The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1884-04-10
LINCOLN COUNTY.
Notes Gathered in by Our Wandering
Reporters 0nd Township CORE.
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Notes Gathered in by Our Wandering
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DAYTON.
Weather-delightful.
Seeding is slow business.
Wiggins predicts the smaller storms.
The depot question has quieted down
considerable
Mr.. Nichols is awaiting better weather
for his trip tothe Black Hills.
Schools are beginning to open up again.
Dakotaians are bound to have schools
The roads are very muddy, which ac-
counts for so little travel on them at pres
ent.
The ground is dying very fast, and we
have no doubt the majority have their
small grain sown.
johnnie Robinson is building corral
for his herd, five rods square, of posts
and barbed wire
Mr.. E. S. Beck drives u full team now
instead of one horse, having purchased
mate to his mare from Jim Golden.
The Minnehaha creamery wagon was to
commence gathering cream in this town.
ship April |, but presume the weather
forbid.
Duck shooting is one of the amusemcnts
up this way, yet but very few are amused
much, for the birds seem to evade the
shootists.
Johnnie Robinson lost very valuable
COW short time ago, from having ate too
much smutty corn Johnnie says he saw
ed the hide anyway
From appearances the parties on the
Warner place have come to stay, for they
are purchasing cattle, hogs, etc. We
welcome you, Iowa friends.
Deck Dumont has again been down
from McCook county, this time on busi-
ness connected with the railroad company.
He got his stamps and returned happy.
News items are scarce, no deaths, mar
riages, murders, forgeries, or any other
news in fact making it rather tedious for
the writer and dull for the reader, but
something will turn up soon We have no
doubt.
We saw Miss Ida Kits the other day,
her school in Minnehaha county having
closed at last. She was in great hustle |
and hurry, preparing to attend the insti-
tute in Canton April l, but we think she
got fooled as it was raining in torrents at
train time.
We hear of but one April fool candidate
in this township, and that was man who
kicked an old hat out of his front yard.
There was brick under the hat, and
should you see anyone tavoring one foot a
little, that s him.
At the close of the school district ni:n-
Der nine, the scholars made prcsenta-
ton Of a beautiful cabinet album. auto
graph album and several beautiful pictures
to the teacher, Mr.. E. S. Beck The cit
liens presented him quantity of wheat,
oats and other seed. This is Il high COM
pliment to his merits as a teacher. The
family of Mr.. HoEenstad presented the al
bum.
Charlie Sh;ndler's new house is DONE
Now who said he was going to make a
break?
Miss Eva Hobson, who has been visit
ing relatives in Fayette county, Iowa, the
past winter, returned home last week
Mr.. Lucius Vandever, who arrived
here short time ago, will build resi-
dc nee on his land in this township as soon
as possible
Mr.. Davies boys have bagged more
geese and ducks than all the rest. Make
a little visit there if you would wish
feast of wild game. Mrs. Davie knows
how to prepare them, you bet.
A quiet little affair took place at the
Meade farm the other evening, at the
close of Geo. Benedicts school in that
district A few OF the visitors repaired to
the Meade farm house where they enjoy
ed themselves in social chat, singing, in
strumental music and dancing, until about
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