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cen ARN TIN LES MISSOURI HORTICULTURISTS, in its = shape of a s flowers, 2 —--- In Session at Butler, Have a Most BUTLER WEEKLY TIMES | ———————e J. D. ALLEN Eprror. Interesting and Profitable SS A Meeting. Proprietors, ————— J. D. Atren & Co. iventions, associat “TERMS OF SUI r$i postage paid, tor most im- | of ‘ting, pethaps the State Ho cultural Association, which w portant is that of the BUTLER MISSOURI. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17,1535. ee in the First Presbyterian church week. A deceitful man,who seeks tog t, arranged é Z Tuesday dence to betray it, deserves to be | the truits, etc., for display, and grew 1 wa a at acquainted with ezch other and *the | > : ? 4 : > e<j. | the titles alone of some given, Uzar Vanderbilt is in Irelar rd. Wil | town. Wednesday morning Presi- ae {On account of he be atter kissing the blarney stone | dent Evans called the society to or a B i ornamental trees t tree so as to make himself solid with the | der, Mayor rown delivered ar : me 1 . and Mr. Carpen- | 29¢ hvdrangea led public. | address of welcome and Mr. Carpen- | ie ge : eee eae aceon acy ter | by A. E. Page, maple was The Seventh Day Adventist are | te of Clay county, responded; ait - 5 is we. } . ivered ona l lent delivered holding a series of meetings in W % ant Menlap thee recom ae Bs All of these exer- | 24 tulip tree recommended ensburg. That town seems to bea : a ee favorite place with this particular | cises were interesting and we regret a E ac h this E Reber Eee le j not having apace to give them - s people. ne fp | Were heard an obituary notice of = | In the president’s address the fact of aig patina! ; : Sul- | , ' . Mec rson, ot Springfield, was The pugilistic brute, John L. Sul- | yyissouri’s having won the gold on, p e set-to at ; read; the finance committee reported livan, indulges in another medal for apples at the New Orleans his tavorite sport and se »cks Burke , Exposition was mentioned. that the society was tof time ja five 1 hicagr : financ out of time in five rounds atChicago Secretary Goodwin’s report gave | ; : : ] : : j and respo € j the fruit prospect this year at three—j ef, 5 z z - FRR Dies and lees tocey i building committee have let | fourths of a crop tor apples and tess | he tsllowin i : _ he tollo x were uests the contract for building the temale | than that tor all other fruits save} g a BL u Idea , 470™ outside Bates county,accordi college at Clinton in the sum of $33,- | strawberries, which have yielded; : | u |to the Record: 462, the building to be completed in | More than an average, and raspber- | + time to open school on the 20th ot | ries, which promise well, ; 5 © Evans ‘ind wite, Harlem. A Goodman and wife, and J W | Kidwell. Westport. Holman and Mr. J 2ates county, advised ptember. In a paper on ‘*Pruning, | | B. Durand, of 2 Henry Ward Beecher's | early pruning, never cutting a limb | | a | held. theory is that evolution is not antago- | nich is larger than a lead pencil, it | : Mayor Regan and wile. n 1 and L M Sea small, | { A H Felkerson and w jrensburg. latest wife, Sprin tic to the teachings of the Bible jit can be avoided, taking great care | , Indeper and he says that he will deyote the when thickly | to remove the sprouts remaining days of his life in attempt- | covering all wounds with ing to establish the tiuth of his theo- | paint or wax, pruning in June if Sues ; ry. 2 ie aie Jacob Faith and W Scott, Monte- 0 ee EES | practicable; 1f not, at any other time | it : ~ ~ i | va . We see from the Warrensburg | except the spring months. ; - : a >| Capt Haynes and W H Thomas, Journal-Demoerat that a party of! ‘How to cultivate an orchard’’ | Ikich Hall capitalists have optioned a | called for a long discussion; that the | | trees should not be pruned too high, | cultivated | that | outhwest Mo. ge body of land on the southern | four J] H Monser, Beaman. Dr H D Smith, West Plains. | Mr Starke, i} J Q Thompson, Walker. | OS Fay. Blaine. J H Logan, Nevada. AE Page, Reynard. A Ambrose, Nevada. that the trees should be bearing, and line of Johnson county, miles | northwest of Windsor, and contem j until they began Louisiana. plate prospecting for coal mght |then sheep and hogs should be way. | pastured in the orchard, were the We have just received the second | president’s conclusions. | Capt. ot West Plains,read } copy of the Sherman Daily Journal, | -d by C. J Phillips. Itas a six | # Teport on ‘Stoned Fruit,” eight page paper, all hom It is a <picy journal, giving the latest locat | and foreign news. It 1s a good paper | and we hope Bro. Phillips will meet | with the proper encouragement he