The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-06-12

Bones Fork, NJ BuiIsr,

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o. lss week WIS
IN Butler an heefed feller o. the
s,reie * . man il he'd saw the Ias
eKibit OF our teehances. Tha was
talkin sorter low like. Hit exiled
mi curiosity. I'm a dimserat uy The
d. b. bill sort, and never scratch.
l KEEP a wunderin what tha Good hsv
bin discusin about our ieenanoes;
50 las Sunda / hunted uP mi good
ole Butler democrat IS / bad seed
the siatmeBi in bat, an tbol I'd see
ef thare wus any thing rong about
the figgeriu. The receits looked
plain and good; and the balancia
up at the tut looked D. X. But as
! he'd nuthin better to DO ! just thot
I'd look It over in detale and see
what our county Jedges had dun
with all that S57,arS.7S, and VINO
got bit. eoodn't hep nOtieiu how
frequent the names Of West, VIM
satt an March showd up, so ! JUS,
tuck 4 peace Of scrap paper an set
ihare names down in a row an then
picked out what each ledge had
got fer his years work. did hit
faithful, and when / AIDED up the
columes bit showed West he'd got
out OF the county funds S474.oo,
Wimsett S46s.so, an Jonnie March
Ss7S.Io. Then I 60, interested. I
put 'em together, AIDED up sgin an
found we he'd pade the 3 SIsr6. 50.
Fur a dry year that looked purity
big to a man who'd lived on Bones
Fork 80 year an never scratched a
ticket. From what I've seed sbou,
tie square when waiun to sell mi
stove wood l think West did not git
enuti, an Wimsatt an March got .
heep too much.
Then | fggered on HON. an ef ]
maid no misealkila,ion he failed to
git all his salery by Sag; but he
seems to hev dipped into the con-
iingenl fund fer stamps. teiefones
an the like, literally, so / CESS be
got about all be wus entitled to con.
sideiin the services rendered.
Then l noticed a lot OF big items
fer "jail guards" an 6ggenn OF
that az good as l Good hit aPpean
| like the tax payers he'd to she'll ou
! STA las year fer guardin our bur.
i giar proof new jail. That beats me
I'm goin to ask Wimsatt about ;ha
the fust time I see him. Tha mus
hev KEEP : men all the time, an
part NV the time at 3 sslery NV So
a munth, er abop, that. Aeeordin Il
the exhibit sworn to Geo. Tucker
Dixie Mccain, Jack Spicer and a
S. Weddle got that S744 fer lha
{ one job NV gardin the jail. can
: see why that is necessary. an hi
. looks ike a perlitieal snap distribut
cd sroun mong the boys. But II
! ask Wimsatt erbou, !, an will riu
you agin.
> The more / looked the more
} wus as,ounded, an KEEP hggeri
till mi good ole wife ssis' '.Jeems
E hit is cow ,ime-you've ben a fg
germ thsre Ter : hours. Wha, Al
: YOU a doin - Course / eooder
explain al erSou, hit 10 Mariaf, $
l is. put up the papers, got Ii
bucket and started 10 the pssteE .
J, pail the cows. But. mister edisui
n Pl iisl give you 4 other pmt an
= theu quit Ter this time.
All thru the exhibi, KEEP a see
4 h. +. Johnson-he's The couni
u Surveyor ! hleye, an as he Vegilats
q an growed up 10 your town, ! ca
4 pass him bi. SO fingered on vii
81 r. Z. got outen his job io
il most OF us farmers tho1 WAS q po'
iob-and found that m one way I
another he got outsn the tFcasar
las year, Sl,sso.s7. cant gis B
thru mi head hOw on sissh be z
ns so much in a drouthy year. no how
~ We cali him big Bob, as tha, .
a tamilyur like. and az the exhibit
10 not very complete. ! ask Bob 70 L
IN Us Democratic farmers how i
D. We had an ides the bridge COZ
ne eoodenl 60 into no eon,rae,s wi
he the county court, bot fgam this {
ne hibii IL pears be must Ct dan :
in feT n0tis he got q site Ter work