Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-05-22
Olmitz Notelets,

accepted
Mrs. z. NJ. McInnes- visited "a,
Lindsbofs two or shree days. last
week.
WoodelI and Moon loaded 3 cars
of scrap iron here during the past
two weeks.
Finest kind of growing weather, if
the weather man will only smile upon,
US now for a couple weeks and
then give US another good rain we
will be unanimous in declaring him
a mighty good fellow
The Walnut Y llley would-be-scribe
attempts to shine as a critic of music.
Unless he is much. better versed IN
music than in anything else he ever
was known to attempt we would
suggest that he go way. back to the
extreme rear and assume sitting
POSTURE because he don't know any
more about music than the representa-
tive tramp knows about soap,
Never mind about that bass VOL. We
have not heard anyone refer to it. as
resembling a Mississippi steamboat
whistle, which is more than some
would-be heavy weight bass players
can say. The Pizinger Bros.
orchestra can deliver the goods when
it comes to music and it would be
well for the "Walnut Valley" scratchel
to paste this in his hat.
Our ball team went to Hoisington
last Saturday and showed the team OF
that burg where to head in at, defeat
ing them by a score of Is to 10.
Our boys were up against gang of
robbers good and strong, the Hois-.
ington team and their supporters
trying to give them the worst of it
from start to finish; but the gooC
| right arm of pitcher Wolff of our
team putting them down and out In
one, two, three order. The Hofsing
ton team was composed of player.
from Ellinwood, Lacrosse and Other
out side points, and yet they were
whipped up to a standstill by the
farmers from Olmitz," as our boys
were dubbed by the Hoisingtonites.
Our fellows play good clean bali, anG
deSpiSe such tactics as was used
against them at our neighboring tow.
last Saturday; the boys say that tbs
business men of Hoisington treated,
them with all courtesy and regretted.
that such ungeutlemenly treatment
was accorded them by the ball team
and the hoodlum supporters. Hos
ington has ball team that is very
punk, and our boys demonstrated
their superiority over them in a way
that should show them that they ar
O the very lowest class of players Of
the national game. D..
We are not kicker; but we trust
that we are not considered as steppin.
over the bounds of propriety. when W.
say that II occurs to us that nature / i.
too blamed prOfuse in Kansas, or q
least was for the past two weeks
| loose she doesn't seem TO know whe..
she is overriding the thing. 1t Ia :
not been so many seasons ago tha
she was exceedingly profuse in tt :
distribution OF dry sunsh:ae in tn
immediate locality and IN sever:
othe; localities as well; men ceased l.,
chew because they could not rais-
enough saliva 10 moisten the Tobacco:
while to SPIT was regarded as e.
! prodigal waste OF moisture. StoCi =
I men who were 50 fortunate as to haI
everything water soaked their hoE
/ daily in order to enable them 10 hoI
the skim milk brought home from IL .
skinner; in that season dew wou;si
have been published as a heay
downPour of rain and 4 Waterbu:
watch lost the first two syllables =.
its name by reason of rapid an
excessive evaporation But than
the Lord, nature is just as profu..
now in the other direction. Ducl
swim on the highlands. and webs
growing between the toes of Il
risky John Rabbit; frogs are col
PEELED to climb the trees to keep fro
= drowning, and heavy man of W.
5 could easily plow its way up Bloc
creek as far as the Rocky Mountain 4.
: railroad tracks have became pontos-
: bridges Except the Galatia line
all right, and the travelling pub
feel like they could give our old friel :.
t Noah pointers on the distribution
B. moisture. If nature could only
/. herself regulated somehow SO I'll
!; it would not overdo things as it do
2 now, it seems to us that it would j.
a an improyement-buL dear reade :
S we are not kicking, let if rain all
wishes, We were here frst-if Il
j COWS come home we'll feed EN-. ID,