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EAWKEACE. KASClOHlUze thaiWAKARl'SAload.grapes Iar*?e 1r a Bi . and aby largeiign to exaa •fghter v jack across,as cut-:s theySibley, Vinland and. Cual Creek as the I Mr. Iliff, the accommodating agent,■‘Record” Boy Saes them. I says the berry crop was light this _j year, other small fruits tolerable, but! the apple crop seems to . be betterlagineiey are i bor-is al-Monday of last week found this j :han the average.column of the Kecori again among' The census reports ?how a pouula-the farmers. This time the valley i tion of some hundred and forty in-running south from the city attracted f habitants in the ro?;a rite. There is aattention and the Boy started to ex-} G range, [an Alliance and a G. A. R.plore it. i lodges in good running order thatTIv5 crons in this vailev. are about meer rhcrc. Th* rmn* T**cfcu:IV.roubleicientr ve ail ,nd go Shears atlier-Cruelcamel i cara*ndurndutiesMe11some places and is reported all the: perous, especially tf:e IIecwKl- man. way from six to thirty-six bushels to ; Bounding Vinlaucl on the mwrrh is the the aero. Mr. McClintock’i crop: fruit farm of V. £. Barnes. This measured thirteen bushels on one ; place covers two hundred and fort-v piee-e and sixteen ou another. This ; acres.. More that* half of it is covered was wheat, howeve:. that was only ; with bearing fruit trees, around anditoir itsough,shad* , why » and ness T ; won m gcrdan* i payman-tat if rrowJger. o the *orry3 not nciaJTherldlythe' the as inthetherednessfeet.and Chey are Miriam! they heir tned felttackforand ’ake forcut a few days before it ws threshed. The grail s * were of goo i size butlooked as though they had lain in water for £ week or so. Gats here, as in all the rest of the country, covered but a small acreage and urn out in quantities suffieiently variable to be in fashion. In many places the farm- _^ . a ^ A mmarowir.g groves.ers have beruu fall \ lowing and a_ — — . . m .. *among whichclumps and sinpi- forest trees of kinds that Kansj-s coil only produces when cultivated, vvie irroY \ known as the “Point of J\ne:V%* ready makesone feel as thou;;-: ue worJ in the edge o: a pine rorcvt. Mr. Barnes has an immense fruit crop tris yearand is snipping as t?^z as possible both br express and refr-.\rer:uorLcv3ne.JligiITinTlt;rV:\large amount of wheat wili be sown „......tbia fall. The ground is very hard but1 freight.’ To us,- :iu ex- region oi tn.-the people are persevering and will I field there are i-lt;an» * u ! \‘«; can’t work it any way. One man said that i resc.” Mr. Bar!.-', inn; -r.c ‘thanks of the ground was so hard that the plow! theRKrouJD of”. - from the to:email loosened the ground under the .Hide’s j to devil for the veil line era'.e he hind feet enough so that he could see j tent to them. T.;c Kroon.o Boy lia,sit move. i been appointed U express the thank-;There are several fine fruit farms in; of those*‘V.p stair:,a-.d has orders to this section. Among those along the include the -muon oblige of the line of march are Bandali’s, OBry- stai? also.on’s and Jones’. J. J. Hill isalso get- Tne first fruit on Mr. Brume's placeting quite a start in young trees. (started from some uraue lu: tingsSibley station is ,nqt much more | brought from Dr.icet, Mrnk. in.a ear-than a station but at the same time j pet bag during the w.tr of tiu-raid.Baker’s store does a good business, j His fai;m used to'v- a nurserv and h-MeNees, the machine and implement stilt does considerable business in that man has also won quite a repu- (line. He has associated with hint selftation as a reliable dealer. He j the Hoskinson Brothers a fid large has been known to take sir- f quantities of nursery storlSare^rsnvn ders for the Lawrence Record. j on the farms of ttnse gentlemen io be It is said that there is a fourteen inch rtglcl through th oi:’. fun. Thd Vin-vein of coal ou Mr. Bowman’s place, j fo-d nursery •.*.near Sibley, within fifty feet of the j tation and its n o::surface. The vein - was formerly splendid sweepJlO.iAMuApo vA3ir.l* »•♦j A XliiuuUilvEto Juo: iJUiU.0:1 ii w:rio rei u-^X^yC'Y uii-orvo^ hi.sworked with profit. Some legal com- __ A m . a .41 aAnother intv(•.