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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-12-07

Gus laugh. of / could ketch n O.
them I'd give up runnin' the country
an open a circus"
CAS- I hey often had occasion to re-
mark before" said the Captain calm
IL, III intelligence was in demand in
runnin' TIL affairs O this nation there's
a hun lot more plowin' ID be done by
f~ourth.class postmasters all over the
land. an specially in this here state
but they's alters one good thing about
you post office fellers We can always
be teached suthin' We never heard on
before. an some real eighteen karat
information in regard to hawks is
comm to We nov"
60 ahead" said joe. I'm willin'
to learn. / hey a thirst for informa.
ton
Anybody could tell that BY the
way yo read all the postal cards that
passes through this here post Office
ratorted the Captain. 4 callate there
sint nouo o 'em escapes that eagle
~ 3 yourp. i've had two Different
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experiences with hawks in my day
an they've teached me- the truth O.
what | says. tina. they's honest hawks
an dishonest hawks. The first one
was 3 fellar who used to ply his trade
o. swipin' poultry up back O. Portland
When | lived up there. Ne an mother
vas young then. an We spent most OF
our time raisin' chickens. It was a
profitable business in them days. The
boardiR' house keepers along the
Maine coast hadn't discovered then
that ye ian make chicken salad out o
veal, an that chicken soup good
enough for a summer bosrder to eat
can be got BY lettin' a hen set between
the sun an a pot O bilin water. sos
her shadder will favor the enscoin'
soup, Folks bought chickens enough
to make It wuth while to raise 'em,
an mother n me made a pretty fair
Twin out Of EN-. Well. Of course, like
everybody else, we suffered some from
hawks, an one big Teller p'tio'larly got
away with a number o. nice juicy
spring pullets | set a lot o store on.
He'd come along jest before night,
oncs a week, most generally on
Thursday afternoon, as I remember
It; swoop down on the hen yard, seize
the fattest-lookin' Teller he could
find an go soarin' OF in the air with
him. AS l says got pretty mad about
It, an bein' young / swore some, an
finally l made up my mind Mr.. HawA
d have to die. So I got out my shot
gun an filled her good an full will
powder an nails-I didn't happen t
have no shot handy-an' set down an
waited. l waited a hull week an theI
he come along, but, / CORY, Jest !
/ was DRAWN a line on him, he drop
a ive.pound Goldfish right atop o me
SO that when l pulled the trigger NJ
aim went kind O wild an didn't hi
nothin' but the Goldfish"
"Whers'd he get the codnsh?' d
manded 81 Wotherspoon.
! "Out o the sea, Of course said th
/, Captain. He was a ilsh-hawk as we
as a c~hicken.hawk. It occurre
to me at the time that the Teller he
any other object in droppin' tn,
! there fish on to me than to spile n
: aim so next time he come along
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O. different families the story d have
a better chance when the president
hears about it,"
"That experience got me interested
in hawks" said the Captain, IAN ex-
plains how / come to find the crooked
est hawk in the business the next
summer. OF course, after meetin' with
the first Teller l kind O welcomed EN-
when they come the year after.
didn't want to shoot 'em for fear o
KILN a good customer, SO for 3 little
while l gave them a free hand on my
place, an set around maxim notes o
their habits. Well n mornin' in
June the followin' year up comes 9
tremendous big Teller, an begins to
take the usual bird'seye view o the
chicken yard, and then, I CORY, he
swoops down an grabs a settin' her
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II thsy's me like that they's q lot
more il ys only hAve the luck to and
EN-"
Il never knew a ch~iokeR-hawk to go
near the water before. said 81 Woth-
srspooR.
NE neither" agreed the Captain,
4 guess maybe this teller was a cross
breed O. chicken an ash-hawk While
he paid his bills roglar. an always In
advance, ] never got close enough to
him to ask him about his father and
mother"
Its q pity" said the Postmaster
IT ye could only get an Afterdavy
shown that his father an mother was
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right OF her nest, and flies away with
her. follered the cuss, an discovered
where he lived, up on a big rock back
o. Pete Nichols woods. | was so
derned interested in the species that
il sort O. fas'nated me to watch him.
