The Maize Critic from Maize, Kansas • 3

ISE IE TOWN YIT, HOBEY! SOME AND SEE IE? THE MAIZE CRITIC. i iy Maize, Kansas. Our reply to Old Snoozers blowing off will appear next week, as we hear that Snooze is in a very critical condition since he shot ofl so much of his swell-head wind. He can't run no sandy over us. Talk about the old river being on the rise.

Pshaw! It hasnt risen half so much as Daddy Parker did the other night when he found out that a mouse was in the bed. OBITUARY. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm.

Hanshaw departed from this life Tuesday, 28th. Little Edith was one year, one month and thirteen days old. Public funeral services were conducted by Rev. C. N.

Severance from the Seminary cha pel on Thursday afternoon. The remains were interred in the Maize Cemetary. Ix Memory of Little Editii. Ah! Death, a home has visited and Closed in sleep the lids of one; So beautiful, so sweet, so loved; The mothers pride life just begun. In her arms, the babe Death bore And placed its body in the tomb; Its future cradle; its winged soul then Flew to Ileaveu its future home.

The mother goes about her work, llcr eyes are red with weeping so. She glances at the cradle and she thinks How can I let her go? She ponders o'er the by-gone year, Wlmt comfort with her child she took. Its face again I neer will see! As oer the cradle she sobbed til It shook. Loving mother, wipe your eyes, for see There stands at Heavens gate, an Angel your child a guiding star, To keep you from the awful fate1 And bring you into the light of God. So, mother, rise, and weep no more, Rut think of the meeting glad to he After this short life, on the other shore.

Madam Rumor says that Ike Waller is going to sell out and quit the grocery business, in Maize. Whew! Cold! Wc learn that Fred Cook and Mr. Lawson are going to move from James-burg to the neighborhood of Andover. Two more good citizens gone wro right if they order the Critic to follow them. Charley IJuerhaus is watching the signs at Andale.

A big dance is being gotten up, and Charles will not miss a good thing when he is invited. Ry the removal of Fred Cook, a vacancy will bo left in the Jnmesburg base ball club. The boys have been trying to hire James Hardesty to fill the vacancy, but Jim says he has not decided to accept their offer. COMMENTS IN GENERAL. By Miss Tattletale.

Eldridge School District. Miss Minta Weaver and Maud Norris of Maize, were the truest of G. E. Parker of near Otterbein, last week. We hear that TI.

T. McGrew, of Starwano, is going to sell out and move away. Mr. Broton is quite sick of late, and on account of his sickness Master Harry Hyde was absent from school a few days last week. He was missed very much by Miss C.

The meetings at Eldridge arc still continueing, but hasnt, so far, had any conversions. It is rumored that R. W. Weaver, of Starwano, is going to sell out and go to Poplar Bluff's, Mo. Holy Moses, Robert! Whats getting through you.

Mr. James Rush and his intended were in the neighborhood of Eldridge, Sunday night. We suppose he went up to get a birds-eye view of his uncles whiskers. How about it Jim? Say, did you hear them old tin pans, horns, guns and every other kind of a noise maker imagineable, in the neighborhood of Eldridge, Monday night. We wonder who got married.

My! But they made a racket. 1 Charlie Seivers thought like this all last week and all prospects are in favor of the same thing next week. Father McClarah, of near Starwano, is very sick, expected to be serious. Notice: We offer SPECIAL and Very Productive varieties of early Seed Corn. Seed Catalogue FREE.

Address At once STON EliS. NURSERIES, Sedgwick, Kansas. We have placed the Critic subscription price back to 50 cents per year. We cant afford to publish it for 25 cents, (except in clubs.) The 25 cents barely paid for the white paper, let alone other expenses in keeping a press in good shape. We have tried it from experience, and know where-of we speak.

50 cents, here-after, please, or we will trade you one years subscription for (2) bushels of corn, allowing you 25 cents per bushel for your corn. Card of Thanks. To the many friends and neighbors who aided us during the sickness and death of our child. We wish to show our appreciation by thanking them and wishing them all aJiappy life, with many friends, and a glorious Eternity. Mr.

and Mrs. Wm. Hanshaw..