Show REPORTED BY THE GROUCH here the original hiram J tell tells of his attendance at a country function having nothing else to do remarked the old codger I 1 attended a function while I 1 ws vote over at tor the other day the affair was bold in a dispirited grove at the prid nd at 0 a road in which every time c r horse popped down dows his foot toot the dust hot shot up in the air like a skyrocket A band was playing without the thee slightest remorse A statesman with a neck as wrinkled rin kled as a pickle dron ed forth redundant with out end A sad and rickety merry go mound round and round round to tho the sound of at its own plaintive pee die deedle in ili a tipsy a hoarse person was endeavoring to sell in brazen defiance of the pure food and brur act what looked 1 r 4 ay like horned toad toads fried tried in aal tr krease A gentleman in a striped tern teu near by hoarsely stated that he lie preferred to eat snakes at ten cente cents per serpent there was tho the usual ball balloon 01 n which seemed willing to do anything but go up scattered around through the festal acene u were a few old soldiers grumbling a smattering of farmers also grumbling sundry honest voters likewise grumbling and various other folks nothing about whom 1 worth mentioning except that they too were ere grumbling it may I ave been a reunion a fair a rally a picnic or what not but what ever they chanced to call it twin an excellent example of one of our most 1 cherished institutions kansas fit cit star |