Barbour County index., 1906-08-29
Sun and Lake City Happenings
Cor. INDEX

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To Lake City's human race,
So ring on. ye bells, do not deceive,
For In this combine we all believe.
Grandma Adams has been quite sick
during the past few days.
One definition for conceit-the bad
kinds "rotten ignorance.
The Harmon family will move back
to their old city residence next week.
Mrs. Hatfield was in Sun last Satur-
day laying IN supply of life's necessi-
ties
Mrs. Hargis and Master James spent
last Sunday with j. A. Campbell and
wife.
The railroaders are getting ready to
dynamite the big hill ON the Joe Mas
sew place.
Riley Lake returned from Texas last
Saturday where he has been pushing a
cattle deal.
Coyotes are causing the destruction
of turkeys and chickens this year, more
] 30 than usual.
Don't miss the time of your life, take
in the Homecoming if the cows have to
60 unjuiced.
Jeff Mills from the Aetna country,
visited with relatives along the Medi.
| cine last week.
Mrs. and G. w. Purdy made a trip to
Deerhead last week, Steve Carr's being
the objective point.
| Mrs. Carr of Deerhead came to Lake
CITY last "Wednesday with a big hack
laden with peaches.
| Marie Thomas took horse. back trip
to her grandfather's home in Pratt
county last Thursday.
Charles Marty and Johr Campbell
made "business" trip to the Rookie.
feller ranch last Thursday.
| O.. j. Corliss complains of not feeling
| first class. Guess he ate too many of
those big yellow peach es.
Miss Lena Shigley returned last Wed.
nesday from pleasant visit at various
points in eastern Kansas.
Miss Mabel Garten and little sister of
Forest City made trip to the Lake
country Saturday afternoon.
| Chas. Anderson arrived home recent
ly from Colorado. Like Everett Phil.
lips. he thinks there's no place like
home.
| Those who attended the supper at
Deerhead last week report an enjoyable
time. Oh, for piece of that good old
chicken pie!
The report comes from east Tennessee
that rain and good crops are no rareity.
Watermelons and negroes are especial.
ly without limit.
Rev. and Mrs. Gilmore left last Tues i.
day to attend the annual state camp
meeting which is being held at Wichita.
They expect to be gone two weeks.
The railroad men perchauced to get
hold of some ''tangle foot" last week
which made it necessary for some Of
them to take layoff. 1t wasn't the
fy-paper kind.
Bennett & Co., chief cook of the d.
D. Warner r. R camp, were IN Lake
Saturday afternoon and loaded down
their big wagon with all kinds of good
things for the boys to eat.
Columbus Mills of Syracuse, Kansas
pushed his way to this part of Barber
county recently and of course, the time
was properly employed "blatherskit.
ing" with relatives.
This neck of the county sure requires
lots of sweetening to keep it in running
order. G. G. Shigiey disposed of wa
gon load of sugar in three or four days
last week and was jumping ND and
down for.
Miss Rose Purdy will teach the Bur-
gin school this year. With two years
experience as teacher coupled with ad
vantages received at Alva and Winfield
Miss Purdy has the qualifications of a
FIRST class teacher.
This morning Sunday the wind is
blowing direct from the hills OF Colora.
do and the man who doesn't dig up an
old overcoat or shawl, is suraly in the
same plight as the little boy who got his
socks burned.
1t would be a mighty nice thing if oul
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correspondents to NEE: about the sec
ond day of the Homecoming at some
place where they might get acquainted
and have fight. if they think necessary
Every portion of Barber county has
received more or less rain with the ex.
ception of Joe Lahey's potato patch
Surely it can't be because Joe doesn't
60 to church, for as everybody knows,
he was there one time last summer
yes and he sat up right close to that
little dugout where the preacher does
bis talking.
Everett Phillips is back from months
Visit at COlorado's most attractive
points looking stout as a mule. He said
all he got to eat while on Pixies Peak
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