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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-11
HIS FIRST VALENTINE.

Although Secondhand One, He Was In
BIissful Ignorance OF the Fact.
Eight years of age-and what glory
there was in valentines! We had picked
one out. It was ugly green, impossible
pinl<s, and other hues too horrible to
imagine. Cupid without clothes stood
in a snow bank. shooting darts at a pair
of lovers who billed at the same old
billboard and never seemed TO mind
the frigidity of the weather. 1t cost
seven cents, envelope and stamp three
cents more. In a Grabbed hand It was
sent forth upon its delightful mission
and he was at the little rural post
office window to see that it did not go
amiss. She smiled and blushed when
the dainty thing was handed to her.
She a miss of seven, with soap curlS,
and cheeks as red as rosy apples. Could
she guess? Not she; she didn't stop to
guess or think, but ran shrieking home
with the cheap affair Rugged to her
baby breast-a missive worth more
than gold or diamonds: her first valeu-
tine. And he who sent 1.-THE gazed
after the flying form with a strange
feeling in his heart, He wanted to tell
her all about it. He wanted to tell her
was a little man. and he kept the secret
to himself, and asked time and again
at the post Office window if there was
anything for him. The others, his
schoolmates, boys and girls, they found
messages put up in fancy envelopes, all
nicely stamped and directed; but there
was none for him.
His head was not held upright, and
his eyes were not bright when he en-
tered his home. His mother saw that
something was wrong, and she ques-
toned him.
81 got no valentine. IL sent one,
Bdt-but-I guess she forgot And
he went to prepare for supper.
When he sat down to tea a pretty,
dainty valentine was upon his plate.
"She didn't forget me, mammal See.
mammal" he cried, with joy.
And mamma Joined in with him-but
she did not tell him that she had re-
ceived that same valentine years before
he was born.-H. S. Keller, in Leslie's
Weekly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-11

slingers.) '-Are you really just the
same? Didn't a good fairy turn you
into something else?'' he demanded.
breathlessly-
Miss Pigeon turned and looked down
upon him, her strong features working.
s'Yes, she did" she answered, grufiy.
Ibid she. tap you with her wand p
pursued little Rufus, eagerly, delighted
with this confirmation of beliefs that
we're scorned in his home circle
''She didn't tap me with a wand"
said Miss Pigeon; "she sent me a valen-
tihei"-Sophie SWEET, in n. Y. indie
Dendent
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-11
Like Those of the Past.

The valentines of to-day are very
much like the valentines of the past.
for they express the same idea to which
Josh Billings referred in his inimita-
bic way: "Luv is the same divine senti-
ment no matter how yu spell it, 1t
is neither the spelling nor the poetry
that captivates the youthful magma
ton, but the daring expression of affec-
ton which can be announced in a val
entine, but in no other way. No breach
of promise case has ever resulted from
the sending of valentine. Such prop
osition as this would never be consid-
cred in a court of law, although it may
count for much in the court of love:
MY valentine wilt thou be.
Accept this heart true:
Pray bestow a thought on me,
For love only you
Detroit Free Press.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-11

much disappointed to find, on peeping
through the knothole, that she looked
just the same.
Its delightful Christine said, slow
ly. "But it isn't exactly what l meant
by the valentine" she added, to her
self.
But a few days after, what Christine
had meant by the valentine really did
happen! Sometimes things that seem
too good to be true do come to pass in
this world. Miss Pigeon mounted the
high buggy in which she drove herself
and went down to Pequanket; when she
came back Mr.. Pigeon was with her!
Tommy discovered it first as they drove
into the yard and raised a shout. All
the young Bells rushed pell-men into
the apple tree and dropped from its
branches into Miss Pigeons orchard
even Peggy who was 16-shouting and
laughing and crying all together. They
quite forgot Miss Pigeon until her harsh
voice broke into the whirlwind of greet
ings; with all its harshness there was
a queer little quaver in it!
Hes come back and he's going to
stsy," she said. ct is he that belongs
here and not L. If you're born with d
cross-grained disposition you've got to
gel over it when you're young or you'll
have to have more'n a ten-foot fence be-
tween you and other people! I'm going
back to nursing people in a hospital
yes, can, though you wouldn't think it;
and they like me! There's q doctor 1
know who has invented new con-
trivance for-for making backs straight"
her voice really broke now, but she re-
covered herself instantly; they're
easier to straighten than crooked dis
positions! I'm going to send one here,
and want her to try it" She nodded
toward Christine, and then she turned
away suddenly. Little Rufus ran after
her-prudently keeping his hand on the
bean-slinger In his pocket. (They had
discovered at early stage of the ae-
quaintance that if Miss Pigeon had q
weakness it was terror of the bean
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-11

