People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-06-30


cents,
J. J. Tate and Leonard Wilson
were swapping stories at the formers
home.
Frank Colt is one of the earliest
pioneers. He lives handy TO South
Haven.
Charles Watcher was blowing up a
few acres Of frozen oats to make
room for corn.
Lee Marshall was taking breath
ing spell from active labor on account
of the high wind.
VIM. Dugan has stock ranch down
in Oklahoma and has been there all
winter and spring.
j. W. Kendrick, one of our old time
readers, had gone to South Haven,
just before we called.
S. s. Wright works in a blacksmith
shop in South Haven and lives on a
farm southeast Of town.
j. P. Blue had gone to mill and we
afterward met him on the road home
with buggy load of -four.
John Wicker, Robert Jarvis and
James Jones were all engaged in a
conflict with bucking corn planter.
James 7. Glover could be seen in
the distance cultivating corn. His
little girl was sick with the measles.
The one thing noticeable at the
home of J. S, Douglass was home
made windmill-areal practical wind.
mill.
j. H. Bateman has a fine half Sec
tiOn Of land and a convenient home.
He was out hauling straw-Out of
sight.
D. W. ReeCe had sought refuge 10
the house from a wind that sent
everybody to shelter but the rambling
scribe.
E. Troutma1 had both handles OF
the pillow ana was at work as in
dustriously as il there was no war ex.
element.
The venerable couple, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. H. GrubeG, live on their eighty,
rent it out and draw their support
therefrom.
Talburt Funderburk farms az
eighty all by himself-not even q
woman around to console him or do
his cooking.
We took dinner with John Lutz
Mr.. Lutz will probably build a new
home this fall. He has 235 acres il
wheat this year.
W. E. Franklin had smiled toc
much Of a Kansas breeze and hat
sought shelter indoors and solace from
daily newspaper.
The population Of South Haver
township, outside of the two towns o
South Haven and Hunnewell is 7l5
by this years census.
A rap at tile domicile of NJ. Carrige
brought no response. Quietuder eigne,
as supremely as If we had been in tn
depths of his coal mine.
We found ]. P. Blue, J. ", Peck
ham and ]. A. Black all at A. q
Craig's Smelling corn. A. McGregO
had gone to Wellington.
The doctors buggy was hitched t
the rack at Mark Hopes. His father
in-law, John Brown, has been sick al
winter with stomach trouble.
c. W. Robinson has a fine home
We stopped twice to see him but b
was away both times. He was serv
ing on the jury at Wellington.
Owen Hamilton is a new man Jus
up from the Strip. He came ives
from Illinois. He will try farming O
section 1.-two miles south of Sout
Haven.
Jacob G. Feeser was resting in th
shade, but his boys were stirring tn
soil with two teams hard by. Jaco
FeeSer Jr. has the McCandless farl
rented.
]. F. Chidress and ]. c. Goodel
are two COED Republicans who ar
quite sure the gold standard is Jus
what they want, and wanted to argu
the case.
Carey Tilbury is working for A
Graf in South Haven selling impl,
ments, but still runs the farm. Tw
OF Carey's children were down wit
the measles.
fl, H. Britain was away frol
home, but We met him afterwards O
the road home from W. W. Wicks.
fine crib of old corn was in sight q
Mr.. Brittain's.