Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-15

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!. No matter how much wealth a mar
s possesses, he can be neither conten,
! ted nor happy without occupation
!. We were born to labor, and the
t world is our vineyard. We can find
G a field of usefulness almost any.
where. In occupation we forgot
, our cares, our worldly trials and
) our sorrows. 1t keeps us from con-
! stantly worrying and brooding over
what is inevitable. Ii we have
! enough for ourselves, we can labor
for the good of others, and such a
task is one of the most delightful
duties worthy and good man can
possibly engage in.
, "A cautious lover living not
more than 500 miles from Webster
has been corresponding with his
! lady-love for some years, and hav-
, ing desire that the correspondence
should never be brought to light,
used INK that would speedily fade
out; the young lady kept the lettes
to look over 1--WE presume) to kill
long hours. Recently the engage
ment wa broken by the ''Fellow
and she, proposing to make it
| August weather" for him, brought
forth the bundle of "honey dew"
to prove certain promises. Imag-
| inc her establishment when, upon
opening the letters in court, to find
nothing but blank sheets of note
paper. 1t were ever thus.
1t appears from a statement
that Dakota has l ola enrolled mi
litia, as many as Maine, and more
| than Vermont, or Florida, or Della
ware, or Nevada, or West Virginia,
states IN the union. Dalota's I'M
organized available men number
| IS, 200, the same as West Virginia,
and more than either of the states
of Connecticut, Colorado, Rhode
Island, Vermont. Florida, Delaware,
Oregon, New Hampshire aud Ne
vada. There is no doubt that Da-
kota, in case of call for troops,
would be in the union sufficiently
to maintain her superiority over
nine or more states. Even Mr..
Springer would let her troops in
though Dakota was kept out, for
her soldiers are the material needed
in real war and many of them have
seen ce.-ChIcago Times.
On Saturday, John Seedhouse.
paid us visit and said he would
take a little REPORTER in his for
1889. John came to this country
about five years age, and by indus
try and economy has managed to
open good farm of 100 acres and
has a gOodly amount of stock about
him. lie has so acres under cult
walton, from which he raised 700
bushels Of wheat and $50 of oats in
1887, besides a good crop to fat
stock. John has not before taken
the paper, but finding it such a
staunch friend of the farmer, the
mechanic and tho working man,
concluded it was deserving the
earnest support of every farmer.
Alr. Sesdhouse is one of our live,
! well-informed, wide-awake farmers,
l vlsl-=-aaerstands and attends strict
ly to his nittin' work.
-on Saturday, Mr.ED. A. Wat
rous came in and said no did not
know just where he would land, but
no matter, wherever it was, he
wanted to be followed by the good,
plous and noble REPORTER; and as
an earnest of his wish put down
some iron dollars on our table. 4
week or two ago he neld an auction
out on his place and sold off his
personal property, and will quit
| farming, Mr.. ", has been here
five years and has splendid farm
of 100 acres within three miles of
town with some go or 20 acres
under cultivation. He is hard
worker and an economical manager
and has done well in Dakota and
has made hosts of friends, who will
regret to see him and his estimahle
| family leave us. Wherever they go
the REPORTER will follow and cheer
them with its gentle cluck."
Again we call attention to the
foolish habit of allowing boys to cary
pistols. What any boy wants with a
pistol stuck in his back pocket is
more than any thoughtful person
can imagine, and yet there are many
boys in Webster who carry these
dangerous weapons about them
every day. They don't know why
when you ask them. but :hey carry
them just the same. Accidents from
this reprehensible habit are reported
every day from some locality.
There is no telling what hour some
boy will playfully blow his compah-
ions brains out or cripple some child
that happens to be in the way. Every
daily paper contains an account
of some accident from this cause
that casts gloom over the entire
community, and still gloQm eontin-
ues to be scattered with the great.
est apparent ease. Webster has
boon particularly fortunate in this
respect but it cant hope to be always
| Too many boys strut about with pis-
tolls in their pockets. Don't be
frightened il some day you be sud.
denly called GpoA 10 attend funer-
al. Look well to your boys and if
they indulge in this habit-stop it
at once,
One of the greatest wants of
this community is Il public library.
| Boys go astray on the streets and
land in prison or the poor house,
when if they had in youth at home
some attraction IN the shape Of
books and other amusements, they
would grow into life of usefulness
and happiness, The young folks do
not go suddenly into any course OF
life either good or evil, 1t takes
days, months and years for them to
assume their places in society. And
again as weeds grow more freely
than useful plants, so do evil habits
come upon us with greater facility
than good ones Eve are promo to
evil as the sparks fly upward" The
ground will not remain barren or
idle; the fields bring forth burs and
: thistles unless occupied with grain
or grass. So with the mind of the
. boys and girls. Ii good seed is not