go to school like the others, she couldn't
go skating; in fact, there were so many
things she couldn't do that it would
have been very discouraging to one who
believes less firmly than Christine did
that things as well as people were going
to be better; but that gave her al the
more time to wear her thinking cap.
And Christine's thoughts were pretty
apt to blossom into deeds some way.
Christine had made the Christmas
wreaths of evergreen and holly from
their own Pippin Hill woods, and she
had sent two beauties to Miss Pigeon,
who had promptly returned them with
the message that she didn't want such
rubbish littering up her house. Now
when they heard that sad news from Mr..
Pigeon she was making valentines. She
had a very dainty knack with both pen
Gil and brush, for 14-year-old girl, and
her valentines were more beautiful
than any that could be bought in the
shops, or so the Bloomsboro' young peo-
pie all thought.
The fashion of sending valentines
might wane elsewhere, but it always
cried over them. And now she had
f1ourished in Bloomsboro perhaps be-
cause Christine Bell kept it up. She
sent them to the very last people who
expected to have a valentine-to neg
lected old people and forlorn sick peo-
pie, to Biddy Mcguire, just from the
old country, and kilt" with homesick-
ness, and to Antony Burke, the old
! miser, for whom no one had a civil
word and who, perhaps, didn't deserve
one. And for every valentine that was
t1isregarIied or thrown impatiently
aside, dozen made little warmth and
comfort in sad heart; for nobody has
yet begun to understand how great is
the day of small things.
Christine was more mysterious than
usual this year about her valentines;
she colored when Peggy said she would
better send one to Miss Pigeon, but they
| never thought she would; they thought
she was only sensitive about her Christ
mas wreath. When Mr.. Pigeon went
away he gave Christine an old desk that
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-11

he had had ever since he was a boy. 1t
had initials and hearts and anchors cut
into it and was whitfield at every cor
ner; you would have known if you'd
seen it anywhere that it had belonged
to a boy. But Christine would have it
in her own room; she thought it was
beautiful. It had his boy-letters and
diaries in it, and she had laughed and
found in that old desk material for the
very queerest valentine she had ever
made; and although she liked to share
the fun of making her valentines with
the others, she was q little secretive
about that
What should the paper be but a leaf
from one of the old diaries, one side all
hand; and this is what was written on
it, the ink faded by time:
ST cant bare to rite becos hity has the
Fever and cant bare knot to rite hecos
1t semes like telling somebody. she held
mi hans tite when she did knot now eny-
boldly last mite and / did knot let them
send me to bed the fellers say if she does
di hav other sisters but they are knot
hity the fellers do knot understand wen
enybody sails she will ever hav DO like
our augusta hit- sails the Tom Tinker verse
and that meens me as Is rote on the 1st
ham Pigeon~hity has gott a Temper but so
hav a Good Meny People and she is Good
way inside and she Is hfty and she and 1
will aiwys liv together but cant bare to
rite eny more for want to now what the
dokter sails. they say Teller must be A
Man but wen 1t is hity cant bare
Here the words became illegible on
the old yellow paper; there were blots
and smudges as Of tears. Though valen-
tines are supposed to be dainty, Chris
tine didn't try to clean it a biti And on
the unwritten side, instead Of painting
any of her pretty flowers or drawing
hearts or cupids, she only wrote ''the
Tom Tinker verse; which Hitty had
lovingly quoted to her brother:
So Tom Ttnker's my true love. and am his
dear,
I'll gang along WI him his budget to
bear"
It certainly was very queer valen-
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-11