He eat up the old mother hen, and
then flew of to the westward some
Mace. an / went back home. Next
mornin' bright an early was walked
up by an awful cacklin' goin' on down
there in the chicken yard, an, ] CORY,
what d. ye suppose l found when |
got down there2"
"A check for -four dollars to pay for
the hen" put in the Postmaster.
mo, street" calculated the Cap
tain. There wasn't nothin' so honest
about that second hawk. He was a
nitrate. he was. He'd come back for
the eggs the old hen had been settin'
on. an by the time I'd got my clo'es
on an got down to tn yard, he'd got
his claws on the nest an w~asspeedin'
off home with EN-, an he never spilled
an egg. N tollersd after him again, an
when l got UP to where his nest was
climbed a tree, SOS could look down
into It an see what he was dom, an
BY gum, sir, he was settin' on them
eggs hisselfi Yes, sir, Jest like an
old mother hen, an he set there Till
he'd Matched them all out, an as fast
as them baby chickens a pop out o
their shells, he'd eat EN-. an when he
got through with that bunch he went
hack an tried the game all over again
but ! was too smart for him. ] pui
a lot O. chiny eggs in the next nest
an j tell ye | had a good laR when
see him soarin' away with them"
What become o. him hnallyf
asked 81 Wotherspoon. ID We xii
him2"
II didn't need to-" said the Captain
I THE pesky old cuss died O starys
ton waitin' FOR them chiny eggs I
hatch.
At this point the mail came in an
I the P~ostmaster's business caused tn
adjournment Of the meeting.
"Wel,p he said. as he unlocked th
o bag, III them stories is true ye'y
proved your pint. They is HAWKS a
E hawks
You bet they be-" said the Ca
V tain. AN like us human bein's they
/ divided up between the common pc
\ pie an the frenzy finance crowd
n pint thet had ought to make my di
i covery a most interestin' n to Il
Il present honored lessee o the shoes
washington. Jefferson an Grov
Cleveland"
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was on the lookout agin that trick
but this time he swooped right down
iii front Of the kitchen door an laid a
Dustin big shad on the door step, as
p'Hte as you please. l didn't dast ire
at him there for fear O hittin' mother.
OF course she hollered an run up
to the house as tight s could go an
while / was dom that Mr.. Hawk lilies
v e to the chicken yard, an helps his
self to his dinner. That night after
we'd eat the shad for supper mother
remarked that it was sort OF i'm
pressin' itself upon her mind that
that there bird wanted to do the
square thing by u.s. an was tryin' to
nav for the chickens he took in fish,
an bein' as / was thinkin' very much
the same thing myself didn't see no
cause to dispute it, an We decided not
| to shoot him the next time he came
round. but Jest to lie low an see.
Well, sir, sure enough, the next week,
near shutdown Thursday night, we
heard a peckin' at the door an on
openin' II there on the sill We found
lest about the slicksst lookin' Spanish
mack'rel y ever sot your two eyes on.
He was a perfect beauty an 50 fresh
that he was still drippin' water an
aoppin' his tail shown that he'd
only lest been caught. I'd hardly
picked him up from the doorstep
when a terrific squakin' down in the
chicken yard showed that Mr.. Hawk
was goin' keerfully over my poultry
stock like a flrst-class housekeepei
doin her marketin', an bimeby W.
see him ayin' OF through the all
with another pullet in his claws.
at went that way all summer long
Every time he took a bird he brough
a Ssh. an when the season was over
aa' mother an me come to hgger
out. 1t wasn't ten cents one way or n
other whether him OF us had the bes
O. tn bargain. AS / remembered q
, he'd took S27.6S wuth O poultry az
had LETT as s27.75 with o fish, SO tina
{ really we was seven cents ahead Q
) the game
4 (which OF course ye held In trus
t for him agine another year, said n
3 P~ostmaster
.Not ~accordin5 t due process q q
I law. replied the Captain. neY'
/ drawed up a reglar morgidge on N
place In his favor for that amoun
{ but / tell We right now, II he ey'
t comes back an asks for that seys
" cents, I gorrY ri give 4 70 him. b
that amt the pint The pint iH II.
they Is, or has been, q honest hav
{ ~ tho world. an | guess mavha n
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see You sort O. settin' the table for
EN- to come over an have a snack Q
lunch, they come, an they take what's
set before EN- without grumblin', an
with no more idee in their minds that
they amt aoin' what you expected EN-
to do than il ye'd put it on a plate an
took II to 'em. Now ii Joe hisself had
come over, an sweep those oats up
into a bag, an took EN- to his yard an
fed EN- to his pigeons, that d ha'
been stealth, because Joe knows bet
ter. V if he is a fed'ral ofice-hoid
err
Il see said 81, but / think he
owes me a peck Of oats jest tn same
an / CORY, if them pigeons shows
their pesky bills on my lot agtn Ill
III"
DYoull receipt EN-, chr laughed
the Captain,
IN blow their derned heads on
said 81, with considerable heat.
