Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1883-1884, 1884-02-01
Official Paper of Griggs County
FRIDAY, FEB. 1, 1884.
LOCAL LACONICS.

SS~11S A)11SSANANSs
vain and conccited young bean,
Went to take his girl to the sleau
But he met the dog Towsers
Keen relish for trousers;
And he left his coat- tail in the sneau.
Who ever saw more beautiful wealth.
er?
Now is the time to renew for the
Courier.
IL. NJ. Kersey. Of the Northern Pacific
railroad, visited Griggs' capital Monday.
The Courier is informed that Col.
Fitch, Of the Palace, has opened up
loan agency.
MIR. Mark Sutherland left Monday
last for Chicago, whittier he goes on inn
portant business.
Harvey Yeaton took his departure
last Monday for Chicago, where he will
spend the balance Of the winter.
F. G. Skies and ID. A. Turner, of
Minneapolis, shifted the exhilarating
atmosphere of this section. Monday.
-Odegard & Thompson have just re-
ceived an elegant new safe. 1t is of the
Mosher make, and is indeed a beauty.
-Rumors says that County Treasurer
Anton Enger will return soon from his
extended trip to Lanesboro, Mimi, and
that he will be accompanied by fair
bride.
Capt. NJ. Robinson, of Mardell, was
in town Tuesday. He reports things on
the move in the valley, and predicts an
immense immigration to this section in
the spring.
The Lehman Elevator & Lumber
Company will erect ten round elevators
at various points in North Dakota next
spring and Valley City is angling for
One.-Times.
1T matters not how old and decrepit
a person may be, when they step out
into the cool, bracing air of Dakota there
is firmness and elasticity of step
equalled in no other cline.
On Monday +. E. Fitch received
from Claremont, n. H. a brace of En-
glish pointer puppies. out of the import
ed "Belie'' by 'sDandy.' He expects to
receive ''Belle'' and Beagle hound.
soon.
The dance at the riverside residence
of Pinkerton & Shue last Monday even
ing was a grand success, socially. There
was some thirty couple present, and they
all seem to have enjoyed the s'kick''
hugely.
The Courier is run.on cash basis.
and the paper will beforced upon no one.
Those whose subscription expires this
month are very cordially invited to
waltz up and enroll for another wear.
Otherwise their names will be dropped
from the list.
The Courier is under obligations to
the st. Paul Pioneer Press for one of
their handsome calenders for 'S4. 1t is
very artistic piece of work. done in it's
own establishment. and shows the pro-
ficlency OF its workmen, and the COM
pleteness of it's material.
One Of our eastslm exchanges comes
to us with the following very suggestive
item: Friends, brothers, citizens. lend
us your ears; ours are frozen as large as
Dakota potatoes" While our eastern
brother is suffering with frozen ears we
in Dakota are enjoying the most delight
full weather.
Word from Michigan comes to the
effect that the absent Courier disciple is
having large and interested audiences
at his Dakota ''praise meeting'' services.
Dakota is in the mouth of everyone
down that way, and information con-
cerning the great domain is eagerly
siezed. The great tidal wave is surely
coming.
As we go to press the thermometer
stands at from 10 to SO degrees above
zero; with a perfect cloudless sky and as
still and calm as a spring morning. I
just snow enough for sleighing. and
with all these fine qualities which are {
typical features of Dakota mornings, we 7
are said to have a miserable and disa- I
greeable climate. {