Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1914-06-12

in q peculiar manner. The oar
was loaded with large gss pipe
and ct the end Of that was aspace
Of . few feet. Evidently the man
had gotten into this spase and
was bumming a ride. Whsn the
car was given severn Jolt the
pipe slipped and struck the mans
head, mashing it fat. The rec
mains were removed from theI
car and the coroner held an in.I
quest.
In the circuit court Of Cass
county a jury recently awarded
damages to the amount OF s4sI
against q farmer who had sold q
pair of mules to fellow farmer
: and guaranteed the animals to be
; sound and without q blemish.
The purchaser found, after ne
had taken the mules home that
! each had q crooked tail. He
, sued for damages and was awar-
ded the sum OF $50 In a justice
court; the defendant appealed 10
a higher tribunal and will now
: take the case to the Court OF Ap.
! peals. The costs already amount
9 to $225.
"The tight skirt" says an ex-
change in a headline, sis pass
: ing" (Which is too trus," adds
k the Emporia Gazette. Zone pass"
8 ed the window q moment ago
d through which we saw a wart on
II the left hind leg Of a perfectly
8 strange lady. That does seem q
n little informal even for these rap
Q id times. In our grandmother
day no lady would chow the war
ia on the southwest quarter of th'
"a east half OF section 4, range 8, tC
y a gentlman without at least th'
7 formality of an introduction. Blu
>, fnow--we oertainly are goint
i. some. Hopkins Journal.
in "The greatest peony field il
the world" is in bloom. Sixty
n eight acres OF great blossom
- shine forth in one field near Sar
Is coxie, and from miles aronn
people come to look and wonder
n The old fashioned peonies tina
lv grew beside the gate in the fror
.ss yard were gorgeous enough, bl
these modern descendants OF I'll
flow or that We'd with the holly
oe no ok and tiger lily for place
r. grandma's garden are the Ia
ay word in fragrant grandeur ar
'r- beauty. Last Sunday hundret
g of motor cars visited the b
ey field. Persons came from pra'
m tically all over southwest Mi
ne souri, to see tie gorgeous displt
m The strawberry crop, which
~ being picked and which will +
ae' tai we'll up to a thousand caI
is forgotten for the "sea of pc
as nies." The buds are being sh;
+ of ped ell over the country in r
ng, frigerator cars and buyers
ay. here from many cities.
as There is a night kingdom
'a'' dogs here in Mayville. A r
Ap' porter for the Herald lay ava
re- the other night. The small ho'
ere were upon the earth. 1t was
'se' time for ell living things to
40 still. But the dynasty OF do
who dom was busy in Maysvil
4in- There were yelps that hit
the skies. There were tiny
and voices and base dog voic
sing There were dog voices firm a
in dog voices tremolo. The cani
for bunched up and yelped. tt
was scattered out and yelped. II
acks yelped from the valleys. II
ices. yelpsd from the seven hills
sited Maysville. But all the time t
nks. yelped mutitudinously. OF
tier the dog armies ne ever he
| time at,.. perform in the remote past,
,.e sro recent past OF In the present |
'ahla iod Of American life, It ss
= 9 that this dog army was decid
was Ily the most formidable. II
ouse some concert.--DeKalb Coz