Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-07-04

Hot winds no doubt will come again !
And we'll all be wishing it would rain
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w. S. Gorrell, the well maker, treat
ed himself to new one last week but,
strange to say, he made a better one
for Mr.. Hayes the day before.
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see that the old land mark, Buzz
the east side of Main street, has been
town down and the cellar-way covered
over. In the place of the roost a nice
perch has been erected in the shade of
the trees at the side OF the walk.
That's better. I know because I've
tried it.
Ten years ago to-day Wa-Keeney
celebrated the fourth. There was a
big crowd in town and Governor Lew
elling made a speech in the court
room in the afternoon.
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The Servian regicides have caused
lot of extra work, trouble and yexa-
tioH for printers and readers. Just
think of the type it takes to set up
the name of the king, Peter Karageor-
gevitch, to say nothing of learning to
pronounce it.
w. III. Hecock sent me some new
potatoes from the home place lately.
Think he wants me to know that he
is good farmer. All right, thanks!
Show US again. More taters, more
thanks. Good farmer on a good farm
means good spuds, of course.
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A colony of US Holsters moved to
Michigan in 1865. Up there we soon
learned that a porcupine was a
.'hedge-hog" but a grounding was a
wood-chuck-. The yankees had lots of
presume while we would reckon or
guess. A double-tree was an eyener
and sugar-water became sap etc.
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The hall of Wa-Keeney lodge No.
14S, A. F. s. A. M. was in the opera
block when that building burned in
February, 1894. The lodge lost its
furniture and the tyler was without
the implement of his office. While
hauling broken rock from the cell
lar lately R.. b. Forester found the
old rusty sword and it is now in the
possession of o. A. Cortright. 1t will
be gilded and preserved by the lodge
as a relic.
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We often hear Of straw men and
wooden men but casteel men are not
so common. About twenty-four years
ago there was man Of that name in
Wa-Keeney. He lived in the west
part of town and had four or five lit
tie casts in q house 14x24.
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Probably the first lawyer in Wa
Keeney was q Mr. Philips who came
here in January, 1878 Later he was
in partnership with a Mr.. Collier.
Their oflce was located in the stone
building now occupied by Isaac Pur-
cell. Hand s. Mahin also had an Of
flee there. i
A porcupine which had been caught |
about eighty mile west Of here on the |
Smoky by hunter was on our streets |
Monday. TWAS lavishly observed by |
our people to most of whom the sight |
was new. Some thought it d, hedge
hog but Bell says a hedgehog Is only
about nine inches long This animal |
was nearer two feet in length and an
swered to all the characteristics OF
the pOrcupine. Il find. the aboye In |
World Of December, 1923 i do not |
know which "Behn. this was but un-
he was right about it. The
hedge-hogs of America are really por-
cupines. have killed several al |
though not in Kansas. Their spfnes are |
short, one to three inches long, like
those of the real hedge hog which is a
native of Europe. The latter lives
on the ground and eats Insects. The
porcupine IS a gnawing animal and4i
lives in trees. His food is bark, twigs, |
etc. The porcupines Of Europe has
spines or quilts sometimes ABOUT a |
foot long. Shakespeare calls him |
''fretfuln because, when attacked, he |
can elevate these spines and present |
their sharp points in all directions as
a means Of defense. The American
animal does the same but the belief |
that they can shoot their quilts like
darts or arrows from a bow Is a mis-