Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-04-04

MY PASTIME-
Once there was scribbler
With a most besetting sin;
Fen without a kick coming
However. he'll not do much in that
line this week.
You might use the next rainy day
that comes along in posting up on the
country high school question 1t will
not be waste of time.
go
An extract of alfalfa is advertised
as s.the great blood and flesh maker,
brain and nerve nutrient" 1t may he
so but / think I'll stick to prunes a
while yet.
While making little study of
words the other day think / discov-
cred why money is thought to be the
root of so much evil. Matrimony and
ceremony go to gether of course. They
are sometimes followed by acrimony
and then there you are at alimony.
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The middle of the road people may
be all right but l notice that most
travellers are inclined to edge off "A lit
tie after big snow or rainfall. Prob
ably our roads were never in worse
shape than they have been this spring
and they will get worse as the country
gets older unless some judicious work
is done.
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Our home, How it soundsi Yes,
we went out to our country residence
the other day and picnicked over
night with our bachelor boy. Speak
ing of baching, it is one of those
things to which distance lends en-
chantment and the farther away the
more alluring the view. Walk out?
No. we rid. 1t was a risky trip and
we got several jolts, both mentally
and physically, but we still live. First,
we met the dog-wagon. -Four of them
had fallen off and were trailing along
behind. The rest of them were o. X.
This is not intended as d reflection
upon the driver of the vehicle. /
hope he will not feel insulted. He
is husky individual and weighs 20
pounds more than / do.
The roads were good and our cross
ing on Big Creek is bad, like the rest
of them. Whichever you take you
will wish you had tried some other.
The road boss has plenty of work
ahead of him.
The neighbors were glad to see us.
1t was "a mutual pleasure. AS duti-
full member of the district board l
asked tmerely inquiredD about the
home school. 1t was doing WE'LL
Strange how people can get along
without us-when we let lem.
Arrived at the home place we missed
the welcoming bark and wag of old
Bruno, the house-guard. He's in dog
heaven, 1 think. At least 1 didn't
see him about the wagon we met. We
took look around the place. "When
the cats away the mice will play
That describes the farm you own but
don't live on. Mine is for sale.
The wheat in the field was green
ing up a little, just as i expected.
seeing that it was st. Patrick's day,
but we didn't make any garden. How
ever we dug some horse-radish. 1t
was livlier taste than those little
red ones we buy-sometimes There
was something wrong with the wind
mill. Did climb the tower? No, L
stood on the ground and did the heavy
talking. The boy did the rest. (He
is faithful and good farmer but he
can't do everything alone. Boards
and things Will work loose.) Next we
looked at the stock. That black
beauty colt, those red beauty heifers
anG sleek cows surprised US and hap
PLY, too. We had not seen them for
months hut some of the older horses
and cows came up to us, smelled of
our clothes. rubbed their noses against
US and said "HowdY?- They have
good sheds, plenty of good feed and
tanks of pure water from the best
well in Trego. All in all. il made US
feel like farming but probably / shall
never again be able to conduct that
kink of work 1 may part with il all. !
II the right chance comes
The ride and the jolts gave us good !
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