Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-08
GLEAslSGs BETWEEN THE ElLsuTs.

By LUCKY Jo,' Feb. -
Our Gloomy Gus" OF Seventeen
with humorous wit and pencil
keen. pPnsively dreaming of
things that 90, WONDER whose
pen name is Lucky Jo."
Joe Patterson and Arthur Sailor
attended a sale III Pawnee county
Tuesday.
An over jealous band of coyote
hunters we're out lat week.
Tliey got this many 5000.
A Jordan and Miss Edith Whit.
man attended the cake walk at
Albert last Friday night.
Some of the people east of
Walnut Valley church attended op-
era IA Great Bend Thursday night
G. E. Button recently killed
one Ut the latest and tenderest
beeyes we have sampled in years.
Skating parties are now the Or
der Of the day. The lake on lily
Derks' farm is an elegant place
and all lovers of that sport are
improving the season. We were
out to one of those skating parties
on Thursday of last week. About
80 REPRESENTATIVES of the eau.
caSlOn race were present. Such
time of gayety is recorded no
where except in the days of
Abylon when that empire was in
It's zenith.
The Seeber family and the
school teacher from this district
were present at the cake walk and
ball gwen in Albert last FRIDAY
] night.
The series OF meetings, which
were to commence at Walnut Val
lev have been postponed for an
other week.
Garry Arnold, living just north
of route 4. has very fine mule in
good order. well broke a O sound
IN every way which he offers tor
sale. lie concentrates disposing
of that and some other stock and
investing the proceeds in cattle,
being better adapted to that bust.
ness.
The young people around 80
are practicing for a splendid play
which they expect to render in 4
or 6 weeks.
There is one thing we don't en-
JOY as a scribe and that is writing
things about ourselves. what So.
ever our profession may be-.
Since the Legislature past the
bill prohibiting base all on Sun.
day we have heard many of Our
best citizens complimenting the
Legislators. The only protect
we have heard of in western
Kansas came from the city" OF
Albert AID the Village" of
Wichita. Neither OF these places
were heard for their much speak
ing, it being understood that
Satan had a warranty deed to the
former and q heavy incumberence
On the latter.
Frank Hanks and the Wemmert
Bros. are hauling wheat to Heller
! this week.
! Lewis Bcshell of Pawnee county
is visiting home folks.
Ye scribe from II wishes to
meet Luck 10" and shake hands.
10 q ocular way we say every
dog shakes his own paw.
Civil war broke out in the Holy
Land district ~ last week. For
a short time it looked as if the
school government would be over
thrown so bitterly was the contest
waged. Faith in the teachers
governmental ability went to so
per cent below par, the supply of
switches grew low in the commits.
sarV department. treason echoed
from hill top to hilltop and the
writ Of Habeas Corpus was sus-
pended in all cases. Presently the
teacher suppressed the rebelllons
seat and made terms of peace.
Devastation of much property
was threatened BY this uprising
but when the smoke of battle
cleared away a few broken sticks,
a panel out OF the door, young
America with reversed action of
facial muscle and a country pre-
ceptor with enraged passions l6
degrees above fever heat. The
war being over reconstruction be-
gan. The horn of cornucopia
poured out oil and menced the
stormy fellows. The school house
once Noahs Ark. a school house. a
fortress in war and a hospital just
after, has been converted to a fine