The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1884-12-06
Christmas Tree, Literary and oys-
ster Supper.


The people of Clifton have made ar
rangements for Christmas Tree, Lit.
erary exercises and Oyster Supper at
the Chapple of the new Christian Col
lege at Clifton on Christmas eve
Wednesday night. A meeting was
held at the residence of 4. McFall,
appointed the necessary commit
tees. The literary and tree will be free,
and everybody in the country are cor
daily invited and urged to bring along
their presents and have them dirtribu-
ted from the tree. twenty-five cents
win be charged for supper-children
under Il years free-and if anything is
left after paying expenses it will go to
the College. Turn out and have good
time and get acquainted.
The festive hop is ripe. We do
not allude to the hop from which the
boozy beer is made, but the "swing
your girl on the corner and all prone
made" hop.
Frank Everts, of the Onida Jour
nal, is visiting his old home in Ohio.
His father, G.. w. Everts, is conducting
the paper in the interim, but has un-
fortunately been sick portion of the
time.
We recently sent out statements
of subscription account to some of our
readers, and trust they will take no of
fense but respond promptly, as we need
some coal money and a little for other
purposes.
See adv. of Runkel, Hollster &
Morse, Pierre, elsewhere in the Watch
man. These gentlemen have just
bought large stock of dry goods and
boots and shoes at so cents on the dol
lar and are prepared to give the public
some good bargains.
The Blunt Advocate, which has
taken upon itself the task of settling
the county seat question of Sully coun-
ty in favor of Onida, talks about " sell
fish motives i'm connection Herewith.
We believe Mr. Schlosser is a passably
unselfsh mortal, yet we are inclined to
think he could very readily figure out
that 504 was not a majority of l,0l2 if
that l60 acres of Dakota soil short
distance north east of Onida, which he
recently proved up on, was located a
little distance west of Clifton. Some
times such little things will "kinder
influence the most unselfish people,
and cause them to fell that law is not
law, and statutes don't mean what they
say.
1t undoubtedly sounds strange to
many of our readers back in the states,
where the haying season was over some
five months ago, to learn that some of
our people out here in Dakota are yet
occasionally cutting, yet it is never
theless true. 1t is mostly confined to
those who came late in the fall and
have no supply, tho Ugh some of our Old
settlers may have sold few tons and
run short, embrace the opportunity to
replace it by taking mower and go
ing out on the prairie. However, there
Is nothing strange about it, when it is
taken into consideration that the buf.
falo has until very recently been won't
to roam over this country and keep fat
all winter on this same grass, and that
the ponies of the Indians just across
the river still do the same There are
animals right here in Clifton which
rustled their own living last winter
and came out in good condition last
spring There is no disputing the fact
that our nutritious grasses and healthy
climate makes it the finest stock coun-
try in the land
Those who profess to know say
that Carl Schurz is smelling around
for a position in Clevelands cabinet
Growers motto, however, will probably
be: "No sauer-kraut need apply"