New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-19

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with the season and the region. Winter labor IL
paid at from sl2 to $40 a month and board
Seeding men can make 81 90 q day and board
while harvesters are paid oil the way from 81 81
10 81 q day and board, according 10 the degree
Of their expertness. Some are employed by the
season at from SEQ TO s25 month and board, the
season beginning as soon as the frost goes out OF
the ground and ending with the final plough
ing which is done after the crop is gathered
Every farm keeps a store-house, from winch tne
men are supplied with all such goods Us clothing
shoes, tobacco and medicines.
Not only is the wheat Of this valley the best
in the world, but IL is produced at less expense
than anywhere else. The average cost Of the crop
per acre is about 81. and on the bonanza farms
il is even less fair table Of expenses would be
Rent Of ground, 81 seed, 81 ploughing, 81 20;
dragging, 20 cents; seeding, % cents; harvesting
81 threshing and marketing 81; total expense
SO 20 per acre. As many as thirty bushels nave
been CLEANED from n single acre, but the average
crop is not more than fifteen, which would mike
the expense per bushel just ~ cents. The lowest
price at which this No. / hnrd wheat the Duluth
wheat. as il is called IN New. York has sold Is
40 cents The highest is 81 30, but TIE average
price the year around is 80 cents. Several OF the
bonanza farms have $1,000 Hcres sown this spring
Their net earnings cannot DC leNS tnah S'N'NN''
It scarcely needs to be said. wnen these facts
are considered that Fargo, from which at least
bali the crop of the valley is shipped, presents
the appearnnce Of comfortable. thriving town.
II contains $500 people LIS banks with q
capItal OF $1,000, 900 and deposits OF million
more. write ten millions Of exchange annually.
The RECRUITS Of its railroads are not less than
s.. 200. 600 a year, q fact which speaks eo-
ouently of the business done within
the city, No less than eighteen AM
cultural warehouses make IL their headquarters,
supplving the country west OF thrIh with farming
machinery 10 the extent Of five millions yrnr
Its buildings are substantial, and its homes are
RAPIDLY taking on those little bnt significant
APPEARANCES that tell OF comfort, refinement anu
prosperity II contains editor who supplies
the State with more politics than Tammany
boss ever heard Of. and as choice a collection
Of good fellows on the one hand and MuSwum Ps
on the other rs the most cathoHc tasts coGi i
cnn for In other words, Fargo is city win
all that that implies. It's population Is moro
evenly divided as 10 sex than Is usually the
case In Western towns, though women are pteht-
full I'm Dakota, and q cultivated society OF cdu-
cat,d and refined men and women Is every
where 10 be found. In this respect DaRo'a -
not nearly so crude As is the Eastern luoI Oh IT.
Its pcople are not the rng-HF, tongh' or
Impoverished element that went west In the cary
davS because the East had no room Tor them, out
their minds and their stomnchs, 900, are quite
capable Of nice discrimination $500.
In this section there is large foreign ele,ncnI'
mostly ScaudinavianS, who constitute" the hnor-
ing class They uhustri ors, but none 100
moral and altogether devoid OF sentiment scan
dinayiar girls arc employed IN the hurI uluIhs-
rooms all through Dakota ms Mattresses WhGre
they seem to do pretty much cNerythih cise
except wait. They ore artists at ratthn% thr
dishes pnd possess q positive genus TO- splIiIhg
the soup in your lap, and then. when you look
nm ruriGuslv the sweet tempered way they hnNe
OF smiling md Of saving, Ven, parhons aye
no sporkn mooch Anglish altogether hlstt nr'
ina That phrase, Aye no spOfka mooch Ang-
lish- is the etcrnnl apology. Ask a servant why
She DOESN'T bring your dinner, why sh" doeSh
fla ny your room why she rGrsStS N Tr"p nnS
The always Crins and SAYS she can't Sporkh
mooch AnGliSh.7
The bonanza farmers employ Scandinavian
laborers largely and many amusing stores arr
ted illustrating their chnra"terstics and proEnSt-
ties They have dialect brSt described perhaps
rs n combination 81 German and Scotch. Tn" accent
is decidedly German Their fayoritc vowel souh Do
both =" and j." For instance, the pronpun
l. Is pronounced aye ana he l. converted
into hay They make no distinction ms 10 sex
but CIV MAY yOomRn'S bay hard seek. mean
ing. SIy woman she Is hnni sick" Aye m
sporkn mooch Anguish IL mn apology that serves
in all emergencies
harvest fields OF this valley spend their winters
among the pincries OF Wisconsin, following the
log n the spring down the river One Of th !1l
an Olsen, sought n job last summer on thc still
wntcr boom \ boom, lrEt Won should bN nm
familiar with this uSr NJ the word, Is that spot
in the river where the logs, having lonted down
from the pine forests, are sorted and sent onward
10 their respective owners. Olsen was asked II he
could handle the logs.
Aye tank So; ;" replied. Aye vork mCc
hlrufy times on i" FArkS Offer IN Wisconsin, nm
Ave tank Ave can yust vark any mSns Offer de
middle
The foreman accepted him AZ his own estimate
and put him nt work, but IN an hour or two he
"Maastcr Poss,' he said. Aye tank AYE hat
10 get nuddcr mans. Aye got har plg log In
dc water, an Aye tank Aye 10 make him go
All right: you can have help DO you know
JOhuson27
Yah Aye know Yonhson. lohnson hlcnty
gOot mhnS
lie got Johnson but in anoth"r hour he again
returned. u, sluggish and blOodhs> rs ever.
Naaster Poss, Aye tHak Aye wants 'nudd"r
mans" hc said. johnson hny quit
Yah, Ave claim johnson hay quit
What was tho matter with himP Didn't he
Ike his Iob?7
Veil Aye tank hay like yob7
Wasn't he getting enough wages :"
Veil, Az" tank hay got him Glcnty monies,
but, vust same, Aye claim hay quit
Come now speak up. What made johnson
Veil, hay say noddinks"
Did you have q quarrel ~
Veil Aye tnnk Aye dunno
You think YOU don't know -
Veil, Aye rank no quarrcls Hay say nod
drinks, but yust quit"
Tell me how II happened, Olsen Now, out
with IT."
Veil, Mnastcr Poss IL vas yust like dis. We
got hale pig log. lOhnSou want rr make him go
.,rr by de yntrr Veil iohnSOn got him crow
bar bay de log, nnd hay got him crowbnr bay hoes
shautcr, und hay yust hcavc, und heave, und
hcavc. Veil, den, DE- log hay gone Offer, und ven
de log hay gone Offer py de vnter, Nohnson hay
lose hoes legs and hay go Offer py de- water too.
Ven johnson hay 60 py de water, dc log hay go py
johnson"
and save him Y0n surely didn't let the man
irOw-n -
All. veil Ave no sp0rlSn moOch Angl sh"
You fool, Iou don't need TO speak English
10 save man from drownngl What did you
dO?'
" Ave yust wait py me oar, ind watch we're Yohn-
son hny 60 py d" log: Hay no COON hack. Veil,
AIaas,Cr Poss Aye t'nnk need 'nuhdpr mans