Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-01-02
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From like the Hiker.'s
A. Happy New Year.

III AAOlSsa = IOu uAOuQdy 1885,
Rev. Dracht. of McCraoken, visit
ed in our burg day last week
Miss Cecilia Bsier ia spending her
vacation with relatives at Great Bend.
Banker Taylor assisted home folks
dispose of Chistmas and New Years
dinners
Winter weather il causing the coal
men to wear 8 prosperous looking
countenance.
Henry Myers and family spent
Christmas week with relatives In and
around this city,
.E&s. Huna; of Marion county is
visiting in the city with bis Bro.
Rev. Father Huna
Joseph Reimer, of Oferle, Kans :,
is visiting home folks in our city
during holidays.
Joe Oliverius, the Hoisington tailor
is visiting relatives in and around
here during holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Miller are spend-
ing the holidays with relatives at
Clsfiin and Kingman.
Will Harper, son of Geo. Harper.
of Albion township, is seriously i'll
with appendicitis at this writing.
Tommy Harper came up from
Kansas City to spend week or so
with relatives and-friends-Thurs-
day evening.
Rudolphus Trolley Uden, spent
Monday afternoon in our city. Mr.
Uden reports traffic uninterrupted up
on the Studebaker Route.
Prof. Baty is at Topeka attending
the State Teachers meeting and in
ciden tally taking in all the interest.
ing sights at the capital city.
Butcher Balcarek spent Xmas in
Hoisipgton. Ludwig loaded up on
oysters and had good old fashioned
nightmare upon arriving home.
Charley Bronson boarded the Mo.
Pac. eastern limited Saturday a. M
NOT for Saiina to resume his search
for knowledge. but to get acquainted
with his future relatives somewhere
In Oklahoma.
Tire Calico Bali Jan. 5, ID being
talked Of as the great event of the
season. Arrange your affairs tc
attend. The Orchestra is one of the
very bast IN the west.
! "Happy is the girl that got a tor
Of coal In her stocking Xmas eve,
and down under the rose itis said
that such an occurrence would not bs
a physical impossibility With a lot o
our beauties.
The Nightingale Chorus" have
suspended operations-th cause WI
learn is on account of the Basst
singer using the mirror in the organ
to see if his cravat is on streight
thus causing discard that it i
impossible TO overcome.
The only thing that the young
ladies hereabouts find fault with Ar
fTaylor ois, that he dio'nt send t.
tOklahoma for branch of Mistleto
and hang it up somewhere. Arthur
such an oversight on your part /
entirely beyond or comprehension-
never let it occur again.
| A young man, very prominen
about town received a pair of ladies
lgarters on the Xmas tree. Ant
now this fellows business is running
itself until he discovers the kine
giver. He has no clue to who it wal
but says he will find out if be has t
resort to the Bertillion system O
measurements.
| A young lady in town has received
from former ''steadys" Xmas present.
to the number of thirteen, this moi
rounting the present Incumbent, anc
ceturns are not all in yet This ii
what we call generosity-simon pure
article-just think of twelve fellows
digging up in this manner after
been given the ''stony glare" ''the
icy look" and dozen brands of the
marble Heart"
Through the kindness of LEGAL
telephone Office and the "Helld
Beauties" at HoisiDgton, we were
allowed the, pleasure of listening to
the Galatia Kid Band dispense some
of its. efforts last Friday evening
These youngsters put up a good
article of music, and We predict q
bright future for the boys We will
bet that not one of these boys lay
awake nights thinking of the time
when the Maple Leaf will be a,
Galatia. Success to the boys. They