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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-05
i Hair.Raising Enisode.

4 = y r j r d r F.,
Al young man was ushered into the
parlor where sat his adored one. She
was gazing soulfully into the fire, think
ing Of him, no doubt, but not dreaming
of his presence. He tiptoed his. APP
preach, and slyly selling a struggling
hair which was coyly nestled in its
blonde beauty on the seruff of her
rounded neck, gently tWitched it ane
waited for the sudden start and maid
enly blush, pleased surprise. But
not d start, not a surprise. Again he
drew it towards him, and again did the
fair one. continue to gaze thoughtfully
in the fire. Dear girl. she knows not
of my presence he murmured to him
self. Chow glad she will be to discover
her Charles sosclose behind heri will
end this SURPRISE and gently lifting
an auburn curl from the sloping shout
ders he gave it a gentle tWeak. and,
gentle reader, you may believe US or not
but truly. as sire as we live, be scalped
her. The whole business came of, and
then she knew that Charles was there.
Shall we draw veil over the picture?
By no means. Charles knew that she
wore false hair, and he knew that she
knew that he knew it. Besides, the
girl was turning thirty and worth mill
ions. Charles was poor, but madly in
love. A poor young man, madly in
love with 4 girl worth q million, is new
er particular. Baltimore Every Sat4rg
IGu.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-05
HUMOROUS.

Between Bohemians: .'Will it give
YOU, pleasure to breakfast with me?'
s:Certainly.' .Well, put an extra plate
on your table and in quarter of an hour
will be- at your room. '2--Bostop TRAM
script
els this your dogP'' mo; he be.
longs to Squire Smith. And between
you and me he's a deal smarter than his
owner. y ayes, there are dogs OF that
sort. I have had several myself. r.
Harper's 5BGzdr. .sa.
During the thick fog the othereven.
ing Com Com took q poor blind man
by the arm. and. led him to hi. door.
Telling the story To- 9 friend on the fol-
lowing day he cried: at IS terrible to
be blind in such fog!'' ~ Paris Paper.
--!st understand they are getting up
another art imposition said Mrs.
Blank the other day But they neednAt
expect me to gloanE' EN- anything. Last
wear the clumsy things broke an arm Oft
of my Venus de Medicine and then had
the cheek to tell me it was that way at
first. Just as though I was foolish
enough to pay, $4,000 for d second
hand statoo-ethe idea!"--saaa Francis
co 2ost. 9.s III s, /. .s
Three Western. people, an old man
and two daughters, happening to be in
Boston the other day, entered q store in
idle curiosity. The first object to att
tract their attention was the elevator
silently moving up and down with its
cargoes of passengers. What's that,
pa1lP-that thing going up and down
with sofys in it?' asked one of the
daughters. The old man gave the ele-
Vator long, calm, deliberate stare. and
exclaimed with an awe-struck voice:
ats a telephone! the first [ ever saW!"
Boston Post.
"A short time ago a London pawn
broker was aroused about one a. m. by
Ia vigorous pounding at his street door.
Hastily throwing on dressing-goWn
he rushed to the window and demand
ed. "Who's theree" 4 want to know
the time, = came the response from the
pavement in the familiar tones OF a
| frequent customer. what do you mean
sbv ceiling me up at this time O. night
to ask such a question as that?" re-
| piled the irate pawnbroker. "Well, and
Ito whom else should / Gomez" was the
rejoinder, in husky accents; you've got
my watch. =
Two Austin sporting men were
Dragging about their shooting abilities.
One of them said: Il can shoot charge
of shot through a. sieve, and not injure
/ the sieve in the least. = rs that SOP"
| said the other; g that S nothing to
speak OF. lean fire a charge of buck
shot into sieve and plug all the holes
| so that the thing will hold water. =
But that would utterly spoil the
sieve, said the first liar. Not at
all, returned prevaricator No. 2, II
Just load up with smaller shot and
| shoot holes right through the buckshot
every time. 49, eraS Siftiag8.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-05
.l,I Good Motto,

