Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-01-13
OLMITZ.
From "seaTcher."

From '.SeaEcher.''
Speak the truth and shame old
Satan.
Why write tales and fiction, truth
is more mighty and as early written.
One said all men are liars; did be
include writers?
Smed Wilkison, Dave Speck and
others were marketing wheat here
last Saturday.
Price paid for wheat here since
New Years ranges or Z below test.
Jack Frey is now laying off from
business and watching for richer pas
tnre.
John Carnahan visited in this town
for several hours last Saturday.
Boyle & Shenck>s magic lantern en-.
tertainment given at Albion Center
school house last Saturday evening
was pronounced up to date.
The Workmen are making ready 20
erect two-story hall in this town for
their special convenience in the near
future.
Doctor Atkins is now prepared to
vaccinate all who call at his Office for
that purpose. This is a preventative
to that contagious disease, small pox.
A son, and his family, of Esq.
Speck, of north side, recently arrived
from Ohio and we understand, in
tend Barton county as their future
This ry;ll Ha
Squire the coming season.
Last Saturday our doctor per.
formed a successful surgical operation
on boy, son of Mrs. Springer, who
lives few miles east of town. This
young lad stood the operation heroi-
cally, and Is now men1ing nicely.
The church building going up in
this town. is nearing completion as
fast as weather, material and work.
manship will admit. And it is pro-
nounced by all who view it as being
equal if not surprising any structure
of the kind in this part of the west.
What our people wants, needs and
should have. especially farmers living
north of Blood Creek. is more bridges.
There is needed on this stream from
the Linder bridge in Albion township
to the heading of creek in Grant town
ship, some five or six bridges. And
they could be built of stone, arch
fashion at small expense to the county
considering when once an arch bridge
of stone is erected in good shape it
lasts with little repairs for genera
tions.
Readers, we beg pardon, but We
wish before ending these items, to
recall your recollections to an article
in last weeks issue of the DEMOCRAT
wherein one writer with several pos.
tiers told about a runaway hog. Now
this is nothing unusual, as hogs are
apt to stray off and frequently we
hear pig raisers inqu'ring for lost
hogs. But the strange part of this
story is, this hog as the writer init.
mates. was chased to Spook Hollow
and there captured by the Spooks.
This hog had only been gone a week
and when it left the owner says its
tail was only of ordinary length when
captured this writer says it had a tail
like rope. Now surely that was
marvellous growth of tail in weeks
time.
The Blood Greek bachelors are
jolly crew, so their nearest neighbors
say, and write about pretty maids and
pig tails too, from early morn till
close of day. But the pretty maids
who they try to charm. with their
silvery tongues and winning way,
don't appear to be much alarmed, and
are not the kind, bachelors can so
easy betray. Now we'll change our
little rhyme, to subject on which
these bachelors never fail. But make
a mash as well as point every time: it
is when they write up piggie and his
tail.