The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-06-14
Personals & Local Items

| Slime Watkins, who advertised for a
dog in these columns not long sinst,
has succeeded in getting one, which
only goes to show that advertising in
the Bugle brings results. This dog of
Shines he bought from Enos Snodgrass
over Sorrow Hollow way. and Slime
says the pup is fuller of fleas than a
pine tree is of needles. Slime says he
calkilates he got all the fleas the dog
| had to spare hisself and that they keep
| him busy scratchin day and night. Sine
has tried to get the dog shet of fleas,
but has not succeeded, and he now of
fers the dog for sale for IS cts. less
than he paid for him, which was Is
| cts.
| Subscribe for the Bugle. If you take
! the Bugle a year and come to us and
! say you are not satisfied with it we will
| give you your money back if we amt
spent it.
Bud Hinckley who amt quite right in
his head got stung by a hornet on his
birth day last Tuesday which sad ca
lamity married for Bud what would of
otherwise been a happy day and one
! long to be remembered.
ST Packard's old cat has give birth
| recently to a whole mess of kittens
which ST is anxious to find good homes
for ruther than drown them in the
crick and he desires US to state that
he will give away these cats free gratis
for nothink to the first persons who call
desiring cats. ST also says that if these
cats take after their mother they will
be powerful good mousers.
While Hank Dewberry was meander-
ing up Snake Crick tother day with his
ole muzzle loading shot gun trying to
see if he couldn't shoot a pickerel
along the bank somers being as he can't
catch them with a hook and line Hank
he seen a fsh-hawk down near the
and fired at it The fsh-hawk riz UP
and flew away inscathed, but there was
heller and Cy Hoskins old COW "Spot"
run out from behind the a1ders with
her rump full of shot. Cy had to tie
her up and pick the shot outen her with
a pair of forceps.
Subscribe for the Bug1e at once and
get it often your mind.
This is nice June weather we are hav-
ing and we are thankful for it. or ought
to be.
Ras S1ocomb, while whiting a pine
stick with his old Barlow knife which
he had just sharpened up at Hen
NedIIeISDy SlOIc IOlHcI might, cut HIS
thumb. Ras was whiting lords hisself
at the time and it amt no wonder he
cut his thumb You allus ought to whit
tie away from you, Ras.
Hen Smiley, the champeen checker
player of Zion Crossroads, wants to
play a match game of checkers with
Brad Hinsley, the champeen checker
player of Bingville, but Brad says he is
too busy with farm work at present to
bother his mind about checkers, but if
Hen will wait till next winter he will
accommodate him.
Miss Phronicia Watkins set out to
make Jelly cake last Saturday, being
as she expected her uncle who is lor
yer at the Co. seat to spend Sunday
with them, but Phronicia had turrible
bad luck with her jelly cake. Jest when
she got it into the oven and it begin to
bake old Ben Watkins, her dad, dumped
through the kitchen with heavy boots
on and that jelly cake fell flatter than
a pancake Phronicia almost cried, but
her dad tried to cheer her up. He said
he would eat the Jelly cake down to the
last rind and that it al1us improved jelly
cake to have it fall.
Mrs. Abe Witherow the other day
called our attenshion to a bed of mas
turshiums which she has planted in her
front yard and which have came up
beautiful The nasturchiun is a lovely |
flower and they do much to beautify a
residence. Bingville would be a good
cal more beautifuller if it had more
nasturchiums in the yards.