The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-01-27
-Hasrah for Canton, the Gate o,.x ,

( hfestan 1of Canton, the Gate City
sheriff Dixon made 8 business trip to stou,
Falls the hzst OF the week
petroleum V. Nasty will lecture in Stony FL,
on the lata OF February, with Theodore rilto, :,
'oiio~ IN rhe wake" there In the near future.
-oi1Ve Logan says that men are not to ba tr,.,
ed. "They will take hold Of vonr ~, ~. A,,
squeeze your hand If you let than,., oh.
Olive, for a fact, did we ever sonse1o ro,,-
or wss 1t 'tother fellcr7 Oh , Olive yo,, -.
your bid Is too thin, very thin.
! oooS' VI Lennox, was in town Wsdnes-
' Inc Doc'or informed us that he was about
~ 'AAe up MS residence at Huron where he ,r,
1'ee nS pfoiessloh' The gentleman has made
'n"o' 1r'ehos III tnls community who will wish him
! e1ubersnce of wealth in his new home
In speaking Of town hall at this p,ace tho
Sioux Falls Times in its last weeks issue sax,
1--WE know Of . few concerters who wou,d have
been with You some time ago had there been =.
nall at their disposal" From this it will bo ~,
served that Canton's only weakness in attr,ct;r,
these troupes, is her lack OF suitable place for
| them to appear in.
Ihe oyster supper at court house last Saturday
evening was IN every way success. The ipc,sm-
ent weather prevented many from going but az it
was Inc total receipts amounted to something over
S9a But little time was given tho ladies to make
Inc necessary preparations, and great credit is due
item for'the efficient manner in which tn ,se were
carried out. Two long tables were spread with
eataoies looking pleasing to the eye and which
proved delectable to the tsste
ia the entire winter season to pass witho Mt An
attempt to get up masquerade ball in Canton7
II ria
the requisite amount Of snsp aud pluck to under
take the task7 Surely there must be. Let soma
individual start the ball to rolling-thcn keep it
moving that no moss may accu mulate when 9TH
sTs will volunteer their service. The labor and
cost i'll getting the party up will be tri6ng In com
par son to the good time experienced thereby
committee on res olutlons-rcsolve it will be did
composing three four active persons, could
easily make tho arrangements necessary. Who
will wear the lsure!s by undertaking the work?
AS other villages in the near vicinity
o. Canton are enjoying literary societies composed
OF members selected from their own midst or
s2rinkled by the spray of brilliant Ictods from
abroad, we are left out in the dark. In ali defer
ence we ask, why is this thus2 Does 1t need tn
quill OF Cicero to paint the answer? Gan no rene
dy be exercised or brought into which Will
bresA the spell o'e-shadowing the town like an
1li-omeDed bird? Certainly there eau, but some
ambitious perso ION must take tho lead. Must Can
ton follow in the rear of her rivals whose aspira-
tons tend toward entertainments of an elevatiug
and pleasing nature, when by little cxertion she
car be at the head OF the column? Eminent lectur-
ers give lis the ''glde' simply because no effort is
made to secure them, and who would gladly visit
here they invited to so do.
We have be en- thinking for the past ten min
utes what there is to be thankful for, and the bur
den OF thoughts were something like this
Thankful that Spring is almost here thankful that
we wear last seasons clothes; thankful
that no woman with wart on her nose has tried
to scoop in the past Year; thankful that old
age approaches the silver lining in the
dark clouds, In a-hornl; tina nkful that we had
rather be manager of the Milwaukee than news
paper man wed suspend operatiouy; thankful that
life is worth living (proVided you haven't !
"coe in you're ead'O; Thankful that there were
l0o,O0o,oo0 gallons OF whisk-y thrown to waste
during the late crusade; thankful wasn't round
% &c: drink; thankful we're q woman's rights |
man; thankful we're not a lsdy's man; thankful |
hat old BoIeas must succumb to the illuminating |
.ays Of hot July sun giving the Milwaukee line
chance to get the mails through before Il frosts t
again: thankful that we're able TO get The ADvo-
ATE out this wne1, although somewhat beisted ; !
thankful we don't believe In old lady Symptoms |
prophetic words; in reality there IL much for |
which We should seek private ssnctury and |
'rise trembling eye hcavsnward and offer up !
thankful alterations.