Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-08-13
GOSSIP AND NOTES.

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of hard work.
Drummers have been numerous in
town this week.
Co. f. will give their first annual
ball OH September 18th.
Choice brands of cigars and variety
of soft drinks at the Columbia. 3S
Ten days Of favorable weather will
take US out of the woods.
Mathisen & McQuarrie will qnote you
prices on Betting that cannot be beat.51
Put up lots Of hay. The prophets
say that we will have hard, cold Will
ter.
Park River best patent four--always
uniform and reliable every sack war
ranted to please. 34tf
Harvesters and loads of Irvine are
moving towards the country this week.
Neither could 60 to a better place.
Presiding Elder Foster, of this dis
|trict, will hold divine services in the
NJ. E. church next Sunday evening. He
will also administer the sacrament Of
the Lords Supper.
1t is evident from the diatribe that
appeared in last weeks Republican,
that Dolittle is fast becoming fit SUBJ
ject for the lunatic asylum. His men,
DRY will not reach from his office to the
Columbia hotel. Any further requests
"Biddy?"
There were some pretty long faces
about town Monday and Tuesday eve
nings. Fear Of frost was the cause;
but the atmosphere has become warm
er and bids fair to remain so. We are
all smiles again.
The members Of Co. E will attend
the funeral services of their late COM
rade: M. Langan, at Osnabrock next
Sunday. Rev. Father Trudel will
officiate. The services will be held in
the town hall at 2 O'Clock p. m.
The most terrific wind and rain
storm that ever visited this section
of country since its settlement swept
over this city Thursday night.
Considerable barley and oats has
been lodged in consequence.
Rev. A. L. Foster, P. E. of Grand
Forks district, will preach at Harvey
Centre at II a. NJ. Osnabrock at 8 p.
m. and at Langdon NJ. 3. church at
7:3O p. NJ, next Sabbath. Each SER
vice will be followed by the sacremental
service.
A great deal of lumber has been 60
ing out in the country this week. We
are glad to see it. Far better to have
good, comfortable dwelling houses and
out buildings than to have at lot of
useless farm machinery lying around.
Oliver Dalrymple of North Dakota,
one of the greatest wheat farmers in
the world is visiting his home in this
city for few days. He says that he
has never seen such fine crop as there
is in North Dakota this year. 1t has
not been injured by frost an is past be-
ing damaged by anything except hail.
Mr.. Dalrymple will begin harvesting
next week, when he expects to have
$50 binders at work. His crop will be
$4,000 bushels.-St. Paul Globe.
Edmonds County Democrat: 1.-The
chigger may CHG with all his might,
and the hooking bird mock and sing;
but the Dakota crops take the cake,
and corn, you bet, is king. The crick-
ct may crick and the froglet frog, and
the farmer may chat his strain;but the
Dakota crop is always on top-when
plenty there is of rain. The chinch bug
may chinch, and the grass hopper hop,
and the hot winds make you tire; but
if any one says there are such things
here; just call him a horrible liar. Ok
lahoma may boom and Texas howl and
Missouri shoot off her chop, but this is
the place to get new home and raise
an extra big crop.
Joseph Waite; 1 notice that you
have been urging the farmers to smudge
their grain as preventative for frost.
I have had some experience in this
line which may be a benefit to your
readers. When I raised my first crop
in this county, eight years ago, there
was eight feet of water in Rosa Lake.
We had frost that year before the
grain was cut, but, not only my own
fields, but my neighbors also escaped
without damage. The reason for this
1 attribute to the fog that arose from
the lake. Since that I have smudged
my fields on several different occasions
notably last year when we had the
heavy frost I sold my wheat here
in Langdon for No. Northern. In
view of this experience I am positive
that smoke is sure preventative
aO,ainRf frost.