The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-16
" ~. rFsA 81 5000 am 1872
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Told by aDakota Editor ontsasBlook'
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Letters from Ex-Gov. Pearce.
A. G. Adams, editor of the Farmer
and Reporter at Webster, was aboard,
and even without his breakfast was
full of sunshine; partaking Of the bo-
logna he warmed up as though he had
had a hot breakfast. They tell me
that Mr.. Adamsis celebrated for his
good humor and excellent spirits at
all times; but he had reason to feel
abundantly happy just then, for he
was accompanied by a wife--a
charming lady from Eau Claire, Wis,
whom he wed only a fortnight before,
and who was returning with him to
his Dakota home after d bridal trip
in the East. Adams banishaed the
blues at once, and The car grew warm
over his hearty laugh. i
@as@ 80 - ALirTLE STORY. x
The jolly editor told us u story
about his experience ii Dakota which
is worth repeating: .Aef e
After the war Major Adams was
prominent for some years IN Iowa
politics, but finally determined ito
moyet Dakota. He settled IA Dav
county. far frnm the harnts al mar,
took 'nn. q claim and hm;lt h;maalf =
sod shanty. He was q printer by
trade and a man by in
stinct. andhayino ran, q .nanerin inwa
,successfnlv. took y nrintino outfit with
him on his clnim. He fna,Iv went to
musing himself getting out e newena-
per. He was twelve miles from q
postofice and thirtv.eiehtfrom a rail.
road. but he issued q naner filed with
accounts of the occnrTences which
would ordinarily take Mace In .
town Of three or fonr.- thousand.
He described the firemen,s parade. the
concern, hv the hand Iect,,resh v nrnmi.
nent neonle II the town hall. Church
So; hiss ana J. h;a
imagination and past experience in.
discriminateH. After printing q few
hundred copies 81 thess papers the
major would drive over TO the postof,
in the east and west, for General distri.
button. -
One dav the editor If This strange
sheet was standing IN front Of his sod
shantv when ha saw a horsa and sh,,o.
ev COMING across the nra;r;a' As 4.
drew naarer ia II saruad tha fo,,ra ~
a nan in the buepy. and he Noticed
that every now and than tho vehicle
stonned and tha mar stond m II tha
bngev and looked a~nY;onslv about
him This nrocaa1;na was renaoted
as he approached the Shack.
and finally Mans noada n,,t. tina man
to be an elderly gentleman with IRON
whiskers. and. ev;dantlv 3, man
Of business. Al, Iast ha atnod m On
his seat. shaded his ave, with his hands
and scanned the horizon IN every al
rection. Then he satrdown and drova
.straipht "a The soa shackr
sHeIloF' said Adams. show are
you?o SO @a
yysrHowavsdosn ranliedf tha .atrar,o,s
sWon,tssvon uet s-ont. and come nv
and rest.O said.tha mainr.
Dyes. I viii rasnondad fha Rave.
81. andhe aid.
He took 3 stool and lookade around
the shack cnrlonsiu. takincx IL tha
PRINTING ontfit with the nther h,rn;s
ture. Then an idea seemed Ia strike
him.
sI,ook here. y ha said! ssdo var nr;nt
the Westaren Chief hara2n 80. &
eyes renI;en Adams. nWonld vo,,
like To LOOK III nne?D
.I,ook a onelJ exclaimed the stran.
ger: sIook Al one, M THANH vnal
What do yousthin Ia 81 itas ia,onir.
"Yon want ma ia tell vo,, nrasnnnd.
ed the stranger.
aCertainly, replied the editor
wei, then. / think you are the
nWhu vau d;a,1tet i ~, f.,n Il
earnest. did you?n. inanirad Adams.
aFunsnothinp! said the atraancag.
tWhy / came out Ia yonr infernai
place to start hatdvare store 80
Adams tried tosprevaii on thestran-
ger, whose name was Lawrenee, to
stay and start the store anyway, but.
il was no use. he went back Is Iowa.
But four months from that time MI.
IL ron;Gn ana Z shoyt X;.t. 49, af,rsrc