People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-09-09
NOTES BY THE WAYSlDE.

8H Christ. Hangen was making repairs
4 I00ut his barn.
4 JEFF Ogden failed to materialize
II lCout his home.
Will Attebury and George Ewing
sVtere both away hauling wheat.
H.. ]. McNair was just beginning 10
4 Ireak ground for wheat.
is. W. Miller was hauling wheat
rom the machine at Fred OmO'S.
HIS. Z. Bartlett was out in the field
h ard at work, and we did not disturb
h m.
H NELSON Smith is one Of the "Cld.
but he was absent from
H pme.
u D1eo. Sauer is also grain buyer at
FRvme, making the fourth buyer in the
little burg.
E. D. Green is one Of the old sci.
Hers. He was blowing and we did not
disturb him.
VIM. P. Kirkpatrick was shaping
bis arrangements TO move TO farm
pear Mayfeld.
VIM. HaSlet mad hied away to We'll
b ington. Newton MCLain was also
| pot in evidence.
Il J. D. VIM was away from home
d ling fresh air and exercise with
hing outfit.
Il rad Albright was away from
b1t evidences Of thrift were
Santing around his place.
II -. W. Fox and B. E. Franklin were
both stirring for wheat, having har-
Vested splendid crops this year.
I A. N. Fair was happy as a Kansas
kunfOwer because the threSherS were
|in sight coming to thresh his wheat.
0. u. PutDey was threShing. His
boo acres averaged 20 bushels. W. j.
EDodsOn and Jerry ZmoOS were help
ting.
John A. Batchelder was out in the
field at work. We left him Jerry
Simpsons tariff speech to ponder
over.
Robert W. Thompson is one of the
old settlers. He came here in 1873
from Illinois, but is native OF Mary
land.
DR.. George Daniel wanted to talk
wheat and silver, but fortunately for
j the doctor we had but little time to
Spare.
We failed to find Geo. Hart at home,
4 ut We sampled his well of water and
! Ind it good for man aud bOy-and
- lst.
SOland Tingle is looking after Rev.
|ThOmas Penick's half section of land,
and keeps it shining like as if it were
his own.
J. P. ElsaSS was not in evidence.
Likewise J. r. Hamilton, ]. G, Sea-
burg, L. D. RebstOck and James
Muckley.
A. S. Ono is one of the pioneers,
but was absent from home when we
Failed. The city of Rome is builded
J ,his land.
frederick BoOrey showed up at
= ID OmO'S in a buggy. MIR. BOOrey
8 a fine farm and handsome i'm
prOvements.
J. J. STANDS had Wellington pump
man out making repairs on his wind
pump. Mr.. Stands has fine place
half section.
C. Kettering, for whom Kettering
Chapel is named, tills the soil and
practices the Gospel. He is getting
along in years.
R. C. SkaggS is the village black
smith, assisted by A. F. Hatfield. To-
gether they make the welkin ring and
the forge sing,
Ira and Taylor Short are running a
threShing machine and doing a rush
ing business. They will have work
up to Christmas.
John f. StigeT, Ed. H. Stiger, Ed
win Hall and Abe Hall had gone over
into South Haven township TO help D.
NJ. Adams thresh.
F. F. Garrison was hauling the
golden grain to the Rome market.
He has the Pfeifer place, one Of the
he CT in tho cnuntV
Jacob Perrin was saving and ham,
mering about his cribs like good
fellow. He was getting ready to g. to
BufTalo-and he went.
J. D, Ross was Que of the "nOt.at.
homes" but we will venture he had
not gone tiShing-and we did not get
any OF the fish, either.
/. c. BennettSwas a little hard TO
finds He lives almost in the center Of
section %. When We did finally get |
there he was away from home.
Thaddeus Hull was turning the rich
soil OF his half section for wheat. He |
had l65 acres this year, that measured |
out over % bushels to the acre.
James | Jackson was away from
home. We took dinner with Mrs.
Jackson, aud enjoyed it about as much
as if James |. had been at home.
NJ. L. Briggle was stirring for wheat.
He had 50 acres this year, which av-
eraged % bushels to the acre. and 20 !
acres OF oats, which went still heavier.
Mrs. NJ. c. Cline is pOstmistress at
Rome and if rules of civil service
were. in force and she so inclined,
would be apt " have life position.