The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-03
HYHAWKER JOTS

It took a South Haven man seven
years to turn up safe and sound after
disappearing from home without any
apparent reason. He was last seen in
Wellington in company with gamblers.
He must have fallen deeply in love
with solitaire.
A B. Crockett, a candidate for the
county attorneyship of Brown county, is
canvassing for votes in an automobile.
This brings Joy to the other candidates
for they figure that Crockett will make
the farmers mad to ask them for votes
from an auto.
A milkman at Wellington drove his
horse against a live electric wire, ana
he is now preparing card OF thanks.
addressed to the neighborS who help
ed him bury the animal, and who
CHI eered and supported him in the
dark hour of his bereavement.
Some gentleman, who is styled by
the Abilene papers merely as an Apl-
lene man. visited Wichita recently.
Among the acquaintance he formed
there was a woman of color. She sue
ceeded in relieving him of $3.50 In
cash. The Abilene papers say that
the gentleman can afford the lesson
If they would print his name there is
little danger that he would be SO care
less again.
A Pratt lady needed salt Thursday
and she did not want to make an Or
der to trouble the dealer with sucn
cheap purchase for delivery. SO she
thought up some other articles that
she would need some day in the fu-
ture to make a reasonable order for
delivery She phoned the order and
when the goods were delivered sne
realized that she had forgotten to
order the salt.
Switchman Collins has lost the title
of Fancy" says the Arkansas City
Traveller in a railroad note. He has
sacrificed that beautiful head of hair
and thereby hangs tale. He got 100
close to the stove in Ships restaurant
flew into Collins hair and it was de-
stroyed to such an extent that poor
Fancy" had to have it shaved Off,
which has a startling effect
Sympathy goes out to the editor OF
the Horton Commercial who writes as
follows: For the first time in his he
the editor of this paper is put out OF
business physically. While LOOKING over
the new First ward school bu1ld1ng last
Sunday he stepped through hole IN
dark hallway and sustained a badly
sprained ankle. The doctor says 1t Will
he necessary to hobble around on
crutches for at least month and tnat
the injury may possibly result IN per
manent lameness. At any rate IL there
is ANYTHING more painful than a badly
snrained ankle we hope to escape It,
several years ago. says the Atch-
ison Globe Mrs Samuel Blythe or
Missouri, at hog killing time, rendered
some lard which her husband SAID she
should have the money for. me laro
was very fine and sold at good price:
MI. Blythe told hsi wife he would
keep the money and for her to draw lI;a.S
on him for it. And from that Tune
when Mrs. Blythe thought she was
being extravagant she would say to
her husband, Pay for that out OF my
ard money! When she has given MIN
a birthday or Christmas present she
would say proudly, I bought that
with my lard money and when she e
60 sP1ease give me some of my lard
money until he told her today that
he would make the same arrangement
with her that the man did With his
wife in the time honored story: A
woman sold a COW for SIS and gave
her husband the money to keep, con-
stantly drawing on him for , It; E r. IA
w the husband gave her $3.50 If she
would call it square and stop asking
him for her COW money