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Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1883-03-09
Pat Donan at Dayton.

Col. P. Donan, recently on the Argus
editorial staff, was down to the Dayton
(Ohio) Dakota Banquete, and in respond
ing to toast, among many other truths
said:
Billiards, tempests, floods, earth
qllakes, tOrnadOes. hurricanes, and raS-
cally political breezes come to this modern
Eden only as dinlly understood wailings
of distant religions and peoples. who do
not know enough to find their way to the
sole remaining quarter section of paradise
III all the western world. Here no wave
of trouble ever rolls across the peaceful
breast, and the prosperous people who
raise infallibly from twenty to forty
bushels of NO Hard" to the acre OF
land that costs them nothing. and get il
dollar and thirty-five cents a bushel for
it. can calmly smile at Satan's rage. and
face a frowning, because less fortunate
world. This is the glorious Dakotaland
that holds out her arms to the needy ones,
the sorrowing ones. the unfortunate ones
even the old maids and old bachelors.
even the ship-wrecked statesman---of
every land and cline. and bids them come
and be welcome, come and be safe. come
and be prosperous and happy, where
there are no storms. no floods. no clouds,
no SORROW and no fears; where the garden
spot OF creation is to he had ut bit an
acre, and where one long. perpetual
blissful spring time and harvest time
/ lasts all the YEAR.
Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1883-03-09
ORGANIZED.
A Temperance Society with Lots
f"BackbOne' will War
Against the Rum
Traffic.

At Il call of The LADIES of this town and
vicinity meeting was held at the resi-
dence of Mrs. g. W. Barnard Monday
afternoon in the interests Of the temper
ance cause. \ goodly representation
responded TO the call and at the appoint
ed hour the meeting was opened by the
reading of the scriptures and prayer.
On motion Mrs. e.. W. Barnard Was
chosen chairman and Mrs. Il. G. Cooper
secretary. The chairman briefly stated
the object Of the meeting.
On motion it was voted that the organ
ization for the prosecution Of this work
be- The Christian Temperance Union
of CoOperstoWn. The meeting then
elected officers for the ensuing year as
follows:
President-Mrs. J. n. Brown: LIST Vice
President Geo. W. Barnard; 2nd
Vice president Frank Nj. Rockwell;
Secretaly-Wm Glass: Treaslller-Alrs.
r. {. Cooper.
On motion it was voted tocloose seven
ladies and seven gentlemen to constitute
with the officers Board of Management
for the temperance work. The following
ladies and gentlemen were duly elected
upon this board Of management: Mrs.
John n. Jorgensen, Mrs. VIM. Carlton,
Mrs. James Rankin. Mrs Geo. W. Bathy.
Mrs. j. l.. Haskell, Miss Minnie Barnard.
Mrs. DR.. Kerr: Messrs. E. ID. Stair. Geo.
w. Barnard. c. c. Philippe. Jack n.
Brown, Byron Andrus, IL. Z. Smart,
VIM. Gimblett.
Upon motion it was ordered that a
petition be circulated through the county
of Griggs asking the Board Of Commits
sioners of our county not to grant license
for the sale of Intoxicating liquors.
On motion the secretary was requested
to correspond with the Ladies Christian
Union Of Chicago for their constitution
and bylaws.
The first meeting of the Temperance
Union will be held at the Merrill House
next Sunday eveningat 7:3O o'clock. An
interesting program will be prepared. and
all are cordially invited.
Mrs. r. C. COOPER,
Secy pro tenn.
Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1883-03-09
A New Sectional Map.

