Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-07-19

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contentedly over civil service re.
form.
President Cleveland did not
have time to attend the soldiers re-
union at Gettysburg, because of his
"confning duties in Washington, "
but he was able to go to Baltimore
on the same day to attend the San
gerfest. The music at Baltimore
was more soothing after his hercu-
leon efforts in writing pension We
toes than would be the recital of
the story of Gettysburg.
The London, England, Spccta-
tor, says that Grover Cleveland has
''done more to advance the cause of
free trade than any prime minister
of England has ever DONE" And
this is the very reason why the
American people will make a change
IN the Presidency this year, substi-
tuting protective Ben Harrison for
Free Trade Grover Cleveland. The
citizens of the United States are
not working just now in the interest
of the English capitalists and man
ufacturers.
We would suggest that the ar
guments OF some of our Democrat
&c contemporaries need patching
somely if not more. For instance,
we read in Democratic paper the
other day, the statement in one col
umn that the "free whisky" plank
was driving thousands of temper
ance men over to Cleveland. In
the next column was a lengthy arti-
Gle alleging that the Germans are
leaving Harrison by droves because
the Republican party is too strongly
tainted with prohibition for them.
And this is the usual consistency Of
the sanity st. Paul Globe.
When one has not INDUCED in
the luxury of witnessing a horse
race for good many years, and
goes out to the race course with the
expectation of seeing the best time
on record, made by two world re-
noWned steeds, it is a shocking dis
appointment to see the finest horse
on the course, slid out behind the
crowd to his stables, amid shouts Of
derision from the friends of his OPP
ponent because the owner of the
fine steed fears he may lose the sum
OF $40, and the wonderful reputa-
ton of his horse if he runs the
race. W
Yes, we are IN favor of free
whisky-take of the national, state
and municipal taxes and the reason
or rather excuse Cor continuance
Of the manufacture and sale is re-
moved. Do away with the money
derived from this source, and there
will be no trouble to convince the
people that it is an evil that must
be swept out of existence. Until
the traffic ceases to be a source Of
revenue to the State, the success of
prohibition is doubtful. Place Ii
quors where they pay no more taxes
than any other personal property
and it will be easy to suppress its
sale and to place its manufacture
exclusively in the hands of the gov
eminent, with the same penalty for
making it that obtains for making,
or rather counterfeiting government
money. 1t strikes us that this idea
offers sensible aud prac tical solu-
ton of the whole question.
.-jr. VIM. Chowen left with us
SOM .mothy stalks over three feot
in length. Who says that Dakota
is not adapted to tame grass cul-
ture? A. 4. Barker recently ship
ped several bushels of timothy seed
from Webster to Wisconsin for his
farm there, as he could buy it and
pay the freight on it for less money
than it would cost him in Iowa or
Wisconsin. During the drouth and
chinch bug scourge of the last few
years, in several Of the states, those
farmers whose farms were seeded to
timothy, grew rich from the sale Of
the seed, scarcely ever receiving less
than 81, so per bushel, and avera.
ging per acre from five to ten but
shells, while those who insisted upon
raising grain lost everything. 1t
is wise man who profits by the ex-
perieuce of others. |
Tuesday evening the many
friends of Mrs. Sproul, wife of Rev
Sproul, visited her with pound
package Of their esteem, emphasiz-
ed with an equal quantity of sugar,
tea, coffee, fruit, &c. SC. 1t was
ascertained that she proposed going
on a homestead with the children,
and as holding down a Dakota
claim has been proven to afford bet
ter appetite than any other voca-
tion-rthe lady's friends visited her
with the needful of the situation.
1t will'be pleasant and profitable
change for her little family, from
the Soiled streets and bad associa-
lions Of a town to the green fields
and freedom Of the prairies. Our
sympathies are entirely with the Ell
der, that his charge as pastor, pre-
vents him fran accompanying
them. l
-"Peterson's magazine for Aug.
begins GA London Success" by tie
author of GA Transplated Rose. "
To judge from the opening chapters
this seriel will prove fully equal to
the novel which made such a deci-
ded hit several years ago. Indeed,
among all the stories and poems,
there is not one bat deserves speci-
al mention. Mrs. Elizabeth Robin
son Scoyil's article on "The care Of
children in infectious diseases" is
in her very best style; and, as a
writer on such subjects, she has few
equals, either in this country or in
England. As usual, in the matter
of illustrations, Petersen" is un-
surpassed, Every woman will want
this number, if only to secure the
beautiful steel engraving, Good
Bye Papa" The large colored fash
ion plate, which is a specially Of
Peterson" gives numerous designs
for summer costumes. The num-
Der is rich in patterns for ladies'
and children's dresses, fancy arti-
cles, and other sorts of needlework
lin fact, everything the heart Of
woman can desire, The present
number is as good as can be, from
the first page to the last. 'Petcr-
1 Son,So ponnlaritv saams steadily To