Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1897-10-07
GREAT BEND. KANSAS, THURSDAY OCTOBER z 1897
BUSY BETTY'S' COLUMN.

BUSY BETTY'g' COLUMN.
The ice man is-still leaving the coal
man in the rear.
TX
What will Andree do with the north
pole when he finds it2
TX
| 1t is rumored that john J. Ingalls,
VIII move his family to Washington
Nov. /. Wonder if he is ASHAMED of
Kansas?"
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prosperity" has struck the Central
Kansas Democrat, and it now comes
out column quarto instead OF an 8
column folio.
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The Atchinson Globe remarks: "a
man will trust his wife to take care of
the children, but he won's trust Ter in
the care of his prize chickens"
*
An exchange says: ga picnic is an
event where man has a good time
eating stuff that would cause him to
raise the roof if served by his wife at
home"
! A Texas editor tells his readers:
THE price of this paper has not been
increased by the Dingley bill. but we
wish to correct the misapprehension of
some subscribers who appear to think
it was placed on the free list"
-
According to the State Journal,
Topeka's Fall Festivities were a sue.
cess, and the Journal has a right to
blow, But would like to know how
much longer they will dish up festival.
To the out Of Topeka readers it be-
comes wearisone.
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The Winfield Tribune thinks: s.Some
mothers look upon marriage of their
| children a great deal as they would
upon death or an amputated leg. A
Wellington mother recently wrote to
an absent son as follows: Dear Son.
If you wish to see your two brothers
before they are married, come at once"
50
Sort OF commonplace, no account
looking husbands retail at 81 900
apiece in st. Louis. At least that is
the price one woman offered another
for her husband. aud the wife wisely
accepted it. What godsend it would
be to any community, if the loafer hcs-
bands, who let their wives support the
family, could be disposed of at half the
ST. Louis price. Some Of them would
be dear at any price.
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do not call to mind any gay young
widows of old soldiers in this immediate
vicinity who can take exception to the
argument here made, but it does seem
there is foundation in fact for the fol-
lowing editorial in recent issue of the
st. Paul Pioneer Press: when Ameri-
cans-however patriotic and however
willing to indulge the sentiment of
gratitude toward the men who periled
life, health and the welfare of their
families in the nations defense-con-
template the still swelling aggregate of
our pension rolls, now mounting to.
ward sl50. 100000 annually, they may
be pardoned if they seem inclined to
assume a questioning attitude as to
whether all the legislation under which
that immense outlay is being made has
been sufficiently we'll considered. This
attitude has become more and more
pronounced since it is seen that thou
sands Of young widows are being added
to the rolls, to take the place of the
veterans who are dropping off, and
whose pensions, which are for life,
seem likely to prolong for another full
generation large part of the national
burden hitherto so patiently born
The bold stand taken by the present
commissioners of pensions, in objecting
to this class Of benefciaries, is looked
upon with general commendation.
While the people are willing-nay,
eager-to save from want the women
who sent their husbands into the field
in the critical days OF the "sixties,"
they cannot easily discern what claim
the woman who has married an ex-
soldier long after the war ended eau
have upon the nation. Marrying a
veteran for the sake of getting a PEN
siop-a practice which has now become