The popular ''New Sectional Map of
the Red River Valley" issued one year
ago, by Chas. Groenendyke, has been re-
vised and corrected in accordance with
latest obtainable data. and is now heing
issued. This map, without any doubt,
is the most accurate and comprehensive
one OF this region, and much pains have
been taken to obtain correct locations OF
new towns, postotlices, railways, etc.
1t will be issued in two editions. The
pocket Edition. with flexible covers,
colored by counties, and containing I;
full epitome OF the U. S. lard laws will
be sent for 81, postpaid; plain shee, with
outcovers and land laws, 50 cts. Address.
Chas. Groeaendyke, Publisher, Fargo,
Oak.
Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1883-03-09
If the Red River Land Co. succeeds

III the Red River Land Co. succeeds
in getting couple tiers OF townships
from the east end of Griggs for their
new county it will leave this county only
a tritle over half as large as the state of
Rhode Island, "a third as large as Della
ware, and to make state like Connecti-
cut it would take a full half dozen coun-
ties like ours will be, and few sections
over.
That busy body and general dispens-
ing agent of good, Mr.. F. NJ. Rockwell,
has started a petition, praying that the
Board of Commissioners grant no liquor
license within the confines of Griggs
county. The universal manner in which
signatures have been placed upon it in
this place and by surrounding farmers
and women is caution to anyone con-
templating to traffic in the stuff here '
Mr.. Rockwell will not rest until the
whole county has been traversed and the
will OF the people expressed. What an
incalculable power for right and morality
one active, earnest man can be in a COM
munity is being finely demonstrated in
our midst.
The Sanbom Enterprise descends a
good distance from journalistic decency
to announce that this paper is shaky on
its adjectives. 1t says: 'sProiective" is
not synonymous with projected, nor
"energizing" with energetic. We We're
not previously aware. and still have
doubts. that the English vocabulary en-
braces the word ''projective, and hence
have never knowingly used it, the c,lte(?,
imuendo OF the Enterprise
ing. The word ''enelgizing' is Webster
ian and has never been improperly used
in these columns. When the S. E. says
ii is not synonymous with energetic it
lies or is ignorant. 1t is derived from
energy. and means: ''to use power in
action; to act with force OF vigor," etc
The COURIER did not set up shop as AL
educational journal, a vocabulist, or as
the embodiment of typographical perfec.
ton. hence the Enterprise has no right
to search its columns for tritling errors
and it is not to be lamented that the
smart alecl who attempted criticism la,
displayed inexcllsable shallowness. The
COURIER is unwilling to believe thai
Bro Nc Kean would be guilty OF such /;
fraterlal disllonor, and consequently at
tributes it to the fussy old grandma who
''sticks" type on the Enterprise and oc
casionly paragraphs.
Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1883-03-09

We don't pretend to know at what
rate OF speed the wind is travelling to-day
but do honestly believe that Wiggins :
reputation-lf he ever had any-as "a
weather prognostlcator is saved.
--Cooperstown is to have a 100000
bushel elevator which is to be ''run i'll
dependent of all associations or grain
combinations" 4 similar institution is
desired for Valley City.-Times.
The Sanborn Enterprise must be
dizzy. The article it says the COURIER
published without credit, was properly
credited as an anonymous one. Tie
Enterprise is evidently inclined to jeal
oIsy. captiousness. ora bilious attack.
Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1883-03-09

The Dakota capital removal bill passed
the house last Saturday by vote of - to
Z. and in all probability has passed the
council, as on test vote of referring to
a committee it carried. 1t provides for
a commission with full power to select site
for a capitol, and have the buildings
ready for the next meeting Of the leglsla-
ture.
Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1883-03-09

