Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-02-13
Hazef0n Items.

| Sheriff McCracken vas here last week
on official business.
there is quite rivalry between our
hack drivers, getting almost to the war
stage.
John Smith has returned home from
the army. discharged on account Of poor
health.
| Mrs. VIII Ayers has been sick part
/ OF the past week, but was better at last
reports.
1t is reported that we are soon to
have another hardware store and imple-
ment house.
A Mr.. Hoover, from Butler, Mo-. !.
here looking for place to spend the
rest Of his days.
Dr.. Burnett was called to treat one Of
Jesse Webs children one night last
week. He is all right now.
One Of our rural route boys wants to
let go but Uncle Sam doesn't seem to be
able to read his resignation.
lReceived too Late for Last Week.
Mrs. J. H. Drake has been sick for
several days. but at last reports she was
some better.
L. M. Lambeth got tired of feeding
those fat cows Of his and sold out to T.
K. Malbie last week.
w. H. Robinson was on the sick list
part Of last week but is again able to
be at his usual work on the farm.
0. P. Combs has gotte n all Of Colo: ado
he can stand and has come back to old
Barber county to spend the rest of his
days.
W. B. Combs writes US that he will
leave Colorado about the 18th Of this
month and will, Of course, come back to
this part Of the county. They all do it.
J. R. Albright's father died last week
and was laid to rest in the Cherokee
cemetery. He was about IS years old
and just simply lived till the machinery
gave out.
Ebert Gamble, farming four miles
southeast Of town. has about got disgust
ed with this country. He had out 100
acres Of corn last season and has not
been able to get it all husked yet. He
has only about 5000 bushels husked
and begins to think he will never get
done. 1t is awful to get man in such
bad row Of stumps as he is in when
wages are so high.
We learned last week how to work
oft bad wheat at good price. One
honest old farmer had a lot of musty
wheat In one bin and lot Of nice dry
wheat In another bin, when he went to
haul it to the elevator he loaded the
wagons about half full Of the musty wheat
and then drove over to the good bin and
finished out the load. He evidently be-
lieves IN making everything look its best.
Don't want to injure the reputation of
the state by showing up the bad crops.
With the exception Of about IS days,
| have served as a member of the school
board since in July 1884 and during
that time have been able to learn few
things regarding the average school that
perhaps, never would have learned
otherwise. One of the things which we
have learned is that on the annual school
meeting day the most of the patrons stay
at home, and let about two or three run
the meeting. Usually the board is about
all that is there, the board employs a
teacher, and it is very natural that they
try and do the best they can, the chill
dren are started to school prepared to
find all the fault possible with their new
teacher. They run home and tell it all,
and then some Of the parents don't Like
that way Of teaching so they go to some
Of the neighbors and State the case as
they have it from the children. That
neighbor is indignant at the way the new
teacher is doing and tells another neigh
Dor, and from one to another the story
goes all finding fault, and none trying to
find out the truth of the matter. None
of them ever thinks of going to the board
and letting them know how the school is
being conducted, but they are very par
tcular to keep night on criticising the
teacher, and did you ever think how lit
lie one needs to know to become critic;
in fact, the less they know the better it
is for their line Of business. Did it ever
occur to any Of you that a. a rule those
dong the most talking know the least
about the school Of anyone in the dis
trid.in fact as rule they know but very
little about it more than the reports that
have been brought home by the children
and it is very natural tor these reports to
be colored to suit the child that tells it. |
Now how much better it would be for
our schools if all Of the parents in the
district would just do one-half as much |
toward helping the school as many Of
them do to bring it into disrepute. Now
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