The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-02-11
MISSOURI NOTES


A Southwest Missouri voting mai
has written a play called Alfalfa u
Ia probably a companion Play 70
eswect Clover
A Pee pee elrl bought a plano re-
Gently with money earned by keeping
q dozen hens. The next day her futh
er went out and killed the hpns.
r. r. McReynolds OF Breckenridge
has a 970-pound hog which be viii
feed heavily Tor two hioatAs ahi eN-
hibit at the worlds fair. McileyHoiis
believes he can make the hog weigh
1900 pounds.
Platte City Argus; Once there WIS
a man who said he could find anything
about the house he wanted without
asking his wife to hunt Il for him.
After that nobody would believe any
thing he said.
Two burglars worked three hours 20
break into a Clintoa store the other
night and then secured oniy seven
pennies. A few more such failures
will do more TO discourage ~brrsiaries
IN Clinton than all that The officers
can 10.
According to the papers an Osago
young man accepted a "nattering OF
fer" in Chicago the other day. The
fact that the young man s. getting
$40 a month as cashier In a restaurant
would indicate that Usage people are
easily fiattered.
One day recently q Katy passenger
train. while passing Green Ridge.
struck a big shepherd dog When the
train pulled into a station the dog
was seen to leap from the cowcatcher
and limp away. carrying n leg The
train vas running thirty miles an hour
when il struck the animal.
spring being near AZ hand. AJAX
Fleming OF the Braymer Comet has
begun 10 prepare a defense against the
onslaughts % spring poets. He advises
them to take the cure and so 10
work one bread and butter philos.
opher. says Ajax rs Of more worth
than are many wnd-eyed dreamerS
Paw Paw BaEOo: John Henry
writes. ser Uncle Ez. ~frum school.
where he Is noE. tibet he hez Joined
the giee ciub an hez made hts ooacert
bow. ! heered 3 college giea club
onet-lnss onct. an lomme say intel
| sect them zip boom boys I thought
I was a jay. Bat when heered thot
concert. friends. a change ~ mind I
had ! found. compared with lots nf
folks. | wusng really had o. coarse.
I aint a.hinunf. now. but Il did beat
the Dutch how them there boys let
ont their noise like zip. boom. rah' and
such. John Henri an hts concert club
had better keep away frum tbs here
town N Paw Paw Ter. nov listen shat
1 ray-ef tibet there boy oms t1 this
town wlih any Eip boon. rocks ca
puf him back 90 feedin' hoga 81 egre
81 rm q Fox
ST. Louis. a. che preaeat tlme has
1000 dogs, and Il isn't dos DAYS IN
Missouri. either.
Cupid received ar awful tolt 70 1as-
per county recently. Forty five a.
voroes were gTanted ln one dag.
sam l. Harris. 81 the Lamar Rc91b-
lean. Is a chicken isncieF. When be
isn't setting type he Is setting heus
Edward Sponahle. who lives near
Kirksulie. says he Is going 20 try 70
buy the first admission ticket az TIE
worlds fair. lie tried Il in Chicago ~
1898. but missed II BY about thirty.
seven. he says
Candy pulling Is sharing popularity
with wire puiiing over IN Johnson
county.
II Joseph W. Folk Is made COVER
nor. he should appoint May Black
Michael Of Marshall poet laureate of
Missouri. even n he has 10 create
the office. Assisted By her muse. she
has stood faithfully by the ST. Louis
prosecutor since the day he was first
mentioned Tor governor
Al ben a.goin' long 70 days.
A.tryln' hard o smile,
EN- nsin' sparin' OBJ de wood.
Toe Eortah ave dc pile.
An ser. Nov Mistah GrounhoE gwiao
Toe mex hit whhm 10 sho,
But 0roun'hoe seen hia shaddor an
De wood
piles