The chronicle=news., 1912-10-29
"REMINISCENCES OF FRONTIER DAYS

II canon Is the grouchy old postmaster
who told Uncle Sam what to do with
his postoffice at Grant. l'ut this re-
cital concerns an entirely different
matter. One day n poor old fellow
came along up the valley and asked
l.amping for assistance. The noun
tainceis ar. charitable folks and
never turn down anyone when they
need help 80 the man with the kcro-
wayiarcr II simple little grubstakc
out of his store and expressed the
regret that he could not do more.
The cid man asked II there was II
vacant cabin In the neiIhborhood In
which he might camp for II while un-
I'll he could rest up and get the kinks
out of his decrcpid legs. i.amping di-
rccicd him father up the canon to-
ward Webster where the charcoal
kilns were located and said an old
shack could he found near the saw
mill Mt the foot Of Geneva Sulch and
the mcndicant Of many misfortunes
moved on in his sorrowful way up
the canon. The stage driver noticed
the stranger four days later carrying
n can OF water from the river and
that WAS the last ever seen OF him
alive. Somebody found the dead body
In the log hut week or two later
and another unknown. strangely.
unfortunate and weary OF breath
as Tom Hood expressed II. had passed
over the great divide. when beg
Inrs die there are no comets seen. -
! When the word came down tn"
l.nr that the meek and lowly travel
cr was gone. I.amping took some OF
the nciIhbors to the nnhnllowcd spot
to bury him as hest they could under
1.-THE circumstance. According to
i.amping's account they were Rnr-
lrris"d In turning tn. body over to
see half u dozen Young chipmnnks
com. scapcring ont Of tn" corpc's
mouth Just ms II they had been nest
inE In tn" dead mans stomach nnd
to this day the narrator sw.ars to
the truth Of this sirang" phrnomcn-
on and We will have To l-, IL go ut
that II must have b.cn another In
sane" OF that line In the bible In
Samuel which describes how ont of
The dead comcth the living.
They buried the stiff In n rough
box and thought they had completed
the Job until u month or 30 after
wards there came along somcbods 2
making Inquiries regarding the
whereabouts Of the dead man and
nothing would do hut to rNiiumc the
body to establish Identification. And
what do you suppose happcncd?"
asked l.ampring thoughtfmiiy. as II
mentally reviewing some irirhtiuf
calamity. ':'Just as took Of tn"
lid on" of them pcslsy chippi"s hhr-
ricd ont OF the dead mans mouth and
sprang into my facc.''-Ficld Fl. and
Farm.
The Spliccd Corn Stalks: Among
the Kansas agricultural exhibits n,
the Philadelphia Centennial was
some corn on the stalks grown In tn"
Ncosho River bottoms. !, was TWEEN
~ feet high and the ears looked rs
long as stovcwood. Judge Richmond
OF this city tells how an old lady from
Vermont Eazcd Mt 1t and declared
that the Stalks were spliccd. Then
she took another look and changed
her mind. But" said she. It diin',
!SrOw that big In one year. II must
have grown Tor two seasons. The
man In charge OF III. exhibit was
somewhat OF prcvaricator himself,
Lady" said he. In great solcmEity.
I'VE ar" almost ashamed to exhibit
this corn. This has been n not dry
year in Kansas and We have not been
liable to raise very large corn. nut W"
felt that 1t would not do To have u
Kansas exhibit without corn. so we
brought this little stuff along. In
|a really god year the corn grows so
high In Kansas that eagles build
their nests In the tasscls. knowing
full well that they are out of range
LOT the farmers guns. Field and
Farm.