The Holt County sentinel., 1917-07-20

his neighborhood, promoting literary
societies and similar activities at the
school house, SO that many young
person caught the vision Of q larger
| life through the kindly encourage
ment OF John Goodhart. He came to |
Holt county in 1871 and for 40 years
| lived on the same farm, six miles |
south of Maitland. Throughout those !
years he was faithful to his church,
his family and his neighbors. He was
content with moderate means, living
on his original farm Of eighty acres.
He died July 8, 1917, and with the
passing Of this good man all North
west Missouri Is offered a clearer
view Of the true greatness Of sucn
men rs John Goodhart, Of Holt coun-
\ "; Sports Cousin, of Atchison coun-
~, or Old Chip, Of Ray, and such
women ~ Mrs. Curry, Of Harrison
county, who spent their days bright
ening with little touches Of love and
wit and optimism the workaday lives
Of those about them.
Going 10 see the circus cost Guy
Allen, Of Powersville, his new Buick
last week, says the Unionville Repub-
lican. After reaching Centerville, the
scene Of the circus, Allen and his
friends drove the car into the yard
q, the home Of his aunt and went to
the show. An hour or SO later man
walked up TO the car In . matter-of-
fact way and proceeded to drive away.
Aliens aunt saw the man, but when she
appeared ut the door he merely waved
his hand TO her pleasantly, and she
was reassurred. supposing that II was
one of Aliens friends come for the
car. To date, however. no trace has
been found Of car or thief.
That water Is not always a cure for
fire was discovered by Joe Sullivan.
ono day last week, when he was rcn.
dering lard ut the Bethany slaughter
house, says the Republican. When the
lard caught fire he threw a bucket Of
water into it-and ran for his life, for
II instantly burst into a roaring
flame which consumed lard, tools,
slaughter house, several hides and sew
cral barrels Of tallow.
The jefferson Highway Is certainly
very busy thoroughfarc. II Is safe
10 say that the daily average Of
tourist cars now passing through De-
Ii"hs WIN eN''e' 'N'h's '-psh"H1
Republican.
A belief, though without positive
notification, IL expressed by the BE-
thany Republican that Norton Butler
who died there last week, aged "a
years. was the first white child born
In Harrison county. The date Of his
birth was October I, 1872. His faith
or, Asaph Butler, was the first set
tier to use glass windows In that
county.
, Did you ever meet road hog
I The man who drives ear that fills
your heart with torror~ when you see
, him from afar; the man who sticks
right In the track and shovcs you to
one side and you have to take the
4 gutter to save your family's hide. as
he whizzcs like bullet and his cur
wcavcs TO and fro till you feel he's
= going to strike you, no matter where
Z you go? Did you ever meet q road
| hog? The man who drives q team
, and acts like he Is deaf and dumb
4 when he hears your whistle scream.
, who loitcrs on q hillside and sticks
= right TO the road and will not let YOU
5 pass him nor will his horses goad
9 Did you ever see road hog! \
woman with. plug, who looks with
keen defiance written over oil her
Q nug. who gets you on steep grade
: nor turns that plug aside; and, when
n you've wobblcd In ditch, looks back
o with ficndish pride. II may be that
|. these animals whom all have often
@ met are smarter than the decent folks
!. whose lives they tried TO get. II may
@ be, when they come 10 die, their
r thoughts will turn with shame as they
c mingle with the other hogs who play
c cd the same old game.-Mrs. .. W.
o Curry, In Bethany Republican.
Il l. Is astonishing TO note the amour,
Of dirt Il took TO save the county
dixie near Hamburg, says the Rock
IS Port correspondent OF the Tarkic
y Avalanche. The cost Of sacks alone
4 amounted to 500. II the labor that
n was donated were counted the holding
o Of the bikes would have cost $4,000
d but many times that was saved In the
n value Of crops. There Is still a fin,
lot of crops in the Missouri bottom
and Il would have been record
y breaking year had II not been for the
5. big flood.
Il In some sections Of the county Tho
d farmers are harvesting bluegrass
e seed and they tell US there never has
d been a better crop.-Richmond Mis-
z sourian.
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