Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-01-03
Our Correspondents.
FOWLER NEWS.

FOWLER NEWS.
The weather still continues
fine, but rather cold.
John Conrad was a pleasant
caller in the burg one day last
week. He reports cattle doing
fine up that way.
Eddie Palmer spent a few
days during the holidays with his
folks in this part.
Rev. Henderson took his Xmas
dinner at William Kris1e.
The coal famine is now over
and the writer has the pleasure
of sitting by good, warm fire,
instead of playing freeze out as
he has compelled to do for the
past month.
Maurice and Matte Frazier,
Lettie Palmer and Percy New
ton spent Christmas day at Mr..
Burford's.
Several of our young men we're
in the city one day last week
banking the dirt up around the
postoffice and other houses, max
ing them more comfortable for
the winter.
It is rumored that several of
our young people, while going to
literary, had the luck to drive
through an old cellar, but no SER
ious damage was done.
We wonder if our friend, the
correspondent of the Globe from
this place, doesn't think he has
it pretty nice, advertising in an
indirect way.
Ira Burford, from Sumner
county, came in 1aat Tuesday to
spend Christmas with his cousin,
Mr.. Burford, of this place.
We were rather inclined to
think that the matrimonial fever
would break out here about
Christmas, but we are doomed to
Disappointment.
On account of ill-health Mrs.
Dyer was compelled to go east
seeking medical treatment. Mrs.
Turner accompanied her as far
as Wichita, where her sister met
her to take her the remainder of
the way.
i EAT Johnson took his departure
eastward Monday morning where
he expected to spend Xmas.
! We have the problem solved as
to what made the boys so noisy
last week. 1t was due to the wa
ter coming down the slough and
!. washing out Hugh Mullen's foot
log, which, of course, uncovered
the old COW, which was not quite
dry.
Ed Miles and wife spent Christ
mas day out at Mr.. Green's, and
came back reporting the
rabbits as thick as mosquitoes
on summer night.
A we'll and cellar filling COM
pany was formed by the young
men of the city and vicinity. who
met las, Friday with teams,
plows, scrapers, spades and
| shovels and filled up all the old
wells and cellars in the city.
w. T. Miles made a business
trip to Kansas City last week.
Mr.. Burford's folks were pleas
ant callers at M. M. Frazier's
last Sunday.
Since beginning these items
; the weather has come to sud
den change. Quite a storm came
up Sunday but blew over with a
little snow.
On account of his eyesight
Maurice Frazier is not able to be
IN the store at present..
There was not a very large
; attendance at Christian Endea-
vor Sunday night on account OF
the storm.
The old year is gone and the
new one is here and we think it
would be good plan for some of
our people to make resolutions
to do better this year than they
did last.
We wonder what has become
of the other correspondents. We
wish they would come more fire.
quently.
]. C. F. McCauley was loading
a car of wheat the first of the
week.
Maurice Frazier went to Dodge
Monday to have his eye treated.
Quite number from the city
attended the ball at Meade Mon
day night, returning early the
next day.
CRAcKERJAcK.
EVERGREEN ITEMS.