People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-01-06
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mill. E. R. DeYoe was superintend-
Ing the job. Ell. Fitzgerald was look
ing on and tempted US to talk politics,
out life was too shOrt-just at that
time.
A. L. Prunty was gathering corn on
the old home place. His crop will 70
upwards OF % bushels to the acre
mostly along Prairie creek. Mr..
Prunty was one Of the early settlers,
He came here from Johnson county
10 1874, Just after the grasshopper in
vasion and Indian scare.
A. B. Lacey is an old railroad man
who has quit railroading and gone to
farming. He worked five years for
the Santa Fe as a conductor. He is a
trim" farmer and has had good
success. chad in fifty acres Of wheat
TINS year and itaveraged twenty.nlne
bushels to the acre. This year he
doubled his acreage and has splendid
stand.
We pulled up at dinner hour at the
old Creekmore homestead and enjoyed
the bounteous hospitality Of Mr.. aud
Mrs. c. NJ. Miller who are now farm
Ing the place. Mrs. Miller has as fine
a lot OF Plymouth Rock chickens and
Bronze turkeys as We have seen in the
county. The Creekmore homestead
sold recently to John Felt for 80 200
that is the quarter on which the build.
ings are located.
Z. &. Vanzant and four sons farm
the greater part Of John Saylor's 700
acres OF land. They have go acres OF
wheat this year. Two OF Mr.. Van
zant's sons, Elmer and Ellsworth are
twins-born In 1865. They have always
resembled each other so closely that
only very intimate friends can dis
tinguish them. They are now 80
years old and there has never been a
time when their weight varied more
than three pounds.
5. Mccormick had out $50 acres of
wheat this year and got nearly twenty
bushels to the acre. lie doubled nm
on it this fall and put in 300 acres.
Con Brenaman who used to operate
the forge in Wellington, lives ad join-
Ing Mr.. Mccormick and this year
harvested 1000 acres Of fine wheat.
following Mr.. McCormick's example
he also doubled his acreage this fall
and will harvest 200 acres next fall
provided it rains soon.
For once the mOnotony was varied
as 1t never has before in the six town
ships we have traversed thus far.
We have visited homes and found the
head OF the family away Fishing, "
gone TO town" lover at the neigh
bors" and every other conceivable
whereabouts" but it remained for
US to reach j. L. Goodrum's to find
that he and Mrs. Goodrum had gone
to church. The Cumberland Presbv-
terians were having revival services
at Mayfeld. Mr.. Goodrum owns q
fine half section and Is a good farmer.
Z. Z. Roberts had just returned
from Wellington where he had been
to secure medicine for Mrs Roberts
who was very sick, Only few weeks
before he had taken Mrs. Roberts to
Chicago for treatment. She was better
for a short time but is now suffering
fully as much as before. Mr.. Roberts
has handsome home aud a splendid
half section Of land. Elsewhere we
give view Of his home. The greatest
novelty 10 the county Is to be seen on
bis farm. He is raising deer. He
caught a pair down in the territory
about three years ago, from which he
got start. He now has eight hand.
some specimens. He sold pair few
days ago to a Kansas City firm. They
run at large In his park just like other
stock add are apparently as well con-
tented,