Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-01
Boss crops to harvest.

Boss crops to harvest
Boss weather for harvesting.
Wheat has ripened as quick as FASH
Mr.. N. G. Clittenden of Hancock was in
town last Sunday.
Charley Wintermute left last Monday
for New York.
"Wipe off your chin" is very season
able salutatioR.
The eclipse last Monday, was plainly dis
cernable at this point.
Several of our farmers have finished
harvesting their grain
Pull down your vest. " is out of season.
Why? Cause we don't wear one.
A special term of court viii be held at
this place on Tuesday the both inst.
A glass. of water and tooth-pick, is
about all the diet man wants this weather.
We don't see that lf-binders make any
great difference in the number of men en-
ployed. 4
J. Kerwin still abides with US, and keeps
u.
Binder
New Wheat will be brought into market
next week. Barley has been on sale for
week past.
Rev.-Sherman of Benson held Epis-
eopal services at Goods hall last Sunday
afternoon.
Tn, OH fVu0
the man who raised forty bushels of wheat
to the acre.
Ono of the perplexing things, that wor-
ny the farmers this year is, what to do
with the straw.
Quite rain storm last Monday, con
glomerated mixture of wind and rain, not
much damage done.
How pleasant the machine agents are
these times, snap your head off if you
speak two words, fact.
Mr.. A. C. Sherwood, of Hancock, was
in town last Tuesday, and made us happy
by renewing his subscription.
Hon. E. T. Archibald of Dundas is up
looking over his grain fields. Seven self
binders are doing the work for him.
Weather prophets predict wet harvest.
People will do well, in any event, to get
their grain into the stack as soon as posi-
ble
Messrs. Archibald, Gi)tinan, Sutherland,
Heenan and many others, of our large
farmers, are gathering all their crops with
self-binders.
G. S. Hulburt General Agent of the Min
neapolis Nillers Association was in town
last Tuesday, arranging business for the
fall wheat-buying.
We are to loose one of our young bach
elors soon. He leaves us to settle not a
thousand miles away, and amt going to
bach it, either. Wen never tell
4a The State Fair will draw quite num-
Der of visitors from this section. Good
crops, and favorable prospects for at least
fair prices, will induce many to go.
T. j. Moore finding the duties of Village
Marshal rather orerous and distasteful,
at the last meeting of the Village Council,
handed in his resignation. 1t was accepted.
The mosquitoes are getting SO sconfound-
4 ed familiar you know" that they slap q
: man on the sholder and say hello" with
the same afr of familiarity, as any other
bore a
Our local political tea pot is beginning
to bubble, and soon we will have our
pockets full of cigars, and wen be friends
with everybody and they'll be our friends,
until after election. Az.
Last Sunday was fine day, and quite q
number Of machines were at work cutting
grain. The dissertation Of the Sabbath
was necessary to save The crops, as they
are rirening very fast.
Jud. Towner is the owner Of as fine a
piece of grain as we ever set eyes on.
Every straw as big as a whip stalk, and
they want to be that heavy in order to sup
port the immense heads
We want good men for County officers
this fall. If the present incumbents fill
the offices acceptably, re-nominate them I;
II they are not the men you want. pick
good men for their places.
There is great dearth Of local news in
this vicinity, and man can scratch him
self bald headed, in his endeavors to bring
some original thoughts into his craniunl.
Even then they don't come worth cent.
We have q few men in this town, who
are nulsances, and The council had better
enact an ordinance and Instruct the Mar
sl,altwhen they get one) 10 order them out
Of town. Give them gentle hint to 60
West
Mrs J ?. Finleyo Of Philadelphia arrived
LAST week, on visit 10 her parents, Mr.. and
5Irs- II Whitley. Mrs 5inloy was formerly
resilient 81 Tfayersa county, and her
nalny old iriends win hc glad u hear IF
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