was such tried and trusty friend, and,
If he was 60, such congenial compan-
ion. He was always ready to go fishing
or cOaSting with the boys, or to take
the girls to drive; although he was a
bachelor and lived alone, and had a
double carriage and the largest sleigh
on Pippin Hill-because he had so
large Il heart, Peggy said. He knew as
much about the wild things in the woods
as 1.-The Hunters Own Book" and on
a rainy day or when one had the mumps
or the measles he would tell stories
by the doZen-stOries that were worth
telling, too, for he had been round the
world and home again. and knew all
there was to know about cannibals and
buccaneers and wild men, and all such
distinguished and interesting people.
It happened that the only houses on
the tip-top of Pippin Hill were the Bel
fry Il suppose the Bells house may have
received that name because Papa Bell
always spoke of his children as his ''small
fry" anyway, that is what everyone
in Bloomsboro' called IT'D and the old
Pigeon house, which had belonged to
this Mr.. Pigeons grandfather. The
houses backed up to each other, and
there was a mutual backyard fence,
so, of course, il was very desira BILE that
the neighbors should be friendly and
congenial; more than this, there was
mutual apple tree. The gnarled old
"high-top sweeting' was directly on
the boundary line between the two es-
tates, and the mutual fence had been
cut in two to make space for it. Its
branches were low and spreading, in
spite of its high top, and they spread
very impartially over the Bells smooth
lawn and over Mr.. Pigeons orchard,
and dropped their delicious fruit-early,
the first sweet apples that there we're
almost as evenly as if it were measured
on each of their owners land. The
only difference was that the August
sunshine lay longer upon Mr.. Pigeons
side, so the first red and yellow, mellow
and juicy apples dropped upon his or
chard grassland he tossed them up
to Christine in her seat in the low
crotch of the tree, the seat that he had
made for her.
It was Christine who thought the
most of Mr.. Pigeon and he of her, be-
cause they both had a twist, Christine
said She would always speak of he-
trouble cheerfully, even jokingly. You
would scarcely have thought that she
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-11
Valentine to a Sick Doll.

Dolly, dolly darlingi
o, dolly, dolly minei
They laugh because tell them
That you are my valentine.
They think that shall have. dear,
a doll in place of you;
Now, don't be frightened. dolly,
For that's what I'll never do.
know your nose is melted;
] know one eye Is gone;
NY father said this morning
That you really were foriorn.
But that's the very reason
Why you should always be
The very dearest dolly
In the whole round world to me.
If my nose should get broken,
If 1 looked queer and wild.
Would my mamma exchange me
For another bran-new child?
Helen Marston, in Our Little Ones
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-02-11

HEY all cried
everyone of t h e
Bells, from Peggy,
who was 16, down
to Rufus (who was
six, and despised a
crybaby), w b e II
old Mr.. Pigeon
moved AWAY. He
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-23
CUPERB AND HANDSOME
- HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AT AUcIioS'


nv direction of Mr.. J. II. Witty. VINO
is declining housekeeping. ! will sell. az
his residence, No. ll2 north Eighth street,
." WEDNESDAY. JUNE ed.
at 1890 A. ~. all OF his HOUSEHOLD
AND KITCHEN FURNITURE EN-
bracing | Plush Cherry Parlor Suit 70
nieces). Escritoire very nne). l
Handsome Administer Carpet. l Fine
ONYX Clock and Candelabra Com
blreD: several Fine Steel Engravings.
I Large Handsome Oak Bookcase,
BANQUET I,amp. Q pairs Fine Lace Cur
tains and Cornce.
HALL Carpet, Fine Hall Chairs' z
Tables. Japanese PortIeres. Hand
some Oak Hall-Rack.
LIBRARY Ieather-Covered Lounge. 8
Leather-Covered Chairs. Large Rock
ing Arm Chair. 2 Rugs. Large AK
minister Drueget. OAK Bookcases;
Game Table. pairs curtains anu
Poles.
DINING-ROOM-1 superb Oak Bune,
very fine). Oak. Extension Table,
Oak Refrigerator, ] OAK CHINA fress'
6 Oak Chairs, 4 steel Engrayings, sl,
ver-PIated Tableware, Glass ana
Crockery- Ware, etc.
BEDROOMS Very Fine Oak Chamber
Suits. Excellent Carpets, OAK
Roller-Top Desk, | Fine Chinoniere'
Fine White Curled HAIR Mattresses'
Feather Bolsters and Pillows. Ward
robes. Springs, etc; dozen SILK Bro,
catelle and Leather-Seat Chairs, and
a large lot of miscellaneous articles;
This sale merits and well deserves the
attention of those in need of First-Class
furniture. as all of 1t has been selected
with a great deal Of care, and at high
cost in this city of Mr.. Preston Beivin
never been used. all to be sold without
limit or reserve.
FRED. H. WILLIAMS, Salesman
&c oo(rcl
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-23
WAR AGAINST FILTH.
Police Have Opened HOstiities
.o,,ust pauer and Filth.

