The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-08
Personals and
Locals Mkt

The March thaw perdickted by Dac
Henderson, our Oldest inhabitant, failed
to materialize.
If you desire to make us happy why
don't you pay up your back subscrip-
tons?
Gid Smalley had his boots ha1f-so1ed
last week. This is the second pair OF
| half soles Gid has put on this winter.
Gid is powerful hard on half so1es.
Hold Slocorb sprained his ankle kick
| ing at his hound dog one day recently.
He missed the dog and kicked the
| jarr1b of the door,
Mel Sampson dropped into Hen
Weathersby's store tother ev'g and alb
sent mindedly set down on a reel of
barbed wire. Mel says he will deal else
where than at Hens store hereafter
The Ladies' Aid will give a sociable
in the basement of the church next Fri
day ev'g. Coffee, doughnuts and pie
served. Admission 10 cents. Proceeds
to go lords helping pay the pastors back
salary.
Eb Simpson got stuck in the mud be-
tween here and the Co. seat where he
started for on business and pleasure
last week. Eb finally had to unhitch
his horse and ride it back home, 1eav-
ing the buggy in the mud where it is
yet. Eb said as far as he was consarned
the trip was bad business and no
pleasure.
Miss Mary Ann Whittacre is taking
lessons on the nelodeurn. She has only
took two lessons and she can almost
pick out Home Sweet Home" by ear.
We perdiekt that Miss Mary Ann will
make musician some day in the future.
Rufe Atkins while Smelling corn
through a corn shelter recently had his
glove caught in the shelter and two fin
gers took off. They was just a new
pair of gloves, too. We mean the FIN
gers on the gloves.
Miss -Phronicia Watkins is making
fancy hand worked dolly for table use.
1t will be very artistic when finished.
Harve Hines, our tonsorial barber,
says business is booming in his line-he
cut four heads of hair and shaved three
faces last week.
Epl1 Higgins, our accommodating P.
M. and government official, desires us
to state that he has only a few two ct.
stamps left. Those who desire two CT
stamps should purchase at once. First
come, first served. No telling how long
Eph will be out of 2-centers.
Hen Smiley got his fingers burnt
by picking up hot horseshoe in Bill
Hepburns blacksmith shop one day re-
Gently. Hen didn't know it was hot and
and as soon as his curiosity was graft
fed he laid it right down again where
he got it Bill says if folks wouldn't
NEEDLE they wouldn't get burnt
Mrs. Abe Skinner says her hens has
begin to lay in fine style. The other
day she collected the eggs she got two
double yolked ones. Who can beat this
for double yolked eggs?
Deacon Andrews was not present at
church last Sunday morning Inquiry
developed the fackt that the Deacon
wrenched his back in trying to pull on
his Sunday boots and wasn't able to
be present.
Slime Henderson had plumbago last
week and Doc Livermore give Slime a
sticking plaster to put on his back. Slime
put it on and now he cant get it off.
Slime he calEdlates he will just naturally
have to let it wear off.
Mrs. Anne Hillyer had a sad rnisfor-
tune last Saturday. Mrs. Hillyer put
fine jelly cake into the oven to bake
and it fell on her Mrs. Hillyer said
she could have cried her eyes out. She
hardly ever has a jelly cake to fall
on her.
Subscribe for the Bugle and we will
do the rest.