Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-11-14

HardN are is so cheap that man has
only to ask for what he wants and the
considers it favor to have them
take it. You would insult . hardware
merchant to offer him even the cost of his
goods This may not be literally true, but.
it is so near it that it makes mans head
swim.
John Nordin got his belly full of poor
whisky, and as usual in such cases, the
whisky got the best Of poor John. He
commenced abusing his team when Sheriff
Lam berg appeared on the scene and es-
corted Mr. Nordin to the ''pill box" and
there left him to cool off. Next morning
he appeared before Justice Baldwin, and
the tester" was applied and John lacked
just $5.25 of being up to grade. He paid
it and departed for home poorer if not q
wiser man.
Wonders never cease The agents of the
Allan Line of Steamships, Messrs. Hedge
son & Hanson, are offering to sell tickets to
or from Europe, on tina. We have often
wondered, since hearing of this last gensr-
Gus offer on the part of the Steamship Co.,
whether 1t might not possibly happen that
some day poor and penniless editor might
set his foot On the land he often reads
about, but which only q chosen few have
seen. We actually begin to feel as if we
were in barber shop and it was our
'next,"
ST. PAUL, Nov. 10, 1878.
One of St. Paul's beautiful and talented
suthoresses. SO kindly mentioned by the
handsome editor of the Stevens Co. Tri
bune, begs to say to that talented gentle
man: that the story SO long promised IL in
rapid progress. The heroine is now laid
up with the toothache, but with every
prospect of an early recovery. 30 the sto-
ry of "a Fathers Revenge" will be hand
ed down to future generations through the
medium Of ysur most valuable paper.
x.
Ha came into the Office the other day-as
he frequently used to do-took 3 chew of
our tobacco, filled his pipe from our box,
rubbed up his specs, and proceeded to read
the exchanges. We wishing to be polite,
passed him the Budstikken-a Norwegian
paper-and calmly asked him to read it,
as it contained the latest election news.
He took it, wiped and rewiped his specs,
put them on and took them of, turned the
paper in every conceivable direction, and
did not appear to feel at his usual ease
He never said word, however, but looked
as if he was mad about something, and
went off in great hurry.
P. Sup to date, he has not returned
A correspondent, over the signature OF
Another Voter" calls our Scandinavian
citizens to order: While it is too true that
the cry of nationality" was used in the
late election, not only in this county, but
in Grant, Pope and Big Stone also, we have
occasion to know that many were uninfu
enced by this contemplate dodge of the
hummer politicians. This resorting to any
and all means to procure an election is pro
ductive Of great evil, as 1t stirs up feel
ing in the community which 10 not easily
put down, and which also does gross In
justice to many worthy men. The result
of such a short-sighted policy will be fell
| for some time to come, and we would war;
people of all classes, of the danger of al
lowing any such feeling to inf1uer ce them
A card, we elsewhere publish, is from
the pen of the gifted writer of story en-
titled "a Fathers Revenge" The ability
genius, and talent of the young, beautiful
accomplished, witty. and refined authoresi
is apparent in the extreme delicacy of thu
compliments, and the exceeding good tast,
and propriety with which they are-Oucl
oh! oh! Let 60 my hair! Yes, prom
Use never to write such stuff again! Yes
yes. I'll swear never to do so any more!
N. B.-H K should have occasion t.
publicly express her appreciation, sh,
would confer favor by doing SO privately
or else agree to furnish wig.
We made brief mention in our last issue
of young man losing quite sum OF mon
ey while intoxicated. The party who los
the money was named Tbos. Croakes, ane
on Saturday last he had chum of his, al
old resident of this village, arrested for thu
larceny. The accused was brought befor'
Justice Baldwin, and the evidence was 81
strong against him that he was bound owe
in $500 bonds to appear at the June tern
of court. We would mention tile name O
the accused but do not think it necessary
to give greater publicity to the affair thar
it now has, and principally on account O
the young mans immediate relatives.
il q very unfortunate affair, and whateve
the result may be, it shows what trouble
shame, and humiliation 10 caused by thu
demon whisky!
A young man named Rars Sheaves
formerly of lie Sueur, and for the past sir
months resident of this village, under
took to swindle some of our towns people
but did not make success OF it. Las
Thursday evening sheaves went to variou.
| places in town and borrowed what money
he could, in sums ranging from $5 to $40
He, during the evening, took his trunk tc
the depot, had it checked, and bought 9
ticket for Benson, intending to skip" ths
town. One of the parties of whom hi
had borrowed some money, suspecting tina
all was not as il should be, kept his eye or
l.: AZ.