Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1907-02-15
WALNUT WRITINGS.
By"Lucky Jo,"

Again We old fashioned scribe
will endeayor to furnish a bit of
reliable information concerning
the historic "reminiscences of the
past in this vicinity. Then CON-
Inc down to this chronological
period of the highest type of ami
maj life We expect to give our
readers of the best paper in the
county, the weekly happenings OF
our friends who live in this Dor.
tioH OF the mundane sphere.
Madam Rumor has been 'totine''
and disseminating the huge story
that Chas. Lampe is in the habit
of getting lost on Sunday nights.
We wonder whyl
H We understand there is To be a
church social at the Walnut Valley
church, Wednesday night, Feb. 10.
The report is current that a social
will be held at the Gallon hall in
Albert Ia the near future.
The warm weather has some.
what interferred with the skat.
ing sport. During the period il
lasted we saw a marriage licen sc
issued in an eastern paper that
suggested the following to us, and
happening in an appropriate sea.
son. Harry Scates and Bessie
Nett were the names recorded as
purchasing the license. They
should glide through life smoothly,
since there is a pair of Scates in
the family, a Nett gain in the
transaction.
Our young people whose minds
are allowed to dwell on the fanci.
full phantoms of enticements pro.
claimed from the ball room, are
building high hopes Of a splendid
masquerade at Heller on Yalen
tine night, Feb. IA.
The neighborhood orchestra is
practicing for the Heller mas.
querade. They are good lot OF
musicians and will acquit them.
selves in a very able manner at
that gathering.
From reading the papers we
learn that New York is having q
February Thaw and the notorious
ness of this event has been extend.
ed over the entire country. and
the reading element for some
weeks will have to meander about
in this slush.
We are proud of the fact that
our quaint little Queen City,"
Albert has such a good criterion
correspondent in "Buckskin Bill"
We have known several nen named
Bill, but never before a lady by
that name. HaDDening to be ac-
quaintedw With the lady, we besDeak
for their writings splendid ere.
alive imagination from fiction ex-
presSed in apt and beautiful die
ton.
In a letter we recently received
from a friend in Oklahoma we get
the following: The Jim Crow"
clause in the new constitution
is blufing the convention at the
present time. No doubt, the
thinking and better element of the
new state are in favor Of this
clause, yet it is dragging along.
One delegate from Indian Terri
tory, GEAR the Arkansas line. got
enthusiastic recently and in a SHELL
binding speech closed bv saying,
In the words of Darrell Webter,
who wrote our dictionary, give
me liberty or give me DEATH" AT
this juncture he was interrupted
by a fellow delegate who said,
Noah Webster wrote the diction.
ary." No, be didn't" said the
irate man, Noah built the Ark"
Ed Archer is again at home.
lie has been on an extended visit
in Ne braska, Iowa, and Illinois.
Our brother scribe from 33 asks
a very Dointed question concern
ing civil government. 1t is this
How can a class finish our civil
governmental four months3 Well,
brother, there are two methods
that can be used by teachers.
One is the sketch" method. the
other is the thorough" method.
Evidently the former method,
though very inferior. has been
used.
In conclusion we leave with you
the odifrous escence of wedding
cake. This smell seems to come
from the Holy Land iDist. ~