Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1880-01-14

4 WAITER truly says that there n no
need to 90 beyond the farm yards and
stables to estimate the condition of tho
farm or to judge Of tho succsa OF theI
owner.
a. NIAaAxA FAL1a pAat0erxpkae
claims that there has not been the hast
change in the general appearance Of the
Falls for at least 10 years, which he can
prove BY his old negatives
i A DAKOTA paper asserts that !, 100
pitchforks were sent to the Santoe In
dians, and that there are net over 900
6antees at the agency, counting both
sexes and al ages.
AN Iowa bridegroom who meant TO
"throw the marriage was run down by
two dogs and eight farmers, and married
with his feet tied together. The girl was
no sooner made his wife than she made
for his hair and pulled out great hand
fuls.
A TEXAS Newspaper states that Mr..
David Bastrop was thrwn against tree,
serious injuries resulting" This leaves
us in utter uncertainty - to whether
Bastrop or the tree was injured. Why
can't people be more explicitf-Boston
Post.
MISS Lillian WHITING, on the edito-
rial staff of the Cincinnati COnsmevoial,
stays ut her post until ii o'clock ct night.
She IL said to look the picture Of strong,
healthy, fresh young life, and has proven
by her work that woman can do vel
on daily paper.
THERE are cooking, sewing, shopping
and numerous other utiltarian schools
for women, but what ID most needed II
an institution for teaching the fair ones
how to carry umbrellas without sending
half the pedestrians they meet to the
eye hospital. Philadelpkia Nsws.
ONE-THIRD of all the gold that 10
mined goes to wear and tear, one-third
into circulation, and one-third into the
arts and manufactures. AL the gold In
the world would make pile only TWEEN
ty-five feet wide, forty five feet long and
twenty-five feet high.
ACCORDING to . Cincinnati paper one
of the ablest divines in that city started
out the other nightto explore the wicked
places of the city In order that he might
better attack them In his sermons. He
was steered against q bunko game and
swindled out Of 40.
A YOUNG lady in Chicago, when asked
by the officiating minister, VIII you
love, homer and obey this man - your
husband and be to him . true wifef'
]ssaid plainly. 9 Yss, II. he doss what he
promised mo fnancially."-Gold Hill
Neecs.
A JUDGE In Providence the other day
found another judges dog under his
chair and kicked 1t aside. It returned,
and then he picked 1t up and hurled 1t
over desks and chairs and railing 10 the
floor. He has been prosecuted for cruelty
| to animals
WHEN you want to spend ill the
money you have in this wide world, 60
to your lawyer; when You want sonne-
thing done for nothing, HE you to your
Newspaper Office. Then whsn you wAnt
to send Some man to congress seKd your
laWyek, becaass M en- eot along with
out hin.-HsU1Vs.
| A PAHTxrn sntered the house Of Mr..
DobbA NEAR Damascus, Ala, ran Nm.
Dobbs out and took po sezi0n OF the
place. Her husband being absent she
went to neighbor's, get several persons,
and returned TO her home and found The
vicious animal quietly gnawing bone
From some cause It escaped before u
could be killed.
| A WEALTHY man who lived in Chester
field, Va, had two sons, Tom and jack
both fond Of playing poker, but Jasa
was very sharp at the game and tn
yer7 Aat. when the old man Gisd II
, left Tom 49O, 600 and Jack only 81 600
, but he explained 1t the foot Of hia viii
that $1,000 was Just stake enough To-
Jack to win everything that Tom had
and 1t was wise proviaon, for % I
/ turned out.
AN ingenious person has pointed on
, tho fact that m orchestra y . c0mplet'
} representation Of society. Thus tn
) army is represented BY the kettle drum
i, the magistrature By the ophiclide Will
} its grave notes, finance by the big drum
! criticism BY the fife, love By the violin
j hunting BY the horn, poetry BY the haxr
| the exact sciences by the triangle, an'
I mendicity BY the caafiouet
& GKNRRAL ROGR A. PaYol, Q
Brooklyn, has received from ViTSini
. i friend . curies relic Of the war. HOon
d sists Of two bullets that evidently n
4 IN the air over soms battlefield, end
: happening 70 strike each QtAer- on fhol
confcal points, were firmly welded q
4 eeth. The ball that, from it, shapet
4 supposed 70 have bean ATsd fSom = Un!c
! IsoId isr'sgun, apparently was going Wit
|. greater speed than the otherf and