The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 20, 1884, Page 1

vOL. VT. —————— SOUTHEASTERN BATES. ta Times Correspondent has to to Say of the Outlook for crops AND IMPROVEMENTS. ButLer, Aus. 11th, 84. EpIToR Times:—On last Wed- gsday I had the pleasure of taking s constitutional,’ 1f a ride from But- i@thtough Pleasant Gap, Hudson, Rockville and Prairie townships and tun could so be called. I enjoy- el my trip greatly, but for the fact gat Joe Smith give me sucha quiet eam. Why he tailed to give me ome of his ‘‘high flyers” 1 cannot tand, unless in consideration imy age, inexperience or good oks) On my trp, in company sith Esq. Minnick, I visited the old eee CU > Hipmestead of Uncle James Ridge sear the “Gap’’ where he has_ con- iaved to reside since 1838, less the fime he was absent during the ‘‘un— slasantness’’. I was permitted to } inspect, what was formerly the old Mansion House erected in 1840, it 1s | Faquaint affair, constructed of logs covered with clapboards and weath- boarded with the same material, sunked, with an old fashioned stone chimney on the out side il, a puncheon floor, it reminded me . Idmy boyhood days in ola ‘*Hosier Sate’ and I thought, many a merry yuth has sang ‘*Oh laso Uncle Jim- and with dancing Wee house 1s in a good state of preserva— tion, in which Mr. R. many happy days, and many days of He intorms me mymy toes are sore, on ar puncheon floor’’. this has hardship and trial. in the ‘long ago’, when it be- ame with him a hog rifle, ‘*sround case’, he would shoulder his forth and slaughter a deer to h his which feat could accomplish in a short time and within a short distance of his home. ltseems incredible, that the beautitul re— larder he iad magnificent grove of forest trees the old home, could Ne there but such 1s the tact. that surround fave grown since Mr. located Inthe village ot Pleasant Gap tere has recently been erected large and commodious Union church house, with a tall steeple towering tothe sky, in which the word can be preached in good consience, and in ccordance with the faith and creed afany denomination, baring howev- ‘4%, “political sermons.’’ Pleasant Gap clams to be the Banner Demo- atic township. we shall soon see whether they can substantiate their clam, as their delegation will be counted at the ‘Vest’? opening, be- fore they receive the beautifull Ban- | et promised to the largest delega~ Hudson township is a land of iritt and barns, you will see ge and commodious grain and i barns in an hours ride through Round Prairie, than you will see in ty other portion of our magnificent ‘ounty, it speaks volumes in praise pf the industry and good taste ot the Htmersin that section; from ap— Petiances, I should think there 1s Put one republican in West Hudson, Bad in Tecognition of his nerve and taying qualities, the Government as created a Post Office, ‘*Ray- rd” and located it in the center ot e “Pranrie.’”? more Rockville 1s a thriving young city t the 4th class, and one of the most mPortant shipping points in the Punty; there I met my old time ‘end Dr. H. R. Field, who has -Fvrned to his first love after many Ws of wandering, through strange qo *res ; the hospitality extended, the Dr. and his estimable family have cood reason te remember +m fact the hospitality and good cheer. Mat Millening is erectiag near the ~ R.track a mammoth grain ele— spent, a} *Rock— | eptionaley noted tor | tor, saw and grist mill combmed, BUTLER, MISSOURI, with large jcapacity in each branch ot its usefulness and will add greatly to the convenience of that section of } country. I observed more new | buildings erected and in course of other town I have visited in the county. I like the people of that “Burg’’ and wish them well, and may God in his infinite mercy pre- serve them trom a town company “boom”. One sad sight to me on my journey, was to observe the bare- ary holliday pie. Small grain is harvested and the return abundant, corn looks well, considering, but needs rain badly, more so than around Budler, which is saying con- siderable. The Times has many warm friends everywhere, and will continue to have them, so long as it sticks to the text ‘thew to the line, let the chips fall where they may’’ no newspaper, or individual man ever lost a_ friend worth preserving by pursuing a straightforward manly course, and it them, are all for Cleveland and Hen- dricks and reform. Owing to the season their stomachs are not in con- dition to swallow ‘‘Jeems, the plum- ed knight and