Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1898-12-16
OLMITZ.

oouco Will sOOu quit T0HIluS anu
reside in his own domicle.
Our lady hotel keeper, Miss What's
her.name, recently built an addition
to her hotel.
For public convenience some one
shouldebe appointed notary public in
this town.
Ben Speck and G. @. Wigton, went
out to see their girls on sleigh, sled,
or slide Sunday night last,
Esq. Speck, James Cook, and Dave
Quemby, north slders, were here
buying and laying in winter supplies
last week.
It is stated chat every Monday
morning Jim Coley Samson climbs to
the top of the mill smoke stack to
clean it of hornet nests.
Uncle John Schenck had a shoot
ing match at his place in Grant one
day last week. And it is reported
Joe and Charlie Singner won a full
share of the fowls; bully for you
Charlie.
Galatia was we'll represented 10 this
town several days last week, by many
of its most influential citizens, laying
in winter supply of coal and goods
of various kinds. They all came to
the city on the hill to trade
Mat LIGHTER, the agent for the cell
ebrated -four chest and sitter informs
us he is having a good trade, taking
many orders in the n. E. part of the
county. He says he feels sure he will
make a success of It in the end.
After sojourn in Colorado for
many months Herbert Schwartz has
returned to his old stamping ground,
this town. Herbert looks as fresh
and rosy as a katydid. and 1T is re-
ported his very best girl failed to rec
ognize him on first sight; but she sure
knows him now. Bravo, Herbert boy
As the old year is fast fading away
and will soon disappear never more
to return. Now at the beginning OF
the year 1899 will be a good time for
all our people, and especially those
who profess to be democrats of the
good old Jeffersonian and Jacksonian
stripe to send in their subscriptions
accompanied with one dollar to the
DEMOCRAT for the coming year. II
will keep you posted on politics as
we'll as many other subjects of i'm
portance, and post you to vote in 1906
for President the man whose picture
heads it scolums.
/ Newspapers give accounts of 6
youthful couple recently being tied to
gether in holy wedlock in old Missouri
The groom being only four score ard
eight years old and the bride three
yeara the grooms junior. Now lie,
this couple proceed to multiply and
replenish the population of our sister
state thereby fulfilling the scripture
command: ITO multiply and re-
} plenish the earth" And the seed OF
the woman shall bruise the head oil
the serpent. And here will be q
show for old Missouri to get rid OF
some of her snakes.
On strolling into store, ncta hun
dred miles from our town a few days
ago, and looking around to see the
sights, 1 noticed hanging up in con
vepfent place to attract the eye of Ger.
tain customers, q sign written in a9p-
ital letters on piece of paste board
which read as follows: Friends. M4ny
, men are so unjust, we hardly know
. what men to trust. We have trusted
many to our sorrow, pay today and
we will trust tomorrow" Now &C
cordiDg to that sign if a customer
would buy bill of goods today and
pay cash, would not this merchant be
obliged to trust this customer for goods
tomorrow. School answer
Still the improvements in our town
go steadily on. This time it's to be 9
drug building which is now being
erected by Hoisington firm. And
soon we will have stock of drugs II
our own town to accommodate al
, needing such goods. Some back mum.
bers seem to talk in opposition and
say drug store is not needed here
We claim competition is what al
towns needs, and this town wants
more business men of every sort and
variety, and we want more people
here. We have much vacant space
] and our bread prairies are wide enough
10 accommodate 100000, and then
J there will be room for more. Lei
j them come.