The Butler weekly times., 1897-09-23

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guileleSs innocent so as
TO give II the ''thuinps." we take this
way to apotogise, as it may be some .
time before the unhealthy atmos-
phere OF Butler will allow us 10 risk {
our nealfh personally in that hot =,
burg. by the way, IL would tickle
us Immensely II somebody would /
scare Joe Graves. Ed Dalton. Stewart
Atchison aud Bill Morrison our of
about four years growth; maybe they .
wouldn't be SO full OF such tales as
that an editor was shut up two hours
III safe with an iuceused citizen
keeping guard over the keyhole with
all Old army navy fer something ii
Sharp CORES spoudeuy had said, and
that Jake said he woutdu't take Il
million for that safe. Now, such /
stories are calculated 10 crush the |
liability of the of the correspond /
ent, aud for thar reason We want 10 /
see this beyy Of sports "skeered
VIM FindIey. our great ring leader |
OF the popu!Ists here, went 10 >edalia |
TO gratuitously give William j Bryan
a few poIitlcal printers" and if he
| was succesetui, ir i safe 20 say that
the great apostle of free silver Is now
| loaded for "bar. and will soon ap-
| Findiey is noted for his open-hearted
| generosity
| Ben Walls Is feeding a very nice
load of hog on the Brown farm.
where he cultivated last year. Ben
is a rustier and will get there If any
body does.
| Jacob ID Maddy sold nice bunch
of stock hogs to Isaac Walls last week.
Geo Thompson sold 20 head of nice
| steers, coming twos, to \ III Roebeck
| for $3.50. Want of water caused him
to sell.
Robert Settles, who has been the
guest of his sister, Mrs Doc jenkins,
left on the noon train Sunday for his
home III Kansas City. His wife will
follow him on next Sunday.
Your correspondent and family
were partakers of the genuine hospi
tality at the home of Mr. and Mrs E q
Lockard recently. Truly it is treat
to visit such neighbors.
The dry weather caused our direc-
tors TO postpone our school for time,
which was sensible thing.
From a conversation had with Capt
Holly Nichols short time since, we
Judge that about all the wolves be-
tween here and the Miami'have been
exterminated, the Capt knowing of
about 90 that had been caught.
The tobacco crop in these parts has
suffered with the rest of the vegeta-
bles and is considerably "cur down >
Mr. Rice will even matters though
with his this week by cutting it
up" about 5 acres.
The protracted meeting continues
with much interest. Nine have joined
| bn h,,rs. In nd fa outlook for a .rnn1
meeting ahead is bright. Do you go
to church? Are you entertained? DO
you criticise the sermon? Do you en-
JOY the social features of meeting
your friends, neighbors ana enemies
in one common gathering place? II
you do, whether you be II member oil
the church or not, ii is your duty by
all the laws Of reason TO contribute to
the support of this institution. There
is but one adjective TO qualify an in
dividual refusing TO do this and that
is selfish" and | don't know one
, instance where selfishness has con
tributed TO the happiness of mankind
; | do not say this as one who ha.
| membership in any church, but as
one who stands on an unbiased posi-
. ton, who enjoys going to church fol
2 the editication, pleasure and enter
, tainment | find therein, and | feel il
my duty to pay for my entertainment
according to my ability.
Col Wolfe entertained the preacher
Bro Bush, last Sunday for dinner
o but Bro Feebeck went him one bettel
by entertaining him Sunday night
and added Bros Ishmael on Monda,
morning for breakfast.
1t was our great pleasure on las
Friday night to have as guests ou
old friends and former neighbors
t Messrs VIM Holt and S S Fox ant
Miss Hattie Nichols, who were OIL
y their return home from Drexel, wher,
g they had been attending the Baptis
Association as delegates from thei
u home church on Round Prairie. Com
/. again, old friends.
Rev Boag finished up his confer
. ence year here last Sunday with
], most learned and excellent sermon
He impresses US as a good Christia
man and we wish him pleasant field
of labor in the future.
,c Mrs E C. Walt of Bryan, Ohio,
~ out on visit of several weeks durs
&c ton to her sister, Mrs Helen II Davi
;c of our city. She reports the drout
in Ohio similar to our own, and tha
~ the hay crop was the only thing tha
lc was goad.
a new baby gaby girl is announce
DC in the family of MIR Arch White,
&c son-in law of X y Wright.
Some disturbance was created a
% the church last Friday night. and "
10 are told that the offending partie
, came near causing a collision wit
~ Mrs Church's buggy on Main stree
We have nothing but pity for anyOn
who so far forgets himself as to eau.
oo a disturbance at a church in this da
and time.
- You can investigate all nature
- From a cyclone to the hind-Ieg Of
DC donkey;
n. But with the Shaving Commission {
It's dangerous to monkey.
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