The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-24
AYHAWKER JOTS

A Franklin county farmer who was
shy the dollar sent Bryan two hens
and a rooster to swell his campaign
fund.
A $500 horse belonging to Albert Mey-
field, living southwest Of Atchison.
died lately, as result OF being stung
by humble bees.
The Leavenworth Post is now three
years Old. And unusual youngster that
it is, it has been talking good sense
since the day OF its birth.
A Fort Scott man has carried a nee
die imbedded in his right foot for ten
years. That's long enough, it would
seem, for all practical purposes.
P. S. Fair, of Smith county, who is
the father Of 10 children, was found
by jury last week to be feeble
| minded" Comment is unnecessary
Don't blame central every time you
get a wrong number" is the Fredonia
gum out of your mouth before you
begin to talk"
| A woman in Deering is so well known
by her mick name" that when her hus-
band was away on his vacation he ad-
! dressed her letters to Sunny JIM"
| Deering, Kan, and she received them
| all right.
| Hiawatha people are much amused
over two courtships there. A widower
| goes to see widow. whose son goes
to see the widower's daughter, and the
two men meet on the way almost every
| Sunday evening.
A popular clerk forgot to put in a
vent hole in a barrel of syrup Tues
day before starting to open same, and
| the instant his auger struck syrup,
| we'll you should have seen the man
| behind the auger.-Pratt Union.
| A Leavenworth man who spends half
an hour each evening catching bugs
for pet toad. thought the neighbors
! looked upon him as a scientist
until a neighbours little boy brought
word that the neighbors think him a
fool-Leavenworth Post.
Mrs. Krengle, of Mitchell county, a
woman " years old. who lived alops,
| tried to walk three miles to town dur
| ing one of the hottest days of the
month. Her dead body was found
three days later. There was $152 in
| her pocket.
Hi Higgins is the champion frog leg
| catcher in these parts and he expects
| to work his stunt up into a vaudeville
| act in the near future. Hi kin holer
| just like a frog and kin Whitney like
| fact he kin initiate almost anything
| on earth except a man workin' for a
| living.-Hoppertown Gazette.
| The editor of the Coolidge Enterprise
is mighty mean. Some one sent in a
death notice recently with the COM
| lHdl II OO pi illSu DIS SCHl
don't want any of you people to fool
| with it," was the command of the be-
| reaved who sent 1t in. and this Is as
the death notice appeared. the oblig-
ing editor obeying the order: Mrs.
| Homer Bimsk died at her home, Num-
| Der 81 N. Y. Ave. at p. m. last night.
Aged 46 yrs. mos. left a husband and
four children, three of them sons She
was of Gracious Personality and will be
sadly Missed Already. The deceased 8
| remains will be buried tomorrow at two
p. m. in the afternoon"
This notice is served by the Sabetha
| Herald to bridal parties and their rel
atives and friends: THE Herald here
by serves notice that on and after this
date it will refuse to refer to any meal
eaten after IL a. m. as a wedding
breakfast. This is community which
gets up before a. m. and has break
fast just a little after that. We are
working people. We are not identified
with the vulgar rich. who carouse
around all night and don't wake up I'M
til noon. We don't want the impress
sion to go out that we belong to that
class of people. 1t would be our pre-
ference to have these wedding break
fasts ready for $40 a.. M. to be natural
We consider a. m. pretty late for a
wedding breakfast, and when 1t runs
| along up into 10 and II o'clock 1t Is
cause for regret For a limited period
we will accept wedding breakfasts for
IL a. M, but those who desire to be in
style will have to hurry, for we are IL
able to cut 'em down from one to four
hours"