The Holt County sentinel., 1920-12-24
UNCLE JOSHUA wEATHERBEE
COMES TO TOWN.


two more wholesome, sweet and pretty
young ladies than these two, with their
cheeks the roster for the sharp breath
Of the November morning-thcir eyes
bright and sparkling and their COM
plexions a. clear as the diamond PEN
dant that hung round Ella bCth's pref
~ neck. Truly pretty sight, merit
ing indeed that acme Of beauty as cx-
pressed by my old friend, Jonas
Naughan-God rest his ashes--who,
when he wanted TO describe
in phrase IL, perfection, nj.
ways said, as putty ~ red
wagon with bull pup trotting under
it, The young ladies bowed and the
reporter smiled Us he accostcd Uncle
Joshua with "Wcll. how are you salts
fled with the result Of the county seat
election" "Finc, son, fine, the result
could not have been better. Holt coun-
~ didn't buy old Blackic.' Didn't |
tell you that Holt county would he
true TO form at the polls on the "a
of November and wasn't she? i63
clear majority. Put old Holt o. her
nettle and she does the right thing ut
the right timc-always at the polls,
and the election showed Il. Sophistry,
deception, false prctcnccs. guile and
plain and artistic lying all faded to-
Cethcr beneath the ballots Of an arous.
ed electorate on November I'd, and ,
am told you staged whopping cello.
bration the Saturday night after .hn
election, srch aS rut the famous one
ataged BY Charlie Taft on the ls,hmus
during Roosevelt first administration
on the blink. That celebration" said
Uncle Joshua, SO, ing that the rupoi 80
showed no seeming knowledge VI
~ mean the ono, ION, where your IN.
Gle Sam had seven curtain calls. hp'
ing the chuming Nil, Panama by
the hand, while IN" uOd-hpuuds krI.
that hot old Den lrraiic senator. JOUu
T. Morgan. trccd up in cocoanpt
palm, anil further that Mound city
man had ~ much show NJ selling ono
OF those finely nngIavcG picturr, uf
the prospective Govt huus' in Mound
City at Oregon on that night A. a man
selling cheap clothing at Craig, under
the name " Isaac Cohen. would have,
Of escaping the worthy constable ut
that burg with III" city liccnsc 1t 500
per day for pcddlars." And how are
conditions up there in Mound City now
IA compared to what they we're before
the landslide? ?" said the reporter. 40,
! understand that you have just como
through there and spent also an after
noon at Mound Town about the last
OF October, did you not ?" WELL" said
Uncle Joshua, "when was there in
October everything was going hcll.a-
ta-hoot. the temperature was of the
kind mentioned in Mrs. Wcatherbec's
cooking recipes m that big brown
cook book she got OF Mrs. Charlie
Cook that calls for hot oven. THINGS
were at sizzling heat; corner
lots, such "a were supposed 20
he proper sitc- for the $500.
10000 court house, were held
at $4,000, and jail sites were offered
, mt $4,000, and the round house site
for the proposed Vancr line from
Mound City % the lcntz store at New
Point was held at $4,000. Things
fairly hummcd. but as ! rode through
there today the temperature seemed
greatly lowered, cooler and threaten
ing squalls aS the weather. men say:
the court house site had shrank in
value to $3.50 and the choice of iail
''fse ''H'" b| lVf Stbs ann tlf
round house base was dragging at ss5,
and IL you ever saw Il case of cool,
arctic pedal cxtcrmiti.s our crst while
genial friends, tho boomers Of last Dc
tober. had them, In the store, where
] some times do some trading, tho chan
who weighed ou, my sugar for me had
the table manners Of one of my young
friend, Marvin Armcn,rout's prize
shoats, with his head in the eating
trough plain grunt, and when
turned to leave the store / felt lu,,
like Cap. John Smith, JUS, before 70.
cahontas went his bail, when old Pow.
haitian was about To put the kibosl
on him. There was a cheerful chill
about everything, something pensjy,
as the maidens with benuN say. and
the average one of my Mound Cit,
friends got into the house and unde,
cover with as much CELEBRITY a. my
genial friend. Uncle Jimmie Cain, did