cdieserves. Hynes, and the column e | society discussed the peach rot until : : ‘ Benedict BE a Oek > = 1 DEL ict bros., Enock. live, | 5 o'clock. and then adjourned until berets os., Enoe ta LR Taft, Columbia. the night session. { z z oe At mght Prof L. R. Taft. ot | Geo E Rose, Rosedale. J Ames, Columbia, treated of “Vegetable | 5 parasites,” Rev. A. Walker, of Thursday Butler, and Mr. J. S. Regan, of In- dependence, gave their experience | with pear trees, and Mrs. C. I. Ro- bards, ot Butler, read an interesting print, cut and pasted. Carthage. night the members ot | the society and their invited guests assembled in Duncan Hell and dis— posed of the sixty varieties of apples, and other fruits on A fine time was had. It is reported that the St. Louis and Emporia Company have given their employees to | secure the right of way over the line running due east of Pleasanton. This is the shortest line to the Missouri coal fields, but will not help develop the heavy bodies of coal in the north part of Potosi township.—Pleasan- ton Observer. the strawberr exhibition. The meeting was aprofitable one. instructions to ay on ‘Primitive horticulture and the gardens of modern times. ’’ Dan Carpenter, of Clay county, and J.S. Regan, of Independence,read papers | chance to entertain the society. hope that the society’s members ot merit and interest on abstract sub- | jects The committee on fruits announc- ed the following AWARDS OF PREMIUM were equally glad they came. Shelby’s Six Hundred. A movement has been We have heard quite a nu > j ff rd quite a number of | Lafayette county to effect an ¢ very complimentary remarks on the First premium on Cumberland i ot! i 7 = iy zation ar re SUTVIV fe ‘ddress of welco deliv 1 by | Tri hh. WC. f peta ae ar Oa a 8 come delivered by triumph, W. C. Head, of Inde-} famous Confederate cavalry com— Mayor D. V row » ss i ende: Mo.;: Ss = ‘Bri | D. V. Brown to the Missouri | pendence,Mo. : second D.S. Holman, mand known as **Shelby’s Brigade.’ state Horticultural Society, which box Jumbo, held its meeting in this city last week ot Springfield,Mo. Best William Stevens, Butler, Mo.: sec- ‘Lhe people of Butler may well tee! | ond, J. C. Evans, Harlem, Mo. Best box Queen, Crescent Seeding, Champion, Golden Defi- ance, Mt. Vernon and Longtellow, allto J. C. Dickerson, of Westport, Mo. First premium on Sharpless and The object is to perpetuate two holy names of comrades motves charity, and it these worthy proud of their mayor, as he is a tal- ented gentleman and coes honor to his constituents on every occasion where the pride and hospitality of the citv den S Jersey tl <n 3 . there is no reason j be complied wit why every surviving member of the old brigade should not have his name enrol'ed. The tollowing t the Missour: Six Hundred, is “Miss Katharine Bayard, daughter of the Seceure or Monaren, L. A. Goodman, West- of the St. Joseph Gazette: State, is perhaps the most fearless port, Mo. ; best box currants, J.C. Itis well, The orgamzation can and daring lady rider in the city. id Harlem, Mo. ; first premiuia | | not be large. Composed at the be- Several days ago, simply as a matter enichenes ig a if ae | ginning ot only four regiments and of sport, she rode over the al By a? serond J Sa ESE iy ISEUE | battery, how the attraction of tour steeplechase course: at the race track, | * | long years of desperate fighting ate “he committee Muse SS pPeCish Vane gee rant Here and there. Dut refe‘rence to the fine display of apples eatin! Ah. so complimented Mr. Geo. N. many nad tresh beardless Requa, ot Butler, on introducing a those early aays,when the new and hardy winter apple; to the ng every barrier, Vater jump, with as much ease and grace as most ladies mac upon a smooth level.—Washington dispatch Cincinnati Engui to their first battle, si 2 pete new plum, **Marianna’’ from Texas; | |atterwards? Ah! On Thursday morning the jury in | to the fine plate of peaches the case of the State against John T. | by Mr. Sprague. of Butler; Leabo for the murder of his wife, the fi i was impannelled and the trial begun. | nigh! ‘Vy praised. it has beena long and tedious trial, The committee on flowers meluding the } + | Ways manv, so and y rode away so many, so many, showed | | pallid faces though they were,seemed and to; : ; to be lit up even in death, as though ral display, all of w had been touched beam. Could ithave been the sweep Who knows? | j of the angel’s wir on both the jury and court. Evi-{ the following awards : la dence in the case wasclosed on Mon Hand é Bie i jin this world there are tot _ “ S re iandso: cS abl qu t + } a, . csomest table bouquet, Mr. | Jusions that perhaps in the other are day feyening and the pleading .wa begun Tuesday morning and 1s still in progross as we goto press. There ts a diversity ot opinion expressed as to the final outcome, and as it is im- possible to prophesy with any de- greeof accuracy the verdict of the average jury, we refrain from ex- pressing an opinion. Paul Ducret, Kansas City. Basket of fowers, Mrs. F. 7. T gard, Butler. S| Vase bo ; Butler. Hand bouquet, Mrs. L man, Westport. Floral design, Phillip P# iyo Thi j sublime realities. Foilowing the angel call, who Lnows burt teach dead soldier went to where the snowy blosso the everlasting never - A. Good- braids its iron, Bioade Brigade is floral design was exquisit | There have been as good brigades in: ~- | them were wounded, Butler 1s glad that its people had aj We; begun inj | organi- *| Another lost both hands. the giftedtpen ot Mai. J. N. Edwards | {sons and dutitul daugiters. res, ' battles taces in} And} you forward, e horse back, I expect you to charge the devil.”” ave: cowardice attle ; sultto a woman; the misireat- j prisoner. He lived with] slept; fared his men—slept as_ they as they fare If the haversack was empty. yery well, so only the car- tridge box was ful He took boys! ment ts Another tion to a house, thing that helped to make him the idol ot abandoned his his brigade never wounded. Hence, on his raids, he fight abana do ‘could go farther, more damage and secure more sults than most any cavalryman the war produced. His men knew that no matter how desperately any of while his life lasted they would not be | or left pursuing column. given up, anywhere to the mercy of a Every soldier on earth that goes much ja battle is necessarily a tatalist. Fatalism, however, does not always superstiton. Shelby had a beliet which was the sarae as a su- perstition to him, that as long as he into battle he When shot rode a sorrell horse would never get killed at Helena he was on a white horse. n shot at Westport he was_ ric When shot at Newtonia gray. he was on another white horse—a splendid stalnon. And when shot at Marshall he was Neither of these horses were toughed, but of the seventeen horses gkilled riding a bay. j under him, first and last during the war, every single one was a sorrell, |The horse was spared. The | became by and by to be a_ peculiar reality. Organize by all means. | of you who are living are prosper- taken; the rider man’s superstition The most fous. Some of you are rich. Per- | haps a halt dozen or so of you are very rich, but your maimed and help- less, those who are left ot them, are still with you, One a lieutenant liv- ing in Latayette county, had both eyes shot out. Another, north of the river, had both arms shot off. You once t ot sixteen needing charity, 'who had each but a leg. had a hi Som i racked with rheumatism or neuraigia trom desperate wounds, are physic- ally unable to work. A few are suf- incurable fering from diseases | brought on by rigorous e3 | a most rigorous service. The most of however, are pros- posure in you who surviye, | perous. You have land, cattle, money in bank, money at interest, fand you are blessed with stalwart He who writes t knows at your} salt, and lingered at vour fireside. Therefore, organize in the name 1 nd » and « t charity and comia i ready, when the time comes, to give substance to hinerally of your 10se who were as ave as you, Who Out as taras any of you ever did, ant woo n because truthtul, ut because chival And when shal you, and go up. and oes n vour ranks,v o y hr im in one e swift revealment, like the old S on set free: Co omer to ma. <2 UN SHOP pp, STRONG'S PILLS! and Double & & Singh hexies Guns | Made to order. for : ae and Children. Cgtoria cums Colic, Constipation, Stomach, Diarrhosa, Eructation, Worms, gives sh Pp. and promotes di. a yebout injurious Medication. Tus @rraca Company, 182 Pulton Street, N.Y, **Castoria is so well adapted tochildren that (recommend it as superior to any prescription known to me.” IL A. Ascuza, M.D., 111 So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, > ---NOW COMPLETE AT | ‘MAX WEINER'S, PUBLIC SQUARE, My stock this season of BOOTS AND SHOES, Rubbers and Slippers, Has never been so complete my goods are superior in quality make and style. EAST SIDE OF THE ye: MY PRICES ARE THE Lowest in Town. Having leased the Butler Eleva-| tors for aterm of years, W. M. WILSON Desires to announce to the far- mers of Bates county, that he will pay the Hiehest Markel Pe jal grain and seeds of all kinds, asior Beans and "lax Seedto Loay ~ | The Olid, Woli Tried, Wondert! MAIN ST. Health Renewing Reomeaies- ae STRONG'S 7 ST PILLS 727 she Merwe Liver Compl enlating the tertal 1 SOU PIL Syeseraes are hes yn bef Repairing neatly cone. BL, LONDO 42M,