Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-01-19

D.
Dave Heizer visited with old time
Great Bend friends this week.
E. B. Moses aud Geo. Nimocks, Jr,
visited at Kansas City this week.
p w. Paxson, of Albert, was trans
| acting business in town Thursday.
a very unpleasant 'scrap" is said to
have occurred at Heizer Wednesday
morning.
Looks like this favored locality
would not have much winter until
| next summer.
Aiss Savage left Monday for Huns
boldt, Kansas where she will visit her
folks for few weeks
L. c. Ward of McCracken and ]. II.
Ward of Ness City were out of town
pouitrymeu visiting the show this
week.
County Clerk Whitney, of Larned.
was down to Great Bend to spend Sun
day with his daughter and family,
Mrs. c. l.. Zutavern.
Tomorrow, Saturday. IS the last day
of the Poultry Show. If you do not
see it. you will miss one of the finest
things that has been in Great Bend
for many a day.
Near 600 distinct birds and beasts
com pIrsing a majority Of the knowR
breeds of fowls are TO be seen in the
poultry show. The attendance has
been splendid all week.
j. R. White, proprietor OF the Shady
Bend Poultry Farm, of Saline county,
has been in attendance at the Poultry
Show almost all week. He has some
fine prize winning birds in his pens.
a. Il. Duff, a prominent poultry
and bee man of pawnee county, spent
Tuesday at the poultry show. He was
greatly surprised at the extent OF the
show, and regrets that he cid not send
down some fowls.
The mems Meeting last Sunday was
SO good that the men want another.
II thought on my ways" is the sub
jsct for Sunday Jan. 2Ist at $50 Press
| friend. All men, young and old are
cordially invited.
fan Of ~ fsr-.-
tion viii furnish all the papers with
report of the awards at tbs show just
closing, in tins tor otxt sToeks iasue
The awards cannot be made until late
| in the week, and we know each paper
will want to give full report.
Being secretary of poultry associa
ton, our attention has been given
| almost entirely to the exhibition this
week, aud as d consequence the DEMs
OCRAT has been somewhat neglected.
Our readers will appreciate the amount
of ork VIC are doing when they at
tend the show aud see the 500 birds
whose records We have to keep, and
whose aristocratic demands have taken
our time from the paper.
4 Kansas farmer kept pig within
pen that wasn't big. A bucketfull
of milk ed IA day taas piggy drank
the igbbOrs say. a bucketfull, all
there Was in it, he drank one day in
just minute. The man then grabbed
him hy the tail. and dropped him snug
within the pail. Tie truth is strange
and must prevaii-aithDugh that pig
let wasn't big. and though the pailfull
Oiled the pig the pisfull did not fill
the pail. aud that's the end of piggy's
tail.-Holton Tribune.
The following is copy of school
hoy 8 complaint to 3 board of directors.
"My sister, who Is q scs0ol teacher,
whips me every day. Ma aud ra tells
. her To whip me- oftener than she did
any other pupil, So they wouldn't think
she was partial. I write this to let you
} know that this WAS too thin. She is an
old maid. ge's mad because she can't
get married. aud whenever she gets to
feeling that way she laETups me. l hate
20 say such things about my sister. bat
it's 50, ard [ write 20 iBqljrs if yOu
cannot stop her licking me, or get heI
husband ANY old thing will do,
go 1t S inaa"
Whan Il horse becomes frightened