The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-17
LAYHAWxER JoTS

A 2-year-old child at Salina swallow
ed morphine pill. and was with diff
Guilty saved by the doctors.
Prosperity evidently has not hit hard
in Chase county. Burglars entered a
butcher shop in Lyons last week and
took away few pennies and lot of
| sausage.
| The rural mail carriers and the post
masters of Butler county will have a
banquet at the Fifth avenue hotel in
Augusta the first of the year. This is
not q political organization.
| What do you think of this: A Gar
nett man advertises that he is running
legitimate drug store. Governor Hoch
watch pocket all of the permits from
the Legitimate drug stores in the
state"
Tom Morgan, who is the most demo-
cratic Democrat in, the state. says that
the wholesale dealers in undertakers'
supplies are complaining because of the
healthy condition IN southeastern and
southwestern Kansas. He is the first
man to sound note of calamity this
year.
The First Regiment band of Hia-
watha has disbanded because the coun-
Gil refused to grant the leader a license
to run billiard room. Which would
you rather have next door to you, a
billiard room or a band practicing? And
how would you like to have both COM
bined.
G. III. Warden, who lives near Lyons,
declares he husked corn so fast the
other day that he scorched his leather
gloves and melted the husking pegs.
The only reason he quit work was that
he feared the cornfield would catch fire.
The Lyon News-Democrat is RESPONSE
BILE for this story. .sltsA.4 3. ..s.s.i.
Six weeks ago an 5Emperia man gave
away an old horse that he didn't want
to winter says the Gazette. Last Sat
urday, needing a horse, he went forth
to the hedges and highways, and bought
a plug for $25. On Sunday he discover
ed that his purchase was the same old
nag he had given away 1t had been
so s1icked up and improved that he
didn't recognize the beast when he
bought it.
A lady entered a store one morning
last week, says the Pratt Union. and
said to the proprietor: Say, don't you
know that you are the dearest thing
in town" He was much pleased and
quickly responded, ST am glad you feel
that way toward me-, when the lady
said, No. no. 1 don't mean 1T that
way. L mean you sell SO high" A
travelling man who happened to. be
present is still laughing at the mer-
chant. E55+H
James Hoke of Hutchinson has offer
ed to contract to furnish 1850 tons of
alfalfa next year to the proposed alfalfa
mill in that city. The mill will need
5000 tons, and Mr.. Hoke has offered
one-fourth of it to the mill. Mr.. Hoke
has a ranch up on Cow Creek and this
year there was. about 1.500 tons of al
falfa raised there, with more fields be-
ing started. Others have said they
would furnish from 100 to 500 tons OF
hay If the mill is started. 1t is said that
the mill Is assured.
Scottsville has a ghost scare on its
hands. A real imaginary ghost Is
Frightening some of the Inhabitants of
that little burg quite badly The first
man to form his ghostship's acquaint-
ance was so scared he didn't tell of the
affair for fear people would think he
had been drinking something stronger
than two per cent. But the other night
three more men saw the ghost, which
blew out a lamp in the hands of one
of the men and melted into the air