The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-07-20
Mulberry and Western Bates.

eral gOOu showers the past week ant
and nice little rain is falling at thi!
writing, (Monday). The early corr
has been badly hurt but the latel
planting has improved and may ye
make fair crop. Some farmers are
still carrying the same long face ano
have had the blues so long that they
cannot get a smile to stop in front o1
them.
Rev. T. Maschoff, the pastor of the
German Lutheran church, and family
are spending two weeks with Their
parents at Lockwood, Mo.
Herman Beckman the jolly good
natured jack Of all trades who lives al
the Graves mound helped Rambler
shingle his barn Fridry and Saturday.
Mr.. Beckman is quite chicken
fancier and has one of the finest flock
of Rose Comb Rhode Island Reds in
Western Bates.
Mrs. John Taylor of Merel, Oregon,
who has been in ahospital in Chicago,
came in Thursday and is visiting al
the home of Mr.. Taylors mother,
Mrs. Mary Taylor Sageser.
Mrs. Henry Gardner and son,
Teddy, who were called to Cercel-
vile, Kansas about ten days ago, re-
turned home Saturday accompanied
by Bennie Gardner and wife who will
spend a month with home folks.
Last Thursday evening a number
of relatives and friends spent very
pleasant evening at the home of Fred
Meints and family. Those present
were Mr.. and Mrs. R. Bohlken and
sons, George and Bert; Berney Bohl-
ken and family, A. j. Meints and
family, Will and Anna Meints, Henry
Dykman and family. Ice cream and
cake were served.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Leiner, Mr.. and
Mrs. Tom Schmel, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
B. johnson, Ecke Taute and family
spent Sunday at the Downey Lagoon
and report having caught some good
fish.
The Fox Tail ball club and the Vir-
ginia Boys had match game Satur-
day on the formers diamond and the
score stood Is to 10 in favor of the
Virginia Boys.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Backman and
youngest son were guests at the home
of Mr.. Vediger near Foster Sunday.
Rev. Grape of Rich Hill a Lutheran
preacher delivered a very able ser
mon at the Mulberry school house
Sunday afternoon. He will preach
again in two weeks at $3.50.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Gordon were
visitors at the w. j. Bard home
Sunday.
Henry X. Dykman and family, R.
Bohlken and family, Berney Bohlken
and family were guests at the John
Dykman home Sunday.
Mrs. H. j. Mayer and daughter,
and son, Lawrence, were
visitors at j. H. Porter's Sunday.
Miss Ola Nichols is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Charley Good near AM
sterdam.
The way one Of Homer townships
bachelors is ''prowling around" on
Sunday it looks like there might be a
some time-soon.
Our boys are trying to talk us into
The notion of going to Butler on Aug.
3D. to see the Big Elephant. We are
ike most old men, if we 60 to a cir
;us it will be just to please the kids.
A poor excuse" is a mighty good
hing sometimes. But we expect to
vote for the new capitol before the
elephants get to the county seat as
hat will be something our sons can
ook back at and say Daddy voted
or"
Our little niece, Miss Maude Ew-
,ank of the Hot Water neighborhood
las been helping us care for our little
!irl the past ten days. The boys say
|addy has about forgotten them and
loes not have time to keep them out 6
+ mischief.
Miss Anna Bard who has been very
ow is very much better and is able
D be up again. -
RAMBLER.
Elkhart-
Miss Nola Ellis visited w. H. Kee.
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