Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-09-13
Childstown Chit-Chat,


People generally are making fire
breaks, blowing, haying and looking
after Jack Frost lie did no damage
worth mentioning but we guess the
farmers on the bottom lands got a
singing. However corn that was plant
"a early will not suffer, and cattle will
thrive on that which is soft.
We had a curious experience with a
very gentlemanly skunk a few evenings
ago. His excellency persisted in bur
rowing for grubs in my garden, and
would not coniine himself to the pre-
scribed claim of his lordShip-the
mulching around the garden trees-but
tore up things generally in his search
for animal food. Concluding that dis
cretion We're the better part of valor we
saved our powder his eXscellency not
having the perfume of new mown
hay. After cudgeling our brain for a
while we concluded that he needed an
emetic. Not having our medicine-case
packages all labeled, by mistake we
gave him strichnia, injected into the
grubs aforesaid; and 10, and behold, in
stead Of the expected effect, said skunk
lay under the morning stars, IN the cold
embrace of death. Thus endeth the
second skunk. Let all others read their
| epitaphs and pass by on the other side.
Seriously, this is the worst country for
vermin and destructive wild creatures
we ever saw. Ducks, geese, chickens,
pigs and cats lie dead in every grove
and gulch. We have heard of some
farmers loring nearly dozen fowls per
night. The writer lost a valuable Cots
| void lamb by wolves, and Immediately
! took vengeance by slaughtering two
fskmks and a badger; but the wolves
are too sly. Seeing that we came off
! without the smell of fire on our gar
ments we have contracted for firearms
enough to settle this vexed question for
kSwhile, at least SO far us we are con-
\ Ncerned
No deaths, no marriages, and births
are scarce, but there is time enough.
Geo. w. Marshall has nearly compile
ted as fine barn as Turner county can
boast of.
| This township has turned over more
virgin soil this year than ever before.
The writer expects in a few days to
be able to show up two of the finest
young thoroughbred Shcrt-horn cows
from one of Iowa's best breeders Theil
pedigreed calves will also be included
and we hope from this small basis tc
build up fine herd.
,LT We, wife and Co. visited your beauti.
7 full burg on Sunday, attended church
took in large quantities of your pure
air(baring the dusD and came home re-
freshed. We propose to do SO often.
There is considerable road repairing
necessary in order to place the high
ways in condition for the delivery Of
the grain at the Hurley elevator
Never saw the grass look SO fine OF
hay crop SO abundant as at present
You can see stack of hay and graiI
IL His year where last was only gopher
fhills and wasted vegetation. Our prai
rie "blue-st en-" and meadow grasse.
are fully equal to much of the tame
grass, at least our cattle think so. w
need tame grass pastures nevertheless
Afor just as soon as the wild prairie il
pastured for short time weeds ant
unpalatable grasses take the place o
the more nutritious kinds.
Neighbor Unruh has just finished ;
J fine tive-wire fence around his pastur
! Of five quarter sections and it is liter
;uly crammed with sheep, mostly of tn
merlno breed. His herd of cattle re
minds one of those "upon a thousan,
hills"
:. Ell. jerks has his tree claim plante,
to variety os trees, among them tn
catalpa. Farmers oughtto know NOR
of this very hardy variety and plant il
: 1t not only makes good wood, best o
posts, handsomest of foliage and flow
) ers, but is positively hardy. So is tn
. Russian Mulberry.
t We can see your Northwestern train
very plainly when the air is clear am
we want to see branch road running
i through Childstown.
c. ii. &.
Idylwilde On the Coteau.