Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1903-07-30
PLAINS Department.
F. s. SULLIVAN Editor.

John Williamson of Cheney,
brother of Mrs. John w. Baughman
is visiting in Plains.
Alf King, who has been spending
a few days with us left for Hutchin-
son Monday evening.
The editor breakfasted on fish
Monday, real Meade County fish,
from the aquarium of L. G. Cash.
Several parties too numerous to
mention, have been in and bought
land since our last communication.
Threshing is in progress and
wheat is yielding from 20 to IS bu.
per acre and testing from 81 to g
pounds. Great is Meade County.
We have in our office a sample of
the Macaroni wheat raised by B. F.
Bisbee, which is the finest we ever
saw. With good stand such wheat
would easily make 40 bu per acre.
w. H. Wilson, extensive land
owner in Meade County and else
where, with Mrs. Wilson, came in
Saturday and will spend month in
Plains. Mr.. Wilson is well pleased
with his investments.
Our excuse for not writing last
week is that we had for several days
been straining our eyes and our
glasses in vain attempt to catch a
glimpse of that bifurcated comet
which was said to be at large some
where in the armament, on the swL
according to Bro. Fuhr. We didn't
see it and don't believe it was there.
We feel as if we have been hum
bugged and want our money back.
A sad accident which shocked
with inexpressible grief the entire
community happened Tuesday
morning. A horse rode by Joe Guy
er, ten year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Dan Guyer, reared and fell
backwards killing his rider almost
instantly. Joe was a bright boy,
well liked by all, and will be missed
by many sympathetic friends. The
body was taken to Arlington Tues
day evening for intermeht.
There was something doing in
Plains Sunday and Monday. Sun
day morning Pete, one of the Mexi-
cans employed on the section here
took on a good sized cargo of clone
Jack" and started out to have some
fun. (To those who are not conver-
SAINT with Lone Jack we will say that
it is a deadly liquid, dispensed G.
o. D. more explosive and dangerous
than nitro-glycerine and calculated
to kill at 40 rods.) Armed with a
quart bottle he proceeded to the
home of Mr.. Welsh in North Plains
to make social call, we presume.
Mr.. Welsh was not in but Mrs.
Welsh, being possessed with true
Irish grit armed herself with an AK
and proceeded to stand the devil off
for about two hours when Mr..
Welsh arrived home and started the
scoundrel on his way. He proceed
ed down town and entertained the
people with an imitation war dance,
insulted several ladies, and wound
up by getting himself locked up in
box car besides being severely pun
ished. Later in the day a commit
tee of citizens waited on him and
politely but firmly invited him to
''vamose." Apparently he could
''no sava" for he was still in town
Monday evening, when the re-
quest was renewed. He was
loath.to leave the pleasant envir-
onments of his box car until he
was forcibly elected and told to
"hike'. He ''hiked" and as he
passed down the track a score of
pedal extremities collided with
his posterior anatomy in such a
manner as to give him an uni
formly accelerated motion to-
ward the land of the setting sun.
We predict that his Mexicana-
ship will give Plains awide berth
in the future, and well he should,
for it is only the ienency and ur-
banity of our citizens that pre-
vented him from being suspend
ed from telegraph pole.
FRANK S. SULLIVAN,