Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1885-08-06

grow less"
A little nonsense now and then is
relished by the wisest men.
Liman Norris is said to have the best |
crops in the country.
A Good Templers picnic was held at
Swan Lake July %, and all that We're
present report good time.
Spring Valley has dude.
ALPHA AND OMEGA.
Northern Lights.
z ARKER AAJEsTIcALLY WHEELS INTO
Line AS A CITY OF CYCLONES.
PARKER, JULY 81, 1855.
Yesterday afternoon a solitary pedes-
trian might perhaps have noticed small
groups of our town people, here and
| there, like the fishermen of Galilee,
gazing upwards. This astronomical at
titude was caused by dense masses of
clouds which seemed to be working to-
wards one common center. One by
stander quietly remarked that it had
the traditional appearance of a, stem
winder, which had tendency to quiet
the nerves of few cranks who were
trying to create a panic, the counten-
ance of the majority wore an expression
that was both childlike and bland.
| The heavens now began to assume a
kind of jealously green tint, as this
A e.
a good start, disinterested observers
were numerous, one mans nerves re-
laXed a little, he said it was u bilious
attack owing to drinking to much
buttermilk, another remarked that he
had hetter go home as his wife might
get nervous, but as for himself he
wanted to see the thing gyrate. Con-
siderable interest was now manifested
in regard to the cellars for fear the
storm would get in and spill the milk.
One man suddenly recolected his wife
wanted some soap and that was the
last of him. The cornerstone of the
EZRA In his anxiety to get to the front
to take notes mistook the opening in
the basement for the front door, turned
double somersault down cellar and as
he struck with dull and sickenlng thud
shouted copy An individual.who
generally initiates himself at the eX-
pense of others gathered his olive
branches around him and, as the bright
dew-drops coursed the cheeks of a low
ing wife, devisted his person of all
valuables and tried to crawl into a
rat hole. A little north of town the
two currents Joined hands and the
band commenced to play. it glided
playfully across the bridge, then SEEM
ingly having forgotten something
turned back, took a spin down the river
cut a few pigeon wings in small corn
J field, and then commenced a four handed
{ reel around Sanborn's COW stable. One
| OF our too utterly nice young men hear
ing it singing it's sweet lullaby and
thinking Gabriel was about to sound
the key note, left his temporary abode
and sought refuge behind the friendly
folds of a mother hubbard-may the
organized into base ball club and sue.
$ ceeded in whitewashing an old hen
S that was securely tucked away in one
$ corner; A small audience of duck;
: that had procured front seats to wit
ness the trapese performance of the ole
n hen are now sailing upon celestial wa
!, ters; looking around for more worlds tt
conquer, it espied Ike Nyilsey watching
"a the circus from the corner of his hous,
made dive in that direction. Failing
to make a corkscrew out OF him i
waltZed into his hog lot and laid littl,
/ punches of bristles around with tn
I precision Of a self-binder, and thel
q quietly folded its tent and stole silentl
'e away. One of the Court House rat
e had the audacity to remark that if tina
was stem winder's best record hi
N would like to try one the two best on
n of three; that when the last one calle
.r time, he was down on the base bal
k ground practicing. After making dill
u gent inquiry your correspondent faile
n to find any men that remained in tn
cellar during the last unpleasantness
1t was the women, some few may hav
pS got behind the breastworks but nc
- many. One fact has been thorough
:! demonstrated: that the bald-heade
" " brigade are cyclone proof. The sci
=. ~ satisfied smile that rests upon Thiel
's mans continuance bears me out in tn
~ assertion and would advise every-on
whenever they see any indications {
to electric disturbance, to consult barbe
" Immediately.
,e- EXIT.
of AS Will be seen by the call publisht
a elsewhere, a determined effort is to
wv made by the business men of southeas
re ern Dakota to free themselves from IL
at grasp of the insurance monopoly. III
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