The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-26
Local Matter.
Vol. w, No. l.


l.. Aetzxer, Of I~erndale, was in
town Tuesday.
>. Cncc> Of Ferl:n: was il, The
village Tuesday.
c. c. Parker, Of Vcrndale, was in
the village Monday.
c. NJ. Malthy, Of Button, was in
the village Saturday last.
Mrs. Nettie Ostrander is having =
new front put into her store.
III. j. r. Hunt, dentist from In.
man. is in Wadena this week.
The work train was called to AL
drich, for few days this week.
Brainerd is having very live .ly
times according to the Tribune.
z. Roza is building house in the
western part Of the village.
Royal Oatrander's building is in
closed. It ina good place for a h mr.
her shop
Nike cosgrove is building an :7,d-
1ition IL his dwelling, to lie used i
kitcheH:-
Mrs. C.-I1. Peake returned hu mo
Tuesday, after two weeks visit in
southern minnesota.
Fertie's show last Thursday Mig hit.
did not a>.o,,@it to much. Those '.vho
attended were badly sold.
F. II. Roberts, representative Of
the Minnesota. Farmer. MAS in town
Saturday, and made US a call.
Say, you fellow Of the Detroit Rec.
ord, what do you charge f~r sAvertis-
Ing minstrel showsi Shet guns!
W. W. Graham, Of lsaussn, was in
town Monday. he gees ito F .luffte,n
this week, to work ON &C.. n \ laltby's
new building.
Miss Winnie Herein gut the book
Of Pope's poems, ti'ttt w:es voted away
ut Fertie's entertainment, last Thurs.
day evening.
Mr.. Henry Thomas, al old Yer
mont friend OF E. f. Luce, and now
of Minneapolis, is spending !. few
days in Wadena.
T%.e xaea arrived in Wadena Mon
day, and epened up a shooting gallery
on the street. They were quite well
patronised by our people.
The Fergus Falls semi-weekly
Journal is 1T hand. 1t is very neat
~ printed seven column folio, and
We hope to see it prosper.
Tho glatfo,:k around the freight
depot Is bdi,g raised to 4 level with
the tloor, :n:dl;lng it more convenient
1or the .trans5sr of freight.
The little Falls Transcript has
been s5id to a Mr.. Pearson. The
qualification If the daily edition will
probably be discontinued.
We hope our farmers will plant
Cots ct watermellons. 80 that they
will have one left for the printer
we, like Tanner during his forty days.
fast, have visions of that delicious
fruit.
The Sank Centre Tribune, says that
the use of tobacco is more injurious
than the use of Intoxicating liquors.
We rather think the editor of that
paper must have been-when he
wrote that item.
Mrs. I. l.. Kramer, of St. Paul, is
in Wadena visiting her sirter, Mrs.
Katzky. She will remain here about
two weeks, after which she will GO to
Verndale to visit Mrs. A1etzger, also
her sister.
Tho editors of this paper have
made arrangements with the editor
of the Minnesota Farmer, 80 as to
furnish the two papers for the ex-
tre,nely low price of $1.75. Two pa
pers for less than the price Of one.
Now is the time to subscribe.
Mrs J. II. Pelkey was very serious
j. hurt by falling out of a buggy.
She was sitting on the back seat,
when the horses suddenly started up,
overturning the seat and throwing
Mrs. Pclkey out backward on her
head. We are pleased to say she is
doing finely now.
Quite little excitement was oc-
rasioned Ivy s. Gardeners horse run.
ming away last Monday. Mr.. Card
ner's little boy was in the buggy at
the time but did not get hurt in the
least, although it was 4 NARROW es-
cape, as the horse run quite a dis
TANGO over rough prairie.
"Newspaper subscriptions arc al
ways paid in advance; that is to say,
If the subscriber does not do it, the
publisher is obliged to, as the paper
dealers. the compositors, the type
maker, the ink dealers, the scissors
grinder, the pencil sharpener. the
pressmon, the landlord, and others
will not wait for their pay until the
year expires"
The Perham Journal made it's ap
pearance last week. 1t is 4 six col
umn folio and very neatly printed
considering the hurry and bother OF
getting out the first issue. This
makes the fourth paper that has ven
tured for livelihood in Perham, ant
we hope it will receive tho support
it deserves, thus demonstrating that
Perhanl is not utterly void of public
enterprise.
Arrangements have 50 far pro
pressed to enable us to announce tina