Decatur County Journal
June l, l899

'ELK'
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Once more I hitched old Ransom to the senatorial chariot and started
south.

I called on A.S. Ross. Shaffer and Aunt Mary are a fine old couple, a
benefit to this valley. I called on Uncle Cris Osborne. I found him
suffering from a cancer. Uncle Cris and wife are old pioneers. When he
first settled on Elk, those fine farms that surround him now, were wild
rolling prairie inhabited by the red men. Ye correspondent has been
acquainted with him for 35 years and found him a straight out Christian.

Across the road lives Ed Whetstone. Ed is clearing up a new farm and
makes the wilderness blossom like the rose. Well, I sailed around to
Charley Millsap. Charley and Mid are clearing out a new farm. Charley
said he voted for Bryan and ten cent corn. He has l,500 bushels of corn
now to sell. He gets 35 cents for it. He says if the Lord will forgive
him he will go and sin no more. Well, here I am at Fair Naylor's. Fair
has rented his father's farm and I found him hard at work and ye
correspondent got his start that way. I just drove for Billy Bronson's.
Billy is feeding a fine lot of hogs and cattle and has got convincing
ways. He soon convinced me that it was time for dinner. Well, I
couldn't get Ransom to move another step. After dinner I bid Billy
goodbye, and I tell you Ransom just sailed for Jack Hembry's. I found
Jack laying under the shade of a boxelder. I first thought Jack dead,
but he had got up at 4 o'clock and planted l5 acres of corn by noon.

I pulled north past Billy Akers'. Billy is a neat farmer and a true
blue. Emmett Kyle is the next stop. Emmett has just built a new house
on his farm near Center School House.

Well, I turned south for George Beck's. George took me for a government
inspector. He led me down in his cellar and there I inspected some of
the best elderberry wine I ever saw. Well, I will say it is l80 proof
test. As the sun is fast setting in the western horizon so I pulled for
John Andrew's. John and Evaline know how to make home pleasant. I
turned Ransom out to grass and backed the old chariot into the barn and
put up for the night.
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