]. Ned Andrews wanted to be very good.
and very a1ett. Perhaps the y great
ought tO7havdcome first. formed first
wish was to become a great man. He
{ thought that GOODNESS was something
connectedawih greatness, and so he
wanted to beaood, too. .t5lo8 ta
lie tthought1that he might become.
/ both il. he atbpted some good maxim
that should behis rule Of life. He had
read OF several great men who hat be-
come famous by adopting some wise
rule of action md adhered tolit So he
began to look ger the list of proverbs
and maxlms. He began with the letter
A, and went tothe last one, which was
9 Be Jealous / None of them seemed,
to be just what lel wanted to adopt as
his motto. He. went to his mother at
last, and she adrised him in the matter
and Ned was VIE enough to accept her
counsel. 1t wal new maxim, or at
least Ned had never seen it printed with
other sayings and rules of,liVing, twas
this #H gsi
$40 RIGHT IN ALL THINGS.
"That covers tie whole ground . he
said Z and I'll ad5pt it. Shall become
both great and good if live it out. :
"You may net become great IN a
worldly sense, my boy, but you will GER
tainly become great in the true sense,
f6sathe greatest hero in the world is the
one who lives rightly. Doing right is
the grand secret Of a true life. 49,
So Ned adopted thismotto: i" Do right
IN ali fhinos. '-asJfTs. IN. A. Holt, in
Baptist Weel1y.99
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-05

I'm the Treasury the 'scrub-wonl-
m" alone get over $4,000 per year,
though, as thsge are seventy-fve of
them, it is easy 81 see that their salaries
are not munifcent. They 60 to the
Treasury building in the afternoon,
just as the clerks and other employees
arey1eaving, and as soon as they, are
out of the building set to work to
sweep and dust and scrub the whole
building, and are done their duties
within couple Of hours. = Washtnqtoas
Eetter.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-05
Dog OIL.

Everything Is wrong this morn
ing, exclaimed Springswel butcher
yesterday. Il have just lost my best
customer He was anxious to see me
killing and dressing, so he stepped into
10y rsoge e fat from nss q was ABOUT
"A dogP You don't mean to say .
No; don't mean to say that we
butchers shove dogs and cats on the
market, hut this particular dog was
Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-01-18
Not a Bad Country, at All.

The following letter, which appeared
in the Lake Geneva wis., Herald, issue
OF Dec. 2S, may prove of interestto many
of our eastern readers who imagine
Dakota cold, barren tract:
Ipswich, ID. T., Dec. 16, 1883.
I have noticed in your columns ut diff
ferent times letters from parties travel
ing through Dakota, aud as have been
in this part of the Territory for the
greater part of two years, feel safe in
passing my opinion of this as a farming
country, for although last season the
crop was almost a failure compared with
as good if not better than could have
northern Illinois under similar crcum-
stances. Where the grain was sowed OF
the wild prairie and plowed under the
crop was light. But where the practical
farmer put in his crop he realized a good
round profit. For illustration, an east
ern farmer bought 100 acres last spring,
for which he paid three thousand dol
lars, the land being all broken and ready
for crop. lie soWe,l it to wheat and oats
hiring the work all done from seeding to
marketing the grain: the proceeds being
sufficient to bear all expenses and pay
for the farm. and as there is but one OBJ
lection make to this rs Il farming co,ll-
try. that being the hight fall of rain.
those among the Indians OH the different
reservations known as the Medicine
Men claim the past season to have been
the dryest in the past twenty years. SO
there is no great reason to fear OH that
account. AS To the climate it could not
be better. Parties come from all co,,n-
tries without undergoing y change of
becoming acclimatetl. which is universal
in all other countries: the weather holds
good To the extreme, as it barely freezes
nights and is warm and clear every day:
farmers continued plowing up to tile
seventh of December. which is remark
able III any country. Among the set
tiers of EdmundS county. during the
past eight months there are upwards of
fifty from Walworth county. Although
they came from the garden of Wisconsin.
they all claim to he enjoying the best of
health and making money, the two prin-
clpal featutes Of Il mans life. About
the time of the equinoctial storm there
We're several Of the opinion that winter
out here was too much of a good thing.
But as they arrived at their destination
all the way from Iowa To the hills Of
New Hampshire, they found it was nat
ural enough that general disagreeable
time was expected, and for the past six
weeks they continue to return perfectly
cOntented, with the unanimous impress
sion that times were too dull hack east.
Yours Respectfully,
F. A. STANFORD.
Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-01-18
An Excellent Number.

Peterson's Magazine for February
opens With one of the most charming
we have ever seen,
called: ..rwo Little Customers" BE
sides this, however. are several other
beautiful embellishments, among them
a splendid colored pattern. There is
also another engraving-''Homeless and
Blind" d"-illustmting pathetic littl,
story. The double-sized colored fashion
plate-a speciality of this magazine-is.
even more beautiful than usual. AS for
the stories. though always good, they
are this month unusually so. Mrs. Amir
S. Stevens continues "ller Season in
Washington. Il novelet that promises
to be the best she has ever written.
There is also Il powerful story called
''Jule." Altogether this is very SUI
perior number. We do not see how any
lady can get along without ''l'eterson.
The terms are but two dollars year
Great deductions are made for clubs.
and elegant premiums given for getting
up clubs. Now is the time to get uI
clubs for 1854. Specimens are sent
gratis, if written for. to persons wishing
to subscribe or get up clubs. Address
Peterson's Magazine, 3O6 Chestnut ST.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-01-18
Coming to Dakota.
[Carnpbell Courier.]