MARCH i. 1850. = U Clock. L. NJ.
Present-lfollin q. Cooper and n. &.
Rukke.
Rolln c. Cooper in the chair.
Minutes OF last meeting read and ap-
proved
FOLLOWING BILLS FILED:
Coopers,own Lumber Co. S 3 IL
Andrew johnson III 1r
s. ~ 80
j. ~ Jorgenscn q 80
j. Melville =. 50
Byron Andrns 142 UU
Geo. w. Buthey 10
Geo. w. Barnard 10 50
BILLS APPROVED AS FOLLOWS:
Coopcrs;own Lumber Co. 5 8 Il
Andrew johnson IL &,
"a ~
J. ~ y Jorgensen 6 80
J.. Melville ~ 50
Byron Andrts II. co
Geo. W. l5ail,cy & G,
Geo. W. Barnard 10 IL,
Moved and ordered that the following
persons he appointed as commissioners
of the Beard of Insanity, tu-Mil: Theo-
dore e. Kerr for two Years and Frank l..
AXtell for one year.
Notice of the formation Of the follow
ing school districts We're filed, to-wlt:
No. G.-lmluding sections 81 ard 36 i'm
township l46 north of range IS west. sec
tjons 81 and 81 in township li6 range 81.
sections l, il and II in township l45,
range IS and sections ., Is, ;llti $ i'm
township l45 range 81.
No. 7.-lncl,,dmg sections IL. II, Is.
lG, y, %, II. 225. 26, II. 81. 35 and S6 in
township 1l5 range 5S and sections Is, -.
80 and 81 in township 14' range 81.
No. s.-lncllding sections II. Is, 19,
20, II, 2s. 90, 30, 81, 81 and 33 in town
ship 145 range .5S.
No. 9.-InclIuling sections / ., II, II.
IL and II in township IA range 50 and
sections 6, 7and in township l47 range
;5G.
No. 1o.-Incluling sections l5, lG. IL,
is. 49, 20, II, %: ~. IS, ~, 30, 81, 30. 35'
and "a in township IA range 81.
Board adjourned until April ., 1888. at
2p. IN.
IIERBEKI r. SMART.
ROLLIN G. COOPER. Clerk.
Chairman.
Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1883-03-09
Dakota Hardware for Sale.

a good Hardware business in Il thriy-
ing Dakota town for sale Best of reas-
ons given. Address, ''P. NJ
Davenport, Oak.
Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1883-03-09
100 Tons Hay.

Hay wanted at the Pioneer Store.
ODEGARD Il THOMPSON.
Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1883-03-09
Proceedings County Commissioners.

MARCH /, 1883, = clock, r. NJ.
Present-Rollin e. Cooper and n. &.
Rukke.
Rollin c. Cooper in the chair.
Minutes of last meeting read and ap-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-20
Good Advice to Young Men.

President Porter, of Yale, recently
gave this sound and wholesome advice
to the students: "Young men, you are
the architects of your own fortunes; rely
on your own strength of body and soul.
Take for your star self-reliance. In
scribe on your banner: Luck is a fool,
Pluck is a hero Don't take too much
advice. Keep at the helm and steer
your own ship, and remember that the
art of commanding is to take a fair
share of the work. Think well of YOUR.
self. Strike out. Assume your W
position. Put potatoes in a cart and 90
over a rough road, and the small ones
60 to the bottom. Rise above the envi-
Il and the Jealous, fire above the mark
you intend to hit. Energy, invincible
determination, with a right motive, are
the levers that move the world. Don't
swear. Don't deceive. Don't read
novels. Don't marry till you can sup
port a wife. BE civil. Read the paper.
Advertise your business. Make money,
and do good with it. Love your God
and fellow men. Love truth and viz:
tue; Love your country, and obey all
its laws"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-20

