Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1889-08-30
Armstrong.

Last weeks shower was appreciated in
this neighborhood. Potato vines were
too far gone for help, but other vines have
been revived. A few inches of Dakota
soil have been removed from each sweaty
brow by the gentle influence of soft
water. ........ Charles Swanson is on hand
with his new harvester. .....John Boline
will draw the prize for best field of corn
this year. He will have several hundred
bushels. It's the early gopher-hunter
who catches the crop. .. The rush of har-
vest has set in, and still it is hard work to
rush, as in many fields part Of the grain
can be cut and bound, while portions
must be headed or as much be wasted as
Is gathered. .....Ar appreciative few lis
tened to good sermon from Rev. Slzer
week ago Sunday -. Mrs. Carl Goodrich
and Miss Matte leave us this week to
spend the winter at the Capital. While all
regret their departure, we feel that our
loss is their gain. Mrs. Thurtle and
Mrs. Knuteson are on the sick list G..
Goodrich has been taking views of the
romantic scenery and vlne- clad cottages
of Cherry Grove. After his harvest is
gathered Mr.. G.. will follow his family to
Bismarck. John Hammln has had two
harvesters cutting wheat for the past
week. .. Owing to some trouble with one
of her eyes. Miss Carpenter has loved
darkness rather than light for the past
few weeks. ...Ole Twedt, by bit of
Yankee ingenuity, has transformed bis
binder into Il header. ..... The Allen G.
Kennedy thrasher is out again and rush.
ing off the work.. W. G. Robinson was
recent visitor to the Armstrong neigh.
borhood. WHO?
Correspondents Of the RECORD.
The farmers are still busy putting uI
hay, as there is very little harvesting tc
be done IN this locality this year. -. Land,
lord Waidron, of the Merchants has
been treating some of the rooms of hi!
excellent and well-kept hotel to coat O.
paint. Travellers speak in high terms O.
this house. The prize-fghter from
South Dakota didn't tarry long in thi
city. He evidently wasn't we'll pleased
with the reception given him. He claimed
to be en- route to Bismarck, where he in
tended to "do up Ike Hayes. :. Edito
Hlckle has returned from the Gate City
whittier he went as one of the three dele
gates from Emmons county to the Stat
Republican Convention. 1t is unneces
sary to state that he stood by his col
leagues and was loyal to the interests o
the Missouri Slope. -. Commissioner r
W. Child recently received the sorrowin,
intelligence from his wife, who Is visit
ing her people at Ulster, Pa, that thci
baby girl. now nearly eight months old
is dangerously ill of cholera infantum
| Grave doubts are entertained of the littl
ones recovery. The many friends o
Mr.. and Mrs. Child, in Pennsylvania a
we'll as Dakota, will be grieved at thi
news. ...... One of the pleasantcst an
most ENJOYABLE companies of little folk
that it has been our pleasure to meet il
many moons was the one that gathere
at the home of Miss Jennie Hill, in thl
city, recently. The occasion was j
honor of the young lady's thirteent
birthday. The fore part Of the evenin
was spent by the little people playin
outside--a swing had been erected for til
occasion-aftcr which they adjourned
the house, where dancing was the chic
amusement Of tlle evening. The iI,tl
folks "trip the light fantastic" ver