Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1886-02-11
Parker Boycotted.

episode, as related by the chief actor in
the scene, is worth repeating. One of
Parker's business men is agent for an
eastern windmill company. Learning
that Il number of men "down south "
wanted such an article, he lately paid
them visit. He had no trouble in,
finding the men he wanted to see.
But not i, mill could he sell to any of
them.
The first man he called on Is a mid
die aged. middle sized American. His
large red barn, his ample corn cribs,
filled to ovcrtlowing, his neat white
house and tidy yard surrounded by a
pretty grove, his fat, well groomed
horses and sleek blooded bovines, each
and all bespoke intelligence and IN eye
to business and comfort. He found the
proprietor busy pumping water for his
large herd of cattle. Thinking this Il
favorable omen, he lost no time in max
ing known his business.
YES" said the farmer need a
windmill, and intend to have one"
He then asked where was from. l
said from Parker"
well. then, perhaps you can tell us
something about that bogus bonus ;
business said the farmer.
TO this l made answer mo, can't, l
haven't been there long and don't know
much about it,"
He very soon gave me to understand
that my mill didn'tsui him, anu | left
rather down in the mouth you bet.
After this the gentleman interviewed
! two of our well-to-do Scandinavian
+! farmers, when the second and third
acts of this funny drama were gone
through with. Being put on his guard
by whit had just happened, he told one
Of them that he lived "east of Parker =
and the other, ION the Vermillion, east
| Of Parker" But this little ruse did nc
good. 1t looked Parkerish all the
same.
"And they too wanted to learn more
about the bogus bonus 1t was to NO
purpose that ! told them had nothing
to do with it and consequently could
tell them nothing. Still the were moi
satisfied. One of them said, Il not can
drus no PARKER fellows" The othel
got OF. his ear and us much as told hin
to "go to HI with his Parker bogu.
wind muSkene." And he went-Skpppd
! ske-da,lGlc, in haste.
Thus, the leaven Of unrighteousness'
is doing its proper work. Boycottlng il
as natural rs to breathe. 1t is the old
old story of IAN eye tor i'm eye system
atized. BY 1t local wrongs are righted
1t Is Il costless weapon and can be use,
without bluster. Itnow has the gian
land-LORD-isln 10y the throat in Ire
land. 1t will be IN easy task to dowI
the highco:ke rlurum lords of the "ne
trOpolis." by the same means. VIII tn
business men up that way heed 9TH
hand writing on the wall" IN time
Laughing, joking. sncering, not even il
dutch, (see New Era Jan. 30Lh,) vii
down the repudiating Parker ghos,
This is a real ghost, and nothing les
than that $1,000 bonus will give
decent burial and restore peace to th
whole county.
Reputation Is a dangerous game
But for it, Dakota had been state Ion
ago. We all know too well the sequt
of that rash act. Boycotting by til
. parties wrongcd followed us Il matte
of course. The wheels of progres
were thus blocked and the innocent an
guilty alike have suffered for years b
reason OF the shortsighteu folly Of
few individuals.
Tn. prudent man, foreseeing til
evil, avoids 1t; the simple, pass on an
are punished. "WhatSoever Il ina
soweth. that shall he also reap"
Feb. +, 1856. A FARMER.