Dakota is still getting to the front in
the eyes of our eastern friends. Com
munications are being received from all
parts of the east by the residents Of our
territory, which show that the emigra-
tions of past seasons was but forerun-
ner of what we are going to get the COM
ing spring. 1t is hoped that the states
will not be depopulated, but we have
hosts of room in Dakota. Let thepeople
come. L. Green, of this place, has re-
ceived letter from friend in Michigan
who writes that the coming season will
witness the greatest rush from that sec
ton that has ever been known. The
writer states that over one hundred
people from that one town, alone, are
preparing to move to Dakota.
Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-01-18
Better than Boston.

Spain once held both sides of the
Mediterranean at the Straits of Glib
ralter. So highly did she value her pos
sessions that she stamped ON her coin
the two pillars of Hercules las the pro-
montory of rocks were calledD and OH
scroll thrown over these were the words:
me plus ultra, no more beyond. But
one day a bold spirit sailed far beyond
these pillars, and found new world of
beauty and excellence. When Spain,
wisely convinced of her ignorance. struck
the word "ne" from the coin and left
''plus ultra''-more beyond. Boston and
her suburbs, and all the territory east of
the Alleghahies had at one time in
scribed over their fair possessions
Spain's s'ne plus ultra''-no more be-
yond. When some enterprising sons and
daughters pushed out to the western
part OF New York state and fair Ohio,
she felt for time that they had gone
out Of the world into the bushes. But
little time had elapsed when the Hub
and bubbles pulled down the '.Me" and
left the .'pluS ultra more beyond.
The old idea of the s'ne" still exists to
some extent in the States, when Dakota
and her fair world is spoken of. and the
wise men who spectacle for the people.
and transcribe their vision with printers S
ink, have not lost their conceit for the
old world of things among which they
have moved so long that they have he
come fossilized The .smore beyond'
must triumph, and our western land
be the admiration of all our far-castern
brethren. These broad fields have yet Il
noble mission before them. They are
to redeem from the ban ''bad lands all
this west territory. and to stamp another
name-''the best upon all these acres
by sending back to Boston the supcrtine
cereals. and by giving her surplus popu-
lation a chance for good homes and a
competency. Quill.
Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-01-18
Good. True Words for Dakota.
[Chicago Inter.Ocean.l

Chicago Inter Ocean.
There is in progress on this soil at the
present time one of the grandest march,
es of civilization the world has ever
seen. The spectacle presented furnishes
an interesting study. The movement
going forward here has for it's impelling
agents the strongest individual forces
we have in our society and government.
Dakota is not richer in soil than the
character and capacity of her citizen
ship. The best blood in American
veins and the best stock of the world
are contributed to hennparalled growth
and unexampled development. Dakota
is being enriched by an emigration from
the Eastern, Middle and Western states
of a kind and extent without a parallel
in the history of this country. 1t is
much matter of surprise, and much
more matter of significance, that the
great majority of those who are daily
swelling the ranks of the Dakotaians
are of American birth. and parentage
In the central portions of the Territory,
more particularly, is this the case. 1t is
safe to say that from ninety to ninety
five per cent. of the emigration pouring
into the proposed State of Dakota is
composed of American brain and Drawn.
A majority of these Americans, who are
merely changing their residence from
one part of the country to another, are
young men. The truth is that Dakota
is to be the most prosperous of the states
of the Northwest, and is to lead in the
development of the great wheat basin
or belt, toward which the eyes of Europe
as we'll as America are turned.
Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-01-18

