People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-02-17

the teachers pronounce the new arith-
meticS to be full OF errors. Before
condemning the books just let the lit
tie ones get their big brothers aud Sis
tiers to try them under this plan they
usually come out o. X.
Miss WOOlley from near Arkansas
City came over last week to visit her
sister, Mrs. Wright. Miss Woolley
was taken sick the next day. DR..
Weber called. He pronounced it
scarlet fever and bad the red flag dis
played. The school board met and
decided to close the school for few
weeks. At this writing there has not
been but the Que case.
According to the treasurer'S report,
the High School and the rabbit bOun-
ty amounts to about the same. South
Haven township pays about SlS5 as It's
share. This township has one boy in
the school to get the benefit OF the
tax, while the bounty was distributed
among 100 or more boys. People in
these parts would like to have these
questions submitted to a vote of
the taxpayers.
The neighbOrs of Mr.. and Mrs. Hall
made surprise on them last WedneS-
day. About noon they gathered in
with well filed baskets. Although it
rained all afternoon we had a pleas
aut time. Among those present were:
MeSsrs. and Mesdames Ludy, ]. NJ.
Lingenfelter, Joe Smart, Adams,
Green, Anderson, Stiger; MeSdameS
Ray, Wakefield and WycOff; Misses
May Stiger, Carrie Wakefield, Brown
and Mr. Ed Stiger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hail returned Febru-
airy 4th from a visit to their old home
in southern Michigan. They report
the worst storms that they have had
for years. A few days before they
left there was a storm Of snow and
wind that blockaded the road so that
all traffic was stOpped-the snow
plOws could not open the reads. Had
to employ men to hep with shOvels.
The train they left on was drawn by
two engines and then could not make
time.
We had the best rain last week on
the 9th that we nave had for years.
About l o'clock in the morning it be
gan to thunder and lightning soon
followed by rain which continued
until morning; set in again about
noon and continued until some time
in The night. For few hours in the
evening we had almost constant thun-
der and lightning. There was 2.5S
inches fell during the storm. 1t came
steady and all soaked into the ground.
This is the greatest rainfall in twen-
ty-fOur hours that we have had 10
several years and greater than the
total IN any February for over six
years. 1t did not raise the creek
enough to make a current.
Valentine Day was celebrated in
the neighborhood by making a sur
prise on Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Lingen-
felter, About II a. NJ, just as Mrs.
Lingenfelter was finishing her wash
ing, there was a knock at the front
door. When she opened the door
there was procession of neigbbors
from the house to the road. At the
same time Mr.. Ludy arrived with a
table and a wagon load of chairs
Soon the tables we're filed with a
dinrer' equal to any that the editor
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ever sat down to in South Haven
township. There were present: Grand.
mother Written, Lee Written and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Mowls, Mr.. Tate
Elsie Tate, Jas. Strange and wife
Ed and May Stiger, Mr.. and Mrs.
Luny Hall, Abe and Ida Hall. Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Smart, Abe Black and
wife. Under the management of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ludy il was a cnmplete
success from beginning to end. After
dinner the men went rabbit hunting
They made the rabbits think the
bounty had been increased by the
way the firing kept up. They shot
about dozen besides those thew
scared TO death. Jim Strange was the
crack Shot of the crowd.