The police of this city have inaugurateo
war upon all those persons VINO are ans
.nosed to make filthy her streets, anu are
going TO adopt no puerile methods 10 put
an end to this nuisance of making the
thoroughfares waste-baskets and garbage
barrels. - 49, srs, ~ this
numerous class of Offenders before iiu
shrine of the White Temple. yesterday
morning and a warning portion OF jus
tice was melted out 10 them. The prisoners
We're sonny Terrell. Winston, james;
Henry Bradley, Philip Hilton, ana Dalile'
Walker. They are all negro porters en-
ployed downtown. and were seen SWEEP SWEEP
ing trash into the street by the poiiSe
man. but Winston James was the only one
seen sweeping dirt from store. tie WIS
fned 81. The others swept OH paVehieh'S'
and In doing so broke no law.
Officer Harmon reported Hicks q HOW
ord for making trash In front OF theh
store but the charge was dismissed.
Justice John gave them lecture, an@
said in course of 1t that the streets oi
Richmond must be kept clean. or Deter,
that they should not be made hithy. ne
ruled that goods must not De opeheu III
front of stores. If trash was made, unless
tho dirt was removed at once. ana eau
toned parties TO be careful TO gather up
ali trash around their places OF LABOR.
The remaining cases were uhiihpoi'an''
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-23

In execution of a trust deed 70 me
from John A. Lacy ct ais, dated fepru-
arv < lSSg of record in Henrico county
Court Clerks office, in Deed-BooK 10 -
mage So default having been made IN tns
payment of the debt therein secured al"
being required so to do, VIII, on
WEDNESDAY. JULY Il. 1897,
AZ % o'clock noon, in front of Henrico
countv court house. sell the TRAIT of
TAND located as above described, con-
toininp f26 5l7-lOO0 acres. being the lahl
now occupied by John A. Lacy, ESQ. ana
a mart OF the estate formerly owned oy
In the event that said tract does noi
sou For enough to pay the debt secured
5s1 o00S exnense OF executing this trust
ond cost OF suit incurred since the decree
cntered IN this cause on the 5oth OF OS-
,oher 1894. then Immediately aiter sals
Of the tract named above, IN 'front.' ron, % -,
soid courthouse ! viii sell IhAtl VI
G,AND containing 1874 i5-loo acres au-
Joining the above. -, o.ro,,,ds
Each of these tracts have 10" srouilus;;
suitable for growing hay ana corn anu
oIso rnlands which are represented 70 oo
Vii adapted for trucking. Inese tracts
arc also wooded with pine elm, anu oan,
much of which will make meren,aht Va o =.
lumber. which can be econoihleaa,iIs i y %
ieted as there are convenient rallroad Ia
cilities. -, oosh ard the resi-
a. in enual payments at one ana Two
Lars evidenced by bonds, bearing III
terest from u'' L. w. HARRIS.
90 M ooQ w 1914 trustee.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-23
rTRUSTEES' AUCTION SALE
Il OF THAT
ATTRACTIVE AND DESIRABLE
RESIDENCE.
No. 9 West Main Street.

The undersigned trustees. in cxecussi,v,, ,,
of a certain. deed of trust, dated the -i e
day OF June. 1893. and recorded III ttv
Chanccry Court Clerks office or the ciey
of Richmond. In Deed-Book lis =, p pay-
I7S. default having been made In the pay
ment of a part OF the debt secured tnerE
nv and being required by the beneficiary.
under said deed OF trust. so 10 90, W.
will sell. at public auction, on the preih'-
'''' TUESDAY. JUNE %. 1891.
at 3 O'Clock p. NJ, the PROPERTY DE.
scribed in said deed. as follows: "All that
certain lot, piece, or parcel OF giouhp;
with the brick dwelling ono. y, ana az,
other improvements thereon, iying anu
being in the city of Richmond, ana pouhu-
cd az follows-to wit. Beginning az
point on the southern line of Main street
about 1919 feet inches west OF It's inter-
section with the western line OF foushee
street, thence running westwaruIy aions
Main street. and fronting thereon ,. auVp.
ward from said front between paralei
lines Isl feet 10 inches to an alley IL Zee.
wide; bounded on the east Dy tne lahu VI
A. X. Tatum. and on the west by other
land of the grantors. IL being intended
hereby 10 convey all Gland between
said Tatum's lot and a line passing along
the outside or face of the western wall
of said dwelling (No. - and extending
from Main street TO said alley. =.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash sufficient 70
dffray the expenses OF executing the
trust, and to pay all taxes due nc the
time of SALE and the sum OF Sl,lZ).1
credit as to 5000 until June ~, 1850;
with interest thereon from the Day OF
sale. payable quarterly. and the residue A.
two Years for note. with interest, and all
credit payments to be secured by trust
deed; or all cash. at option of purchaser.
n w. BOWIE.
JAMES III. CRENSHAW,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-23
THE COHEN CO. THE COHEN co

prisoner was discharged. Powers was
however arrested yesterday by Detec-
tives Tomlinson and Gibson on the charge
of stealing a machine from Eliza Nash,
and he will again face Justice John.
In the City Circuit Court yesterday, in
the case OF A. Miller against Robins q
Co.. the jury found the following verdict:
1--WE. the jury, upon the issue Joined.
find on the plea of non-assumpsit for the
defendants, and on the plea OF offset, find
for the plaintiff"
Judgment was confessed in the City
Circuit Court i'm the case of Peter Paul
against w. c. Mcdowell for $560.Gl.
Marriage licenses were issued TO the
following:
Charles S. Walls and Miss Eva Hutson
Tyler.
Emmett NJ. Holmes and Miss Geneva
Manoley.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-23
V,RUSTEE'S AUCTION SALE
OF
No. 1l02 DOBsON STREET. NEAR
RESERVOIR STREET.

