Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-11-07

Lodge No. 1873 A. F. q A. NJ, on Satur.
day evening, Nov. 0. Work in F. c. De-
gree. Whiting brethren cordially invited.
Quite large party from this village, su =
prised Mr.. and Mrs. J. House, last Thurs
day evening. They had just moved into .
new house on his farm, and their friends
thought IL would be good opportunity to
give them surprise" So . gay party OF |
young and old. provided themselves with
conveyances, and drove out. The occasion /
was very pleasant one, and all enjoyed
themselves immensely.
Happening to be at the court house last
evening, We wandered into Justice Bald
wins Office, and were just in time to wit
ness very interesting marriage ceremony,
Ia which Mr.. Erastus Hines and Miss
Mary Miller. of Big Stone, were the con-
tracing parties, Justice Baldwin tied the
knot in the most approved manner, ana
Messrs. Hutchins, Griswold and ye local
witnessed the ceremony, and congratulated
the happy couple.
Farmers are busy blowing and threshing
and will keep at 1t as long as the weather
will permit. There is yet large amount
Of land to be plowed, and II will keep the
farmers busy for couple Of weeks, pro-
vided we have continuance Of the pres
ent favorable weather. Many of the farm
ers are complaining of the scarcity of.
threshing. machines in some sections. but
it IL confined to the more isolated districts,
where owing to the smallness of the farms
and distance between jobs, it is hardly an
object for machines to 60 there.
We want another -four mill in this vicin-
ity, and as there are one or tive good wa
ter powers within few miles OF town. we
would like to have some capitalist lsok
over the ground. We feel convinced that
there wsuld be handsome profit derived
from the enterprise, and as it is only a
question of time before there is mill
erected in or near town, we would suggest
to any about to invest their capital in
property in this county or State, to look
into this matter and be convinced that it
would be both safe and profitable in
vestment.
| One of our merchants hired farmer 10
haul some bricks. The farmer could not
understand English, but went and loaded
/ them up and-started for home. The
owner wondered what had become of the
farmer and the bricks, and commenced to
look after his property, but no hide OF
hair of either bricks, team or farmer was
to be seen. A messenger was sent out or
one of the roads leading out of town, who
finally overlook the teamster and his load
and after good deal of trouble got hin
headed back. The farmer, so he said
thought the bricks were given to him.
1t was because we had agreed to supper
the nominees, that we stood by them, and
although some claim that We did not d.
our duty, yet we defy them to prove ont
single instance wherein we failed to d.
our part. Politicians in this county THU
year have been very selfish. 1t was every
man for himself. There was no sucl
thing as party, no such thing as working
for the balance OF the ticket. Every on,
of the candidates (there may have beef
one or two exceptionsl seemed to worl
for himself alone; 1t mattered not wha
you voted, SO long as you had their name
on the tickets. This conduct on the par
Of the regular nominees, on the count,
ticket, caused people to lose sight of tn
balance of the ticket, and resulted in tn
election of independent and opposition
candidates.
Our many readers may be interested il
knowing the amount of work that goo
thHcShing machine, in competent hands
i is capable Of doing Mr.. Louis Touchette
of St. Paul, with Buffalo Pitts" stear
: threshing machine. has, since harvest
: threshsd the grain grown on over fiv
, thousand acres Of land. He first bega
J threshing on Hon. j. c. McCarthy's farm
) which was the first threshing done in tn
county, and has, with the exception of d,
] lays caused by moving from place 1
place, and bad weather, been constant
: at work since. Taking as basis, 90
. two thousand acres Of oats and tire
, thousand of wheat, and making due allow
/ ance for everything, the result is astonisl
. ing-as, according to actual figures, b
has In that time threshed over forty tho,
sand bushels of wheat and one hundre
and thirty thousand bushels Of oats. A
the gain on the Sutherland farm wa
threshsd by this machine, and it Is onl
Justice to Mr.. Touchette to say, that ever
: one speaks very highly Of the thoroug
!, and careful manner In which the work We
done. Not single accident occurred, nc
, was straw burned, during the entire IA
work-this fact alone speaking volume
for the skill and competency of both Mi
: Touchetts and the men who are under hin
! As the same machine, under the sam
competent manager, will be in the fisl
8 next year, We would advise all who can /
make arrangements and have their graf
: threslsed by this machines the rapi
and thorough manner in which II does Il
work makes large saving, for II waste
no grain, burns no stacks, and you don
e have TO board crew of men a week fl
. two days wo K. A
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