Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-12
Messrs Edwnrds & Ransom az Fdwards

glad to see those who suffer with tooth
ache, as they will be to see him.
The next thing on the programme to
keep us warm, will be the fall elections.
AS we are not aspirants of course we can
and must rely upon our candidates-both
Republicans and Democrats-to keep
things sultry.
All have returned from the fairs, and
have settled down to regular business once
more. The new goods purchased by our
merchants, have commenced to arrive and
are being rapidly unpecked and got ready
for customers.
Now the ducks will have to suffer, for
Jack Morris, Hall Warning, Jud Thompson,
and Walcott Leonard are the captain and
crew of boat which will soon sail for
furrin parts in search of game. The cap
tain will shoot while the crew bail the boat.
1t looked like business-or freeze out
Ito see the County Commissioners around
looking for stoves. Tell you what boys,
it feels as though we were going TO have
regular old snoozer Of winter, and If we
have to go to Jail we want to be warm
any how.
Farmers are very busy with their fall
blowing, and are acting wisely in attending
to it before beginning to thresh. Wheat,
for this reason, is not moving very briskly,
but what is being thrcshed is yielding fair
ly but is not going to be of much better
quality than No. 2.
While on the road last week, we came
across a CANE; Hank Ball was on one
end of it, and on questioning him (BalD
we learned that he was, with his cane and
gallery, to be in Morris as soon as posi-
BILE, if not sooner. He was looking and
also doing we'll when we saw him; he had
a fish (pickereD under one arm and an
Oyster under the other.
John House has 'broke loose" in the
harness business Finding that he could
not supply the demands made upon him
for articles in his line with what help he
had, he went below and has returned with
three first-class workmen, and will now be
able to manufacture and fill all orders
promptly. First-class work is done at his
establishment. .,
Mr.. Thomas Nixon, Paymaster on the
Canada Pacific, passed down the line last
week, en- route for Ottowa. Mr.. Nixon in
forms us that the line from Winnipeg to
Pembina will probably be completed as
soon as the St. Paul & Pacific reach the
latter point He let the contract for the
ties and they have almost enough ready fol-
the entire line, and men are going to com
mence at once to put them in position.
Among the many trials which we are
destined to endure, is that of having to si
in cool room " it'll nobodys wood pile il
sight 1t is high time for our neighbors tc
lay in their winters stock of fire-wood
The prospects are that we will have cool
ish sort of winter, and we advise those
who are to remain here, to stock up with
fuel at once; saw in two cuts, don't split
too fine, and please keepyour dogs chaned,
as they should not be let run loose i'll cool
weather,
A rather lively team was hitched to q
wagon load of fan-mills the other morning
and the cool inyigorating breeze, or some
thing else, put the deuce into them and
away went team and mills, but fortunately
or unfortunately the arm of providence in
the garb of a man interfered with their
gyrations and spoilt nice little item. We
would say that Mat Diedrich owned the
team, but as he don't like to see his name
in print, we wont say any thing more about
it, and spare his feelings.
In last weeks issue brief mention was
made Shanghai c. Chambers
death. Mr.. Chandler and Mr.. J. P. Cooper
were the parties who. brought this paper
and started it at this point some three years
ago. Shang, as he was Familiarity called,
was man of more than ordinary ability,
and at one time was one of the most prom
inent journalists in Wisconsin, and but fo1
his one misfortune would have ranked high
in the profession. Many will remember
him and his many eccentricities, but none
had any thing but kindly feelings for him.
1t is safe to say he himself was his worst
and only enemy, and it is sad to think
what brilliant career was blighted and
wasted by most unfortunate weakness.
It is a sufficient guarantee of the purity
of our morals to say that while absent we
took up our abode in the town of LeSueur,
the banner Temperance town of the
State. This picturesque village is the
county seat of LIE Sueur county, and is sit
uated about 81 miles from st. Paul, on the
line of the st. Paul & Sioux City r. r
and is a wide awake village of about two
thousand inhabitants; is built on beauti
full site on the banks of the Minnesota riv-
er. The straight and nicely shaded streets,
the substantial business blocks, handsome
private residences, and neat church edifices
give it an air of prosperity which is sub
stantiated by closer observation and in
quiry. Its of course an orderly town and
having large extent of farming country
tributary, a large amount of business is
transacted. We enjoyed our visit i'm
mensely,. and are under obligations to
Bro. Green, of the Sentinel, for the priyi-
lege of access TO his exchange list. The
wheat crop in that vicinity is not even as
good as ours, but they have decided adj
vantage over us, for they do not raise
wheat exclusively. but have a variety in