•if , r* :Yplace in theplication in the title to the land stop- neighborhood of Vinkmd is the farm ped operations and since the title has i. of Win. Roe. E.e;o are to be seen been cleared up the mine has not j twelve head of fine eeldir»gs from one been opened again. _ .ito three years c;d. Each iioiseiugtiepeafcsitru*theul.tbs:opwnouatie,of:orvilSon have just finished building a very lies. These vary more in color and neat new house for him. Mr. Walton style as well as ::i t reeding, but are says he does not feel that bis person- beautiful animal u It is Mr.Roe's ob-al affairs w'llljustify him in making ject to raise matched teams, the race for ebunty treasurer, but if I On tne read back to Lawrence the_ i* r • J ?_^ i ! _e:.___ i-1 JInanacomdivi:J o: placter.. fewiTiiarou put ;lii3 friends insist and give him the nomination he will accept and allow his name to run. He is not seeking the office, he says, the office must seek him.Wm. Jones, one of the oldest settlers in Douglas county, lives on the quarter section that he pre-empted before the Border ruffian troubles.V.: haul'i feec.: ti . 1: tO HiRecord Boy saw many interesting things. The most noticeable was an orchard of two hundred young peach ; .trees at the he:;-e of D. Tucker. This !are man seems to have the right idea of;the peach business, audit is to be; . ne wondered at that his example is not!taerlt; followed by more farmers. There are j Th so few trees in the country that when ; residHe has prospered since that time as peaches vield at all thev bring a good j day i his place shows. Many are the in- * --■* - -* - ■* ° -It18Qteresting stories of early times and history m this state that he can tell.Vinland, Kansas, is beyond a doubt, one of the most interesting little villages in the state. It is quite an old place, some of the people having settled there early in the fifties. The earlier settlers were all free state men and their enterprise and intelligenceis shown by the legacy they ha ve left.For the history of this bequest to the oreaent and future inhabitants of Vinland the Record Boy is indebted to Mrs. Dr. Prentiss, who aa MissAnna Soule was one of the foundersof the “Coal Creek Library Association.’9 She presided at its first meet-ing.,The people not having many , ways in which to amuse themselves in those days, had frequent gatherings at their homes and the library association was organized to turn the minds of the young into some profitable channel. Among the charter members were mentioned Seth Kelly, John Walton, Wm. Soule, Wm. Roe, F. B. Varnum, Geo. Roe, W. E. Barnes, Geo. Cutter, Hugh Williams,Barney Palmer, and John and ^SethLapham. The first meeting of the association was held some time in MqycbsLa? 1859t On New Years dayi860, an entertain nielli was given and the new society made over fifty dollars. This was immediately invested in books. The oldest book to be found was number four, of Preacher Life/’ by W. H. Milburn,price. And when the trees do not j Ida 2bear, a small orchard takes up very j sons little room on a farm. * jThe only thing else that can be i mentioned is the invitation to a mis-1 sionary tea at Mrs. Doolittle’s, which : the Boy was obliged to decline much ! against his wishes and customary practice. Thanks, however.Record Boy,Mr the ^ City.Heal Estate Transfers.Real estate transfers filed for the week ending Aug. 20. Furnished by L. S. Steele, abstractor of titles, real estate, loan and insurance agent. Office Merchants bank building:Hilton S. Enslow and wife to HiltonE. Enslow, conveys w hi of ne 9,Ellisdayexerlt;MrDougciaticvisitegavelessoi15,18; consideration 8800,A. L. Stanton and wife to J. R. j wgBingles, n .; of s jo of se sec 26,14, | Rni,lf20; consideration 8600, I oarxntJ. M. Henry and wife to Eunice A.1Rose, lots 83 and 85, blk 19, West Lawrence; consideration8550.Prescott* Underwood to Junius Un-dery/ood, 5 acres in addition No. S,North Lawrence; consideration 81.returtoredsaffeifore.Ap•Abel Kidd to Ohas. Lotholz. n 3 aSundjenjoyof e 15 a of s of n of n e 33, 12,21; consideration, 820.Lotholz Chas. and wife to Wm. Lee, I Port 1 lot 6, blk ISO. Eudora: consideration,! Pr°grS12o! * iEake3Thos, S Hutchins and wife to | singeWilliam Crutchfield, lot ISO New York j ailc‘ aTon Vonta! street, Lawrence; consideration. 