciled to defeat.
what matters it." he is quoted as
saying, IF you lose the whole world
beside Il you carry Dudley township,
Haskell county, Ksnsas"
The story Of the wonderful victory
Of the mule ticket in Dudley town
ship, Haskell county, Kansas, was
told in The Times, and the fame Of
that wonderful community spread
away out on the western border
where we looked for ruder things,'
quoth the brokers of Wall street
with the joy that comes from the
thrill of pleasant surprise. They
did not realize that in Kansas are tC
be found all things, even Dudley
township, Haskell comfy.
1t is its wonderful showing in the
late election that is directly RESPONSE
BILE for the wonderful Christmas cele-
bratioD in Dudley township, Haskell
county-but, although everyone, O.
course, remembers the figures which
told of the glorious victory, the!
might be quoted again: For Palme
and Buckner, three; for McKinle!
and Hobart, two; for Bryan anc
Sewall, one.
A few days before Christmas
County Clerk s. E. Cave of Haskell
county received a mysterious psckag
by express. He opened it with ming
led feelings, for it was the first ex
press package that had been receives
IN Haskell county since the old boon
days. It contained a ten-gallon cas-
and a letter from a Kentucky dis
tiller, saying that it was Christina
present for the Sound money" demo
Gratis of Dudley township. The mex
day came q letter containing q $5
bill, with instructions TO turn 1t owe
to the same noble band of patriots
with the compliments of Genere
Buckner-Simon Bolivar Buckner,
is evident, knows where bis onl
strength lies. He does not propos
to lose Dudley township, Haskel
county, Kansas.
With $50-think ofit-$50 in casl
in Dudley township, Haskell county
Kansas - and ten gallons Of goo,
whisky, 1t was better than boom day
again, and the snakes turned over II
the prairie dog holes, and grumbled
"What Is the use to bite"
Dudley township, Haskell county
has marked idiosyncrscles Of its OWL
but nevertheless it is in Kansas an,
therefore the women at once too
charge of the offering Of old SAINT
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