Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-08-26

| llances are cordially invited.
G. ECKER, Cor. Secy.
SEE HERE. Z. Blake has
farm to rent adjoining the town sit,
of Webster. Fifty acres under cul
tivatiOn, good house and stable; al
so, if desired, will rent a team,
cows and other stock. Call ON OF
address j. +. Blake, Webster, ID. L
Let every farmer remember Tia,
date that the county fair take.
place Sept, 22d, 23d and 24th, Is
SO, on the grounds of the society
one mile south of this city. Get
something ready to exhibit and give
your patronage and influence tc
make it a success,
Two of the sons of Mayor Ames,
of Minneapolis, with a nephew Of
that gentleman, are here on a hunt.
ing EXPEDITION, the guests of the
Commercial. The boys have Sc
cured "Alkali Bill' and his team
and are having a most successful
and enjoyable visit.
We advertised a stray COW last
spring and the next morning after
her cowship returned home. 1t was
no use-she knew an advertisement
in this paper would catch her and
returned to her native hearth. All
persons desiring to reach the public
should make a note of this.
Mrs. NJ. Ecker informs us we
were mistaken in reference to the
game supper notice of which we
spoke. last week. As a gentleman
we certainly deer to the lady's
statement. As We expected the lady
did not write the circular headed
"a Card" We deeply regret we
had not this positive knowledge be-
| fore our last issue.
MINNEAPOLIS ExPosTIoS.-To
pJrties desiring to attend the Min
neapoliS Exposition, the C. NJ. &
st. 2. R'y. will sell excursion tick
cts. including admission tickets, for
50, 90; sale Of tickets Aug. 22d and
23d, and every Tuesday and Thuas-
day thereafter, also Aug. goth to
Sept. 4th inclusive Return cupons
good until the Monday following.
We hope our business men will
begin early to prepare their exhibits
| for the fair. Gentlemen, every one
of You do something handsome.
The fair is directly financial bene-
fit TO you, and you should do every
thing in your power to make it an
attractive and pleasing exhibit, as
well us to secure to yourselves q
good advertisement of your business
We have been informed that a
man living south Of Andoyer, who
has good farm, lots of stock
around him and apparently plenty,
allowed his wife TO die recently OF
starvation, and that he has a house
full of children, some six or seven,
who all live in a little hole of a
shanty and are ragged, and dirty in
the extreme-part of them sick, no
doubt for want of food. The name
of this brute, this human gouhl is
Hiram Watt, and the stage driver
between AndOver and Raymond is
our informant. If he is correctly
Informed, it is the duty of the
authorities to look into this matter
and if it proves as represented, to
reach out the strong arm Of the law
aud give him a foretaste of the
condign punishment he will ex-
perience in the sweet by and bye
when his worthless caroas becomes
food for worms-if, indeed, he has
been blessed with that subtle essence
called soul that lives on through the
countless cycles Of eternity. The
story is Il horrible one ana demands
a thorough investigation.
The story of the existence Of
the Lake Kempeska sea serpent. J,as
been verified and substantiifted by
ID. c. Adams of the. Reporter ant
| Farmer, who Youohes for the anima
having been seen in Waubay Lake
| apd accounts for its appearance IL
THAT lake by assuming the existence
of an underground channel between
that and Kempeska. The serpent
was recognized, according to Bro
| Adams, by a Wart on the thumb
hand side of the dorsal fin. Proc
| If a still more convincing naturl
was one day this week disclosed to
few of the people OF Ipswich. :
| While Quincy A. Finch was stand
ing in serene meditation at the sid,
door of his saloon, he saw beauti
. full mermaid emerge from the dis
charge pipe of the artesIan vol
Imagine his amazempnt when he be
held her quietly shake the sand on
of her trousers and careleSsly went
her way over to the saloon, step NJ
to the bar and noehalantly call TO
drinks. After giving her the bes
! in the house, Quincy invited he
over to have a dish of ice cream
with him, and under the mellowin;
influence of the intoxicants she con
fidentially gave the whole thini
away to Mr.. Finch. She said tina
! not only was Waubay connecte'
with Kcmpeska by an Endergroun
passage, but also With our arEesial
we'll, and she further asserted tina
Q the sea serpent story was no hoax
but that it actually existed, and wa
0 even then waiting for her ut tn
/ bottom of the well. she having driN
: en- 1t up from Watertown, via Wan
bay Lake. Promising to return al
: ter the prohibition victory in Ed
minds county this fail, she bad
! Mr.. Finch an affectionate TIA, Ia.
t and rc-entered her sdbterrcnia
home. a number of eve witness,
/ win cerroberate Mr.. Fineh's stat,
: mentS, and there can be no douE
Of their truth. This will put a
c end to all doubts which sad
e incredulous people have entertaine
IS in regard to the Watertown sea Sc
n pent, and viii remove the faint
&c public condemnation whiGk las s,ee
g SO genaraay applied 10 Watertow
whisky. ipswich Gazette.