Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-03-25
They Surprised Him


The home Of Mr.. and Mrs. L. D
Elliott, seven miles northwest of this city
was the scene Of pleasant surprise part,
on Wednesday night, March 18th. Tht
occasion was surprise on MIR. Elliott
Dell had frequently boaaed that he coulc
not be surprised and Mrs. Elliott con.
Guided that it was about time to show
him. so with Mrs. w. E. Galloway as
assistant she planned and executed thi:
surprise and succeeded beyond her fond
est expectation. To add to the surprise
on the afternoon Of the appointed day
Allen Herr got Mr.. Elliott to assist him
in dehorning few steers, and as night
came on Allen concluded it would be a
smart trick to detain Dell until after the
guests had arrived. So Dell did not reach
home until near the hour of nine o'clock.
When he reached home he found the
house pretty well crowded. He was
dumbfounded for time but when he did
find voice to speak he gave his opinion
of those who had planned the party in
language that was more expressive than
elegant. Not that he objected to the
party. Dell enjoys those social functions
as well as anybody. But when man
goes out to dehorn cattle he is not in the
habit Of dressing in his Sunday best, and
upon returning from the job his appear
ance was not the most presentable, so
Dell felt that he had been imposed upon
by being brought into company in that
condition. However, his natural good
nature is gradually returning, but before
you say surprise party to him be sure the
assessment current, on your benefit certih-
cate is paid.
Those present were Lon Baldwin and
family, w. E. Galloway and family Dave
Jones and wife, Seward Field and wife,
Hugh Woodward and wife, Raynor
Trotter and Miss Bertha Winter, Charley
Johnson and Miss leila Thomas, F rancis
Monley and Miss Florence Robston, Had
White, Allen Herr.
The evening was spent in games Of
various kinds and music on the phono-
graph, but the feature of the evening was
prize given by Mrs. Galloway to the
most successful one in a guessing contest,
and here also occurred the only event to
mar the pleasantly Of the evening. The
contest was won by and the prize award
ed to Miss Robaon. But in the guess
ing she had been assisted by MIR. Monley
and he claimed to have done most of the
work and claimed the prize. This led to
heated argument and matters were
about to assume serious phase when
Miss Robston true to her womanly instinct
conceived plan for happy termination
of the quarrel by proposing compromise
in which Mr.. Monley was to have half
interest in the prize, "a beautiful glass
pitcher. The guests demanded that the
license be procured at once; at this point
the confusion became so great that our
reporter was unable to hear any further
conversation. but the parties interested
later went into secret caucus and the re-
suit Of that conference has not been made
public but it is generally understood that
a protocol was signed under which hostil-
lilies ceased and another conference is to
be held in the near future when perma-
nent treaty Of peace is to be formulated
and ratified. However this may be,when
they parted during the early hours Of
Thursday morning the friendly relations
Of the evening hours had been restored
and no trace Of the midnight storm was
visible.