but in regular bands ever mov,n.
ward. Now jar the slide oentlv up.
prestoi-the bands break and wL;,s and
gether in an astonishing maze ~ Ia To-
wonderfulin beauty. This is re.n Solor,'
of the most beautiful experiment. ono
aginable, and will v fail ~ IN.
forth hearty admiration. 'al
Now for an exceedingly amne;,
pertinent the harnessed soansh,,Site; *
Take a piece of the thinnest wr; toie
paper you can find, and from i Jung
circular piece a little less than a din.
in size: 10 one end of this attach
thread by the aid of q tiny drop Of se,i !
ing-wax--the less the better. Blow 1,hh s
bubble to an ordinary size, and than
touch the round piece to it gently. Tha
bubble will adhere to it, and by oent1u
tipping the pipe you may leave thee bnK
bic suspended by the string. wv
A bubble blown from the mouth sinh,
but if the pipe is attached by q piece -;
rubber tubing to a gas fixture, the hn%
BILE then blown being filled with a ~as
lighter than air will be carried unwsns
as far as the string will allow. Tine
| you have veritablc balloon, and # ;,,ss
sufficient string is allowed to keen T.
balanced midway between floor and
ceiling, it will perform very curious
antics. Those currents of air which ers
list in every room, unfelt by the inmates
are strong draughts to the fragile and
delicate bubble. 1t will follow these
currents, now visiting the ceiling, now
running along the floor, and escaping
as if by a miracle the obstacles in itss
path. It there is lamp or gas let in
the room it will be gradually attracted
toward it, and, carried by the upward
current of hot air, will dash toward tha
ceiling, as if benton committing suicide.
But bounding on the cushion of dead
air, which always lies on the surface ot
every solid object, it bends at RIGHT
angles, and darts off, escaping as if BY
some inward power the fate into which
it was apparently plunging headlong,
and again circles round the room, TIL
drawn a second time into the current Of
hot air.
The ingenious reader will be able to
work up the hints above given into a
variety of amusing and beautiful expert
ments. The last described will perhaps
afford most amusement in various
ways, which will readily occur to his
mind while using the novel toy. The
true secret of success in these expert
ments, as in everything, is carefulness.
If the soap solution is prepared with
care, there is nc reason why the reader
should not be entirely successful in the
experiments that follow.
Bubbles are most curious and lovely
things. There is neither time nor space
to 60 into their connection with science,
and the deep natural truths which they
are used to prove. The reader can at
least admire their gorgeous coloring
and airy grace, and find a moral in their
short but lovely lives.-Rev. C. G.
Chsld. sm Ha'per's Young People.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-20
His First Cod.

The first cod I caughtwas a haddock.
the next was a hake, and the third was a
pollock. My companions all told me
they were cod, they could tell by the
way they pulled. Every fish a man
loses is q big one; this is singular, but
1t is one of the great moral truths that
%pervades this planet.
Finally l did get a cod. The skipper
told me to ''pul1 steady" I bent over
and pulled. AS my hands slipped
along the line the water flew toward
me and landed on my trousers. 1t put
me in mind of the first time 1 ever
tried to grind an ak. 1 got q boy to
turn for me. He got the stone revolv-
ing about 10000 times a minute, and,
STOPPING over, l placed the ak on the
stone. | forget now whether it was two
quarts or a gallon of dirty water that
struck me in the face, but I am positive
that l chopped my wood with a dull ak,
and that [ told the boy he need not turn
any more.
With a dozen friends encouraging me
lcould not well help pulling. Now the
fish would put himself side-to and pull
back, so it. seemed like hauling up a
stone drag. The line would cut through
my hands, but l would struggle and
keep pulling. Then the fish would
suddenly take a start upward, and the
sudden slack on the line would set me-
down on the deck with the thud of a
paving maui, and before [ recovered he
would be sailing down again and the
line would be slipping through my
hands, cutting away more skin.
My strength was nearly gone. I was
about giving up when a pair of blue
eyes looked at me out OF the top of the
waves, and a mouth not made to kiss,
opened and a huge cod was landed on
the deck and a dozen hands slapped
me on the back and eleven mouths said
l was q bully boy" l send this to
you G. .. D.-Cor. Hartford Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-20
Wall Street Runnors.

