Barton County democrat., 1902-07-04
oLMUTz BRIEFLETs.
By .Ike The Hiker. .


nip and tuck to cut it.
DIR. Atkins new house is near
ing completion as far as the car
penter work is concerned.
T. M. Smith has opened up a |
restaurant and chop house in
the rear of his pool hall build
ing.
The genus hobo has again
taken up his abode at the old
redendezvous of his clan, at the
stock yards.
G.. Ell. Ochs has now assumed
charge of the mill at this place
and ia addition to remOdeling
the elevator part of it, has in
stalled a fine new six horse gaso-
line engine; he will get his share
of the trade.
j. w. Miller and ". .E.Beschka,
the gen tlemen that compose the
firm of the Olmitz Elevator Co.,
are both harvesting with their
respective relatives in the neigh
-borhood of Clafin. Joe was up
Monday just to see how we were
behaving.
Agent McInnes has been offered
the agency of the Mo. Pacific
railway at Marquette, but de-
clined it because the company
wanting the agent to run a
pump in connection with his
duties in the Office at that point
which are altogether too arduous
without the pump attachment
for one man to have to handle. -
Our ball boys are all harvest
ing and the national game is
shelved until after harvest is
over, when the Beefers will open
up a series with the Blood Creek
Blubbers, on the Blubbers' own
field. Fhe lastgame played was
with Heizer, who were afraid to
come up to the Olmitz field, Civ
ing as an excuse that our dia-
mond was queer. We suppose
that Heizers' aggregation of
would-be ball players will not
give our boys another chance at
them, knowing full well that if
they ever come up here that
their goose. cooked as far as ball
playing is concerned; our boys
will not meet them half way any
more and if they desire to re
trieve their lost laurels in the
sight af all good ball fans they
should come up and give our
fellows just one more try at 'em.
There are things that come
: before the notice OF a curbstone
: news monger that are tempting
u subjects for a Jolly, or a good
r natured roast; but which we
must refrain from mentioning.
2 For instance, the very acute at
/. tack which a couple of Heller
2 youngsters are smitten with and
3 the good thing the Olmitz livery
, men are getting out of it. An
9 tother little episode which oc-
!, lcured to a couple of our young
, men who are the very elite of the
: town; these representatives OF
l the cream of our social faction
meandered out in a highly color
!. ed rig, with none too trusty a
t nag last Sunday, and while they
t meandered theysalso unused and
e so absorbed did they become in
, their musing that they watched
not whittier they meandered and
were brought to an abrupt stop
tby the aforesaid nag stepping
upon the place where before the
copious rains fell, was bridge,
or what is commonly called a
: culvert; in went the nag closely
followed by the two young men
who were musing as stated above;
, after taking an impromptu
plunge, in the none too warm or
clear water, which was also
meandering that day to mingle
it's waters with that of the
classic Arkansas, these young
gents arose above the turbid
waters and began to do as the
good old hymn bids us all do,
"pull for the shore;" they were
at last washed upon the messy
banks and after getting the
water out of their eyes and
gathering their somewhat scat
tered senses, they proceeded to
Hook for the nag that had SO
uncerimoniously pitched them
into their unlocked for bath.
They beheld him still battling
with the waves and at once
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