"Thatn be Jest right" observed the
Postmaster, quietly. I've told them
pigeons to keep off your place, an il
they don't do as / tellJe I'M to, shoot
EN- 81. III sell ye the %gunpowder to
do it with
And thus was a truce declared.
Birds has got to I've" said the
Captain after good-fellowship had
been restored in a %dipperful Of root
beer all around, "an' while it makes
me madden n a hornet sometimes tn
way they have Of swoopin' down on
days work, an spilin' it, I'm blamed
IL I can blame EN-. The bird ketchei
the grain, the farmer ketches thu
birds, an the tax assessor ketches thu
farmer, an the grand jury ketches th'
tax assessors, an so 1t goes
Then ye wouldn't shoot a hawl
that come down an took a couple
your best spring pullets, ehg" said tn
Postmaster.
Well, they's hawks an hawks,
said the Captain. "They's homes
hawks, an they's dishonest hawks
just like they's honest men, an me
that's crooked"
IAN honest hawks a new n o
me" said the Postmaster with a dub
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lCopHght, by Joseph B. Bowles.I

Il kind O. think 81 Wotherspoon
saying as / joined the company at
the post office the other night, that
all birds is highway robbers whether
they be the human kind that we calls
Jail birds or Jest plain crows like that
Teller jim. the Captain was tellln' US
about a little while back They'll all
steal if ye give EN- a chance"
THAT all depends on the way We
look at it, ST. said the Captain. The
way / measure a thief is whether he
steals jest for the fun O d%eprivln'
somebody else O. what he's got, or
does 1t because he needs what he
takes In his business
"Well. now, s'pose ye take EN-
pigeons O. Joe's,' said 81. Il sowed
my back lot with oats three weeks
ago, an / hadn't more'n got en- OF
the ground when them derned %critteri
come foppin' acrost til road, an 80
down there, an eat up every blamed
cat I'd put out. D. We call that steal
in or jest material enterprise
Its enterprise said the Captain
Mature has provided them pigeon
Sharp County record., 1907-05-10
cHANcERY COURT.
Judge tIuuphries Was Not Present And
But Little Business Was Done.

Chanoery Court for the South
ern District did not convene
Monday morning on account Of
the absence Of Chancellor Hum.
Iphries, who could not reach town
because Of high waters. Tues.
day morning the bar elected Hon.
Sam Fl, Davidson Special Judge,
and a couple Of cases were do.
termined by him, A decree for
divorce was granted in tho case
Of j. G, Garner W A. s. Garner,
and in the case Of Chas. G..
Henry and l., Il, Willis VA Horny
Wigs a decree for foreclosure
vas granted the plaintiffs,
Wednesday morning the bar
elected Capt, f. M. Hanley of
Melbourne Special Judge, for the
rial Of some oasosin which Judge
Davidson was disqualified, Judge
lianley granted three deereoa for
divorce, in the following cases.
NJ, Eo MoCord Va W, o, MoCord,
/ 90
T. j Bird Va RuthO Bird, Lizzie
w. Mcdaniel v8 Alyia NJ,
Mcdaniel,
The remainder Of the docket
| was continued until the next reg.
0Iar term, and tho Court ad.
Iionrned Wednesday just after
noon.
Sharp County record., 1907-05-10

Ben Larman, who has been
travelling salesman in this Nortj
Arkansas country for man,
years, was in the city Wednes
day.
Hon, w. K. Buddell, a young
attorney of BatesviIle, was here
day or two this week look
ing after some matters in the
Chancery Court,
Sim Green returned Tuesday
from a visit to his old home in
Illinois. He was in a snoWstorm
at Rock Island, Ill.,, last Friday,
and had on his summer clothes,
too.
Piney and Strawberry rivers
were on q big rise this week, and
good deal Of damage to farms
and crops has resulted, The rise
this week was not quite 50 large
as the one occurring in January.