8300.) The- I B F Wizer et- al. to Sarah J Wizer, | mostand the library date is Feb. 1SG0.The society continued to give frequent entertainments and to subscribe whai little money they - -no iM f Brooks, lots 99 and 101, Ohio street, ------ # , - coa, j Lawrence; consideration 81,500.afford until quite a collection hau q p yjash^i* and wile to A J Mes-been made. I senoer. sub-division A'o 13. vacatedMiss Mattie Cuv-er, now (Mrs. prairie Citv: consideration .lt;155.deserves, with Mrs. Prentiss, credit j£arv. E Jacobs to Edward A Ja-for originating tne idea. .She was trie . g-g ; Qf nw ^ sec 30^ t !3? r 1S;first librarian. As near as Mrs. Pren-!___tiss can remember the library re- | mained at Mr. Cutter’s and some jmember of his family was virtually u d more generally keep their librarian until the Grange hall was UIC1-‘V'3 b I er. 1I now,| what I eat if ! to all;consideration 850.Ifthe ladies would abandon cos-completed1*in 1S7S and”the books were blood pure and vigorous by the use ofmoved into their present quarters in Ayers Sarsaparilla, naturady fairthe second story of that building. complexions would be the rule in-A list of the librarians could not be steacl 0f t}ie exception, as at present.found, but for the past ten years or ; p blood ’*s the best beautifier.more the books have been in charge I rare PiUUUof Mrs. Lillie B. Iliff. She has, how- ’ clintonover, moved to Haskell Institute and jfcebn succeeded by Mrs. Funk, who |has given general satisfaction daring • Bullock returned from Illi- thongher short term of service. j noj3 iast week where he had been ffeld JAlilt;fev; vCor not d3IrsitingWhis rithras.Aver1*HaiThe entertainments above men-1 tioned finally scame annual meetings and are followed y the annual business meeting. At.this session the lt;ficere of the association are elected,new supplies of books lelected and other business transacted.The collection now amounts o almost a thousand volumes. The selection is as choice as any ne could wish to see and sho s that twentyyears of reading has its e lect on the tastes of a community. Vinland numbers many prominent men i loth of local and state reputation among her sons, and her people claim the influence of the library is the magic Kvand that guides their fortunes. LongSurve Coal Creek library!Vinland is a busy Uttle place___________Kansas railroad takesaway a large amount (f produce from it.- station. In season large numbers of cattle and hogs are loaded there. Daring fruit time (from twenty toforty crates of berries are shippeddaily, and frequently, even ae^ early aa thia, apples are snipped by the carvisiting for a few weeks past. ; makiiThe Disbrow place will be farmed 'withby Gustave Anderson and August; We Malenburg the coming season. | but nThe following are on the sick list J excejat present: Mrs. Bullock, Mrs. Me- ; 0 Creary, J. R. Woodward, and E. D.i that IPugn.A game *f ball was played here last j Sund; Saturday afternoon between the mar- j mg ai ried and*single men. The single men won the game.The quarterly meeting last Saturday and Sunday at the Enterprise school house was attended by several parties from this place.Geo. Gates will move his house on h. ’her ground soon. It is not in a very desirable location at present, especially daring the hot season.John Davis threshed some wheat last week tbae made 28£ buAeto to the acre. That is the best yield ofany that has been threshed around here this season.FridfcSand:F. 1 heart while the h as sult;Thetenarsome hoate oat a*‘Ci der. :ityis
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Lawrence Weekly Record
Lawrence, Kansas, US
Fri, Aug 21, 1891
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