The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-01
"THLL THE rRurH,-DEAcoNr

The Deacon begins to feel shaky
in his boots. lie hears the distant
roar and grumble of the democratic
Office holders rs they are being re.
moved and better men put in their
places. He for u time ponders over
the matter; lie springs out of his bed
in the middle of the night. rusllcs to
his office, with his eyes glaring from
their sockets. for fear of being caught
in the act. 1t must be done, lie wills.
pers. or ] lose the post.otlice. No
one will ever notice it, unless that
Love who watches my every move,
catches on. The door is opened and
i'll the dead hour of the night the
name of u great man disappears and
another looms up for the outer world
to gaze upon. Readers you ask what
we mean, and it is this. You will re.
member the time when W. G. Deacon
came here republican,. also the
t"liIen.srcy '.e.N'.east.asl... ..his -bair
reform, and that lie might be under.
stood to lie an out and out Cleveland
man, quotes the following motto for
his paper which has always been pro.
minent under the heading of the paper
OIL first page which has read "Tell the
truth"-Cleveland. This was all well
and good during Cleveland's admins.
tratiOn. but when President Harrison
took the chair the Deacon was moved
to tears at the thought that soon he
must part with that post.oflice. But
low does he manage it. Without "a
word of comment for fear lie would
be sneered at, lie quietly changes the
name of Cleveland for Harrison and
the motto now reads "Tell the Truth"
Harrison. Now readers here is the
consistency of the man. Pick up a
copy Of the Era for the past three
weeks or more and you will find what
we have stated is correct and it is
another dodge to turn with the tide.
The democratic party of Kittson coun.
ty must feel proud of him.-IIallock
Enterprise.
Following this last issue of the En-.
terprise Brother Deacon of the New
Era lamely tries to explain that "lt is
a joke" and blames it to the employees
of the PIONEER EXPRESS as follows.
"After the first page of the Era was
printed, our attention was called to a
missprint in it where Harrison ap.
pears instead of "Cleveland." We
Immediately started our detectives,
who have sleuthed out Mr.. J. Bouvette
of the PIONEER EXPRESS, as the
criminal, and who we allowed the run
of this office a few minutes OIL Fair
day, and who is now fleeing from the
wrath to come. The joke is on us and
no mistake this time, in the meantime
we will state, what it is hardly neces.
sary for to do, that the old firm will
be doing business at the old stand
next week.
Now Mr.. BouvetLe is ready to take
an affidavit that OIL "Fair day" lie was
busy in this office, all day until half
past eleven at night, was not at the
New Era office OIL that day; and
further, in looking back over the files
Of the New Era we find the change
occurred some time previous to "Fair
day." and therefore the "sleutlls'' are
off their smell.
But whether 81 joke" or "a post.of.
flee" we would suggest that the sen.
tence reads as well land is as Originally
as before, but il changed again, to
make it "Tell the truth, Deacon!"
and that lie gives special study to this
text whenever lie feels like writing
his occasional sermons on the PIONEER
EXPIRES peoples pecadillos when Wis.
iting the "City over the Red"