Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-08-30
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breathe mountain air. where the hoof-
prints of the bison and the eyrie
of the eagle may be seen, are still more
curious sights. Here and there are In
dian tee-pees," where we fancy that
Mahn-go-tay-ghe, 1.-THE loon hearted"
sparked Ne-no-noo-sha, and told her the
old, old story, Indian fashion, long,
long years ago. However that may be,
he has left many curious evidences of
himself behind in his haste to flee from
the "pale-face::" namely, arrow-heads,
hammers and circular pits of rocks
which once held down his wigwam.
Still there is one thing the plow of the
pale-face will never obliterate, the voice
| of Minnehaha in our mountain brooks.
You have only "cricks" down your
way, and can't even pronounce them
correctly. Come out in Gods country
and we will teach you. BY the way,
will you give us "ten dollars cord"
for some stone? We can't spare you
many, for we are making houses and
barns of them ourselves. Four or five
nice houses laid up with stone and
lime here, add much to the looks of the
coteau.
Our enterprising Dane neighbor, hon
est Knude p Mellegaard, has some of
the finest rye we ever saw, also excel
lent crops generally and fine stock. He
is an example of what many others
might do, had they the pluck he has
exhibited since coming to this county.
Best of all he has taken to himself
wife. move that the legislature be
petitioned to visit civil disabilities on
the Spring Valley cold bach's" il they
don't Immediately take warning. and
follow the example of Mellegaard.
Miss Sadie jerks has just erected and
nearly completed fine cottage, which
is certainly credit to the workman
ship of her "dad," and good exhibi-
tion Of Ler taste. We think some Hur-
ley fellow has his eye on that cottage,
but further deponent saith not. Selah!
Farmers are generally very well sat
isfied with their grain crop, but corn
will need all the presiding elders in the
country to pray for an extended warm
season and no frost till October, to pull
through. A parson would not help it
a bit.
While YOU are booming Hurley don't
forget to have an artesian we'll bored
while you have the implements on the
ground. The writer saw your beauti-
full depot and elevator, with all the new
buildings and the railroad company
preparing to sink an artesian well, and
came home and spake thusly to his
frau: "Verily, though rolling stone
gathers no moss, a setting hen lays no
eggs" "Yea, verify" quoth she.
| Turner county now boasts of four
Thoroughbred Short Horn bulls, one
thoroughbred Devon, pcdigreed Jer-
sey, and several others, which, with the
high-grades of the county, make as fine
a record as many of the old counties of
Iowa can boast. Blooded stock is bet
ter than county seat. BY the by, we
think of starting u county seat out
here, if we can get slice of Hutchin-
son county to square the thing up. We
can If we can only elect man to the
legislature to "set it off for us. The
little "ifs" is what raises the dell
though.
Col. Pier and the writer, the two
lightest weights of the county, will
agree to hold down the county seat
right where it is, if You will give us
thirty days notice when it will move
and plenty Of time to spit on our hands.
Now, then. Hear ye! hear vel
Ask DR.. McGrail if he will bet again
on anybody's weight when Judge Stu
art is around. Those cigars disappeared
mysteriously.
1t has been industriously circulated
that there will be no county seat fight
this fall. Don't fool yourselves. "Old
Farmer will trot out his rooster soon,
tand you will find the biggest "nigger"
in that wood-pile that history records.
Balaam's inspired donkey don't hold
a candle to the mysterious workings in
the north part of the diggings. You
just lie low, cuffe, and wait the devel-
ope-ment, will you? Must be some fire
where there is so much smoke. You'll
hear "suthin drap," see if you don't.
II The latest by grapevine telephone is
that there is music in the air among
the smaller fry of the politicians. Bet
ter attend strictly to agriculture and
throw politics to the winds. Yea, yeri-
ly, you are many of you born to disap-
pointment-and printers bill of ac-
count.
The winds and rain did very little
harm and the grain is mostly in stack.
The sound of the thresheris in the land.
'Tis music to our ears.
Geo. w. Marshall has the finest look
ing corn we have seen in the county.
He has also just completed a fine barn
30x5O, we believe. Mr.. Waldner, Just
northwest Of Mr.. Marshall, has also
completed neat barn at cost of $500
l have seen no wheat or oats that ex-
cell those on the farms of Messrs. Mul-
Ter, Schrag, Waldner or Marshall. The
latter gentleman has oecn getting two
dollars per day for the cream from six
teen cows. The milk feeds some fifteen
calves and thirty pigs. Such farming
pays. Mr.. Marshall don'trun for office.
|. The curse of this country is non-resi-
dent land-holders. They pay compare
lively few taxes, make no improve
ments, build and help support no
schools and churches, and are dead
weights on the community. Give them
fits.
u This is the season when the average
small boy has his first experience of