The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-02
AYHAWKER JOTS

| The one-two-three shows that tried 70
1 run opposition to the revival meeting
| at Jewell City tried it only two nights.
1t was announced by one of the min
| listers of a neighboring town a few
| weeks ago that he would preach on the
| subject of Hell, and Who Will Be
There" says the Mound City News Be
| fore Sunday came around he received
letters from three lawyers, two mer-
chants, two town officials and an edi-
tor, threatening to sue him for SANDER
If he mentioned names in the discourse.
Cautious item by the Sabetha Herald:
John Ransom of Turkey creek, brought
| watermelon into the Herald office two
feet long last week, and then, after
plugging it and showing US how red it
was and what thin rind it had, and
after we had taken copiOus notes, he
picked up the watermelon and walked
out with it, Therefore we do not give
the dimensions of the melon, nor make
it the biggest melon of the season
The Salina Journal has been wonder
ing what has become of Colonel Major
Jeltz, but it now believes 1t has redis-
covered him acting as band editor of
The Bushton News. and it clips the fol-
lowing from the News as evidence:
cit takes musicians to make a success
full band we all know that it takes
wonderful deal Of practice to become
proficient as a band. We know that in
dividual practice is something that we
must do, but at the same time 1t is the
practice collectively under a good drill
master that lifts the band up from one
grade to another, and puts the band as
a whole upon a footing in the musical
sense of the word with the people for
whom we cater. We know and apprec-
late to a certain extent the above facts.
In the face of it all why do not bands
improve faster. Why do they not be-
come better musicians. Why do they
not take deeper interest in what they
make n profession as well as pleasure.
Why do they not, knowing as they do,
how much benefit they can derive from
perseverance, diligence and strict at
tention, close observation and last but
not by any means least. imitation at
tend more to the lawlessness of our or
ganiZation of any sort and to 1T in your
best clothes always have them on in
spirit at least"
w B. Slosson, of Sabetha, has writ
ten letter to Secretary Martin, of the
State Historical society, giving some of
his experiences when he first landed in
Kansas from a Missouri river steam
boat and made the trip overland to the
region where Sabetha now stands. Here
is one paragraph from the latter: THE
third day out we passed the town of
Hiawatha in Brown county which had
four board houses made of cottonwood
hauled from White Cloud. Here we in
auired for the location in the edge of
Nemaha county where on the map, we
had come to select claims for homes.
We were told to go west eight miles to
Walnut creek where a young man from
Maine, E. N. Morrill,, could tell us all
about that location. We found the
young man from Maine running a saw
mill. He had on a pair of shoes, no
socks overalls, a checkered shirt and
straw hat The whole suit would have
been dear under the Mckinley law at
$1.50. Mr.. Morrill, who was later con-
gresham several terms. major in the
army and governor of Kansas. gave us
all the information we desired on the
then important question of securing a
home in Kansas as he has helped thou
sands since in the now prosperous state.
Major Morrill, is still living at Hia-
watha, a thriving town of 5000 inhab-
itants."