The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-01-08

Congressman Dickinson by Clarenc'
Morris was having petitions and bill
presented every day. The petition
! for rural route out of Foster HI
would not grant as only two or three
of the Foster people could read O.
write. He also said the bill writer
by Elmer Laughlin asking him to SCI
that Montgomery Ward would sci
goods cheaper he would not listen to
Ward died the other day worth fif
teen millions, made from buying
goods for Laughlin. What Laughlir
should do is to join the Farmers
Union at New Home and buy his owr
goods. Mrs. Fred Laughlin, as Het'
tie Green, gave little history of her.
self after being left widow with
seven children. She attributes long
life and good health to the use OF
onions, which she keeps with her
and had her dinner lunch in her bask-
ct which she crrried, consisting of
onions, potatoes, apples and bread.
She is seventy-eight years old, in
good health and attributes her success
to secrecy. Little Misses Mildred
Lloyd and Helen Jennings gave two
pretty recitations. Aaron Burr by E.
E. Laughlin was made to call for set
tiers for the Ohio territory. His talk
was back to eighteen hundred. One
could grasp the greatness of advance
ment in the past century from his
story. Rowland Arbogast as Uncle
Sam with his suit which looked ex-
actly like the pictures we see, was
stunning. He said one hundred and
thirty-seven years ago, he built his
house with thirteen rooms, but as his
family grew, he had increased it to
forty-eight. Little Miss Muffatt was
Ada Bright and Evangeline, Hazel
Journey. Harry Martin posed as
Father Time and with his sickle keen
skipped quietly across the platform,
announcing he was nineteen hundred
and thirteen years old, and was fol-
lowed by little Leona Shelton, carry
ing her banner, nineteen hundred and
fourteen. Topsy Turvy by Miss
Bertha Bailey and Mrs. Ed Batterton
who sang "Old Kentucky Home" was
side.splitting. These two sat up in
'nigger heaven. Laugh and the
world laughs with you" was fully
demonstrated, The church piano was
presided over by Blossom and Peach
Blossom twins, Misses Lula Hamilton
and Goldie Swarens, also Patty, just
from college, Miss Cecil Wright, and
Rutherford Laughlin the boy scout.
The music was classic and all were
glad to rest from laughing while the
piano was being played. Other dress
ups were: Mrs. Gray, in an evening
dress of twenty-five years ago, as
Alice Roosevelt; Dove and Irene Col
lier as Jack and Jill with their bucket
of WATER David Laughlin as Huerta
with his Mexican hat which was most
as large as he and his sword swung
to his belt; Wing iu and Ching Chang
by Maude and Bertha Martin in real
Chinese costumes, plain pink and
plain green; Ina Martin as Little Red
Riding Hood and her grandmother,
Mrs. Clarence Morris, were too quickly
recognized toneed introduction. The
was still more enlivened by
Mrs. Perry Jennings and Mrs. C, C.
Swarens, ladies from Japan, who
composed song, wrote tin the back
Of song book and when introduced
sang their song. Miss Ruby Gray in
a real Pocahontas suit with beads,
bells, and fringed ornaments, sang
an Indian song which brought down
The house. Sir Walter Raleigh by
John Bailey with high plumed hat,
cape and knee pants, made most
distinguished bow. Mrs. E. F.. Laugh
lin represented Martha Washington
in evening dress and simply courtsied
when called upon. First Lieutenant
Botkin and Comrade Millsap, both
cavalry soldiers of the Civil War,
gave very interesting drill and bat
tie talk. Presiding was Alice Free
man Palmer by Miss Mable Bailey in
college cap and gown, besides intro
ducing everyone with her usual grace
gave a most beautiful classic story,