Biack Jack’? however seasoned, coated and besmirched with R. R. Bo berys, such ar ideas of int the matter, of y seem other job to to the In nds an ugnant foreigners. ocal politics, strange to you, remaining at », the Democ | home as vou dc tion of the localities I visited, | unanimous for the nomunation Hanks and Catron, they argue in this wise, that Hanks as deputy was taith- full and efficient, and wher to the sheriffality, he continued in well doing and they always tound him the same old 7 and 6, that he h made no money out of the ofhe and of 1 more. T are of elevated therefore is entitled, ought to have it once say of Bob Catron, that he has aiways been faithtul his party, honest and efficient in the hey as of to is only a matter of second term) any way. While they have nothi ay disparaging to the compe either of these gentlemen, nor jthem their right to run, they deny timber out of a building, unless you could replace it with better material. Their arguments seem reasonable and rational, at least. ¥ I will now choke myself off but shalleyer remain a triend ot the Tives. F. Barbecue at Sprague. In company number of Butlerites, we boarded south- bound train last Thursday morning to attend the barbecue and _ political picnic at Sprague. An_ excursion train on the Gulf road was 1in_ wait- ing at Rich Hill, already crowded with pleasure seekers. When we reached Sprague, after a half hour’s run, the people from the surround- jing country had just begun to gather in. The weather was rather threat- ening rain, the sun being obscured by a heavy cloud, and a brisk breeze trom the south made the atmosphere with a the cool and pleasant. Sprague is situ- ated about five miles west ot Rich | Hill, on the Gult railroad. It is a good shipping point, being situated | in the midst ot as fine an agricultural on. district as the sun ever shone The business men are live and ener- active, getic, and the town has an | | ; z | business appearance winch denotes | E | Drosperity. {| An awning had been erected just h ea i ity to seat | north of town, w under its several tho persons friendly shade, with a spea at tne south tands were so mind one of the rings up inew town in 2 mining region; danc- a capacity torun tour so that the followers of th th ing floor, wi or five se és ts, is to be hoped that the Times may | possibly survive the action of Bro. Lucas. Asa matter of course, I talked | politics a “‘little’’, the Germans in that section and there are manv_ of with **Muiligan letters, and tattooed | itic por- | Hanks, | | discharge of his official duties, and | as between him and his competitor, | to! of | feel | that they would like tu see the Boys | ‘get there’’ again, as it wouid seem | in bad taste to take a sound piece of | WEDNESDAY AUGUST 20, 1884. | Terpsichore could indulge to their j hearts and heels satisfaction. To | the left ot the speakers stand a ditch had been dug some fifteen or twenty erection, in Rockville than in any | feet long and three or four feet deep. | population of Saratoga is 13,000, but Bs ditch had been filled about halt full ot living coals aad over these, | under the management of experi ; enced hands, was being cooked the most savory meats, two beeves anda | number ot sheep had been led to the ness & the feumé orchards, in that! slaughter to feed the vast multitude. most favored fruit growing countr i ; by Christmas, it will make a mans) sone BES which had been ar- pocket book look like a whole Me- |"#"ged in a square, were — tairly nagerie had stepped on it, if he buys | groaning under white loaves and apples enough to make the custom-| roasted meats. But in spite of all the precaution ot the good people of Sprague, some were turned away | from the barbecue hungry, but not jtrom the town, for the hospitable |denizens threw wide their portals | and invited all guests to partake of their liberal stores. The crowd was | variously estimated at trom four to five thousand people. According to previously ar- ranged programme, a joint discussion was engaged in between represents a | tives of the three pehtical parties. | John T. Smith, Butler, repre- senting the democratic party; W. R. Biddle, of Pleasanton, Kan., the ot | republic and H. Martin Williams, jof Warrensburg, the greenback party. Vime allotted to each speak- Williams an er, an hour and one-half, le} opening the debate in hour’s speech, Biddie and Smith following i wiotted time and Walliams closing half an hov Wilhams’ speech is stereotyped; his