The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-06-28

The Glorious Fourth is near at
hand again and the small boy can
turn loose his patriotism and fire.
crackers all at once.
a Ft. Scott drayman has provided
straw hats for his horses, and the
next thing he knows his horses will
be talking through them.
The only business transacted at the
June term of district court in Lane
county was the issuing of proclama-
tions by the sheriff, one opening the
&C urt and the other closing. That
operation cleaned up the docket.
Now, wouldn't this dull your Ratchet.
Two Brown county newspapers have
got up scrap over whether the hired
girl should eat at the first table or
not. The hired girl question is GER
tainly getting to be serious one.
Kansas girls will be glad to learn
that young man has been discovered
in Eureka whose heart is on the right
side. Nearly every girl has had boys
tell her his heart was on the right side
but this is the first young man to act
ually prove it,
Ewing Herbert's advice to boys to
marry as soon as they get salary of
I IS week is slow compared to the New
York pair who married on q quarter
and that one was plugged. The wife
is suiug for divorce-just as most of
the So wives would.
The old saying that the rain fails on
the just and the unjust alike, was
| knocked galley west this week.
Franklin county was visited by a
good rain this week, all but Ottawa,
and Ottawa is church, college, relig-
iOus, chautauqua town.
1t is reported that the gardens in
Atchison have dried up. Nowadays
ment of should state what kind
of garden. There are certain
kinds that never dry up, but then
they are not supposed to be in Kan
sas.
A Garnett girl who has been work.
ing along and saying nothing ar
nounces that she has almost completed
the payments on piece of property
and that when it is fully paid for she
will advertise for bids. If the young
lady goes with the property this vii
be interesting.
The Bible says Jacob kissed
Rachael and then lifted up his voice
and wept." That may have been al
right "a long time ago but nowadays
the young men keep quiet and taxi
another. Weeping after the first on,
would bring the old folks to the seen,
and spoil the whole business.
There was nutter of excitemen
, among the Fort Scott girls the othe
day when an automobile was
hauled through the city. They wer
; doomed to disappointment however
as the automobile was merely put of
there to be repaired at one Of tn
shops.
' Topeka Capital; Think how aston
! ished Will Buchanan of Junction Cit,
must have been when in going through
an old deserted convent in the Philip
= pines he found Spanish book. an,
= between the leaves picture of hi
l. father, John Buchanan, taken in juno
S tion City years ago. 81 tell you,
y writes the young man to his father, 90
n was surprised to find your picture in
q convent away out here" Youn
} Buchanan is with troop G, SiXt
L cavalry.
+ The Kansas City, Kansas Republt
can tells the story of an old bachelo
$ who bought pair of socks and foun
II attached to one of them a slip of pape
n with these words: 81 am young lad
y of 20 and would like to correspon
IA with bachelor, with view towar
matrimony." Name and address wei
given. The bachelor wrote and III
u few days got this letter. "Mamm
d was married twenty years ago ri
n merchant you bought those socks
IS evidently did not advertise or J
ST would have sold them long ag
Mamma banded me your letter ar
,e said possitl y | might suit you. l a
n Is years old"
le f. L. Vandergrift lately stated
II some friends that he wanted to buy
70 dog for his boy, A wag inserted {
~ advertisement in Topeka paper sta
ne ing that Mr.. VANDERBILT would me
rd owners of dogs at the governors {
is flee at IL a. m. of certain day. Do
were to be brought along for inspectio