The Goodland republic., 1899-07-28

L T. Cooper. Lincoln township trus-
tee, made his usual call here Sunday
and took turn at tanning the flies OF
ex-Postmaster Wileman, who suffers
untold misery with q cancer and has
used so much morphine to ease the
pain that it almost fails to give him
relief any longer only in unreasonable
quantities.
Mrs. Fred Wileman Is up from Wal
lace county for few days to stay and
help her mother who will appreciate q
little rest.
It is uphill business finding items
since the pOstOfFice is gone and we have
no meeting center. We are like q
swarm of bees without queen
Wheat harvest still continues but
there is not much profit in it. Ed
Strand broke his header sickle and
quit for good.
Charles Olsen says D. A. Longs cigar
clippings are the stOutest he ever got
hold of, little goes long ways.
Kissing bugs give Us no uneasiness,
but it creeps through our hair We hear
the sound of a straddIe bug in our
cOtempOrary Of LaBlanche fame in The
News. In his or her, as the case may
be, admOnitiOn of two weeks they lead
of "that We should keep a pOstomce
doSn here, and that it will depend on
our citizens whether We keep it or not,
etc" Now in the next and last issue
they say 80 private mail route may be
put on belwen here and RUlebOn and
the pOstOffice not be fooled with" Not
much brother correspondent will we
agree with you that we will establish
private mail route at 81 a month each
and let the Office drop for good There
Tah n
rs 5000 a year and we thought for a
short time we could stand that. We
would like to know where you got your
change Of front. We don't believe
there is a name out of the 45 on the
petition that would not sign again, and
if there Is one or two that say they
WOnld not we will insure you ten new
ones on a like petition for every one
you find That petition was handed in
having fully complied with all the re-
quirements that was asked for by the
parties concerned in pOstOffiee affairs,
and while 1t seems a long time to get
returns every one expect to get what
they asked for in the petition without
further trouble.
Charles Olsen was mending up a
broken cart wheel for his nephew,
Frank Strand, on the sly from his faith
er Friday. It seems Frank and Wallace
Mckenzie had swOpped sisters and
we're jOckeying for the lead with spring
wagon and cart, when they locked
wheels with the loss Of about half q
dozen spOkes in the two rigs.
The dance at Ed Strands was well
attended and a swell time was had.
We understand a dauntless young man
slipped a chair just in time for Ellen
Strand to seat herself on the floor in
stead. and her best fellow took him
outside and we suppose gave him a
lesson in anthrOpOphagy-
4 gentle inch rain came a day too
late to report last week, and the sprin-
kle had barely ceased when o. Q. Vile
man gathered up a load of clamOrites,
''ye scribe included. and hied away to
the Smoky to angle for the finnie min
ME tribe which swung on to hook and
line in quick succession.
After the rain the weather became
very calm for three days and the wind
mills could not pump water for the
bOvlnes, who had to drink lagoon water
or wait.
We learn Swan Strand has traded of
all his land here on a small illinois
worn out farm. He will stay here a
few years and earn the boot money
while the land grows mOrning-glOries,
glmsOn weed, Spanish needles, cuckle
b1rTs, DEVILS claws, white clover and
bluegrass Then Swan will 90 to rails
ing "Henglish HartichOkes," hungry
hlde-OOund hogs and hOminy in his
hOOt-Owl hOllOws, and supervise senile
ScurVy sheep, with servile shOddy, to
subsist on sumaCh, shin-scratching
shrUbbery on the subcOnicaI slopes
and SUBMITS thereof
George Horton, who took French
leave from his fathers and hired out
to Serene Palmer several weeks ago,
has staying qualities for attending a
dance, having come to Ed Strands a
night too soon he stayed until It did
come OF. He worked a cute trick on
his father to get pair Of spurs he left
there and feared to 90 after himself.
he gave a little lad q dime to 20 tell
MS pa be had bought Georges spurs,
and trick worked TO Georges satisfac-
ton.
Love IS such q queer thing. A young
man Of this locality made % miles to
attend the dance at Ed Strands last
week.
Marion Mccoy came near having q
runaway at LaBlRnche Saturday eve
One snap came unsnapDed and the
team being colts commenced kicking
when o. C. Wilemsn ran 70 the assist
ance Of Marion, who says Doc talked
them out Of running.
Swan Strand sold nine head Of steers
Tor $40, Nils Anderson sold one young
steer for so, aud III. Peterson sold two
nine months old calves for so. II.
Stone, i've miles northeast OF GOOdIand,
was the purchaser.
Brewster.
H A. Chambers was mp to Goodland
Monday
Iohn Hnrnar nr,i lie r.e AL.