The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1904-05-05
MISSOURI NOTES

this season she might have seen -
Piunkard.~ The Missouri Girl and
The Gamblers Daughter
The Joplin Post tells q a Joplin
man Who attended a banquet Ia Kan.
Sas City recently al which thick beef
broth was served Telling q the han-
QBet a feW days later. be said.
Would you believe a. they served NJ
besfstsak that you could eat win =.
spoon"
In telling how Charley Haskell u
St Joseph arrested an alleged swim
der on a train the other day. the
Atchison Globe got mixed up with the
crook The story was Strengthened tn
time. though. for Haskell 70 arrest the
other fellow instead Of himself
Not long ago a woman signing her
self a Kansas Girl advertised in
the Carthage Press for q man 70 as
sist her in business. one 81 the re-
plies received follows: Editor Press
II have red in the press About q
kansas girl that wanted a Husban 20
Help her In Biznes a Man with sence
I'm a nice respectable young Man z
twentie fOar years Of Age tel me her
Postofes or Notify her I am a man
with money owns a good farm ci0ass
10 town
A fire started 10 a cheese factory a.
Nirabile the other night and vas put
out by the odor Of burning cheese. At
least that Is the report that comes
from Kingston.
The man who carries a lantern az
night in Huntsville nowadays is con
sidered fearfuliy Jay. Huntsville
now has electric street lights.
Paris merchants bought 1880
dozen eggs last week Had one sen
laid them all il would have taken her
$4,000 days-that is II she laid a
a day.
OF q patient from the Nevada in
sane asylum who jumped into a river
and aid not come Up again. an Oregon
county paper says, Ia Is believed he
was drowned"
There are nearly 5000 Smiths liv-
ing n ST. Louis and as many more
will probably visit that city during the
summer Why not have q Smith day
at the worlds fair,
"Ab" Cameron Of Joplin dropped
over to Lamar 10 see ~Ly" Clark The
other day. When they have time they
both should nun up 20 Moberly and
see Mayor ~Ab" Dingie.
over in MaryviIe. the story goes.
a young man asked a girl 10 marry
him one night last week She thought
a few moments and then replied: I'll
ask you 90 wait a few days for your
answer. but don't make any other ar.
Hsngements until you see me again.
When q Moberly preacher left for
other fields last week a Moberiy wom-
an wrote a ~tWo-oolumn poem about
him. But the editor % whom Il was
submitted vas thoughtful enough 10
hold q until the preacher was gone.
"Brothahs. said a Cass county ne
gro preacher Sunday night. theh am
a chicken stealth niEgah 10 his heah
oo~ngregashun. Watch To- him. He
won't put no money In De coliecshun
box Every man Ia the chursh
dropped something into the box and
as the preacher took charge Of the
money he said. "Ah reckon Al mus
a ben mistooken. Yoh Is All toe gen
rus toe be chicken nftAhs
Humansyile S~tarIeader: a really
honorable man does not long remain
u-nappreciHted, Laziness s.
a vice and a very serious one, for no
cure has eve been found for a.
The man who cannot make a
living may inspire pity. but Il IS al.
ways largely mixed with contempt
The time o. the year has ar
rived when the women even up all
old sores against the men by tearing
up everything for a week aud cslliug
Il houseclesnlng
Caleb Johnston of Unity Is studying
cat language Re has fortyeight
cats and makes records o. their con
~versstiohs on phoHographic discs
Il IL not probable that Prof David
Jones Of Lancaster. who claims he
once spelled 1900 words without
missing ever tackled any Russian
japanese war nameS
J. n starr % Ccntralia believing
himself Indebted 10 the telephone
oentrals Of his town for favors
shown him. gave each % the three
girls a little pig
Jefferson City hiss secured another
railroad concession The Missouri Pa.
cinc has decided 10 vhaage engines On
two fast mail trains there In the %.
ture.
A big Washout in Central Missouri
vas reported Monday Bat as Monday
was wash day there were probably
many washes out.
The Lection Times received a start
Inns dispatch concerning the war fuoa
Us own correspondent in ST Peters
burg Monday This is shat il said