Crops prospects through this
section of the country were prob
ably never poorer at this season
Of the year, and there are ample
reasons, apparently, for a feeling
of Encouragement among the
people,
BY looking over the old files of
the Record we discover that even
twenty-nine years ago today, at
a special term Of County Court, a
petition for the incorporation Of
the town Of Evening Shade was
granted by Judge A, Fl, Num-,
The public roads in all portions
of the county are in fearful con-
dition, So much rain lately has
cut and washed the roads SC
much that much time and expense
will be required to put them ir
anything like good shape again,
The collector has issued 1864
property tax receipts and 200l
receipts for poll tax. The col
lector has extended unusual cour'
tesies to the taxpayers of the diff
ferent sections of the county, anc
it will certainly be no fault Of his
if the delinquent list is large,
Monday night during the
electric storm lightning struck
the barn Of DR.. G.. 7. Lamar n
Cave City, but did no damage tC
the building other than tearing
some planks from their places
A couple Of the Doctors horses
were in tho barn at the time anc
both were knocked down, but not
injured seriously
Sharp County record., 1907-05-10

Barnett Bros. Mer. Co., Bates
vile, Ark, has just received a
car of buggies and hacks, See
them when you want to BUY
either
A copy of the Ash Flat Enter
prise has not made its appear
ance in this sanctum the past
two weeks. What's the matter,
Murphy?
Melvin Stokes returned fome
Thursday of last week from va
cation of three weeks sIsAt at
points in Indian Territory, and is
again at his post in the store Of
Milton Stokes,
Charley Stokes murdered a
huge owl Tuesday, and would be
entitled to a pension if a sty tyborn
legislature had passed Repre-
sentative Andrews hawk, crow
and owl measure.
DR.. A. w. Jernigan left Monday
for Little Rock to attend the
annual session of the Arkansas
Eclectic Medical Association. DR.
Jernigan occupies q prominent
place on the program for the
meetiag~'-''''1
No mail has been received from
over the Hardy route this week
The Cushman mail came ir
Wednesday for the first time dur
ing the week, and the Batesville
carrier missed his trip Monday
NBpening' Shade has excellent mai
service except in times of higt
water, then it's something very
fierce.
Arthur Pickens, who recently
secured a discharge from duty
in the naval service ord nol,
Sam, was a visitor to town pes'
\day. Flo returned to hit ole
home near here last week, Dur"
ing his service in the navy he
was on the ships Brooklyn and
Dixie, and has many interesting
experiences to relate to' his
friends,
Last Saturday Joel Francis, q
young man who lives near this
place, plead guilty to the charge
of assault and battery before ESQ,
7, J., Davidson, and was fined a
dollar and the trimmings, The
day before Francis had gwen
Marvin Johnson, a young negro
man, a very sound threshing
over the settlement Of a debt, 1t
is said friends Of Francis paid his
fine and all the costs,
Sharp County record., 1907-05-10

The Record has seven regular
subscribers at Wellington, Texas
A sized colony of ex' Sidney
neonle is located at that place.
Miss Laura Harrell returned to
her home at Cave City Tuesday,
after spending a few days here,
the guest of her sister, Mrs.
Charles Stokes,
Prosecuting Attorney 7. l..
| I4errn left the latter part of last
week for Pocahontas to appear
for the State against several par
ties charged with blind tigering
whiskey.
Charles A. Barnett, a member
of the popular firm of Barnett
Bros. Mer. Co. at Batesville, has
been seriously i'll lately with ap-
pendicitis, but is reported to be
improving.
We want those who are want
ing to buy Baseball Goods to
know that we have the best line
of balls, masks, gloves, bats,
etc., in town.
w. A, Edwards.
Jake Johnson, good citizen of
the Sidney country, called at the
Record office Tuesday and
ordered the Record sent to his
sons, W. T. Johnson of Carey,
Texas, and j. T. Johnson of
Texico, New Mexico.
Some complaint is reaching
this office Of late that the Record
is not reaching its readers in
some portions of the county on
regular time. 1t has been many
a day since the Record was not
mailed in the Evening Shade
postoffice on Friday, and the
fault is certainly not with us, We
hope there will be no cause for
complaint in the future,
r. Founders of Sidney is
spending some days in the city,
and later will make a visit to
Brinkley and Memphis, Mr.,
Founders carries as pocket pieces
two silver half-dollars which he
took with him when be ran away
from home, in North Mississippi,
at 16 years Of age, to enter the
y, Confederate army They are
atained with the Blood Of com.
rade, whom he carried off a bat
tlefield. --Batesville Guard.
