The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-06-06
TYNAN'S BARN
DANCE TREAT
FOR FOLKS"

snortin' good time last evening"
That was the general opinion Of the
funny farmer folk that attended the
Barn Raisin OK Farmer Reuben
Tomma riah lyman on PenI,ent Lane
last night. over three hundred and
fifty from every farm IN the vicinity
and the big majority OF the citizens
Of squashtown kicked their feet or
whlslsed their skirts 1T was a Col
Dinged peert affair" as Deacon sher-
wood. who was present with whiskers
trimmed. stated to Cymanthia Jane
Boucher. who by the way. made quite
a hit
Farmer Reuben lyman had the
yearIin's out of the way and the hay
NOV floor properly creased and pre-
sided In his new straw hat and Suu-
day-go-to-meetin' overalls. Ma lyman
wore her new Aipaeky gown which
I she had stitched at the last meeting
OF the sewing circle.
At eight-thi-;y the parade OF the
Alfalfa Barons and the rest OF the
country Jakes commenced TO begIa
and wound up and down and around
the interior of the mow and reminded
one Of a wiggllng noodle from Mariah
TurnbuH's famous noodle soup. After
the stock had walked around the
arena for inspection the foot scrspin'
and the shin dlggin' began to COM
menee The parade showed that ;he.s
we're several likely Blue Ribbon win
aers In the collection. .~s
Hiram Boucher brought a bag OF
home cured tobacco with him. T. T..
Palmer, the village physician. wore
his tile hat Lt,ie Artie Frisbie had
his bang properly euried and Willie
Peabody sore his new red shirt VIII
lie Galley felt proud in his Sunday
hat Charlie s~anton the village dude
tried 10 make a mash on Hepzidiah
Goodloe. Farmers Vance. GoodIoe.
Stockton and Bess enjoyed the Cow
driII.
when the time came for the selec-
ton OF blue ribbon stock. the town
board OF squashto~n was appointed
the committee TO decide. They we're
7. NJ Harding. VIM Kenly. Dal De-
weese. Jno. o'Brien and Ralph Plat
+ 1t was hard for them to make she
decision but they at last agreed
that Farmer r. r. Bess and Mrs.
Neighbor TurnbuII were dressed the
best Farmer Bess got a pig and Ms.
Turnbull a duck
After the prizes we're awarded oof-
Zee and -sinkers~ were served to the
hungry country folk Corn cob pipes
and alfalfa iobacky we're also served.
The Pen orchestra furnished the nd
dim.
4 Some OF those present besides the
host and hostess were: DR.. and Ms.
T d. Palmer. Miss Joe. Palmer.
James Stump. Mayor and Mrs. Frank
p. Smith. Mr.. and Mrs. Dave supper
stein. Mr.. and Mrs. George r Nix.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Bradbury. Mr..
and Mrs. W. b Boucher. Mr.. and Mrs.
II. r Wood. Mr. and Mrs Harry
Combs. Mr and Mrs. /. NJ wingert.
Or. and Mrs. Goodloe. Mr.. and Mrs.
VIII Peabody. Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Vance Mr., and Mrs Truman Stock
ton. Mr. Gene Crawford. Mr.. ana
Mrs. Irving Stockton. Dr. and Mrs
I Holmes. Mr. and Mrs, D. y. Garrett.
Miss Garrett. Walter Agnew. Mr.. aad
Mrs. Hunter Palmer. Mr.. Win Essei.
Miss Maude jenkins. Miss Media Foi-
ter. Miss Elsie Armstrong. Or. Ca
michael. Chaplain Biake. senator and
Mrs. Matt Lines Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
McFarlane. Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Rca.
Waiter Rea. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Canterbury. Mr. and Mrs. W ~.
Thomas. Mr.. and Mrs. Jay sldebo,tou,.
Mr.. James Dye. Mr.. Arch Turner. Mr..