The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-11-18
NEW HOME.

now, and matters not how long it Ia:
been dry, nor how bad rain is need
/ ed, we are never ready, when i
comes. There is always something
undone, which needs to be done be
fore the rain. This is especially
true when the men folks are afflicted
and not able to do much.
We were at Sprague and saw quit
a number delivering hogs Mostever,
one sold too soon, of course. The
farmers, especially those who neec
the worst are the ones that caught, i
they sell, then the price goes up, but |
they hold, the pricegoes down. Hence
they are caught both going and com
ling.
Some one is ready to say that hogs
are awful high, and that is true. But
they are not high, considering the
price feed has been for the past three
years. We have known hogs to sell
for 10 cents per pound, when corr
was not near so high as il has beer
for the past three years. Hogs sold
for 5 cents per lb right here in Bates
county during Cleveland's first ad.
ministration.
We learn that Judge Armstrong;
sale went off well last Thursday, not
withstanding it was an unfavorable
day. But the circumstances would
have to be very unfavorable, when
Coils. WEIGH and Robbins could not
pull sale through all right
Clarence Shannon came home from
the northwest, helped the home folks
shuck their corn, and then pulled for
Iowa to shuck corn. Just why he
left an all-winter's job in the north
west and came home and then left so
soon for other parts we are unable to
say.
Since the rains and everything wet
and cane pummies are wet soft,
heavy and nice. Some of the neigh
bers are hauling the pummieS to coy
er their shredded fodder ricks, hog
pens and so forth and so on. +,
Frank Morse shipped a 10 gallon
can of sorghum to Will Miller in
Ellsworth county, Kan., sometime ago
and has got word that it got there all
right, and they are all living in sweet
ness out there, as he divided with
some of his friends. The people out
there are sociable and clever, and
sorghum is sorghum.
And that makes us think Mr.. Bor-
ron, Of Rich Hill, bought 20 gallons
of sorghumo of Allen Wright and ship.
ped them to Wyoming, Idaho or
somewhere out there. Some woman
out there wanted some sorghum real
bad off sent to town for quart, and
1t cost her 80 cents. How is that for
high living? y
We saw Polk Taylor shucking corn.
He just begun seeing it was Monday
and nice day. He returned from
his touring in the wonderful north
west having seen so much fine i'm
provements and other grand things,
instead Of going into his corn field
he went to building an addition to his
barn, painting and improving gener-
ally.
The rural mail carriers have had il
lovely for long time, but we SYM
pathize with them now.
We were told the other day by a
gentleman from Rich Hill, who seems
to know, that there would be another
shaft put down soon at the New
Home mine.
Sports seem to be trying to get all
the quail as soon as possible. We
are not much stuck on the game law
as whole. But if we had the max
ing of the law, we would prohibit the
killing Of quail 7 days in the week, 81
weeks in the year or 1856 days in the
year. The farmers raise them, and
the sports kill them.
We have had a poor opportunity to
get news this week, hence we have
wandered. CLOVER.