The Globe-republican., 1897-03-18
FORT DODGE NEWS.

fOkI DODGE NEWS.
Magnificent weather but cool.
Several teams have been started to
blowing.
We hear every family will have
chance to tend their own garden this
year.
Our ice house is nearing completion.
We look for tremendous rise in the
placid Arkansas this simmer. Those
who have boats or other water crafts
should proceed to anchor.
Rev. Rutledge preached an interest
ing discourse Saturday night.
-COmrade Best is angry because ''the
Legislature passed an act to prevent the
old soldiers marrying" Some one has
been poisonlngehis mind against the pop
party. Frank goes to Meade this morn
ing. He just got news that his brother is
not expected to live.
We have an old soldier in the bar
racks by the name of Clark who was
once placed in a coffin for burial. The
coffin was too short and he promptly pro-
ceeded TO kick the end out, and that was
right would not like to be buried in Il
coffin TOO short for me either. That is
similar to the fellow who read the stories
on his monument and thought he was in
the wrong grave.
The last epitome of appropriations
for the Home, which we read. gives US
$500 for school purposes, which is entire
ly inadequate. We should have one first
class principal. and that would take al
most the whole of $500. There should
be ut least four teachers here. The
teachers here are doing as we'll as they
can with the number they have on hands.
-Comrade futile of the sth ILL.,, In
fantry. moved in recently. He was in
the same Company with Comrade Slaven
of Dodge City. The Sth was in the SER
vice about five years, being held in Texas
long after wars alarms, to watch Louis
Napoleon and Macmillan across the
Rio Grande. The officers of our regi-
ment tried hard to get us ordered there
and have wished since they had sue
ceeded for it would have been a grand
school TO us. Some of us might now be
Surveying our broad acres within Ben
Hodges famous Mexican lane grant,
vouchsafed to us by the treaty of Guada-
lupe Hidalgo-whatever that may mean.
We will have to refer all such Obstr,se
technicalities to Capt. Stricken. We are
grateful for his assistance heretofore.
Com. Grantham, Mrs. BrObst, Mrs.
Gray, Q. NJ. Sidlow aud wife, Wright
and wife, Mrs. Acker, Mrs. bishop, Corey
Wright, Comrades Porter, Melton and
Leppert. and Master Walter Sidlow all
attended the apron social at Dodge City
on the 9th inst. The aprons were mum.
bered and the gentleman got the lady
corresponding to number Of apron to
take to supper. The best hemmer got
his and ladies supper free. Porter saved
the reputation of the Fort being 3rd n
hemmer, but he only received favorable
mention. 1t was real funny (if it had moi
been so serious) to see old boys seize
their aprons, sit down, cross their leg,
and proceed to sew. You could tell
every one who had a shining pate. Il
was like the regiment armed with the
Belgian rifle, which was so hard to kick
The Colonel said he could tell every CUR
that went off for the man was Nat Of hi.
back. But it was awful hot work for u,
fellows who have grown 20 stout. W.
, mopped our brow several times with OF
handkerchiefs. 1t was not 90 laboriou,
for Comrade Gluck for he is down any.
how. l may have gained the prize bul
in the last disastrous moment 1 pulled
out my own sewing instead Of the bast-
ing thread. The women say that Johu
Sidlow sewed the stoute.t seam Of any
for it will neither rip nor ravel. Il
'3seams" to as that it would be q good
thing to try this thing again. We do no,
zee how It comes tina: Comrade Juneau
had to pay for 4 supuers, bat suppose he
was just captured. ScIPIo.