Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-12-18
\ BOX OF MY
FINE CIGARS
----IS A.
Nice Present to q Gentleman.
a BOX OF My
Webster Waffa.

Special Correspondents Of tho lxrss -OcsAsl
WEBSTER, Dec l4.-For more than Q
week we havo enjoyed mild and pleas.
ant weather, thus convincing us that old
Boreas Is capable Of good behavior.
Mr.. and Mrs. Parry made US . pleasant
call Saturday evening. honoring us With
an Invitation to u surprise party gotten
up for their brother, Mr.. II. G. Evana,
who expects soon to take his departure
for Racine, Wis.,, to spend the winter
with old friends and relatives.
Mr.. VIM. Webster met with 4 rather
severe loss last week, ono OF his oxen
having its leg broken accidentally.
Mr.. Kahn has gone to northern Minne-
sofa in search Of employment for his
teams in the numbering business.
Owing to our ingenuity wo have visit
Ing with us Il miniature Indian family,
consisting Of Mr.. Halfproed, his wifo,
children, pony, cart and dog. This is .
very forcibe reminder of tho halcyou
days of summer, to say the least.
Wishing to benefit the ladies, we will
give directions for tho new mode Of laun.
drying clothes, which NO think IL far
superior to any other, saving the goods,
time, labor and soap. Put the clothes to
soak in cold soft water the evening be-
fore. In tho morning prepare mixture
by shaving third OF u bar of soap into
cup of boiling water; then add third
of = cupfull Of coal oil. When the soap
IL dissolved pour tho mixture into tho
boiler Of wator In which you wish to boil
the clothes. Wiring tho clothes from tho
soaking water and put them over to boil
without rubbing. Boil thom just ~
usual. BE careful to havo tho water
warmed u little that you put the clothes
into after removing from the boiler. I'm
loss very much soiled they will need no
rubbing. Tho disagreeablo odor arising
from tho coal oil will all ovaporato dur
ing tho process. Tho time that you would
otherwise spend bending laboriously
over tho washtub you can utilize by pre-
pairing somo palatable desert for your
husbands dinner, providing you are for
tunato enough to possess ono of those
'necessary evils" Give this mode a fair
trial and wo think you will be pleased
with tho effect.
We never fully realized until this WIN
ter the debt of gratitude We owe tho good
old st. Nicholas. Owing to tho uncer-
tainty Of tho weather Christmas week,
yesterday he dispatched party Of our
late scholars, tho Misses Myrtle Chap.
man, Edith Kain, May Franklin and
Maggie Webster to wish us q "Merry
Christmas After the greeting they pre-
scntcd US with an elegant organ spread
as a Christmas gift. Knowing that they
we're coming we had good old fashioned
dinner prepared, which they dispatched
with youthful appetites. After engaging
for time in the usual winter sports We
sang a number Of our favorte school
songs, after which they took their depar
turc, leaving US very much pleased with
their visit. Dear girls, the remembrance
Of tho motive which prompted the gift
will continue one bright gem in men,
ory's casket, long after its beauty hsa
faded and you have grown up and min
gle with tho world. May you live to en-
10y many Christmas days is the sincere
wish Of tho humble recipient.