BY virtue OF deed OF trust. dated June
Is. 1895. duly recorded In Richmond Cham
Gerry. Court. Deadlock ia c. page 4S6.
will sell. by auction, on the premises. on
TUESDAY, JUNE ~. 1857.
at $50 o'clock r. NJ. the above mentioned
PROPERTY. The dwelling Is a one-story
frame building Of about three rooms. Lot.
3ix1o0 feet
TERMS: Enough In cash to pay cost OF
q ratable proportion OF taxes for 1887. and
the gum OF SIZE. balance due on a note OF
$i75. with interest from June IS. 1897,
residue at one and two years. interest
added and secured BY trust deed
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-23

Mrs. Kathren Lent Stevenson, national
correspondent of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, will deliver an adj
dress at Trinity Methodist Episcopal
church Wednesday night at o'clock din
stead of r. M Mrs. Stevenson is
known to the world as a forcible writer,
interesting speaker. and cultured lady.
She is on her return trip from North
Carolina TO her home, in Chicago stopping
en- route to assist local unions In the
work. Trinity choir. under the direction
of Mr. 7. Wiley Davis, will furnish music
OH the occasion.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-23
po,,cc nccovcr Fine bicycles.

Two splendid bicycles racers) nave
been recovered here. and are being neI'
by the Richmond police. Iney are Sus
Which were recently the victims OF a
negro thief of Richmond. The negro OBJ
tained them by passing himself on as
Major Taylor. the crack negro plcye ecn
rider. He gave three-eays HOT ~ three
Wheels and slipped out OF Boston by the
newt boat. One of the bicycles was AIS
noscd Of and the others brought TO Rich-
mond detectives Gibson and Hall got
wind of the theft and captured the wheels
which are being held until further ae'ei-
opfnentS.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-23
Accident to A..i.tant-Chief shaw.

While responding to the alarm of fire
from Box IS. shortly after o'clock yes
terday morning, Assistant-Chief Shaw
sustained quito painful accident While
turning a corner at Twenty ninth street
the axle OF his buggy broke and precipi-
tated the Assistant Chief with much vio-
lence Into the street. The plucky fire.
fighter, although much bruised and
shaken. continued to the fire. and arrived
in time to direct his men.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-23
MANCHESTER TAXES.

AM NOW READY TO RECEIVE
the CITY. SCHOOL, AND SEWER
TAXES for 1881. All persons paying the
whole OF the same on or before July LIST
next will be entitled TO rebate Of per
cent. on the city and sewer tax. All per-
sons paving one half OF the same on or
before July 1st. and the other half on or
before November LIST will be entitled to a
rebate of "a per cent. on the one half and
& per cent. on the other half OF the city
and sewer taxes. per cent. will be added
10 all bills unpaid December l. 1891
j. M. BRONAUGH. Jr,
Treasurer City OF Manchester.
je 20toJyli
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-23

Yesterday was the day set apart for the
examinations of applicants to become
public-school teachers in this city. Super
intendent w. l.. Fox and several OF the
school principals assembled at the High
School in the morning for the purpose OF
examining applicants for licenses to teach
In the city schools. but there were really
no applicants, for OF the TWO presenting
themselves. one held first-class certifi-
cate. and the other was under the age
required by law.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-23

P.I. Powers, the young white man who
with stealing sewing machlnes, and who
WAS convicted and sent to jail by Justice
cra,tchfeld, appealed and was before the
Hnstlngs Court yesterday morning His
attorney. M. p. ST. George barraud.
,noved 10 ouash the certificate ON the
rround Of irregularities. and his motion
was sustained by Judge Witt. and the
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-23
Kills a valuable Horse.

Agent +. c. Taylor. OF the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
killed valuable horse belonging to
Messrs Richardson & Co., the grocers.
Monday. The animal. pretty little sor-
rel mare. was suffering from an incura-
BILE case OF collie, and had to be Dispatch
ed. Mr.. Taylor has killed forty-seyen dogs
30 far this month.