Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-06-11
PITHY PENCILINGS
Picked, Pointed and Pre-
served for Reading by
Regular Reporters.
MILTON.

Mr., Editor
In writing to you feel like am
treading on the southeast end OF
hornets nest. Milton to-day is pic
ture of beauty. Everybody is here,
from the long lawyers to the bob-tall
purp, and still they are accommodating.
The beauty of Milton, the grandeur OF
the lore-struck swains-the woe-begot-
ten look of the editors-the bewitching
smiles of the femaies-make one long
to lay his peaceful head and forever
peacefully rest i'll this Paradise. This
may be a school convention. but Lordy.
l feel like a newly born babel am
full of love like the I est of the cOnven-
tion-my heart is bursting with the
boil of 80, can l meet you darling,
when the stars cease to shine..''
Last night the people Of Milton gave
ball. Magnificent is no name for it.
The sparkling diamonds that bedecRed
their Venuslike heads-the beauty Of
their forms, wrapped in the latest style
of silks and laces. Sapphires glittering
like dew drops in the sunshine. Now
and then one would catch the sparkle
of some false diamond in the RULED
bosom'of lawyer. The sparrow-legged
dudes furnished the music by mouth
fulls. l noticed that one reigning
beauty had an abundance of diamonds
and gold glittering upon her peSonand
every time she moved I more. The
flashing of the diamonds were the cause
Of my admiration. 1 said to myself,
''Brace up old bog, If you can get one
OF those gems yo1l work no more" l
got one later OIL and to my sorrow it
was only a lightning bug she had tied
in her hair. Mr.. Editor that was what
flashed. I've got that bug in my peck
ct going to put it in my tie this
evening. All the Dr's. are here with
grips full OF "white man medicine"
boiled down to the forbidden water of
cures all Diseases" Prince Alberts
dart here aad there in the wind-and
ROW and then you can see the faint
outline OF a pair of pants. Elocution
caught. EN- bad. Everybody looks dra-
matte. Eloquence burst forth as freely
us the shower we had here last night.
| tell you things are buzZing-even TO
the saw in the MILL was walking to
the hotel last night about 11:30 and l
was thinking Of the many beautiful fe-
males that adorn this city, when l sud
denly heard nouns like one in anguish.
| stopped and looked around for rock
thinking it was cat. l got the rock.
and 9ased myself toward wagon close:
by. There was a grand sight-a spec
tacle that don't present itself to every
man-high on the back Of a wagon sat
two forms. l heard smacking sound
i guess they were eating taffy. She
called him "her own dear, sweet one'
He was whispering words soft and low
filling up the breaks with taffy chew
ing, and looking down in her pale green
eyes and swinging his No. Elevens oyer
the wagon tongue. he gathered her
muslin-like form to his manly breast
and whispered these words: ''Darling
no one shall separate us; would will
ingly die for you: You are the darling
OF my heart: I would swim against a
Dakota tlood-1 would brave the many
dangers Of the Nile-I would walk all
night in a Larimore sand-storm-I
| would defy the zero blasts of Manitoba
i would dig my hands deep i'll blood.
o. Mary Jane Liza will you be mine:
She gazed upon his cleanly-shaven
features and whispered 30 -., 1
know you love me-
The dark clouds were gathering over
their heads-the flashing tightening
the distant roar Of thundeT-now and
theE star would peep out from the
dark canopy over the loving pair. How
cold, dark and dismal everything Was.
She-Oh i am cold.
He gathering another armful of that
What was left)-O, darling.
More taffy chewing.
She-O-o-o-o-h!
He-Darling, tbs getting late.
More chewing.
Well Mr.. Editor, if I wouldn't like
to know where they got that taffy.
She--C -, it's drizzling.
He-Let her driz.
She-But we'll get wet.
He (chewing and xcited)-Let her
wet.
She-Oh you must take me home!
Stop, -! won't speak to you again
il you squeeze me so hard.
He-O darling! Darling.
Mr.. Editor. had enough Of it, my
blood boiled because I was not in it. I
raised my long slim manly arm-cast
my fire-like eyes Oh him and let 60 the
brick. 1t struck him. He gave veil
her terrific screams rent the midnight
air-he left her to the mercy of the