People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-01-06
NOTES BY THE WAYSlDE.

corn.
Justice Oathout was on a trip to the
Strip.
Amos Robinson was husking corn in
the shock.
II. Ruiter is a new man here, late
from Trinidad, Col.
Jacob Fado was off to the county
seat. Likewise S. W. McKowen.
S. o. Wilkinson was every where
else but at home when we called.
R. L. S. Nichols was feeding two
young calves, and they were daisies.
P. T. Gardner was gathering nub-
bins. They we're few and far between.
Tom Henry had gone to yelling
ton. He is feeding fine lot OF cattle.
Mrs. Jane E. Allen runs the old
home place and keeps it trim as OF
yore.
We freed NJ. Marquart on the roof
OF his barn patching up the roof fol-
winter.
l.. G. Foster is a new citizen lately
from Oklahoma, originally from
Indiana.
J. H. Parker was making prepare
tiOns TO move house to his farm from
Mayaeld.
P. Mider had IS acres Of wheat this
year which went twenty-six bushels
to the acre.
The Erhards, father and three sons,
own all Of section 26, and it is as pretty
as picture.
r. n. Bruner was enjoying a good
old sOciable Republican visit from E.
NJ. and Mrs. Brass.
Richard Crabb was in Wellington
but his hired man was hauling stone
for some new improvement.
The first man we met In the town
ship was Ira Parker on his road to
Wellington with load of cream.
VIM. Magill, who teaches the Long
Branch school, was sick and compelled
to dismiss his school for two days.
H. X. Stremme and Ed Martin are
everlastingly at it and are getting
quite well improved on their farms.
E. A. Robinson was going about
his farm work just the same as il he
had not been elected trustee Noyem.
Der 2.
Elijah league and son, WA. league
moved here last fall from Arkansas,
The former lives on section % and the
latter on %.
Mrs. Margaret Ingram is one Of the
early seGters OF the township. Hell
"reminiscences of the early days are
very interesting.
John S. Gee was making some
well-directed efforts toward repelline
the approaching invasion of Jack
Frost from his domicle.
j. F. Barnard lives in the southwes,
corner Of the township. He raised
400 bushels Of wheat this year and
feels correspondiDgly good.
Otis Walton was away from home
but his dog was there and it was for
tunate for the editor that he was
chained. 1--WE mean the dog.)
A. W. Rose was hauling home fine
calf for which he had paid sl2. Mr.
Rose has sold his place to A.C. Erhart
and will soon move to Elk county.
John S. Bentley came to Sumner
county In 1882 from Illinois but tried
his luck 10 Morton county several
years, arriving backfrom the west last
year.
Robert Cobean was 10 Wellington
but Mrs. Cobean made things very
pleasant for tile VOICE man by sub
scribing on her own hook for the Best
county paper.
Charles Bentley furnishes another
nOvelty-three snow white turkeys
two gobblers and one hen. They cam,
from Bronze turkeys 0y ln-breeding
They are beauties.
| VIM. Wilkins was digging a new
well. He had gone down forty.fouI
feet and was taking out slate. 81,
has had considerable trouble about
water. This is the third we'll he hal
put down.
John Wiudstandly, NJ. Yomans, T
A. Davis, Ansell Adams and Mr.. Kirk
patrick, all eluded our searchlight. Il
was Saturday afternoon and they hat
gone TO town. Geo. Van Ausdale hat
just returned from the city,
Peyton Oglesbay raised 20 bushels
OF wheat to the acre this year anc
has $50 acres Of the same kind In fol
next years harvest. He has a fine