The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-02-18

W luCueu JhmlsOu entertained al
cards at the home of she former,
West Walnut street, Rich Hill, yes
terdsy afternoon, at 2:30 O'Clock.
A number OF Butler ladies went 80
Rich Hill on the noon train so at
t.nd.
Luther Wilson was re-nominated
for constable at Nevada last week ai.
Ser hot contest and a very close
vote. Some OF the Nevada papers
spoke Of its resemblance in that re-
spect 30 the lieutenant governors
contest. Luther Is making good
down there. He has a large &C.
quaintsnce and many close friends 10
bstes county, his old home.
Writ's opera house, at Harrison
vile, has been closed for the next
Two months owing 80 lack oipatron.
ge. IL the management OF opera
ouses in towns OF this size would
pay more attention to the quality OF
t'oups and less 81 the quantity,
they would be better patronized and
ply bigger dividends.
About 200 persons attended the
Farmers Meeting at Peru last Fri,
lay and took deep interest In the
practical addresses on farming deliv.
ered by Professors King and Jordan.
he good women OF that neighbor.
hood prepared a bountiiul dinner for
all present. Such manifest interest
encourages those engaged In this
educational work.
j. A. Trader, the cigar broker, was
exhibiting clock 10 Butler Tuesday,
which he claimed was a great check
on bank cashiers. Is was In the
form OF an owl, whose immense eyes
were constantly on the move. Art
didn't try to sell It to the boards of
directors OF any OF our banks, rs he
explained that none OF the Butler
cashiers needed watching.
The Nevada Post tells OF peculiar
accident which happened County
Judge j. W. Underwood, at his home
in Walker, In which he caught hui.
let from small caliber rifle In his
mouth, A hired man shot at rab,
bit, the ball glancing from she
ground struck Judge Underwood on
the bridge OF his nose, ranged down.
ward, pierced the roof OF his mouth
and dropped on his tongue.
It's the open damp winters that
makes mud and impossible roads In
Missouri. The ladies start TO town
in the morning whistllng and happy
with the prospects OF a good return
from their cream and eggs, but they
return late In the afternoon not feel.
Ing so good because they come walk.
Ing, knee deep in mud, leading their
horses and the buggy left hub deep
In Willow Branch mud and all be.
cause OF double tree pulled In two.
Amsterdam Enterprise.
The farm house on the Christy
place, northwest OF Butler, was de-
stroyed by fire on last Thursday
morning. Jas. W. Allison recently
moved into the house, and lost near
ly all his household goods, on which
there was no insurance. Mr. Allison
has had unusual misfortune In this
direction, having been burned out
three or four times in the past year.
He and his family certainly deserve
the sympathy OF all in their misfor-
tune.
The NJ. W. A. camps throughout
the county have by resolutions petit,
stoned representative Griffith to vote
against and use all honorable means
TO defeat the insurance bill, known
as the "Fraternal Congress Rate
Plan," to come before the Missouri
legislature. There are seventeen
Woodmen Camps In Bates county,
with q combined membership OF
about $500. This forms quite a
formidable protest from one county.
The farmers meeting held at Ad-
rian last week was not 80 we'll at
tended by farmers as such meetings
deserve, owing largely TO the bad
conditions OF the roads. Excellent
talks were made by Professors Jor-
dan and King, Of the agricultural
college at Columbia, and Major F.
H. Crowell, OF Butler The Journal
says OF Major Crowel's work: "The
Msjor Is doing more than any man
In Bates county to promote sys
tematic and scientific farming. The
boys and men are responding to his
efforts to make farming more prof
table and pleasant.
Tomorrow cometh the drouth, !"
says the Clinton Daily Democrat
Thursday. "The Senate saloon on
the south side, the last survivor OF
the January refusal OF the county
court to grant new licenses, will close
it's doors at midnight to night. "
Parties who came In from Clinton
yesterday report that the town
two blocks away from the drug
stores is so "dry" that crowds OF
men could be seen at every water
hydrant printing their throats with
the hope OF raising moisture enough