The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-06-05
Johnny on the Tramp.

Well, here goes for what we can
pick up on the tramp.
Jim Claunch left the Southern and
went to the country. He said that
he was going to work for few days.
He will have to show us.tlat he did
work.
w. G. Dillon went to St. Louis
one night last week.
Tom Brlner and daughter and
Mrs. HuddIeson all took in the sights
at the county seat one day last week.
VIII Christolear, of near Merwia
was trading in Butler one day last
week.
Merritt Pickett and wife, OF near
Nyhart were trading in the county
seat one day last week.
G. w. Armentrout and r. L. Scott
and Os Hand, of Elkhart all took in
the sights at the county seat one
day last week.
The Elkhart store has changed
hands it is reported. c. 5. Pharis IS
the lucky one, who got it.
A. Shay and family of CORTLAND at
tended Decoration Day at Butler last
week.
Uncle Charley Wolf and wife and
his son, Jim, all spent one day i'll
Amsterdam last week visiting
friends.
The writer and Sam Lemasters
went fishing one day last week out
on the Miami. We got some bites,
but they were mosquito bites.
PC. Burns is still at the Southern
Hotel. Clint has quite time talking
politics. We think that he is hold
ing his own. but Clint is good talk
er.
Boyd Kershner has Ford. He
says that horse and buggy is too
slow for him these days.
Saturday night there was quite a
! rain in the northwest part of the
county. 1t was too wet to do any
thing except lay around and rest.
Last Sunday morning there were
four of us got in car and went fish
ing up by the Marvel bridge. We
had fine luck. We got about thirty
pounds of fish, came back to Boyd
Kershner's. and by that time several
of the neighbor ladies had come in
and they went to work to skinning
them and cooking them and such
fish dinner as we had was hard to
beat. The way some OF the boys
ate fish was a sight. If they don't
get sick it will be a miracle.
Wes Rayborn. Chauncey Fritts
and Joe Rayborn were all taking in
the sights at the county seat last
Saturday.
Guss Bfuner' and wife, Buck Man-
ship and Will Kershner were all trad
ing in Butler last Saturday. !;
Lee Galloway, of Nebraska, is
here on visit and is looking after
his farm.
There was some kind of meet
ing at Concord last Sunday evening,
We didn't have item to stop and see
for it was looking very rainy.
]. r. Clements of Grandview was
here on a visit and calling on old
friends.
George Lockridge has the best
piece of corn on the Will burst farm
that | have seen in my travels.
John Zinn and family spent last
Sunday at the home of his fathers.
AS we drove out today we seen
some fine oats and plenty OF fine
wheat and some OF it was in bad
shape. was blown down and some OF
the corn needs work badly. Some
are not through planting yet.
We met Our old friend Tom Lin
coin, of near Adrian, in Butler last
Saturday.
We had tolerable old thunder
storm out this way last night. 1t
rained to a finish. Corn planting
will be delayed for a few days.
John Barton and family spent last
Monday at the home of Dick Nc
Guire. They report a good time.
Will Kershner and Mr.. Solver
made flying trip to Amsterdam and
to Amoret last Sunday.
We hear that the storm last Sum
day night damaged some of the
wheat. ----.,--