The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1885-07-25

New potatoes are getting too COM
mon to attract attention.
j. A. Buck leaves for Miller to-
day, probably to remain until after
harvest
Remember that John Hebinck,
the Clifton blacksmith, can do your
work up in good shape.
Or. Fred A. Larkin, Of Blunt,
made us pleasant visit yesterday af-
ternoon, and started for home, but,
somehow, got lost and we found him
out at the College with the school
ma ans in the evening.
A. j. Lakin, about miles south
east of Clifton, has the pleasure of a
visit from his mother who resides in
Indiana She will spend the greater
portion of the summer with her son
and his wife.
The wife and family of BARNS
Otis arrived from New York last week.
Mr.. Otis is &, tting ready to build on
his claim about three miles east of
Clifton and settle down permanently
with us. We gladly welcome them to
their new home
H. G. Earnest returned from n
visit to Tennessee, last week, bringing
with him his wife and children, for
whom he has very cozy home pre-.
pared three or four miles south east of
this village. These are the kind of
people we rejoice to see come among
us.
Seth Bartlett, of 1879, some
eight miles north of Clifton, gave Il
dancing party on Tuesday night. There
were over 60 ladies and gentlemen
present and three sets were danced at
a d" flooring The music was splendid,
consisting of two vlolins and base
vial. All who were present report a
splendid time, and intimate that Mr.
Bartlett done himself proud = as host
The editor of the Forest City Press
has discovered that artichokes are
growing numerously along the Okobo-
jo, Little Cheyenne. Missouri, and va
rious low spots. We would advise
those who are not familiar with them
to handle with care and be sure and
not eat the wild parsnip, which grows
in abundance, through mistake, or they
may be sent flying up the golden
star as the latter are said to be poi
son.
The Okobojo Times Of last week
displayed its "cloven foot regarding
the new re -dlstricting about in keeping
with the position of its proprietor and
his 'immortal "a when they sold out
their nelghbors and friends by support
ing Onida for the county seat last fall
They had given the Judas kiss to Fair,
bank, but betrayed it by selling out to
Onida for "mess Of pottage and
perhaps few town lots to 4 favored
few-at the last moment. Situated as
Okobojo is, with nearly all the people
IN favor of Clifton, this was treason oi
the rankest kind, altogether unlocked
for and will not be soon forgotten by
many. And the position of the Times
on re-districting is about as inconsis,
tent as it well could be. After charac
izing the measure rs dishonorable,
an outrage &c, and all those who
voted for it as unworthy the conf
dence and suffrage of the people" il
turns right around and says: " In re.
gard to the boundaries of our own dis
tricts we find nothing to censure. As
its own district stands fourth in terri
tory and population, according to it;
own showing, and there is nothing tc
censure, how in the heavens name car
there be anything to censure in thu
others without its own being compared
as basis and coming in for share o
censure. If it were true that any o
the others were unreasonably large il
either territory or population, how cal
1t be that its own is not corresponding
" too small. Consistency is jewel,
but the Times fails to possess it n
shown from the inception Of this mat
ter. 1t demonstrated against five com
missioners, and, ut the same time, go
up n petition for an Okobojo man