Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-08-20
FACT AND Fancy

IIDi' Deckmore saws th.A
are now taken almost anw iobin
deep water, and at the prasas ely 81
decrease will shortly boca,a fah
ties, to be found only in nm cariaS
Brick houses are a lone sa ,salis
Texas, according to M s wan
Times, which chronicles MA dsax
fact that preparations are IN wv loI II
at Columbus &c erect such MN ag nAR
q beginner In Latin was -.
translate sentence which Mked
rendered, would have reaa. pfopss,
redoient OF age. - But ba Z h0ae
the freer translation. 1T, pfeler1
smells like time. y Ans hoas3
An old man In Alleg,Ans
Pennsylvania, received Is AK ."ualg
chirdrcn on agreeing nor = IRON
fascinating las, girl Of IL. Then i !,
rled her and gave her tho psaa = rat
she disappeared with IT, "
A suit for $1,000 damaoss
instituted by resident 81 Ro - ga
against q local grocer who dii "a
In front OF his store a card 1 ,sIa
name Of the prosecutor on i sna y
words "Deadbeat, So. 8s.n aaa i
The dude collar this soa..
authoritatively announced IN,
narrow and will have liz wa
slightly turned down. He MI, vIO'Aa
have an opportunity of lookin. - 10y
him and OF seeing what is pojng 10y, y
the world. " VI
The baltimore american tru,,
man who win give ND the eJ,,ag
of an influential American mana, o,sal
second-rate foreign appo}n,p,a,0
not made of that sterner stufT ~t.a
enters so largely into the maIa w.
oil good editors. ~
IL Is well, sometimes. IN haro
and not yamn too loudly or ~ o,a. sals
mouth to wide while iadulglnc Il \.
peculiar pastime. A Ro,ilestes laa saa
few days since was unfnrtaa
enough to dislocate her i laws aaa
INDUCING in an ordinary oyer ~as
yawn. ''ll
Eyes, sir,' said tho entomolo.,.
IL can tame flies so that when M,
tle they will come and alight :, 'as
hand" "Pshawl" said the bslS 4.
ed man, chats nothing. Thew as
and alight on my head wit6.s,l
my whistling." The netomolccis, "
down. 90 y
A citizen of Boston, In lookIny =.
the genealogical records of his Ann.
noticed the following: "Abiah- d.,.
1893, aged IL. Tradition saws N.
went to a ball dressed in the msns..
Of later days, beautifully bur -
warmly caught cold, and died ~,
days after. The dress was an heiroas
in the family of Ira"
A man at Union City, Pa. pp,,.aH
his neighbors by frequently carrr,,
a paper bag, evidently con,ajsin;
something heavy, to his room Ws,
be could do with so much hour ",
a mystery, bn: the other night N
matter was explained when the n,
slipped upon the ice and huyst n
bag, disclosing a tin pail filled Will
beer.
The kirmess which opened reeost,
In New York is festival which ara,
mated in the Netherlands many yesr
ago. Ii is supposed that the word i
derived from kerk, the Dutch ,g
church, and messe. feast and was orId
nally y church festival. Teniet ssa
ether Flemish artists have illustrates
the old-time scenes If the "kern,esse
as IT was then called.
The many Americans who hsm
viewed with wonder and admIratIoa
the remains Of Heidelberg csstle
splendid even In decay. win be glads
learn that the reported injury 70 IA
foundations by the railway tunnel y
meath them existed only in imagins
ton. A commission appointed d
make an examination saws II finds INA
foundations in perfect condition.
Capt. John Ayres, of Santa Pe, New
Mexico, who went to New Moxlco win
the California volunteers In early
days, and for time was in command
of Fort Marcy, publishes twoeOl.
umn article review, stating that he hss
discovered the original warm minorsl
springs which the Aztecs filled up and
hid at the time of the Spanish Invasion.
The spring is about four miles east Il
Santa Fe,
Mr.. ID. G. Robbins, in his annual
Review of the Drug Trade Of NeR
York, states that in 1854 we import.
ed l,263,7S2 ounces OF quinine aud
2.5SS,307 pounds Of cinchona bark.
We are importing more quinine and
notwithstanding less every year Ia
1884 we Imported twice as much
qulnine and half as much bark as ID
1882. In 1888 more opium was iu.
ported for smoking (2Js, 1853 pounds
than for oil other purposes put %.
gether. The large duty placed upon
this form Of opium reduced the import
Tor 1884 very considerably.
A letter was received ut the resi-
Office in Portland, Oregon, The Other
day, addressed TO "Olympia, Oregon
State of California. The laugkto.
caused among the employees by this
funny address had not died away whsa
another letter was discovered sd.
dressed to some postoffice In Oregon
which looked much like Sow Belle
After everyone had wondered for SONG
time the expert Of the establishment
discovered that the address was Soy
Piellie," which was quickly interpreted
10 be the Chinese for ''South Prairle,"
and thither the letter was sent
A good story Is told of farmer In
Georgia who rented some land last
year to a colored man for third Of
the crop. When the drought came on
his corn and cotton were affected BY
It. lilo gathered two bales Of cotton
and two wagon-loads Of corn. Tho
latter he pennod up for his own use
and the cotton was sold. When his
landlord called for his share he was
told there was none for him, He was
and asked "Didu't !
rent you the land for the third OF THO
cropf" "Yes, boss" said the man.
but you see derc was no third. pere
was only two bales Of cotton and two
loads of corn; all mine and muffin iof
you by do contract. And the land.
Iord could not make Cuffee believe
any other way,
The greatest calamity that can heiaa
4 confirmed smoker is to have hisch
shed mcerschaum broken. asfrcqiens
y happens by fall or other accident
When this happens, the fractured ldo,
8 generally taknn To n inMelerg anu