The Globe-republican., 1901-06-20
BuCKLiN BREEzES.
Z Regular Correspendent.

The farmers are actively engaged in
the preliminary work of harvest and by
the last of the week harvest will be in full
blast
Fisher and Haynes new store build
ing is moving along finely now. and un-
der the management of H. DeBaum will
soon become an ornament to the town
l. G. Elder is building another adj
dition to the house he purchased last
week on ain-street. L. j. Taylor is do
ing the work.
The Schuyler Family gave two con-
the other Monday evening, which, it is
said by those that were there, were very
good.
This time it is ID. Fisher that is ship
ping hogs, and L. NJ Taylor says that
our next years rations of bacon will
come from Kansas City, and 1 guess that
he is about right.
-R. G. DewelI, from north of the river,
took the train here last Friday evening,
for trip to the Exposition at Buffalo, n.
Y, and to visit old friends in that part
Of the county.
Mrs. Amanda Swayze, wife of John
Swayze, received a message Friday, con-
tanning the sad news of the death of her
aged father, Norton Close, of kinderhook,
Ill. Mrs. SwayZe left here the same
evening to be present at the funeral.
Mrs. e. O. Clark and children, and
Mrs. w. c. Gosslee. left on Monday eve
ming for their homes. The former at
Ottawa and the latter at Herrington.
w. G. Gosslee who came out and visited
with home folks over Sunday, accompa-
MED them to Harrington.
-Mrs.J. w. GossIee and daughter, Mrs.
i. o. Clark, concluded that they would
have picnic all by themselves last Sun
day. So early in the morning they
packed lunch box and taking Master
Hal Clark along to take care of them and
open gates on the way, they hied them
away some where, 1 don't know where,
to grove on Kiowa creek, and spent a
few hours trying to catch minnows, wad-
ing in the creek, and other like amuse-
Inents, and then started on their return
trip But when they got up on the open
prairie they met the sun face, and having
failed to provide a supply of fresh water
they suffered some from thirst. but they
got home all right. But such another
sunburned trio have not met in a long
D. time. Didn't the cream jug suffer that
night? L guess it did.
A number of our young folks were
entertained at the residence of J.. w.
Handy, Monday evening. 1t was a
double birthday party to celebrate the
eighteenth birthday of Jesse Handy and
sixteenth of Wesley Handy; and the boys
did their best and succeeded in giving
the following young folks a very pleasant
evening: Misses Zina Simmons, Mary
Clark, Leila Davis, Rose Madden; Leah
De Cow, Lula Alexander. Octa Fisher,
M r. Hammer, Elzie VanVorhis, Bert
Burr, VIM H Davis, Roscoe Williams.
Stofer and Clenna McNutt. They passed
the evening in social chat and the vari-
games known and so highly enjoyed
by young people; and partaklng OF re-
freshmentS in the shape of ice cream,
cake etc. so bountifIilly provided, and
when other things Jagged, Miss Clara
Handy. ever ready to lend a helping
hand, entertained them with music.
When the time came to separate, wish
day, all went away glad that they had
been there; glad that they were living
and glad that they were liable to have
birthdays of their own 1t was under
stood that no presents were expected, but
notwithstanding Miss Madden and Miss
DeCow gave each of the boys hand
some pair of sleeve holders.
Mrs. .NarcisSa Hammer. whose serious
illness was mentioned in these items last
week, died at three O'Clock, a. M. Thurs
day, June 18th, 1901. Aged "A years
Mrs. Hammer was born in Green county,
Tennessee. in 1927, where she grew up to
Homanhood. At the age of 19 years she
was married to the Rev. John Hammer.
They remained iE Tennessee until the
fall of 1859, when with a colony of 33
families they turned their backs to the
old home and their faces toward the set
ting sun, and started for Kansas. and un-
deferred by the bloody conflict then rag
ing along the border, they, in the spring
of 1850, settled in Lyon county, Kansas,
and there made themselves a home and
reared a large family of children. They
lived in Lyon county until the fall of
1892, when their children having gone to
pie came TO kiowa couney, + 1-2 miles
east of Bucklin, to make their home with
two of their sons, Isaac and c. j. Ham
mer. who had settled here some years
previous. In March, 1898, the husband
was called to his reward and passed
peacefully to the other shore. Since then
the widowed mother has lived with her
son Isaac. waiting patiently the will of
the Heavenly Father, until last Thursday
morning when the summons came for
her to join the loved ones gone before,
in that land where partIngs will be no
more. Mrs Hammer the mother of
eleven children, six of whom are still
living. aud they were all with her at the
last, and watched with sorrow the lamp
of life go out Her remains were taken
Tuesday evening to Emporia, to be
buried in the Friends eemetry that
place, by the side of her husband She
was consistent member of the Friend 5
church, the church of which her husband
was faithful and active minister for
forty years.