The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1885-11-27
the company Of our girls and the gsod thines
provided By the ladies' and / ana tho boys were
always willing, On these tsrma 70 lsnd assi1

suppers" As all the boys know, I have the
prettiest duck Of girl In this neck Of tie
prairie. OF course, she'll be frst choice.
must 20 down for my horded wealth. but OIL
horror Of horrers, only six nickels can find.
On goes the auction, 10 cents, 20 cents, 25 g
cents, 80 cents-up, up, higher and higher, till
$L95 is reached, when down goes the ham
mer. My duck Is gone! Oil cussed poverty
But who is the lucky manp Oh! heavens, IT'S
the old deacon from Rochester! VIII he take
my LILA? No, no! his choice falls on the fat
dame from Colgate. "How much for second
choice"' yels the duffer. Now, my chances
would have been gsod but for the appearances
OF an itlnerant wheat-grader from Ipswich,
whs offered $l.s0 and tive pounds of for
smut" Now, If this grader knows good
sample Of No. hard sweetness, he will single
out my sweet violet at once. But no, he don't
Curry favors from Barnes county, and picks
up a doll-faced girl from Colgate. sNow for
third choice" cries the fat auctioneer. OF
course, 80 cents ought to carry of third choice,
and 50 1t would il the sweet singer from Bel.
vyria had not rushed in aud, with Jealous en-
w, carried the price Of maidenhood up, up,
far beyond the purchasing power Of my three
dimes and Docs half dollar combined. Obi
II /, too, had rich old mother down in Illi- S
noie, Mr. Sweet Singer, you should not have
pulled the aame wish bone that my girl did on
that occasion. Thusy was my life darkened,
MIR. Editor, my hopes blighted. OF the terrible
results that followed the cid dufler's auction
sale know but little more, save that an old
ynoio >f nR is.,,-
carried of the next prettlest girl in the room,
aud that my 80 cents would net buy quarter
interest In an old maid from Page. Now, af-
ter the rich men had eaten sumptuously OF
roast chicken, and had fed FROM the crumbs
that fell from the table, retired 10 the shade
of the chimney corner in the rear there to con-
cect some dabolical scheme Of vengeance
against that Datchman from Belvyria. Here I
was awakened from my revery by the most
uaearthly noise that was ever heard on the
plains Of Colgate. Talk about David and
Gilly, and nll the other ancient warriors, their
loudest whOops Of war were music sweet be-
side the snoro Of that society belle Of Colgate.
After quietus had been put upon this young
lady, and young man with very white mus
tache had been placed In tho back seat will, her
to ''guard her slumbers," the performance was
resumed. big boy got up to speak his little
piece, when mouse ran up the leg OF his
trousers. He caught him OH his knee, and
then tried to get some of the ether fellows to
kill the little innocent, but they did not believe
In cruelty to animals. Finally he concluded to
let 60, and the mouse fell dead at his feet.
Quiet having been restored, the president CO M
monced long dissertation OIL ''The Rise and
Fall Of Prehistoric Races" when the fat auc-
tisneer (who had been outside to get a drink
Of cold tea from. bottle In his wagon) was
roughly pushed into the room by the most viii
lainsus, rum-nosed, ragged tramp have ever
seen. The president and the auctioneer were
badly frightened as well rs the women and
children. The tramp told pitiful tale about
his wife and Nellie, but catching the eye Of the
tall man from Cass lie quickly withdrew.
have since learned that tho man was tramp
paper-hanger from Hope. In financial way
tho meeting was success, The receipts amount
ing to $24.75. II you don't believe all this
took place, ask the president
Charley Williams left Oh Tuesdays train to
spend the winter in Michigan.
Rumor las it that William King was mar-
ried in Tower City yesterday.
W. d. Lee has been appointed postmaster at
| this place.
All are invited to attend the next social Of
the Ladies' Aid society, Thursday evening, at
the school house. COLGATE.
Planting and Growing Black Walnut.
Wisconsin correspondent Of the Farmers
Review, who owns tree claim in Clark
county, Dakota, asks The above paper which 10
the proper time to plant, where seeds or nuts
can be obtained, ETC., to which inquiry the
Review answers as follows:
''WaInuts may he planted in either fall OF
spring. In fall there Is risk of loss from mice
| and ground squirrels finding and eating tho
nuts. The seed needs care in handling for
either fall or spring planting. The nuts should
on no account ba allowed to get dry after rip
sning. II shipped in quantity in the fall, with
the green shucks on, there is danger Of their
heating and spelling. The best way to keep
over winter is IN piles out of doors, under cover
Of coarse mulch, but not sufficient to exclude
rain or FROST The mulch is simply needed to
protect from drying. The nuts can be obtain.
| I'd in quantity In many parts Of southern Ili.
nois or Iowa and Missouri. Your better plan
would be to arrange with some party for the
nuts to be cared for by him till early spring
aud then shipped either frszen or when the
weather is SO cold there will be no danger Of
heating. You can probably make such ar
| rangements with D. B. Weir, Of Lacon, Ill,
who has had large experience in handling nuts
for planting and in growing seedlings. The
dry nuts sold In stores are utterly worthless for
planting. In planting, prepare the ground as
for corn, marking the rows both ways four feet
apart, and plant in the intersections, pressing
the nut down into the soil with the foot and
give covering Of an inch Of earth. This dis
tance Is requisite because the climber culture
act' rsquiles that the timber plantations shall
be planted with not less than 2,7OO trees to the
acre, and shall have not less than 800 living
trees at time Of proving up. Cultivate as for
corn crop-a good many Of the nuts may fail
to grow the first year, but come all right the
second, as we saw last year on the grounds Of
A. R. Whitney, at Franklin Grove, iii. In
view Of the risk in handling the nuts, we in
slime to the opinion that it is better to buy the
one year seedlings grown by the million by
parties who make specially of growing them
fer tree planters"
L nell inf fnd 7=I y