The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1901-12-05
FORD EVENTS.

! Mrs C. A. Stevenson was a Dodge
City visitor Monday.
Mr. G. HeFzer has taken a trip to Au-
gusta, HAS, for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Walker of the
Fort were visiting Ford friends last week.
Miss NJ. A Rapp of kinsley visited
with Miss Motz at the Windsor over sun
day.
%. N Nevins and wife went to f. Z.
Spicers, southwest of Dodge City, on a
visit the latter part of last week.
Ed Shook assisted Charley Stevenson
to take 400 head of cattle from the lat
tcr's pasture to Iuka last week.
The two brothers of n. J. Smith re-
| turned to Iowa, Monday evening. n. j.
| accompanied them far as Greensburg.
The young people of the Congrega-
tional church are arranging for IA canta-
| ta on Christmas Eve, Dec. "a
Denver Hollopeter and H. n, Meador
started Tuesday for Fort Cobb. Okla, to
ervation.
Master Castle Stromire entertained
numbe of his young friends Tuesday, in
honor of his 14th birthday; and they all
had jovial time.
The gentlemen of the Congregation
al church will entertain the people of
Ford and vicinity with an oyster supper,
etc.. Friday evening, December 18th.
Milton Stanley and wife came over
from Haviiand Wednesday and took turk
ey Thanksgiving with Mrs. SIS mother.
Mrs. @. Melia-
w F. Elland had very agreeable
surprise at the Congregational sunday
scnool when his class presented him with
!, fine index teachers Bible in token of
worthy respect. Rev Stromire presented
it in behalf of the class.
What week of tinpan and shotgun
music the boys have had the last few
evenings, and even now we hear the rev.
elry of whoop, yell. pans. firearms suffi-
cient TO frighten old Hymen himself in
the torments of everlasting martyrdom.
The Misses Motz and Morrison of the
Ford schools; Elaiia of Daisy Dell; Car
RE Fowler of Sunrise; Carrie Brink of
Hagernan; Cora Fowler of Hutton, and
Wilbur Clark of Glover, were the teach
ers of this vicinity who attended the
Southwest Teachers Association Thurs
day aud Friday of last week at Dodge
City.
While drawing load of merchan-
disc from the depot for Mr.. Lyons last
Thursday evening. Denver Holiopeter's
team took fright and ran away. scatter
ing the goods all along the street. For
tunately, little damage was done, and
the matter between the interested parties
was settled without social business
ruffie. So much fer tranquil Ford.
C E. Brink and lady entertained
some friends at turkey feast Thanks
giving, with whom we were a lucky
number, and our appetites We're at no
loss with such fine roast, cake and cram
berry sauce; still we felt our incapacity
when sized up with w. F. Elland and o.
n. Nevens. but congenial host aud
hostess made us feel delig htfully at home
and the social pleasure was also luxury.
The genial host of the Windsor makes
modest pretentions domestic official at
rat charming, but when he fishes out a
perfume sprinkler (skunk) the aerial cir
cles he cuts with his captured victim
would bewilder Chinese juggler; and
the final dash collapse Texas cowboy.
Tom, we timidly suggest that practice
with coyote traps would be less expen-
sive.
j. J. Morrison narrowly escaped
serious accident, but not without some
Injury. Mr.. NJ. undertook to do some
transportation while riding his blooded
colt. He attached the colt to a rope
which also attached to post, and
attempted to draw the post from the depot
home with tue animal, but there was too
much blood there. The colt took fright,
got tangled in the rope. threw itself, and
spraining MIR. Morrison's foot.
NUPTIALs.
Pretty little Cupid has been doing
some skillful shooting in this. precinct
and the Hymeneal Goddess waved her
Thanksgiving wand and healed with
nuptial balm four pair of hearts and each
pair now beat one.
On Sunday evening, November "a,
Denver HoIlopeter and Elsie Smith were
bound in matrimonial bliss by Rev VIII.
Patterson. at the brides home west of
Ford.
On Wednesday evening, Nov. 27, at
the close of good Thanksgiving sermon
at Fairview, by Rev P O. Davis, of Ar
lington, his brother, w. H. Davis with
Lula Alexander on his arm, glided quiet