Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-06-20
Sun and Lake City Happenings
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:, III has DdQ QuH0 an I'M
neaitny attack of rheumatism during
the past week.
Riley Lake and son, Russell, went to
fratt last Friday to dispose of some
horses and mules.
Jepe Bullock g time will be out next
Wednesday. He must either sign up
or take strapping
James Thomas who is in business at
Alva, Oklahoma is the guest of bis best
girl, Mrs. Olive Thomas, this weak.
Miss Addie Purdy visited the Lodge
last week and in the meantime drorped
IN TO see how normal was progressing.
Misses Edith Hoagland and Rosa
HAMMER have been wearing an unnatu-
raj face of late; one was caused by a
"bile''and the other by jumping tooth.
Everett Philips had the misfortune
to have his right hand pretty badly
mashed up by the stroke of an unbrok.
en- horse which he was trying to har-
ness.
The wheat crop along this part of
the Medicine river is going to be pretty
fair but we are told tie prairie pros.
pecis will but little more than paw ex.
penses
Charles Redwine and better half
made trip to Coats last Monday where
they enjoyed visit with DIR. and Mrs.
Rogers.
The railroad men have been desert.
Ing ranks during the past week until
there is hardIv enough force left to feed
the horses. Guess 50 % per day ISN'T
good enough.
What is the matter with our Minpo.
ma correspondent? He don't seem to be
pushing the item business much but
mavbe he has married wife. if so that
settles it and we know the rest.
Mrs. Meaders moved INTO her new
residence last week. which, when fully
completed and all of the crooked things
made straight and with hammock on
tie east porch. it will be one of the
snnggest little homes in the city.
The Coats Courant said in an issue
of some few weeks ago that "a man
who wouldn't subscribe for his home
paper was mean sort of fellow"
tha,'s right. and a man who will borrow
paper TO keen from subscribing is a
de-perate character. No lie. Polly.
Don't get hot headed at a man be-
cause he doesn't size things no lust the
wav YOU do; If our mental calbres had
all been constructed alike, there might
not have been ANYTHING but presidents,
hence we see the necessity of many
men of manv minds. Have cigar.
me railroad contractor has conde-
scended to the scraper since the fee
ing OF his forces and shows evidence
that be has been in the harness before.
It's mighty good thing that it is hon
orable to work otherwise manv honest
poor men would be poor dogs instead.
Troy Stockstill. John Fishburn,
George Kimball. Fred Buck, w. Il
Montgomery and Oscar Curtis are in
this part of Gods green earth putting
the telep homes in proper order. Fred
Buck used to be quite familiar about
Lake City but since he has turned ont
his whiskers he doesn't appear 70 he
the same boy. The fact Is he looks like
'pappy."
1t Is enough TO make man friskv to
see what bountlful garden of things
to "chaW on" that there are up at the
John Young home:
Cabbage and beets plenty big to eat,
Beans and taters and great big terma
tiers.
Onions of four kinds and water mil
lions on de vine,
(Shut 20 mouf niggar) and punkins to
FRAGILE.
We had occasion to pull our freight
over new soil last week which amply
paid us for the trip, saying nothing
about"doe." Going south from Sun City
the first and most interesting Observa
ton was Walt Sears taking shaYe pre-
paratory for Coonfield service; he and
his spotted team were the only ones
that seemed bent on taking in the meet.
ing. A few more jumps of the sorrel
boss brought us to the Marty ranch
hor %, priA n,IA frr,b ~,
the way,is one of the most systematic
and progressive farmers in this neck)
pouring over the Breeders GaZette"
while taking his noon; continuing our
course for few miles we reached Deer
head and while some call that the
jumping off place yet a more intelligent
and refined people cannot be found any
where and that isn't all, they have
MONEY! to burn if 1t were necessary
"Dad"is calling will finish this episte
later
The name of Governor Bob Taylor of
Tennessee, aspirant to the u. s. senate,
whose mention aud likeness appeared
in last weeks Index is as familiar to US
as old cornbread, not because We were
school boys together, may verify but be-.
cause the name of Fiddler BOP" is ia
miliar to every Tennessean who is old
enough 10 speak. IL having Deen our
privilege To attend school ~. s
Grant University, Athens, Tenn. ,)from
which Bob and his brother, Ralph grad
uated we had an opportunity to learn a
few things concerning these prankish
boys for the many jokes of Bob's school
days ut that place are handed down es
pecially to those who attend the school.
These young men being the leading ora
tOrical talent in school IL naturally was
their lot to be on opposite sides when
it came to the annual debating contest
and the way each would score the other
was matter of no little comment: un-
less Ralph has "flopped" within recent
years thew are political opponents and
though Bob out stripped his brother in
manv ways. vet go far as having the real
qualities of man is concerned he is
none ahead; while Robt. L. PLAYS such
stuff as 1.-THE Arkansas Traveller"
"Turkeyin the Straw''etc to please the