The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-07-18

humor has Is that Yancy's friends
are urging him to run for county
treasurer and he will probably not
he an unwilling Barkis at the prope,
time. He Is now making a popular
q I'D efficient officer.
ID. l.. Frazee was pleasant caller
on Monday, favored us substantial.
ly and renewed for his son, o. III
Frszee, who Is In the grocery BUSH
ness, at Baxter Springs, Ark, ana
doing we'll. Oak has many friends In
ihls county who will rejoice TO learn
OF bis prosperity.
When Bryan spoke at the Chau.
sauqus at Denton, Texas, last week,
Tie grounds and speaker stand were
decorated with iestoons ofivy. As q
result OF coming In contact with this
plant, 90 people are In a serious con.
iltion, lie was necessary TO send TO
Fort Worth for physicians.
Carrolton farmer describes con.
test between q squirrel and large
black snake. The squirrel had a
grasp on the snakes neck, and was
shaking him as a dog would ras
The snake was unable to coil around
Its antagonist. When they fell to
the ground, the snake was nearly
dead.
When team OF mules tried to run
away with his binder, according to
the Adrian Journal, John j. Jones
of Elkhart. stopped them by getting
bis head between the spokes OF the
master wheel. John certainly ex-
hibited presence OF mind. Very few
men would have thought OF It.
Lawrence county claims the dis
tinction OF the smallest twin mules In
existance. They we're ioaled last
week and measured 25H inches high.
The largest span OF mules In the
world are owned by a cass county
man. When the subject is mules
little old Missouri gets 'em going
and coming.
The marble tablet, which will be
placed at the head OF the stairway
OF Vernon county's new court house,
is now being prepared. Carved into
the stone and gold leaied will be the
date, names OF the architect, super
intendent, county court, building
committee, donor OF the clock and
the contractors.
1t was q Missouri man who was
too poor to subrcribe for a newspa.
per, but who received Sample
copy" Of one OF these mail order
journals In which he read an adver.
tisement OF recipe to keep a horse
from soldering. He sent 81. so for
the recipe and received the following:
Teach your horse TO spit. "-Ex.
Our old friend W. H. Squires, OF
Summit, dropped In to renew for his
wife Nancy A. Squires. He said they
had boutcompleted their new home,
made necessary by the burning OF
their old one last spring, and have
moved in. They are lovely old peo-
pie and The TINES Ia proud to mum.
Der them among It's best friends.
s. W. Carroll, a prominent young
farmer OF Lone Oak, met with q pain
full accident last week, which willcrip.
pie him up for some time. In stow
Ing away hay An his barn loft, he
stepped on a loose board and fell
through to the ground. He struck a
post in the fall and his spine was In
jured. Medical service was secured.
Among the souvenirs Mr.. Walton
brought back from the jamestown
Exposition was an exact copy OF the
original ball bond OF Jefferson Davis.
The bond was for 100000, dated
the 12sh day OF May, 1867 and sign
ed by Horace Greeley, Carrot Smith,
Cornelius Vanderbilt and nineteen
others, all national characters at
that time.
After enumerating the beauties OF
the flower bed at the Mo. Pac. depot
OF that city, the Pleasant Hill Local
insists that the vacant space around
the town pump be parked, arguing
that 1t would be q very effective ad-
vertisement for the town. About
the best advertising investment
Pleasant Hill could make would be q
first class hotel.
County Treasurer, W. R. Bell, re-
ceived q check for $4,132.15 from
State TREASURED Gmelich the last OF
the week, being Bates county proper.
ton OF the old war claim collected
from the National Government under
the Dockery administration by State
Auditor Albert o. Allen. This money
goes to the road fund and will be I'M.
der control Of the county court.
Bristow, l. T.. wanted a. jail. There
being no money In the treasury, and
no prospects for any, when the may
or ordered a jail built. The lumber
amounting to $17.00 was bought on
credit and the jail was built. Next
day there was q fight in the town.
One man bit of another mans
thumb. They were Arreetad and