The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-05-08

IDl1fSLllC age
III oHr living was poem, printed on a tinted
And the sweetest lyric written was at eve be-
meath the stars,
Long ago, there at the faFmstesd, with sweet
Maggie at the bars.
Ihaye had somewhat Of pleasure from worldly
point Of view
I have met with kindly bcsoms, with their hearts
pulsating true;
Bat, somehow, the woods and meadows have no
flowers quite as fair
As they biOOmed when / was younger, In the
iORe-sufrOunded air;
While the moons are not as tender, and not
quite so bright the stars,
As they shone when we we're trysting-I and
win T. Hale.
The week of September %. October 3
this year, will be a gala season for all
kansans, who can get to the state CAPT
tai TO attend the great fall festival and
carnival in honor Of the Union soldiers
Of '61-'65. Topeka is already making
extensive preliminary arrangements
for the entertainment of visitors, and
has the "COmmittee Of Fifteen"-a
thoroughly organized body of its most
Wide-sWake and public spirited men-
ID charge Of affairs. The committee is
actively at work, meets regularly once
week, and with 5000 subscribed by
the citizens at its disposal, promises
TO give the veterans and their friends
q week of wonderful pageantry, cleo
trical professions, tablesux, music and
camp tres-a time Of unmiXed pleas
uFe, innocent fun and reVelry.
William 3. Smythe, editor of the
Irrigation Age, is endeaYoring to es-
tablish cooperative farming and
manufacturing colony on 10000 acre
ranch IL the Sacramento valley. Each
settler buys as many shares of stock
IN the company as he has acres of land
and the capital thus raised is TO be de-
voted to the construction of a cream
cry, cannery, starch factory and other
plants to work up their products, and
to develop the irrigation system. Each
farmer has lot in the village on which
be is expected to live. There seems no
reason why such scheme should not
succeed except those arising from the
inhFmities of human nature.
Farmer BrOsnRhan of Grant town
ship believes in farming land as it
should be farmed, and as a result al
ways gets crop. This year Mr.. Bros
nahan is taking more than ordinary
pains to raise corn crop and that he
will succeed goes without saying. First,
his land was nicely ploWed and harrow
ed, lister was then used to furrow out
rows as deep as possible. Following
this came a sub-soiier that broke up
the soil to the depth of 20 inches more,
then came a drill dropping the seed.
There is lots of work attached to this
kind of farming but Mr.. BFosnahan
has found out that it pays and pays
well.
The "sweet singers" of the water
ponds lift their voices in praise of the
wet weather each night. The melody
of the humble frog might not enchant
the esthetiC poet or the Wagnerian
musician, but to the plains farmer no
music is more sweet. His song tells of
water, and water in prairie regions is
synonymous with growing CROPS, burst
Ing granaries and pocketbooks replete
with the coin Of the realm. Is it any
wonder then that the amphibious songs
ter occupies place. the appreciation
of western people none of the feathery
tribes, which sing of the sunshine only,
can ill?
The largest mule that ever walked on
American soil is now, or was recently,
the property of one George H. John
son, farmer living few miles east of
Honey Grove, Tex. His muleship is
exactly 49, hands, or 6 feet . inches in
height, being exactly "a inches higher
than the famous Los PecOs tOId Next
CO.. mule, which was so widely adver-
tised in 1890-91 as being "the most
gigantic specimen of the mule family
the world has ever known" The Honey
Grove mule is not slim and raW-boned.
bat is built in proportion to his height.
weighing 1873 pounds.
Orchards in the south part of tbe
state are reported as suffering from
the Taveges of canker and other worms.
In some localities the farmers are al.
armed over the damage done, as the
pests are stripping the fruit trees of
their foliage as well as running all the
fruit. Judge Wellhose of Topeka, who
owns the largest orchards in the world.
says that there is no necessity for this
alarm. If the owners will pay a little
t.melyattention to spraying their trees
there will be no trouble.
For every quarter in mans pocket
there are dozen uses; and to use each
one IN such was as to derive the
greatest benefit is a question every one
must solve for himself. We believe.
however, that no better use could be-
made of of one of these quarters than
to exchange it for a bottle Of Cham
beFisiI's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy, a medicine that every family
should be provided With. For sale by
Ennis & Walker.
Strict Sabbatarisns are the Colby
people. Every Saturday night the
windmills that supply the city with
water ara thrown out of gear to pump
no more until the Lords day has gone
into the past. As there is not an ounce
Of ics IA the city the excellence Of the
Sunday aqua pUTR IS about as good as
q secondhand supply Of dishwater.
There is such a thing as getting too
good and peFhsps this is an occasion of
that kind.
Congressman Baker has announced
that he is not g candidate for renomina-
ton As congressman from this district.
Mr. Baker has made a record in con-
gress that any man might we'll be proud
Of, and IN retiring, even his political
enemies must say @Weil donep Who