Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-11-01
IA - II nj
tFrom the Springfield Republican,
How The BOOK STRUCK M. Smith.

Minneapolis" The brakeman threw
the car door open with bang, and yelled
the name at the same instant. But half
the people, in the car had gathered their,
shawls and oSercoats up long before. and
were on their feet ready for a plunge
into the crowd at the depot. Mr.. Smith
Joined the procession. A great pile of
chests and boxes just from Norway aud
Sweden-the. overflow of the baggage
room = stood at one side. An old
woman with eher short petticoat and
shawl over her head sat mumbling her
toothless gums, and an old man in knee
breeches and long stockings
tight pointed hat and 1eath hsrtapror,
was shouldering his trunk. Plenty OF
well-dressed people rushed through to
the opposite doors. II
Mr.. Smith spoke to one Of the nufner-
GUS hackmen, who was making himself
hoarse, and he and his wife were whirl-
ing away to q, hotel. t'.Notsa room.p,
said the hotel clerk, majesticaily, and
tnen he laughed; "a room, sir? Why.
there are six conventions, in~t thisJ city-
now, sir; two excursions and@a room =
Cots ran out-a week ago.,
Mr.. Smith went back to his wife.
They are full here, we must 90 some
where else, he said. They fared no bet
ter at the next place, however. At the
third they only got curt "no.%, At the
fourth they could find nothing hut a
small room, and that up too many stairs
for comfort. But they took IT. si4 ifl.i'
The next morning they were up for an
early start. "We must get hoiiSss at
once" said MIR. Smith, These hotel
biHs(yill never do. .pll look around
for o. place of business and you can look
for house. Plenty Of real estate Of
fees close by here. I've been looking
around, none Of them~open yet: They
all hayes lists OF 6f1hoases, they tall smis
here 20 Il i
Better get a morning paper, " said
Mrs. Smith; "I have one now; we can
look up the places" "Here is "a
house." said she, "but it's small one.
and theyi ask $40 month. We never
can pay that. And what is this i? Some
thing about some one from the east.
Wonderful it is any one we know, MIR,
Smith
Five years ago young sprig came
here from the east to- open a colossal
clothing house, claiming to have won
GSAiui "oAioy anu euOImOuS -cap1tal.
He found a warm hearted peopae, Who
= gave him d BANQUET. After gorging his
worthless skin with salads and sweet-
meats, he then Slogan to: play cunning
and said he was going to st. Paul.
+, How coarse That is just the way
) With the, west. 'Our people could not
afford to lose him, SO built his elevators,
etc, But before he had been here sixty
days our people saw they had made a
poor bargain and wished they had their
money and salads back III ri
never saw anything like that, Mr..
Smith. said sMrssS., "we had better &c
<baeSeesta .Idonsss~aptyeu to stayhere
papers IKE thaf::''Ss LID j. -
g" Straight English is good enough
for us, and we are satisfied that the pub
lie understand that we keep nd Iankrnpt
stock, snch as the one our long cared
neighbor has the honor to preside over, 2
Well, if it isn't an advertisement. So
oiety must be very crude here, but then
we expected that. 1 don't see many
houses ADVERTISED, and they are all SO
high, one niust economize if he is going
into business. suppose it is a coed
place to make money, ,snd.we can endure
the lack Of cultivation till we are able to
live somewhere. else. 4 Here is another
strange advertisement: i}iib ICHl
Wanted girl to manipulate the
matrimonial fruit basket. Ia pritflgs I
That is new way to ask for nurse.
!. Blrl, and here Is q man who wants board
for himself f,wifeand three eeIch1ldreh. and
says, tchidreh all muzzled.'D HI
Mr. Smith laughed
rather like that. Seems to be con,
siderable originality here. I'll run out
Sapd engage 9, store this morning, and
How airily he said it. Where, igno-
rance is bliss, etc. - ttag oij
at noon he came YEARLY creeping up
the stairs. Mrs. Smith was there before
n. .ai5iatg i & tgsoD ana aIJjaaIa" k2 lSledl
i, and. in the same. breath she asked,
"Have you astore 2" ~ 809 d0EA'
A store" he cried, sayagely; ,",why,
there isn't such thing in this town.
not am empty one. There are whole
} ;stoeks ri gp9hb| tored il, iWmeho houses
because there isn't room to put them.
saw one store that rented for 500 a year
ago, and they've run partition through
+, + amp get ~, 900 fot euch side. They
are Ruedlngf new dpes Bgs they are all
\ eftedllbfbre the foundation is iaidS'
That IS just the way with the houses,
have climbed million stairs this
morning, Mr.. Smith, and only heard of
two houses. The agent took me out Ia
see them and one swEs buHssdn Terri.
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