The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1885-08-01
HOME HAPPENINGS.
Hot harvest time
Early potatoes are ripe.
The dry season is evidently up

quite numerously.
-"In this wheat by-and-by" sings
the threshing machine.
County Clerk j. A. Meloon paid
Clifton short visit, Sunday.
Stab us with an icicle and lay us
away in the refrigerator until Septem-
ber.
Wheat is badly shocked at the
way it has been "cut" the past few
days.
WIN. Dennis, Sr., T. f. Thompson
and Vim. Dennis, Jr., visited Fairbank
Wednesday.
j. NJ. Eley and Geo. ID. Duffield
left for the eastern part of the territory,
Thursday.
Mrs. c. J. Haines, of Pierre, is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs d. d.
Bryant, at Carson.
Corn begins to wiggle its ears, and
within four weeks will not take back
seat for even the mule.
Elmer Neel has sold his claim in
l14-19 to Levi Wheeler who will make
his home thereon this fall.
30, for lodge in some vast will
derness, some contiguity of shade" )"
has been the sigh the past few days.
s. f. Dempsey, agent, sold Thos.
Lytle, +. +. Blakemore and the Stull
Bros. new j. |. Case threshing ma
chine the first of the week.
The presence of so many pretty
schoolma'ams Is such an improvement
that We would like to have the Insti-
tute continue all summer.
Seth Bartlett, of ll5-79, left for a
visit to Madison, Wis, his old home,
on Monday. He will purchase we'll
boring outfit while gone.
Since the Teachers Institute con.
vened it is singular what an interest
the young men are taking in the cause
of education-and the educators.
A very pleasant party = tripped
the light fantastic at the residence of
Geo. Ripley, about q miles north of
town, on Friday night of last week
Miss Lillian Roberts, of Usage,
Iowa, who has been visiting at the
home of her father, j. B. Roberts, in
1l6-78, returned to Iowa on Monday
-Messrs. Henry T. Pendleton and
VIM. J. Johnston west of Clifton, have
been hauling their last years wheat to
Blunt and bringing back lumber the
past few days.
Irwin S. Rickert and his sister,
Miss Mollie, entertained number of
the young people of the village and
vicinity, Tuesday evening. and a pleas
ant time is reported.
The dance we mentioned last week
instead of being ut Seth Bartletts was
ut the residence of j. b. Roberts in
ll6-7S. The error was made through
ii misunderstanding.
Fred Bonsey, with the assistance
of Harry j. Banker, has put up some
ID tons of hay during the past week.
Harry thinks that he can NOW away
mos-grub than any man In the
country.
The Fairbank Tribune is thus eariy
out for VIM j. Johnston for reelection
rs commissioner in the 9th district this
fall. We commend its sound judgment
1t will be difficult to find better man
than Mr.. Johnston for the position.
Since the days of the self-binder
and header, harvest is not what it 'used
to was" Thirty years ago the farmer
had to go 10 town about every other
evening after Il jug of molasses with
which to grease the old " Turkey-wing
or grapevine" " cradle, and oil up the
mandrake. Those were happy days,
and the fellow who could "bush or
lay under the fence his fellow-work-
men was the happiest of all. But,
happy as they were, we notice that the
"old folks " are perfectly willing to sit
in the shade and let the self-binder do
the work, while they talk of "ye olden
time" when they could cradle their
five acres day.