The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-20

was an agent he said: Young fellow,
the sooner You get out of here the
thought so too, and left.
On another occasion a small dog
came nipplng at my heels. The man Of
the place said. Watch out or the dog
I knew that from experience without
his telling me. but 1 didn't. Well. he
gave me an order anyway.
| 1 also took an order for a scene in a
coal mine at another farm. The wo-
man who gave me the order said he
| husband had just left the penitentiary
! a snort time ago, and she thought it
would be nice to remind him of old
times. l found out later that she sta
ted facts. 1t is almost incredible that
people would make statements like that
TO strangers, but they do. Another wo-
| man asked me if L had any views
| which showed how a Teller looked
when he came home drunk" She adj
ded that she wanted them to show to
her husband. Another man asked me
right before his family if I had any
| foxy oneS.''
| One time view of a statue, unborn
| ed except with a veil. slipped to the
floor. A little girl picked it up and
said, 20, mama, here's an angel with
out anv Clothes"
| These were the most remarkable ex
night at a farm house. L took my
board and lodging in pictures. The
family was interesting and ! had regu-
| lar good old-fashioned meals.
The next day it began to rain about
10 O'Clock. 1 trudged all day through
the mud and wet, but my umbrella kept
me fairly dry. I carried suit case
covered with Oil skin so it was water
tight. wore rubbers. 1 had fairly
good luck and found most of the men
folk in doors. They were in pretty good
humor also and that helped a great
deal I happened to strike a family at
dinner time who knew many Topeka
people, and 1 had a nice visit besides
taking an order.
About the middle of the afternoon it
began to rain in earnest. I spent
couple of hours in an old blacksmith
shop on the crossroads. The smith
| told me that he had chance to go to
school but wouldn't and so was scrap
| ing along and making living the best
he could. Towards evening there was
still drizzling rain, and 1 had some
difficulty to get a place to stay, but
| finally succeeded in doing with a
German family. The man of the house
was a quaint character full of stories
| of the 'Vaterland."
| I haven't time now to tell you of
| the rest of the week, but every day
| so must close. will try to pick up
| the most characteristic events that
come in my experience and tell them so
that people can get some idea of what
1
| ent, goodby. Sincerely,
It now appears that the proposed
| investigation of the salt well on the
T. D. Joseph farm north of the city
will assume a more definite form.
Fred Morns this morning stated that
iif possible he would talk to the men,
hers of the Civic club as to what they
thought about the proposition and
| would probably call a meeting of the
Ill, fy11f n fe.orr nn r
| ter If sufficient interest was manifest
ed in the project. J. j. King, who is
active in pushing the affair says that
he thinks that heit can find business
men who Will be sYilling to put up
enough money to dig down to the
| pipe ten feet under the ground, uncap
the well procure samples of the water
and have them analysed by an expert
chemist, and if he can not he will put
up the money himself.
1t is the opinion of several that the
cost of obtaining the sample will be
comparatively little, as it is thought
by them that the water will force it
self out between the wooden plug
it did before the cap was put on.
If this proves to be true it is the opin-
ion that the procuring of samples
will be merely a matter of removing
the earth which covers the cap.
of his daughter, Mrs. Clara Bradford,
yesterday at us Adams street on the
South side, was an old settler in the
vicinity of North Topeka and was we'll
known in the First ward. He came
here from Ohio in October, in 1877,
and settled on a farm near Elmont.
He lived there until about two years
ago when he moved to Topeka. He
was a member of the Baptist church
Besides Mrs. Bradford, he leaves
son, John, of LIE Roy. Mr.. Yost, jr.,
was with his father when he died.
The funeral will be held at O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon from the Prairie
Home church. Rev. J. Barratt will
officiate. The remains will be inferred
in the Prairie Home cemetery.
Notes and Personals.
The subscription which is being
taken for AL Sturgeon, the farmer
who lost over $4,000 in fire which
destroyed his barn and horse. has
reached to. nearly $500. The man
lives about ten miles northwest of
the city. His neighbors are taking up
the subscription.
Walter Coleman of north of
Menoken was in North Topeka on
business yesterday. He reports that
the prospects for crops are fairly good
and that the wheat in his neighbor-
hood is doing we'll, but the crops
planted on the hillsides are in need
of rain.
The mother 'possum and her family
which lived in box back of the c.