Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-08-16

ces on the I'd day OF october anC
will continue for three days. Tit
races every day viii be an attract
i've feature of the fair.
-Cappy Bush took q twenty-five
mile ride after his dog. and on arri-
wing home found the dog quietly
sleeping In the stable. "Betcher.
beteher! betcheryourlife!"
Theme for the Sabbath morn
ing in the Methodist Church, "'The
Messiahship of Christ" In the
evening, "The relation of prophe.
cy to the Christian Dispensation.'
"A span of good horses never
drew a pound more, because OF
swearing at them when doing their
best, and swearing is a very foolish
way for the driver to ease his mind.
q. S. Maynard was up from
Waubay on Tuesday. G.. s. has
just returned from Michigan, bring
ing with him a handsome, full
blooded Messenger mare-a regular
daisy.
Yesterday, Mrs. T. A. Baker,
her daughter Florance and her guest
Miss Bean, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Baker, Will Adams and Ed. Baker,
started for a weeks sojourn at Pick.
eril lake.
Will Lawler has been engaged
by the Empire Elevator Company
to buy wheat this fall and has been
assigned to Waubay station. The
Reporter wishes William abundant
success in the field he has chosen.
III. w. Boyd starts for the
South this evening. He will look
the country over and see whether
the South or West will catch him.
All the harm the Reporter wishes
him is, that he may strike a big boz
nanza.
Hon. l.. Hazleden, of Gren-
vile township, brought us III a spec
men Of the finest field corr we have
seen this year. II all the corn in
that township is as good as this,
they've got a dandy crop of corn
out there.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Toul buried
their infant child, on Tuesday. 1t
died very suddenly. The many
friends of the young people in this
vicinity feel the deepest sympathy
for them in this hour Of their Bit
ter sorrow.
The Webster Roller Mill Com
pany are now manufacturing an ar
ticle of corn meal that is simply
immense-we had some of it and
know whereof we affirm. Its a gol-
den yellow, sweet and nourishing.
We advise the lovers of good corn
meal to give them a trial.
Farmers who must have hired
men to help them in their farm
work, ought not to forget their
oyerwor6ed wives. There is as
much need of extra workers in the
kitchen as on the farm, and especi-
ally so during harvest and thresh-
ing time.
w. W. McGlauhglin, of Fort
Sisseton, an old base ball celebrity,
who has retired from active service
in that line, came down with the
boys in blue, Saturday, and acted
in she capacity of scorer fer the
ball game. While in the city Mac.
paid these pious headquarters a Wis
it and did not escape the great NOR
al effect Of our sanctum. Come
again, Mac.
Why, my dear, said the wife Of
one Of our citizens, impatiently, as
she opened the door to the bed room
last Sunday morning and found her
husband still in bed, you promised
me faithfully last night that you
would get up in time to go to church
with me! | meant in time for the
evening service, explained the hus
band, drowsily, as he turned over
for another nap.
Man can not afford to do wrong.
In his individual capacity and in
association with his fellow men, the
road to ultimate success is through
the performance Of right, whatever
be the immediate result. He who
expects the blessings Of life, and
the richest satisfaction therein, can
not afford to knock the golden rule
into the middle of next week, to
secure a temporary advantage.
The following piece of infor-
nation was received here on Tues
day morning. The many friends
of the happy parents, in Webster,
will heartily congratulate them:
LANGFoRD, OAK, Aug. -, 'S8.
FRIEND j. c.:
It's boy! Weighs 9
pounds. Born Sunday, Aug. 18th.
Nora and the boy doing well, and
myself so as to be out.
Respectfully,
ABE FOLSOM.
The Gypsies have gone. Du-
ring their stay they did not find
very many suckers to have their for
tunes told. One lady in town, on
being tackled, said she, too, was a
fortune teller. This stumped the
Gypsy woman, but returning to the
attack "Thats q good thing-I tell
by the planets, how do yous" ooh,
that's my secret" was the reply,
"shall | tell your fortune?" The
Gypsy dug for tall timber-she
had enough.
A son Of Mr., Boskey, who re-
sides south of town, was blowing
last Friday, and while fixing the
pillow lay, the oxen started to run,
the point of the pillow striking on
the under side OF the leg nearly OPP
posite the knee and tearing a fear
full cash the whole length of the up.
per part of the leg, before he man.
aged to extricate himself from his
dangerous situation. DIR. Peabody
sowed up the wound and tho lad il
new doing well.
Last Wednesday the hearts Of
Mr.. and Mrs. l. j. Hanson, were
made glad over the arrival of a nice
little girl at their house. 1t arriv.
ed early in the morning from 'sBy.
low the home of the fares,
and will become q permanent mem.
Der of the family. AT present, il
only weighs nine pounds, but i