kH Nelsmi Il l.anglie are closing out
their line of winter goods at bottom
prices.
&"Will pay 80 cts. in trade for Grigg>
county orders. Odegartl Il Thompson
eK"One car load nf Diamond -Tootl
HarrowS received ut Odegard Il Thomp
sons. Call and see them soon.
krEvcry farmer im Griggs county
wants to visit our new feed store. Davis
Il Pickett.
taTWe are receiving lumber of every
description daily. Lehman Elevator 4
Lumber Go.
vE- Old newspapers for sale ct the
Courier office.
cN"We have Just received q car load
of that genuine Fargo Roller Mill Flour
and it will be sold cheaper than ever.
Odegard Il Thompson.
9y. The billiards. may blow; the train
may stop, but Whidden Bros. have in
stock and to arrive S cars flour, ! caI
pork, two cars groceries, and everything
needed for a months Sllut-up.
1BOur goods will bear inspection with
any stock in this market, and all we ask
10 d ctH W SunVlHIo YOU CtiAC Wy uuyHs
goods of us it is money in your pocket
Nelson u Langlip
a. Farmers clean your seed wheat.
The Lenham E. 4 l.. Co. will sell you a
machine for $500 that will take out all
foul seed.
We have too many knit underwear
and will give you some cheap if you call
soon. Odegard 4 Thompson.
Call at Whidden Bros for horse
blankets, bed spreads, comforts and
quilts. Marked low.
For mems fur goods go to Nelson T.
Langlie's.
4BTFine line of fresh confectionery at
OLegard 4 Thompson's.
@y'Nelson y Langlie ''only" keep the
celebrated "Acorn."
Talk is cheap, but we won't be un
dersOld. You can bear it in mind all
day. Odegard 4 Thompson.
BrWe will not be undersold in North
Dakota. Lehman Elevator & Lumber
Co.
@1Iave you got a yokeof oxen, sheep
hogs, etc? We will always give you
goods for them. Odegard & Thompson.
B-Prices that compete with Fargo.
Lehman Elevator & Lumber Co.
@Wm. Glass loans money for final
proof, and on titled land. soft.
~Anything in the line of Farm Ma
hinery at Buchheit Bros
BCall and see the celebrated House
hold Sewing Machines at I}nchheit Bros
eaOur immense and growing trade
satisfies us that the peonle appreciate
our efforts in dispensing the best goods
at lowest possible figures Nelson 4
Langlie.
tB We sell pure SMEAR goods. not glu
cose. Nelson e I4anglie.
@We can sell you team of mules
or horses, a yoke Of oxen, q cow. hogs,
chickens. etc. YOn see we buy any
thing and sell evervthing-soft soap ex-
cepted. Odegard & Thompson.
EWe can just discount our compet-
itOrs every time both as to quality of
goods and price. Fifteen years exper-
ience in purchasing goods in eastern
markets. "Tbat's what knocks" Nelson
& Langlie.
Our goods are not old goods shipped
in from old stocks east to be closed out.
Bear that in mind when gOu want goods
in our line. Odegard & Thompson.
THEO. F. KERR. NJ. D.
Ut. ~1 o,.->>
Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-01-18

A Fargo man is writing a book en-
titled 1.-The fortunes of He'll" 1t is
said to be the result of six years cxper
ience in Chicago.-ltepublican.
Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-01-18
Official Paper Of Griggs County
FRIDAY, JAN. IS, 1884.
LOCAL LAcoN1cs.

LOCAL LACONICS.
The Youngsters have enjoyed vaca-
ton.
p. II. Holland came over from An
eta Tuesday.
Wheat is coming in pretty lively
NOWADAYS.
j. C. Woodward, of Jamestown, reg
istered at the Palace last Friday.
HI. j. Curtiss. of Sanborn, was with
us Monday while the engine turned.
-"Thc weather is simply charming"
is the word one hears on every hand.
r.. G. Cooper returned Friday last
from weeks business trip to St. Paul.
Prof. z. A. Clough and wife returned
from a weeks sojourn at Sanborn. Mon
day.
john Holiday came up from San
born Monday and returned OH to-day's
train.
The Courier reaches its first anniver-
sary to-day. Is it not vigorous ''year-
ling?"
@A car load of first-class feed oats
now in bin and for sale at Davis Y
Pickett's.
A series of prayer meetings are being
held at the residence of Mr.. Geo. W..
Barnard.
Geo. A. Luce, of Hope, smiled on
his numerous Cooperstown friends the
first of the week.
II. B. Howard, of Red Willow, is in
town and reflects the good nature and
prosperity of his section.
The ssPioneers," Odegard & Thomp-
son haye a new adv. this week, to which
your attention is directed.
School opened again Tuesday with
quite large attendance. several new
pupils from the country being present.
The attention of our readers is called
to the change of card of the Northern
Pacific railroad, which appears on page s.
-Knud Thompson was passenger
over the Cooperstown branch last FIJI
day, bound for Fargo; also was Judge
Byron Andrus.
Col. II. G.. Fitch, the genial landlord
of the Palace, returned Monday from
a trip to Jamestown. He reports the
walking as very bad.
@Go to the old Pinkerton 4 Shue
stand on Burrell Ave. and ''fill up
with a load of our first car of feed. Davis
& Pickett.
Our old friend, Mr.. G. c. Philippe,
who is spending the winter in Indiana.
writes that he will return soon, and that
some twenty enterprising Hoosiers will
accompany him.
While the citizens of Griggs county
are enjoying the warm, bright sun
shine of fair Dakota, the publisher of
the Courier is shivering in Southern
Michigan.
Monday the train was stuck in the
snow on the Darlington branch, and had
it not been for our proverbially clear
track we should have had no train, but
as it was, Supt. Graham put on a special
for us.
The clay taken from just east of
town by Fargo brickmaker has been
tested and found to contain all the nec-
essary properties for first-class brick. A
brick yard for Cooperstown is now as
sured.
Take your teams to the old Pink
erton & Shue building and give them a
'.smile'' of our 'sstraight" Davis
& Pickett.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
main line was blocked by snow, the train
on ntheCooperstown branch had no difficult
tyinpulling into town on time last Friday
with several cars of freight and an un-
usual large number of passengers.
That Cooperstown is the CONNER
cial centre of Griggs was evlnced Mon
day of this week, when faces from every
town in the county could be seen ON our
streets. It was estimated that oyer
one hundred teams were in town that
day.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1884-03-15
OF SAN SABA'S BUSINESS
FIRMS.
sTAUNCH, RELIABLE, ENTERPRIS-
ING AND SOLID Az A BRICK
WALL, EVERY ONE
OF THEM.
SAN SABA THE LIVE TOWN or
VEST TEX4S

