Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-07-11
MY PASTIME-

Keep "a humpin'.
See the clouds rollin' by-
See the light o'erspread the sky,
Never falter. never sigh
Keep a humpin',
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That's the way 1 talk to myself
sometimes but occasionally it is pref
ty hard for the doctor to take his own
medicine
The wife of the Secretary of the
Treasury, L. NJ. Shaw, lost her craw
when she married him and it was not
much of change either. Her maiden
name was Crawshaw.
The best and most natural way to
improve surface water is one drop in
place, right where it falls. AS the
acreage of crops and trees on the
plains increases these floods will be-
come less frequent and violent.
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1t is said that a heavy weight at
tached to the caudal appendage of a
donkey will stop his braying. What
Il pity it is that nature does not al
ways provide for the application of
the remedy.
The most interesting book we have
read lately is sWee Macgreegor," the
story of Scotch lad who asks few
questions.
Theodore has a pair of scissors
which are at least ITO years years old
although she admits that she has not
used them near half that long. They
belonged to her great grandmother
and are still quite useful.
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Hot, muggy, sweltering days make
me long to flee away unto the noun
tains of Hepsidam. The roar of the
lion and the wall of the whangdoodle
have no terrors for me.
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w. B. CIPHER says the first celebra-
tion in Wa-Keeney was that of July
Fourth, 1886. Several lively incidents
happened, one of which he thinks
Ned Chalk will remember. (See Ned
for particulars A lad whose hip
pocket was crammed full of crackers
was touched off by another boy. The
excited lad tried to extinguish him
self in Charlie Benedict's lemonade
barrel but ''Ben" wouldn't have it
Then a kind-hearted onlooker jerked
the boys trousers off and he lit out
for tall timber. His name is forgot
ten but the incident-never.
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Rev. G. G. r. Piersee writes from |
Cuba, Kansas, that they are at last |
settled in their newhome, well received |
and well pleased. He says that Robt.
West is the real name of the genius
who writes verses for the Daylight. |
He is a farmer. I'm disappointed to
learn that he is not our Robt. Boyd. 1 |
hope that Chester will take a good
look at him and report.
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Eva Greenwood is little lady. She
brings us the finest boquets from the
country-sweet peas, wild roses, etc.
Many thanksI
Hem avenue is in danger of losing
its name. They are gradually dis
appearing. / haven't the least idea
who the vanisher is. Have you?
The locust tree in the corner of the
court house park, where the old leaky
tank stood, shows what nice thing
water is for trees. The bark of the
honey locust trees in the depot park
would indicate that they are the old
est trees of the kind in town. 1 have
not learned when they were planted.
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Hugh Tidball is an old-tImer in this
western country. As early as 1866 he
was on cattle drives between Texas
and Dakota. In 1868 he was killing
buffaloes on the Santa Fe trail and 1
first saw Treyo county in 1869. He
settled on Buena Vista ranch on the
Saline in June, 1878. At that time
he was holding her1 of steers for
Mccoy s. Holstein who owned a ranch
where Atwood, Rawlins county, now
is He thinks that Auctioneer Saw
telle and Mrs. Smyth were the first |,
couple to get married in this county.
Mr. L. is not enjoying the best of /,
health and says he doesn't know but
his obituary may be the next thing to