Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1883-05-18


their bid to the Capital Commission Sc
cret until its publicity could work no
good for rival towns, hence the Pioneer
has the brazen etfrontery to charge imi-
tation. If bid of S2lO 600 initiates one
of a paltry 100000 then we are guilty.
and proud to be at that. Hope is one of
those towns that always blabs, but never
makes point.
There has been fault found by some
because of the tariff OH lumber in Coop
erstown. Just let those who think lum-
Der too high pay for the teaming of one
or two loads from the track to this place
and their tune will change, we opne.
Paying $40 to Sl2 load for dlayage
quite naturally forces the company to
charge more for material than it can /
be had for in Sanbom. However, people
should exercise patience, for with the
advent Of the iron horse next month
prices i'm general will enjoy revolution.
MIR. ''Dick" Farrell, representing the
great Mosler Safe \ Lock Co., of Gin
cinnati, "Sundayed'' over i'm Coopers-
town. by coincidence he met ourw worthy
farmer friend, Jack n. Brown, whom
he had known we'll some seventeen wears
ago, while both were residents of the
Pennsylvania oil regions. \ pleasant
visit and renewal of old time topics re-
suited from the meeting. Mr.. f. took
the measure for the hotel safe. and ex-
poets to SEND several more to Coopers-
town within the next few months.
That Cooperstownis favorably known
in all quarters of the globe, and martic,l-
larly to the most remote endsof this con-
tlnent, is illustrated by the combination
OF one OF our new mercantile firms. The
senior member thereof started from east
erh Nova Scotia, with Coopelstown in
his eye. while at about the same time
the gentleman now Junior partner en-
barked from western California for this
same haven. Thus it is, they come
from every direction to mingle in the
grand harmony and prosperity SO char
:Gteristic of this sunny cline.
NKnud Thompson is happy, the moth
Ell W happy, the boys who putfed the
fragrant liavanas are happy. and the
little lady is well, tipping the balance at
nine pounds. The fair Miss arrived
Monday, and in a language, comprehell-
slble only to babies and doting mothers.
expressed her intentions of remaining
and her pleasure with Cooperstown as a
place of residence. She commented es-
pecially upon her pretty and proud papa.
who has to wear Il dish cloth bandage
over his mouth to keep him from
screaming orjoy.
III. III. Windsor, of the passenger de-
partment OF the Northern Pacific, is the
publisher OF a widely circulated time
table of the N. p. road, and a St. Paul
firm titled Bacon T. Monroe with a view
to profiting by the excellent reputation
OF MIR. Windsor's publication as an ad-
vertlslng medium are soliciting patron
age for folder they intend issuing.
MIR. w. Ill neat circular warns the pub
lie against the Misrepresentation of
Bacon 4 Monroe, as their publication is
not allowed distribution on trains or
through local agents of the road.
Tuesday evening at the end of the
track what might have proven fatal
casualty was averted by the heroic action
of the construction train fireman. A
team attached to a lumber wagon in
which Were'a woman and a boy came
tearing toward the track from Chris
Nelson's house, and in crossing it at the
high rate of speed would have torn every
thing to flinders and probably killed the
occupants, had not the fireman br,vely
thrown himself before the rampant team
and clung to their bridles He Stacked
their speed enough so that a severe sllak-
ing up was all the injury sustained by
the frightened passengers.
"A woman may revel in silks and
satins; she may make her beauty re-
splendent with diamonds and opals; she
may attire herself in the most delicate
| colors until She looks sweeter than the
burst Of dawn on paradise; she may
brush, she may primp, or she may paint,
but until she sees fair Dakota she can
not be happy or contented. Here, and
here only, can she take lGOa acres of virgin
soil in her own name and be as indcpen-
dent as abutterfly in a clover patch: here
she can snap her fingers at the foppisll
fnnvc V-Hn fn1x.pnI l,nf< s,,%
and accept the attentions of men with
brains and money. The so,lnd-heated
young men are coming to Dakota and