Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-11-15
Sharon items.

out to church Sunday evening.
There was large crowd at the q. n.
OF A. oyster supper Saturday evening.
Chas. Wisner is sorely afflicted with
three large painful boiis that give him
no rest night or day.
Better get that manure spreader now
and commence to build up that farm,
keeping all manure hauled out.
Joe Robinson is able to drive out
some now. He has had quite tussle
with rheumatism for some time.
DIR. Atwell has had two rooms .'built
on'' the property he bought of VIM
Rule. He is also having a neat little
barn built.
Frank Stone is hauling out lumber
for new barn of large dimensions
Frank already has one of the best hous
es in the county.
Several parties from Medicine Lodge
attended the supper and entertainment
Saturday night. Among them was
Frank Warren.
Medicine Lodge will soon be putting
on metropolitan airs by having her
street corners garnished with corn pop.
pers and peanut roasters.
S. j. Cole had some sign painting
done on his barns last Wednesday that
is simply fine. Sam believes in having
things look well, which is proper.
Ask Jim Fair about that message he
received from Chauncey Depew the
next morning after the bond election.
He doesn't say whether it was wireless
or truthless.
Some preachers sometimes spoil the
effect of good sermon at the close, by
sneeringly referring to practices of 9th
er churches. If they were wise they
would ''cut it out"
Jake Spangler is looking very much
better lately. He says he can't get
enough to eat and has to quit hungry.
This is not meant as reflection on his
good wife, of course.
The family of Owen Dawson are
proud of their new house that they have
just moved into. Their neighbors say
they have good well built house and
nice place to winter in.
Grandfather Schnelle and his lady
arrived from Missouri Thursday, He
has to come out pretty often and see
what we Kansans are doing. He says
we make so much fass."
S. w. Alfred's sale was hindered by
bad weather and small crowd but he
sold about half of his offerings at reas-
onably good figures. He had some good
stuff and it was unfortunate that the
weather was so bad.
The Royal Neighbors took in some
thing over $26 from their oyster supper
Saturday night. Every one seemed to
have had good time. 1t was the first
oyster supper of the season, but it was
! not very we'll advertised.
The Willing Workers served dinner
in the Woodmen hall election day. We
didn't learn how they came out but
they had dinner that was good to ca,
| and hard to beat from the view points
of both quantity and quality.
Some of our fellows are pretty sore
over the bond election and take rather
a doleful view of the situation. One
man said there would never be another
house built in Sharon. His judgment
will be proven faulty before month OF
we miss our guess.
Last Tuesday was history making
day for Barber county because her vot.
ers grasped the one opportunity OF So
curing a valuable Improvement that will
mark turning point in our favor o
acquiring wealth which will attract
eastern capital to our country instead
of driving 1t away as some claim t.
think now. Watch US grow and i'm
prove.
We are convincedthat farmers are no
feeding enough root crops to pigs ani
calves. We saw some hogs brought t,
market recently that we are confiden
lost the owner money, as they were al
out of condition, which would not hav
been the case had they been given &C
cess to sweet potatoes, sugar beets o
other succulent crops instead of al
corn.
Rev. Vasberg, in his sermon Sunda
morning, emphasized the necessity O
christians "abiding in Christ" He us
ed the iceberg as an illustration. sayln
it was not tossed about by the ferc
waves that dashed against it becaus
the bulk of its weights we'll down /
the deep, like the christian who is we
established. He is not tossed about b
every form Of temptation but. beinl
. planted mot stuck mi the true vine, b
has something to buoy him up and sus
tain him.
FOrSyth's mill is the right place {