yarns are good but stale, and his delivery is | very good, though his language is hat grating to the refined peo- ple of Bates county. He held up Ben Butler as t! of purity in norals and p nd explained, | if the power, on, how, yarty was in the ushel id nore on a B rep d corn. e his ie treated can speech. oppo-— nents with due courtesy throughout, was pronounced by ] log g able and al. warned the democrats that there are voters in cast their ixty thousanc blican repu issouri who have never ballots. This should encourage our republican friends; it’s a good idea to bring over speakers from bleeding Kansas every now an! then to keep up their spirits. John T. Smith, in his happy impressive | style, thoroughly sitted every argu- | ment of his opponents and held them Lup to light and reason; he showed usual and the f esin the republican argu- | ments, as well as the ignorance dis— | played in the seeming arguments of | Wilhams. Mr. Smith made the | best political speech it has been our | pleasure to listen to for some time, jand was vociferously applauded | throughout. Taken all in all it was a great |gala day for Sprague and _vicinitv, | and one long to be remembered by } all who participated in its pleasures. An Insane Man’s Bleody Work. Springffeld, Il., Aug. 12. —'l'om Hinchee, an insane man, climbed into a wagon to-day in which three farmers were driving and suddenly and without provocation made an assault on Julius Perkins and John Colvin with a knife. The onslaught etermined that the was so sudden and desperate man succeeded in gashing the j | | ot them in a Then having agon of its occupants The team was soon | throats ot both cleared the v he drove away. ed by parties who met the iver and takea trom him, it was by them d dk he was permitted are now search of s soon be for but ago has od. about x weeks then He} not; in- | | Letter No. 3, From Wm. E. Walton j | Boston, Aug. 6. } Epiror Time . >: | - | , 1084. | —-We remained at aratoga two days. The resident} : e during summer it has 20,000 to 30,- 000. Broadway is sts principal street, and any city might justly be | proud of it—a broad, beautitul elm- | shaded avenue, on which are principal hotels and eleg: residences. The avenues, drives and walks are numerous, and, as a young lady would express it, *‘too lovely to be described.’” It has the finest of | summer hotels, and unrolls for its visitors the beauty, fashion and cul-| ture ofa continent. Adjoining the | large hotels are parks or courts cov- ering near an acre, beautified with evergreens, flowers, statuary, fount- ains and electric lights. Here, and on the wide prazzas, the visitors con- gregate in the evening and listen to the music of five bands. An hour’s ride by rail and we are in Albany, the State capitol. Armed with introductory letters trom Gov. Crittenden and Senator Cockrell we called on Gov. Cleveland at the Executive office and had a pleasant talk of twenty minutes with him. He impressed me as being a plain, sen- | sible man, weighs over 200 and has its a big, fine head, with plenty of brains—is a fair conversationalist, out would be noted more for the depth and good sense of his utter—- ances than for the elegance of his diction. Ie his manners he reminds me of General Grant—cool, thought- ful and firm. If elected | predict he | will be the President and when he says no will stick to it. I would not tak him to be scholarly, but practica ot brilliant, but thoughttul and sat. N 2 strong intell | as well as streng will powe there is some doubt as to the result his election, yet the strong proba-, ues are that Goy. Cleveland is to be our next President, and I firmly beheve that he will give us a and honest administrat While in Albany we hospitality of Dr. Boulw ing physician, who called at hotel with his wife and carriage | took us to all points of interest about the city,—through beautitul parks and over miles of elegant boulevards, stopping an hour at the penitentiary, ; Where we saw goo convicts making The Doctor is an to Dr. Boulware ot Butler, a leading man in social and _ political | circles in Albany, as well as being a | distinguished physician. | From Albany we went to Boston, j arriving on Sunday morning. In | the afternoon we went to Nantasket Beach, a Sunday resort for Bosto- | nians. Some idea may be haa of the | thousands that go, when it is known that large double-decked steamers, | packed full, leave the wharf every | thirty minutes during the entire day. |} At the Beach