The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1880-01-01
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W MS WHAT OrumOlef nceucQ, tnOugn lie
has been remarkably mum for long
while, apparently appalled, at the change
railroads had wrought during the cycle Of
1879, yet the cold wave had chilled him
and set him to growing over the dias
trous effect the biizzar6y hours of the dy
ing year might produce upon the minds
Of those contemplating migl alton thther
and the possible exodus Of many for q
warmer cline We had prescribed fol
him before and when times were as blue
as the ether above US, so he trundled with
US up the slippery street through the keen
air that bore our breath: lin columns, like
the puffs of locomotive.
l. N. Martin the suburban hotclist, was
| telling traveller, Of his first blizzard ex.
| periencc, when he, years ago had staked
out one winter morning the ground for
his building upon the bare prairie, the
wind blew, the snow fell and flew in
binding sheets and gusts, knocking his
ideas Of the points of the compass galley
west, and forcing rapid exit for neigh.
bols cabin, but Martin is here yet and a
commodous house surrounded by a
beautiful grove is his home, and from
whose Wind VS. long trains OF cars upon
two railroads can be daily seen wind :.
ing up and across the valley, this weather
didn't scare him.
John Holsey, talk 10 him of winds and
cold, why John himself used to traverse
the valley when bowling wolves and jack
rabbits were the only animal life he would
see for hundred miles, and when Uncle
Sam paid him off, he stopped alcng side
where his mammoth store now stands and
here he will stay E 8 'ong as he can sell
goods as extensively as he is daily doing
and raise Bantams, Shanghies, Poland
Ch1nas, Berkshives and other blooded and
fancy stock, yes, yes, Canton will do him.
E. Wendl has been followed by his old
customers and many others, for himself
and Johnny are as busy as their stalwart
io1ms will admit. Wcnd, has moved just
enough and that was when he took his
house with him, and he Can easily find
coal enough to keep him warm, and as for
trade, never better.
The Sioux Valley Ne,cs instead of being
frost pinched and shrivellcd, seems to
sparkle anew, and its proprietors Nash &
Clark talk Of power press ard a building
ample for its increasing business.
Tom Ta,tershall, who stuck to Beloit
with death like grip until the Canton IT,
dial wave forced him hlther, shivers little
but says he will sell harness and anything
pertaining to his line just as cheap as in
warm weather.
None Who has ever heard It can mistake
that whistle of Cave Guinter, the whlstl
ing blacksmith. who whistles while he
pounds, and pounds while he whistles, 50
merry heart we believe he sometimes
clips his sermons when it is very cold so
he can whistle to keep warm, and Phony
Ross his indispensable associate trims
spokes and felloes, in their new building
on Cedar st. lively under the new demand
for his wagons.
H. G Gilber, has got through looking
for the first train down School Section
Creek, for it has come and gone far over
the prairie to driIk ou of the Big Muddy
Y hundred miles west and his customers
demand his attention inside.
A L. Syverud the noisy bat competent
Jeweler still peeps over the south counter
IN G,lber,'s where for four years he has
inflated his cheeks for his blow pipe, that
has blown him into successful round Of
business
Martin Bros. WELD the cleaver, and
slaughter the innocent lambs and S;nc :or
our culinary wants. The cold does con-
geal their choice steaks once in while, but
Tom thinks they are all the sweet"r for
that, and says we ought to be thankful
for that even, as we are most truly.
Frank Gale, the prompt man ager of the
banking firm of Gale & Ward takes the
deposits and disburses discounts as calmly
as during the dog days when the mercury
bobbed up to the ton OF the tube. lie was
The frs. one we found who expressed his
intention of moving, and that as soon as
warm weather will permit. Yes, he will
move from his present cramped quarters
INTO new brick, which he will build up.
on the Court House square IS soon
as Jack Frost will let him.
MIR. Bedford of the st. Croix Lumber
Co. likes the cold weather, AS II Is a let up
for a while to the demand for lumber
which ann"yed him to keep sufficient
assortment on hand.
Col. Root hangs TO his spirited horses
while the train goes laundering by his
livery barn, and en- joys the cold for 1t Is
ducats in his pockets.
Ole Thompson of the Thompson House
smiles one Of his placid smiles tor his
s,.,r Ia vell natrOnized and his c0mfOrfA-