Morris tribune., 1882-08-03

vest season so near at hand. Each farmer
should prepare himself to put his grain
safely in we'll built stacks as soon as pos.
sible Get all machinery in perfect run.
ming order and have reliable help at hald,
so that you can push the harvest work as
soon as the grain is ready. Commence
cutting early and keep up with the ripen.
ing grain.
A chimney sweep labeled Iowa Bill"
has been doing some good work in clean
ing chimneys about town for sometime
past He is comical chap and attracts
as much attention as the trained bear did
He wears a hat which out west would
make good mark for cowboy, and has
a voice which q circus orator can hardly
equal. We never knew chimney sweep
ing to be made the subject of so much ora,
tory before.
Don't leave your premises unguarded on
circus day. Sneak thieves, confidence
men and pickpockets are always numerous
when such vast numbers of people arc
brought together. The managers of the
circus will doubtless do all they can to
prevent robbery, but it is beyond the;
power to fully protect their patrons. So
look out for your purses and your houses.
When you step to the front door to see the
procession don't leave the back door open
for a thief to enter your dwelling.
Mr.. M. Weber, who is so well known
to the people of Morris, returned from his
extended trip to Montana on Tuesday. He
has seen great amount of territory since
his departure and says Stevens county
compares favorsbly with the best of il.
The best wheat seen by him is this side of
Breckenridge. We do not know definitely
concerning Mr.. Webber's plans, but we
believe he has returned to make Norris his
permanent home in preference to the much
advertised places he has recently visited.
The Pope county farmer, Carl Hoffman,
We are told is myth, and the statement
made in the TRIBUNE last week, about his
being robbed at the Scandinavian House,
has been denied. 1t seems he staid in a
barn in that vicinity. Besides claiming to
come from Pope county, he also claimed
to hail from California, New York, New
Orleans and several other places. Accord
ing to different stories he must have been
born in seven different countries but he
could only swallow whiskey in one Ian.
guage. 1t is thought he had no money
when he went to sleep in the barn which
accounts fof his having none when he got
up in the morning.
A subscription paper was circulated the
early part of the week for the benefit of
those who had lost their crops by the late
hail storm in Scandal. Liberal contribu-
tons were made by various citizens Of this
village and by farmers whose crops are
uninjured. Mr.. r. G. Moore gave $500;
one farmer gave ten acres of wheat; an
other so bushels of oats, and another 20
bushels of potatoes. In the aggregate the
subscriptions amount to considerable and
will materially aid the victims of the storm
We endeavored to obtain the names of
all who contributed, but failed. We could
not even learn the names of the farmers
who contributed as above stated.
Mr.. H. Ellsworth's team made frantic
effort on last Saturday afternoon to pro.
vide sensational item forus, but alas for
us they did not succeed. They started,
without waiting the convenience of the
driver, at a little more than the usual rate
of speed, from Olson's wagon shop on
| Sixth street to the feed store OH Atlantic
avenue, but in turning the Metropolitan
corner they encountered the marshal (not
one of their country Cousins) who proved
to be dead weight upon their bits and
prevented them from reaching the goal OF
their ambition. Had they gone little fur
Their buggy standing in their way would
have been wrecked and we would have
had an item, but as it is we're out
In most of the townships of this county
substantial Improvements have been made
in the roads. Culyerts have been made
in the low places and the roads at thell
worst are passable. 1t seems too bad that
after farmers have made such commend
able efforts to have good roads, the vii
lage authorities will allow mud holes tc
remain inside the village limits to be q
constant annoyance to them. There are
a few bad places in the roads just north OF
town which slight amount of labor
would make passable, through which
farmers from that direction have been
compelled to come for years in order to
reach town. 1t is common occurrence
to see teams or wagons mired IN them.
Farmers too often go to other towns to
market their produce and do their trading
simply because the roads are better. Let
these mud holes be attended to and the
people of both town and country will be
benefited by it.
1t was Monday morning early. He had
built the fire and put on the water for
washing. Overhead hung a few suspi-
cious looking clouds for the weather had
hardly recovered from the dampness of
the preceding day. He strings out the
| clothes line and advises his wife to go
right on with her washing, it wont rain, y
and soon the clothes are safely pinned
astride the line. At l1:30 he is seen upon
the depot platform with loaf of bread
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under his arm, looking wistfully toward
home. 1t is raining, gently, softly. That
line of clothes is evidently troubling him.
Ae remembers the advice he had given,
and pictures the various garments down in
the mud, knowing that the rain would
shrink and break the line. He hesitates.
Finally he concludes that he is not needed
at home, takes lunch and returns to
business 10 await developments. 1t is un
necessary to say that he is Piety Hill
man.
Peter Peterson evidently did not intend
| to nav his board after falling to he con.