we found the multitude bathing, driving and promenading: ture him gave sate ccepted the lead- our} and | shoes. uncle and is rg. Next day we went throught the Navy Yard, seeing hundreds of cannons {and tons of balls and other death mussels ; then to Bunker Hill monu— ment, which we ascended to the top and had a grand view of Boston and the ocean. Height, 221 teet. Here we saw many reyolutionary relics, such as old cannons, guns, swords, etc. We next visited ‘‘Harvard Uni- | versity’’ and spent halt an hour look- ing at fine paintings, &c. ‘*Harvard’’ is not one immense building, but consists of a dozen scattered over its beautiful grounds. Farther on our carriage halted under a large old elm tree, and we read on a marble slab the following: ‘*Under this tree /Grand Cheap R. R. I {ing ten golden chariots. | mids, elep! -~ Make no mistake h ofa ne Menagerie And 4 Ring Circus which will Exhibit at i Buch Hill, Wednesday Aug. 27. In all its towering and overpowering greatness. It is coming on its own great trains, and is drawn by its own Locomotives, with its Regiment ot Artistists and Artisans, and its Great city of Canvas. A whole world of wonders never before exhibited. Greater than the greatest! Larger than the largest! Better than the best! With a thousand new, wondertul and attractive features to be seen with no other show or shows under the heay- ens’ sweeping canopy! BaF Its size 1s so great, its influenc so all prevailing, that every ra:lroad makes Special excursion rates to each performance. 50 CACES OF LIVINC WILD ANIMALS Just fifty, no more no lesss. Embracing every known type of beast, bird reptile, aad deep-sea monster. The only living pair of huge hippopotimi ever beheld in captivity. A monster male anda mammoth female hippot- amus. th immortalized by the rnspired The true behemo writtings of ho’ w Jol | A Monster three-horned black Rhino’ eros { Emperor, the giant Elephant, Nabob, the coal-black sacred Wlephant. pin draw- aniding pyri- yhants in silks and silver harness, gaily caparis Elephants in } £ ca | Ten teams ot el sarness, elephants t ants at drill, herds o xerds of elands, dr raffes, droves of kang mic oves of antelopes 1FOOSs, ¢ herds of g droves of moose hye dens of wild ti host of heavenesoaring birds, Jairs ot serpents, 200 first-class all superior stars Mr. James Robinson emperor of the arena, t ruler of the equestrian wo by all the champion bareback mder of the w orld. Bell, tee greatest 4-horse rider of any age or coun dona, the famous andalusian, artiste, whose e¢ , herds of zepras eopards, dens of 2 of trained horses, 4, Inirs of alligators. # brilliat. plumage. . ‘the laurel crowned fia’ and acknowledge¢ Senor Bon Jerenirno ry, M’tle #.delade Cor +, dens of lions, dens of jaguars, dens of 1 s, herds of dromedaries, dens of polar bears, drove lairs of crocodiles, flocks of ostriche louds « a ral does not live. The* greatest lady bareback mder ever beheld. Wh) Pepe Goad ihe Oaths leaping equestrjan champion. Mr. Franku.€ f°. =e ying, re enraner, estounding high Miss Mildred Gardner, the striene. and lofty leaper, who stands without a rival beautiful, intrepid and graceful manege equ Street Pageant, with flourise of trumpets flags, banners and bannerets. making a g conceivable splendor, oyer-reaching all p: try, 1s given on the morning ot nur entr showy splendor on the highway show open on the streets. Twelye bands elks, dromedaries and zebras. The ¢ , Seating ot drums, flying colors, wed triumphant jubilation ot m- 28 ous shows of pomp and pagean- free os charge to all. A scene of Thens by the score of wild animals wusic. harnessed elephants, camels endest street procession ever witnessed MC FAR’.AND BROS, ——AT:s BUTLER KEEP TH € LARCEST STOCK ATT We BEST PRICES IN HARI JESS & SADDLERY. An equ’ 4] assortment and prices can be found at Walnut, VM i{cFARLAND BROS., & MILLS. Washington first took command of the American armies, on July 3d. 9 | #775- Ee Our next stop was in front of *-Longtellow’s’’ home—plain and unpretentious, as compared with the | homes of his rich neighbors ; then to “Mount Auburn Cemetery,’’ cover— ing many acres. Here in this beau- titul city of the dead are burned Charles er, | Cushman.”’ and hundreds that were illustrious im life. ing, drove down one ot the fine s } nues by the homes of and wealt! i i would go to New Yori ot | purposes. **Charlotte | others { Return- | | ea | a rm z a | 2 mn — Spooner Patent Collar —PREVENTS CHAFING NOT CHOKE A HORSE two Row