Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-26

way, but take the matter in you.
own hands and act. No one can b,
considered q lover Of humanity VIII
fails to recognize its claims upor
him, and who does not try to maxi
the world better for his having liyeC
in it.
New subscribers are coming il
they all like the tone of the RE
PORTER. There is never anything
in it that may not be read in tn,
family circle. We aim to make i
a good family paper, to give the
news and to render it a visitor al
are pleased to welcome. Send II
your names.
During the past week every
man in town has determined tina
next winter will find him in south.
ern California or Florida, but wher
the summer and fall come with theil
glorious sunshine and rushing buis
ness they will forget their vows an6
only remember to renew them when
the billiards of 1889 commences tc
blow
John Dodd was in town Satur.
day and called to say send me the
own and only newsy county paper
for 1888. John settled here in '83,
and opened q farm. He has it now
well under cultivation and is grad
ually growing in favor of dame for
tune. John is a good citizen and
will be one of our leading farmers
and stock men in time.
Hon. j. A. Lee returned from
the east on Monday mornings train,
Mr. Lee says we missed it a trife in
our last, but assures us that if he
had been there he would have will
ingly carried the banner, "and don't
you think for . minute that !
couldn't" The Squire looks like
he had been enjoying life during
his absence.
Frank Sutton interviewed US
last Monday and took some of the
good and noble REPORTER for 1888.
Frank owns a nice farm of 160
acres south Of here, 80 of which is
under cultivation. Last year he
had 20 bushels to the acre Of No. l
hard, Franks friends will be glad
to know he is f'Getting there" slow
", and that he will have a solid
grip on fortune, if he has not al
ready done so.
An exchange asks the following
pertinent question: "What is
home without a newspaper" And
is answered as follows: cit is q
place where old hats are stuffed in
to window panes; where the children
are like young pigs; the housewife
like an aboriginal savage, and the
husband with a panorama of the
Dismal Swamp painted on his shirt
bosom with tobacco juiee,F
To THE MEMBERS OF THE WEB
sTER ALLIANcE:-Please inform me
as soon as possible by card or letter
OF the probable amount of Irvine
ssd 4ssehiRery tAat-yea-wishto
purchase this coming year, proyld-
ing crops are promising; we will
have a price list for you to examine
before You order your supplies.
You will all readily see the neces-
sity of this and | hope You will not
be backward in the good cause
L. A. DOUGLASS, Pres.
"A lie will travel five times as
fast as the truth any day, and when
truth catches up it finds its path
way strewn with the carcssses of
dead hopes. Oh, why is it that man
is so bitterly inhuman to his fellows
so anxious to tear to shreds the
good name of a neighbor, that they
can not even wait to find the truth
Of q story, but must retail it again,
with additional embellishments;sn
the higher the mark the more deep
ly will the deadly fangs of SANDER
seek to bury themselves in the heart
of a victim. God pity the innocent
ones in the hands of this distruc-
tive speiier-it has no mercy, no
soul, no honor, no wish, save to damn
and destroy.
-"Mss Oswood, who teaches in
the Miller school house in Homer
township" says the Andover Ga
zetts, "would not allow any OF her
scholars to journey home, and as 9
natural consequence teacher and
scholars spent Thursday night of
the great storm in the school
house" Miss Oswood deserves the
everlasting gratitude Of every pat
ron of her school. 1t was o most
sensible aud practical thing to do,
and just what every teacher ought
to do in the face of q storm. II it
was understood all teachers were to
do this, parents would not run the
risk of being frozen, because they
would know their children were
safe, even il it was tough lines for
them.
The school entertainment came
off as previously announced on Fri
day evening last at the Armory and
was literally patronized by our citi-
zens, who express themselves as
highly pleased with the program as
presented. Owing to its great length
we are unable to speak of the many
very fine things presented, suffice
it, that the performance was way
above the average and was credable
alike to the teachers and pupils OF
the schools. The music by the
darkie quartette, comprising Mrs.
Maude Baker, Miss Kenyon, Mr..
Hardness and Mr.. Allen, Is every
where spoken of as the finest quar-
tette before brought together in
the city. The only objection to
the program was its great length,
though all enjoyed it, The receipts
were $s5.
1t is claimed that eastern loan
companies are not willing to loaL
money on Dakota real estate. This
ia not truc. They are willing and
anxious to loan, but are very con-
s~eryatiye, because not one loan in
ten is employed in developing or
Improving tho land. OF course
this does not apply to loans for
proving up, but to renewels increas-
ing the original loan. Il farmers