Rumors rise in Wall street as MAS
mata from q Southern marsh. They in
feet the air and carry contagion into
every branch of business.
So thick are these rumors that the
newspaper reporter who covers Wall
street finds that his main business is to
u them down and ascertain their truth
OF falsity. All the columns of newspa-
pers could be filled with contradictions
and details of rumors circulated on
Wall street.
Some rumors, of course, foreshadow
al actual event. They are
tions, but there is something behind
them. But most rumors are actually
manufactured to suit some purpose Of
the inventor. The greatest ingenuity is
exhibited in originating them, and the
most elaborate machinery EMPLOYED to
put them in circulation.
1t is not, however, ordinarily very diff
fcult to start a rumor atloat. Let a
member enter the Stock Exchange and
say he has just heard 'so-and-so,," and
with lightning rapidity ''so-and-so'' is
in e~verybody's mouth, The messenger
boys who crowd around the entrance of
the exchange are sometimes employed
to float a rumor on the market. The
boy, while waiting for a message, re-
peats to the member employing him
the report outside. If it seems plausi-
BILE the member is sure to repeat it 10
on its rounds.
One Of the most persistent of rumors
is the report OF Vanderbllt's death or
fatal illness. 1t is sure to turn up every
two or three months. In some in
stances itmay have alegitimate origin, as
forinstance, the great capitalist mayact-
ually be indisposed, and this fact, after
many repetitions, grows into q report of
his death. But there is no reason to
doubt that the rumor generally is
started by someone who wishes to de-
press prices and is willing to resort to
this device to effect his purpose.
One of the anecdotes of the street is
of an operator on his last legs who
made a desperate effort to recover him
self. He hired a man to stand on the
corner of Nassau and Fulton streets
and quietly announce that Commodore
Vanderbilt was reported dead, That
was when the Commodore was living.
In an incredible short space of time the
rumor reached Wall street. Prices de-
clined in consequence, but in the even
ing the Commodore in person vigorously
denounced the originator of the re-
port.
A well-concocted lie will often effect
Z decided change in the price Of a secur-
ity. The originator of a rumor thai is
to be effective must make 1t plausible,
and so mix truth and fiction together
that ever the most astute dealers will
be deceived. Hence the art OF making
rumors has in fact reached a high state
Of perfection.
4 prominent banker last week. speak,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-20
sc1ENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Fresno County, Cal, is making q
canal M hundred feet wide from
Kings River to irrigate 30, 1000, 600 acres
Of dry and worthless desert.
"A Richmond (Va.) paper claims
that no city in the United States has
made greater progress in manufacture
ing enterprises in the past ten or twelve
years than that city.
The canning of whales is a new in
dustry in Norway. AS the creatures
are not put up in fiat boxes, heads to
tails, it is not anticipated that the bus
mess will interfere with Names sardine
industry,
DIR. Haensal, a German savant, has
succeeded in photographing several
lightning flashes, and with such sue
cess as to enable the length of the
course of the electric current to be COM
puted, and also the locality where the
lightning struck to be estimated with
accuracy. Valuable results are ex-
pected from further experiments.
Pine sawdust, highly compressed,
has been successfully used to make up
centre frames of carriage wheels. It is
oolA " NC SO 0O1lO UudU IL VIII UCdI u
pressure equal to twenty-three tons per
square inch. As sawdust has also been
used for partitions and bricks, Its ap-
plication to the production of complex
carvings and holdings does not seem
to be far of.-Chicago Herald.
"A Jacksonville (Fla.) merchant
has just shipped North two hundred
boxes of lemons grown in Florida.
They are said to be as fine lemons as
can be grown anywhere, their color
being perfect, while they are finely ia
vored, and as juicy as the best Mes.
sinas. Mr.. Bean, the shipper of the
Florida are paying very much more at
tention to growing lemons since a sue
cessful experiment was made in curing
them last season, and are setting out OF
budding a large number of trees.
"A party that made a visit recently
to the New York Agricultural Expert.
menC Station, a mile and a half from
Geneva, found eleven hundred varieties
of seed growing-of corn, 40, and Of
the tomato, 68. There is an experiment
to ascertain the quantity of water alb
sorbed or three plots of land-one being
sward, naked soil uncultivated, and
one cultivated. The farm, which has
1875 acres of rather stiff clay soil, cost
the State $4,000 in 1882. DR.. Sturte-
want, the director, says that the station
has already become profitable .-Butalo
Courier.
just how the pitching and rolling
of a ship acts on the human frame so
as to produce the physical and mental
prostration of seasickness is a matter of
dispute. A theory recently started by
DIR. Irwin, an English physician. attrib-
utes it to disturbance of the fluids in the
semi-circular canals of the ear. 1t is
generally recognized that irritation of
any kind in these passages produces
and vomiting. Dr.. Chapman,
on the other hand, sees the main prox-
innate cause of this disorder in the pres.
ence of an undue amount of blood in
the spinal nervous centers, which rem
ders the nerves proceeding from them
active, with the result of disturbing the
action of the organs-especially the
stomach-whose movements are regu.
lar-Cicaqo Times.