The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-07-27

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Dear Reader. don't blame us we hear 'en "a,
What happens Won.
The supper at the Crooks schoo
house Tuesday night of last week
cleared S13.
DIR Lamb informed us that q bis
boy arrived at Lyman Hensley':
Monday night of last week.
Walton Morrison was on the sick
list few days last week.
Mr. McCan, who is farming DIR J J
Mitchell's place, is moving the weed:
along his corn, which promises big
yield if the weather continues 10 be
favorable.
Mrs Thompson, north of Passaic,
visited her sister, Mrs Will Vogt, last
week.
Haying is over and now the oats
and flax are being stacked, and ere
long the sound of the dusty thresher
will be heard.
Mrs Everett Drysdale, Mrs H H
Flesher and daughter, Leona, Mrs
J Drysdale, Mrs Mackey and daugh-
ter, Gladys, of Butler; Mrs Joe Whin-
cry and Mrs g w Park, of Virginia,
spent Friday with Mrs o Ii Drysdale.
Mrs j T Hensley left Thursday of
last week for Peoria, H., to see her
sister, Mrs J j Mitchell, who is very
sick.
Mrs Clarence Coulter was on the
sick list last week.
Corn blowing is still going on.
Miss Jennie Kenneth, of Rich Hill,
visited Miss Mary Cowan last week.
Miss Lizzie holland, of Butler, took
in the supper at the Crock school
house last week and visited her pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs T B holland.
Mrs c A jackson spent few days
with relatives at Fair Haven, Mo.
Miss Maud Ford, of Kansas City, is
spending a week with Miss Mary
Hensley.
b E Jenkins, postmaster at Vir-
ginia. will be ready Aug 4th to make
out your pension papers in good
shape; give him a call. The assistant
p M is always there to write them out.
Rev Tresener, the blind minister,
preached at the III E church Sunday
at II a N, and at night made a short
talk on temperance. He is visiting
his brother-in-law, Mr. Harris, near
Amoret. Il III Harris, of ElDorado,
and his uncle, Rev 7, were the guests
of Geo Ruble Sabbath.
Miss Matte Quick visited the In
stitute at Adrian last Thursday. She
thinks they are having a good one.
DIR Lamb says Mr. Metz little girl
was better the first of the week.
Mother Drysdale has been quite
sick for several days.
James G Walker and c A Wallace
have each purchased a new piano.
Sabbath afternoon a number of the
young folks went to the John Brown
farm. The young people have been
kept close at work this season, end
after Sunday School they concluded
to have a good time. The party con.
sisted of the following, Misses Grace
Settler, Icy Jenkins, Myrtle Norris,
Sadie WINERY and Leda Wallace;
Messrs John Cumiford, Walter Wal
lace, Chas Cowan, John and June
of Drexel.
The show wagon was here Monday
with the 9-year-old fat girl. Aaron
did not happen to be in town or he
would haue gone to see her.
j w McFaddsn, John Hussey and
] Pilgrim were on the sick list
w T Cowan shipped hogs to K C
and Cole Hensley shipped
hogs and cattle Tuesday.
Young Aaron and wife spent Sab
bath and Monday with relatives and
We ate dinner at DR. Roads in Foster
We had never met the DR.
before, but have been acquainted
with Mrs Roads for a number of
years, and were sorry that the DR.
was called away and only had time
TO shake hands with US. We stopped
with J H Cope Sabbath night; saw
Elder Miller and son, Will, but did
not see Jno Quincy Cope. We learned
that he still keeps his silver mine
covered. In Foster we heard that
Mrs G K Elliot was worse, and they
are making arrangements to move to
soon. The crop is not looking
so well on the south side of the river
As on the north.
Mr. Oldham's boy, who cut himself
On a draw shave, is getting along
very well.
wv McFadden is having his store
painted.