Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-06-23

w. d. GOULD s. Co.
When Kansas man was on his death
bed, and was told by the doctor to pre'
pare for the other world, he sent out TO
get book giving easy lessons in Span
ish. He had been rather a tough nut,
and thought he knew where he was
going, so wanted to be familiar with
that places prevailing language.
The Hutchinson Steam Laundry is
ready to guarantee Its work to be at all
times satisfactory. 1t has the best and
latest improved machinery. its manag-
ers have had years of experience in the
business. B. Dotson & Son are their
agents here Leave your laundry with
them for forwarding.
Elmer Brodie says she chewed it off.
She says two of the boys held him and
she cut it off with pair of salesladies
scissors. Anyhow. one side of that
long, dropping mustache parted COM
pany with Elmer, and the other side
was so lonesome like he had the bar
ber trim that off also. 1t must be in
convenient to be handsome.
The city authorities put large mum
ber of idle men to work Monday morn
ing, cutting weeds, grading, etc.. pay
ing them as cents a day. Those who
are here without funds, and desiring
to remain until harvest commences can
thus earn their board instead of having
to beg for it. If there are any who
have no money 10 pay for board, but
who refuse to work on the streets they
are made to move on" and not poster
the town by begging their living.
Harry Brooker came up from Hutch
inson Saturday. His wife, Mrs. Flora
Brooker, had quite an unusual expert
ence with a sneak thief recently. Go.
| ing into the house she saw bed room
door closed as she entered. She went
to the door and pushed it open, saw
strange man standing at the dresser.
She grabbed him by the collar and heid
him while she sent little girl for a
man next door. She made him ''shell
out" gold breast pin he had secured,
and then marched him about until she
ascertained that he had gotten nothing
else. The thief had climbed in through
the window.
Saturday B. Frank Wilson. son-in-
law of Senator Armstrong. bought a
pair of mules to work through harvest.
He got the animals and had them
hitched behind a rig for stretching
wire, when one Of them rared up and
came down upon an iron rod, lmpal.
ing himself. Mr.. Wilson fastened a
strap to the rod to pull it out, when
the mule caught his forearm in its
mouth and terribly lacerated the arm,
having to be beaten across the head
before it would let go. The animal
died in few minutes after the acci-
dent, and Mr.. Wilson had to procure
medical attendance for his arm.
The Leroy Reporter says life is toe
short to go through it scrapping and
fighting all the time. The world is not
near so bad as some people are trying
, to make it. All religious sentiment j:
: not confined to one sect, nor is all the
political wisdom, patriotism and horse
sense confined to one party. Some peo
pie seem to think they have a persona
grievance against God Almighty, som'
against the President, some agains
tho Gunroyna Court sono aooipst RI,
n Governor, some against the republican
n party, some against the democratic
D party and some against the populis
!. party. They keep on scrappiDg AM
q fighting all the time. much to the dis
gust of those who love peace. A nal
with personal grievance is a nuisance
), He is like fellow that has bad cas-
= of la grippe. He keeps On snorting
coughing. sneezing. barking and expec
= torating all the time and makes gen
g uine nuisance of himself among hi
:, fellowmen. The man with persona
Is grievance, like the man with la grippe
3 ought to retire into solitude and cur
himself of his annoying disorder. be
), fore mixing in society"
: DR.. Lightfoot who has the fines
Electrical Machines in this part @
Kansas, invites his friends and th
public generally to visit his Office an
see the new methods of treating oil
diseases. You will be interested i
seeing the different kinds Of eiectricit
y Static, galvanic and Parable that b
uses IN different treatments.