Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-09-13
Sun and Lake City Happenings
Cor. INDEX


into Sun City last week.
You should see that great big smile
Jno. Adams wears Of late. HIS girl is
home again, that's all.
Owing to the rain this Saturday af-
ternoCn, the S. IL l.. G. news batch will
be somewhat whacked off.
The inferior half of Green Adams
was in Sun City last week. His better
half remained at the Lodge.
Mabel Fulton will board at Mr.. Bis
santZ's this winter and attend the City
school. B.bb better be good, Mabel.
Everett Philips hasn't two eyes for
nothing. He keeps one in direction of
Mr.. Cook 8, the other toward Mr.. Trot-
ter's.
Bert Purdy's Mccormick binder does
MT seem to give it down very we'll. He
had better get Deerng and stop kill.
ing time.
Mrs. headers recently sold fifteen
head of mules averaging SOS each.
Mrs. M9aders is not slow when 1t comes
to business.
y. l.. Cain is posting bills for sale
next Thursday. He has some fine one
and two year old steers. Now is your
time to buy.
Don't forget the dedication of the
new church Sept. oath. Every body in
the country will be there-who doesn't
stay at home.
Rev. and Mrs. Spencer and Miss Adj
die Purdy have returned from Hazel.
ton where they have been assisting in a
series of meetings.
Down in Old Tennessee it is nothing
unusual to have steady pour of rain
for five or six consecutive days. Satur
day reminded us of the fact.
Misses Grace Blssantz, Florence
Saunders, Edith Fulton and Mrs. Bis.
santz made brief stop at the Camp
bell ranch Sunday afternoon.
Misses Chloe Harmon and Tracy
Likes, the Sun City pedagogists, leave
town this week. Miss Harmon will
teach at Isabel, Miss Likes near Medi-
cine Lodge.
Ate dinner with the Hardware Co.,
last week. Fatty" hikes around as
lightly as ninety pound kitchen me-
chaDic and can get first class meal in
fifteen minutes.
Harry Clement of South Sun, says
the peach crop is fine. He gave us a
cordial invitation to come over and eat
peaches and old folks, pardon the mis-.
take, we meant peaches and cream.
We always thought it customary
where two parties were using the same
fence, water gaps ETC., to play partners
when it came to fixing same, but sup
pose we're not on to the Barber county
custom yet.
In speaking of the church last week
we unintentionally omitted the name of
Fred Nurse. This man has not only
done an honest job, but an attractive
one as well, and has established repu-
tation in this neck of tie woods as a
builder.
Have often wondered why Charles
Marty doesn't appear on the outskirts
more, but have recently learned that he
has just one girl in IA certain eastern
city, and las the educated man would
say psychologically speaking, he is al.
ways there.
Mr.. Harmon, Sr., is trying life as it
was in former days. Several days ago
he stocked himself with large supply
of bachelors grub, DEVILS meat com
posing the larger part of the cargo, and
set sail for cane field five miles west
of the city. He has not been heard
from very recently but 1t Is supposed
his sailing is smooth.
Another case of scarlet fever was re
ported last Wednesday. If something
isn't done to restrict the going and com
ing of people who have been exposed tC
this dreaded disease therell be some
sore regrets. Ii it's anybody's business
to look after this matter we'd better al
dig out because the present situation i.
jeopardizing the health and possibly
the lives of many people, and those IL
authority will have more than tn,
blame to bear.
Who would have tho't 1t! Judge Les
ter's sweetheart came to town last weel
and despite the rain which was comm,
down in torrents, the Judge gathered
up his hook and line and started in the
direction of the Medicine. He told tn,
boys he was going fishing and tried t.
get them TO go along. A great time i
was for fishing indeedl We have known
boys at the critical age of IA (who wer
in love heels over head to hide out In ;
meeting of that kind, but we're com
PEELED to look down our nose to thinl
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