Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-09-18

Last Saturday night number of
the neighbors surprised the HAMMER
family by slipping in about dark
to spend the evening in a good old
fashioned way. Ice cream, cake
and jolly crowd made the even
ing pass quickly.
| c. R. Parker, the Kiowa phono-
graph man, is landing the Edison
machine in every community and
almost every home in this part of
Kansas. Roy is a good salesman
and has the knack of making friends
wherever he goes.
Having recently had an oppor-
tunity to scan other counties in
Kansas we easily concluded that
Barber has got them skinned"
When it comes to good crops. Sum-
ner and Kingman counties are ap-
parently failures when it comes to
the corn crop.
It's rather late news but we can't
resist telling it-Clate Simpson
was in Lake for visit last week
and, of course, everybody around
here knows that he hasn't been
away but two or three weeks and
they can't imagine why he came
back SO soon-bet know.
F. E. Hagerman, who will WELD
the rod at the Rock school house
for the coming year, is moving his
family into the Hatfield residence.
The Prof. has already taught two
terms at this place and the fact that
they have called on him for the
third is indeed a compliment that
not all teachers get.
Walter Saunders has been pre-
siding at the barber chair in the
absence of Ed Hoagland. He says
it is the butcher shop now instead
of a barber shop but we wish to
varify his statement by saying that
men are far between who can WELD
the razor as we'll as Walter, having
the same limited experience.
After having spent several hours
fishing without much success, Judge
Lester was returning home one day
last week and while coming
through a neighbor's yard a chick
en- CHANGED to spy the fishing line
which was trailing along in the
dust with a big fat grasshopper at
tached, and bounced upon it swal-
lowing hook, hopper and all. Judge
had just begun to congratulate him.
self on his good catch when the
lady of the house came out and
called a halt. After quite a lengthy
debate'it was decided that Mr..
Chicken should remain at the old
homestead, long enough for repairs
at any rate.
I The Tennessee country school
teaches as rule, is. quite fierce, a
dogwood limb of some or 8 feet
in length may be found upon his
desk at any time and when ''smart
Alex" gets to showing off too much
he applies the limb in a way that
causes the red to come. This re-
minds US that the Lake City school
which opened Monday, is taught
by two "dyed in the WOOL Ten
nesseeians, MIR. and Mrs. Walsh,
and as one who opposes torture
and loves good behavior we earn
estly adInonish those of a wildly
nature to bride themselves lest
they enter into temptation and be
brought low by the rod. Harken,
and harden not your heart.
We are sorry to learn that Rich
ard HAMMER and family who for
several years have been residents of
Lake City are about to make their
home in other quarters. Mrs. Kan
nier has been an untiring worker
as superintendent of the Junior
League for the past three years and
Misses Rosa and Flora have indeed
been punctual as teachers and pu-
pills in Sunday school and are al
ways ready to lend a helping hand
in any department of church work.
While we wish for them all kinds
of success along temporal lines yet
the community regrets to lose them.
We understand they will occupy
the Shriver place FIVE miles south
of Coats.