The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-22
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On the Wing.

Peter Peterson lost his Eigi,
watch three years ago this fall. Whit
shucking corn last Wednesday b,
found it. He wound it and it is run
ming now as good as ever. All tina
was damaged was the crystal. 1t wa
cracked and the case diseeleFed
Jas. Gibson is 70 years old and ha!
enough money in the Amsterdam
bank to pay his burial expenses and
says his choice of country is Old Mul
berry, Bates county, Mo.
Cyrus Nestlerode goes to Nebraska
to look for location in good farm
ing and stock raising and grazing
land.
p. Peterson has turnips and pump
kins for sale on Amsterdam, route 3
Jno. Foster, jr., has moved to Vir'
ginia, Mo-, in the jenkins property.
Jack Mangold and Miss Nellie
Bruner were married in Butler a
short time ago.
A. Westover has new 5-passenger
auto.
DR.. Jno. Hedger was called to Ny
hart Monday to doctor horses with
the poll evil.
P. Peterson threshed last Friday.
Ike Dawson is making sorghum
molasses.
Born to the wife Of J. F. Allen, near
Elkhart. IL pound boy. Beno Nor
gan, The Times devil. says that beats
him 3 l-2 pounds.
Geo. Pahlman has completed his
COW shed and it's good one.
Ray Jundy took five fine sheep
and put them on Cyrus Nestlerode's
pasture OF blue grass last Friday.
Henry Oldham. viii burst, r. ].
Smith, Cecil Fibbs, o. NJ. Orysdalc
and Gill Walker of Amoret. contract
ors of Grand Oldham's house, on
the bungalow pattern. They are all
good carpenters and speedy work
men.
Miss Mildred Hughes is quite sick
with tonsilitis. DR.. Amyx, of Ans
tcrdam, is treating her.
Frank Oldham has the scaffold up
and the shingles ready to recover his
big barn.
W. l. Cooper, the McConnon medi-
cine salesman, was around last week
lie -a-nice nan-to-
deal with.
Now, if you have the blues, just go
1o~l, Ma p~,,or'o
That will cure you.
Otto MCGUIRE, son OF Miles Nc
G',ire, died last week and was laid
away i'll the Virginia cemetery. His
age was IL years. He was born in
Kentucky. The McGuircs are re-
spected by all that know them. The
procession was large one.
Word has been received from Ft.
Sill that the boys from Butler like it
much better than they thought they
would. They say they have been
treated we'll so far.
Ike Lockridge moves the date OF
his paper up five years and says to
tell the readers of the good old Times
that his corn is making IS bushels per
acre and he feels able to set the date
of his paper ahead and his farm is
not for sale.
Bailey and son filled their silo with
kaffir corn last week. Mr.. 0. P.
Fritts did the cutting.
Grandma Minton spent Friday
visiting the family of Chas. Hecka- |
don.
Grandma Romine and Mrs. Milton
McMeins spent the afternoon one day |
last week at the home OF Ed Boiling
IN knabs creek.
The sale at Tom Bruner's last
week brought $500 more than was
estimated last week. Tom Hilton,
If Merwin. was salesman. Tom
says he will cry any sale caused by
var free of charge and put IL of the
bills. His address is Merwin. Mo.
Douglass Browning of Foster,
No.. with his family is assisting his
ather-in-law, Mr.. Jno Hedger, with
he foundation of his new house.
Uncle Tom Hockett has just re-
urned from his prospecting trip
through Kansas and he says that the
I'D Miami looks good to him yet.
Ollie Fritts is auctioneering and
;ays he is as liberal hearted as Hill
on of Merwin. His address is Am