Our Poughkeepsie correspond
ent begins an item by
saying that "We do not agree
with the editor on taking in
Republicans TO make the state
legislature honest" " The editor
does not remember having ever
advocated the idea Of sending
Republicans to the general as"
sembly in order to make that
body honest. We have said that
if the state were more evenly
divided in strength between the
two political parties politics would
be cleaner and Democratic Of
! fice- holders moro honest. We
think our Poughkeepsie COR
respondent will find this is the
most we have ever said along
\ thia limo and that he arreea with
Sharp County record., 1907-05-10

ing, thank k}goodness.
Rev. q. S, Morehead, the
Methodist pastor, will preach two
serm ons Acre next Sunday.
Dr. N F. Sullivan of limbo
de2<>was here Monday looking
after some business matters.
r. X Kay, a young business
man of Salem, was in Evening
Shade several days this week.
Judge William Il. Kelley has
called a special term of County
Court for the 14th day of May.
The Mobley correspondent is
very plain about it that he has
quit "boo2e," It's a good idea.
Miss Julia Herrn has returned
from Salem, where she spent the
n past few months teaching music,
Judge j. W. Smith was en-
gagged as counsel in q lawsuit
near Barren Fork last Saturday
Druggist Snow is now lighting
his place Of business by a gas
oline burner that does the work
we'll.
A good two-year-old mule
belonging to W. ID. Cochran was.
m strawberry river
Monday,
Miss Bessie Herrn came home
tho first of the week from jack
son county, where she had been
teaching.
The tax collector is now en-
gagged in making up the de-
hnquent list, which will soon be
published,
For Rent;-An elegant store
house in the town of Evening
Shade. Good location, Call on
J,P. Cochran.
William P, Albright and Miss
I Agatha McAdams, we'll known
( young people of Cave City, were
\ married Wednesday.
Senator David l., King came
down from Hardy Tuesday to
look after the interests Of clients
in the Chancery Court,
y Claude Jernigan came in last
I week from Jackson county, where
he had been engaged in teaching
the past several months,
Judge O. w, Scarborough, a
prominent lawyer of Newport,
was attending to legal matters in
the Chanoery Court here Wodnes.
day.
IF M, Biges, one Of The Rec.
ord's good friends in Big Rock
Z township, was in the city on
business the first part Of tho
week.
Capt. f. M, IIanloy, tho well
known Melbourne attorney, was
here this week, having somo
business before tho Chanoery
Court,
Elder Joe Puokett and wife
came down from lizard county
the first Of tho week for visit
with Evening Shade relatives ant
friends.
Last Saturday the Sharp coun'
ty treasury was enriched In tht
sum Of $40, 1880, which amour
was turned in by Sheriff Smitl
from the collection OF taxes,
Mrs, Henry W. Brown o
Betesvile, who formerly live,
here, foil somo timo ago en,
broke her thigh, from which In
Jury she has not been maxim
& tatlsiaetory recovery.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-06
Get Acquainted" Week Starts Monday Next
Eyrythg Readiness Lake
Real and Manufacturers Merchants is Looking
Forward Very Busy Week of Pleasure and Profit

Everything is in readiness for Get
Acquainted week which promises to
be one of the great events in the his-
tory OF Salt Lake, the joint committee
oil arrangements from the three as
soclations which have been behind the
movement since its inauguration.
namely Utah State Fair association
SAT- Lake Real Estate association and
the Manufacturers ana Merchants as
soclation, is looking forward TO very
busy week Of both pleasure and profit.
An immense amount of work has heen
done. hundreds Of invitations have been
sent out by the associations as well us
by the business men of the city, enter
ainment has been provided for, and II
the occasion Is not the success it
Should be, 1t is not the fault Of the
committee but lies simply with the
people themselves through lack of APP
probation of the benefits that should
be realized by all
AS is well known any movement OF
this character which is inaugurated foi
the benefit OF the people must of a ne
cessity be supported by the people In
order to make II a success Naturally
there must be leaders. but once the
lead is taken II only becomes an un-
qualified success when participated in
by the people Every citizen OF salt