The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-07-20
SNAP SHOTS ATHOMENEWs.

SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS.
This same Joe .Bristow one day used to be
l Ye editor; plain. unvarnished We"
Who sat upon trousers-polished chair
Within dingy editorial lair
And clawed his hair till tangled into knots
To coax his wearied brain to give down
On active feet he'd amble up and down
The loose board sidewalks of a Kansas
Shake hands with farmers, talk about the
crops,
In playful mood pull whiskers of the Pops,
Chuck fat farm babies underneath the
And pit his grins against their mothers
Bestow adniring smiles on rural girls
And tell them they were matchless rustic
Make notes of Farmer stebbins' monster
sDuds
Praise good Dame jenkins peerless butter
till
Her eyes would grow so moist they'd
And as reward when he would homeward
Would bear golden roll to Mrs. Joe
Such cabbages he'd VOW he'd never seen
AS those brought in by Ebenezer Green
And when he'd leave Green's wagon of
He'd bear monster head beneath his arm.
He'd swear the eggs Dame Brown so
Upon his table were of matchless grade,
Well knowing that the tickled Mrs. Brown
Would lay some more when next she came
He'd tell jim Simpson that his pumpkins
As fine as ever graced a county fair,
And in appreciation get prize
And for a fortnight feast on pumpkins
He'd treat Sam Snodgrass to a glass of pop
And compliment him on his onion crop.
And Sam. to show he was durn good
Would dump sack into the Bristow cellar.
And when with keen delight the farmers
The printed things this same Joe Bristow
said
They'd swell with pride. and when they
Would meet ye editor with happy, grin
And put their names down for the jay
For one whole year. Terms Strictly in
Advance"
This the Joe Bristow of the once. but how
The cuss has clumb to fame! Look at him
nowl Denver Post.
Paul e. Walker was in Kansas City
Sunday
The Panda Rosa will be at the Audi
torium tonight
T. J. Myers was in Kansas City Sat
urday and Sunday.
will probably be in Topeka most of the
summer.
Mrs. Frank Mcdonald and her daugh-
ter Essie have gone to Holton to spend
several weeks.
Ernest B. Conant, dean of the Wash
burn law school. will arrive in To-
peka about August 1.
Harmon D. Wilson is the author OF
Sun Dance of the Ponca Indians" in
the last issue of Golfers Weekly.
Councilman George Neil has a
brother, James Neil at Wakarusa, who
is so near like him that the two might
pass for twins.
George A. Clark began his term as
state printer July and he has already
gone on fishing trip in New Mexico
to last till September.
The Continental Shoe and Clothing Co.
at 617 Kansas avenue, have put in
new glass front. which makes it one of
the handsomest in the city.
George D. Penny, who is the dean Of
the Washburn school of fine arts, is
in Paris studying pipe organ work pre-
paratory to teaching this branch at
Washburn.
Seventy five Topeka people spent Sun
day al Manhattan Beach hotel. Eureka
lake. There were 200 guests in the hotel
Saturday night when a pavilion dance
was given.
Assistant Superintendent Frank Dyer
states that he finds there is scarcity
of male school teachers in Kansas this
year. The men can make more money
working on the farms.
The state live stock sanitary board has
lifted the quarantine from the south
tier of townships in Montgomery county.
The cattlemen's association will look
after the protection of the line.
Charles Herman and Miss Shadwell of
! Kinsley were married at the CongFega-
tional church of Kinsley last week. Mr..
Herman is the manager of the Grove
hotel, JSinsley, where trey will live.
| Senator FITZPATRICK of Sedan has is
sued a call for a meeting of the asy-
lum legislative investigation commit
tee to be held at Topeka July q. At
that meeting. the report of the COM
mittee will be drawn up.
At the knights of Columbus banquet
at Fort Scott Sunday two of the toasts
were as follows: The Knights of Col
umbus," Judge Hayden, Topeka, kan;
THE Sunhower State" T. F. Kelly,
Kansas state treasurer.
e. P Ripley, president of the Atchi-
son. Topeka & Santa Fe railway passed
through Topeka Saturday afternoon on
his Nay to Colorado. He was travelling
in his private car No. 219 which was at
tached to westbound train No l.
1t is likely that the supreme court
will have to straighten out the Dolly
road law passed by the legisla ture last
winter The English language in the
bill has been tangled up, and IL is haro
to tell what the bill really does mean.
An appeal has been filed in the su-
nreme court of the case of Frances
RYAN of Kansas City against the Met
ropolitan Street railway She got a
s4O0 judgment for personal injuries.
and the company has appealed. one OF
the exhibits is an X-ray photograph OF
the alleged injury.
William Allen White says in the En-
poria Gazette that he does not believe
all of the New York Suns Sharon
Springs story about Roosevelt and Bur-
ton. He says of the part relating to
| National Committeeman D. w. Null
vane: This story probably is not true.
| Dave Mulvane is a thoroughly honor
able fellow, clean and straight, and no
dirty job ever gummed up his hands"
There is a building boom on among
the members of the Washburn college
| faculty. President Plass is building a