Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-02-01
OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
NEWSY NOTES AND times OF INTEREST
SENT US BY OUR FRIENDS WHO
LIVE IN THE COUNTRY.
FOWLER NEWS.

Will and Chas. Green are get
ting some valuable-valuable be-
cause it's costly-experience in
house-moving of late. They have
been a solid week at the business
on one horse and are not through
yet. Will says, like the darkey,
''that the next time he moves a
house he don't move.
Increased interest is being
shown at revivals here and quite
mum Der are being converted to
the cause of Christ. Let the
good work go on.
John Sta1der and ]. I. Stamper
of Meade have been in the city
several days ingaged in the house
moving business.
F. M. Davis has the old r. l.
house about stripped and will
soon move it out to his ranch for
residence. 1t certainly will
make a comfortable one.
Chas. Butler is breaking horses
at present. He is an adept in
this particular line of business.
The Woodman supper at Billy
Miles and dance at the hall.
Thursday night was grand sue
cess. To the tune of three id-
dies, an organ and guitar crowd
ed house tripped the eight fan
fantastic" till the small hours of
morning. Several strangers from
Ford and Clark county attended
and all seemed to go away salts
fed.
A runaway Saturday morning
caused considerable excitement
for few minutes. They finally
came in contact with post, caus-
ing a general smash-up, but no
body hurt. Grandpa Krisle's
cart, however, was somewhat dis
figured. The team belonged to
Mr.. Anderson.
Pop. Calendar has resigned his
position as blacksmith and left us
for Meade. Mr.. Newton is duly
installed in his place and we
think will prove an able and eff
cient workman.
l Oscar Lawrence was in Friday
on business. He reports every
thing at Wilburn in flourishing
condition. Says the literary is
away up in G.
AS news are scarce this week
we will close with an original
verse entitled,
WHEN THAT DEAR GIRL SQUEEZED OUR HAND.
AS we travel down 1ife's pathway,
| Studded here and there with thorns,
Sometimes hope gives way to anger,
| And we wish we were not born.
| Still there is a brighter future,
Tho tits hard to see, sometimes,
When misfortune long has held us,
We are apt to be too blind.
We are apt to frown on fortune,
| And avoid our time tried friends,
Desccate inner nature,
| Thinking death will be end.
| Looking not upon fair favors,
| Needing not stern duty's call,
Grim despair within our bosoms,
| Nearly ready for the fall;
When to death and sheer destruction,
| Matters not to what cline,
| We shall fall and be forgotten,
| Footprints on the sands of time.
But there comes a glad Weakening,
All our dreams turned to joy,
For the unexpected happened,
| And we feel again boy.
We were standing all unnoticed,
| In a multitude or throng,
| When the word was passed among us,
For friendly shake and song.
Greeting followed greeting swiftly,
| We noticed by and by,
This we knew from old acquaintance
| And the lightning Of her eye.
On she came straight as an arrow,
| Till at length before stood,
| Reaching out a friendly greeting,
To refuse it, what man could?
| o. the rapture of that meeting,
IT'S not excelled in any land,
We would travel the world over,
| For that girl, who squeezed our hand.
o, she squeezed it, yes, she squeezed it,
Tho the time was not so long,
But the thrill that pressure brought us,
To no earthly thing belongs.
Pain or pleasure, bane or blessing,
| Discontentment, joy mrth,
Yes, our joy would be unbounded,
| If we could hand-shake round the earth.
CRAcKERJACK.
SOUTHSIDE NEWS.
AS no one else has taken
enough interest in the ssSouth