Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1902-08-01
OLMUTZ BRIEFLETS.
By IKE The Hiker. ;

Plenty warm.
Mrs. McInnes speat the last two
weeks visiting relatives aud friends
in the Smoky River Valley, at
Lindsborg and vicinity.
A few of the boys attended the
"Tom" show at Hoisington last We'd
nesday evening; they report it on
par with other shows of it's kind.
4 force of carpenters, under the
efficient leadership of Contractor
McCann, are rapidly pushing Henry
Schugarts residence in the west sub
urbs toward completion.
Light and intermittent rains have
caused the threshers few DAYS de
lay, but the rains have not been
copious enough to materially assist
the farmers with their blowing.
Ben Speck, one of the millionaires
of Blood Creek, spent few hours in
the city last week. Ben reports the
pin head brigade still doing business
in his locality, viz. consuming Deans
pop.
Billy Hoss the flap jack manipu>
lator formerly of the Smith Lunch
Room was given discharge and 80
cents and told to move on becau Sc he
talked back to the proprietor, Billy,
We shall miss you sorely, you are
already CONSPICUOUS by your continued
absence.
1t was our intention to "blow" on
two of our young bloods who went
out to neighboring church week
ago Sunday evening TO attend divine
services, and fell asleep during SER
vices, and upon being awakened one
of them nearly caused the jsnitor to
faint by excIaiming "how you want
it silver or currency?" and the other
fellow said sI'll bid three" This is
one of the happenings which news
paper man can see and hear, but
remember that NUNS the word.
Olmitz has within her borders a
couple of young ladies that should
either get the advice of good opti-
clan or else keep their Imagination
under lock and key. They have
imagined they could see all manner
of things happening hereabou:s of
late when the facts in the matter is
there was nothing at all
to see. Girls take fouls advice and
follow the scriptural doctrine of:
"Judge not lest ye be judged"
People that live in glass houses should
be careful how they play base ball
with rocks, etc, etc.
Noln
aud whole cheese of that village, was
In the city Monday on business. He
| mas his team bedecked out III pair
of fly nets that bears tue tollu Wing
inscription, Use Noses Best Flour
and be happy. Say Brown, no use
In you trying graft of that kind
with those GaIat.a geezere; if you
really want to make EN- happy go
| buy 'em rail- road or electric line
and attach it to a soda pop factory
that can turn out enough strawb berry
red soda TO draw >em. Then they
will dub you good fellow.
The Olmitz Athletic Field was the
scene of battle royal last Sunday,
between the Advance Ball Club
and the "Olmllz Rockies. Barton
and Speck done the battery work for
the threashers and Atkin and Sharp
(Keeley) served up the slants for the
Rockies. At the end of the 18th
inning the score stood II to II, and
umpire Opie called the game on ac>
count of darkness not drunkenness
The game was full of ginger (ale)
and was also quite we'll supplied with
errors, rs errors being marked up a.
gainst each side. The largest crowd
Of the season was present and excite
ment was at fever heat when the
| game was called These two leagues
| (Epwortb) will meet on the same
grounds again soon and decide who Is
the big horse in ball playing.