As will be seen by their advertise
ments, aud our notices Of them, the
business men of San Saba are wide
awake, active and energetic, TO their
good judgment and sagacity is due
much of the prosperity which has at
tended our city in financial and busi-
ness importance, until to-day she, not
only in namo but 10 fact, is one Of the
best interior towns in Texas. We
point with pride to the rapid strides
which she has made in the past few
years, and accord to our merchants
and business men their duo need OF
praise for her present position and the
grand future which Ia before her. Par
tlcularly do we commend those in bus-
iness and profession, who, by their
liberal patronage, have enabled us to
advertise widely, In the News, the ad-
yantages, growth and general prosper.
ity OF San Saba, through which men
Of means and worth will be led to cas-.
their lots with Us and contribute to
her future prosperity.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1884-03-15

This arm y che most experienced
livery men IA this part of tho lone star
state Their establishment ID Que Of
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1884-03-15

A first,elass buainess house may DO
said 10 be q mirror of the community
ia which It is established, An impov-
erished city, on the down grade will
be replete with business houses of the
same character, iu which Mother tact,
enterprise, industry nor organization,
form a characteristics feature. A large
number Of merchants IN small towns
transact business in q alip-shod man.
neri they will make great deal Of
noise and msgnisy fifty dollar sale
10 the extent Of thousands aud vixen
she day Of reckoning arrives, will sur
sender 10 the sheriff with the ease aud
grace Of a South Amoriean revolution,
i=s = ~s.s established eommapiiy
like this, however, busineas housed OF
aha higher ereef, like tho one which
heads this article, are organised with
ths care and miaeteseas VI q govern
Ront Tle departments, though Ais-
tlael sad separate, aEe linked togelaer,
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1884-03-15
Che SIM Saba @Fws.
saturday Morning, ,Inreh 10, 1854.
ONE YEAR AGO.

There 10 an old song which recalls TO
mind many happy incidents of youth,
which begins with these words:
"'Tis just one year ago today,
That remember we'll"
Just one year ago we assumed the
editorial chair of the SAN SABA News.
And, although eneompassed about
with untoward circumstances, II went
quietly along until it could nssume the
responsibilities of taking to itself an
older and more widely known paper,
and thus increasing its acquaintance
with the public. We have endeayorcd
to be faithful to the best interests OF
our city and county, and the generous
support we have met, leads us to be.
lieve that our efforts have not been in
vain. And we hope By diligcnt efforts
20 continue to merit n continuance OF
the patronage that has been accorded
us.
We started out with the determine
ton of establishing the NEWS rs Que
of the fixed and permanent institutions
Of San Saba, and our determination t.
that end has never nbated, and We
shall enlarge the paper as soon as cir
cumstances warrant us 10 so doing.
Knowing, as we do that the sAN
SABA News has large number Of
siaunch friends, and believing that it
has shown itself worthy Of liberal
public patronage, we push forward
with nnaSated zeal and unfaltering
hope.