The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1891-02-26
PEOPLE WILL TALK.

Chief D0navon No, kerosene will
not flame up poured onto a bed of
live GOALS. But l remember IL little
while back couldn't make the fire
burn in the city hall, and l poured a
little Kerosene into the stove, and
yet it wouldn't burn, till l stuck
lighted match to it. ut once
picked myself up from the other
side of the room, and spent the
balance Of the night getting the
pieces of the stove together.
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w. E. Purcell - The Ransom
Phelps case is Il case wherein Mr..
Phelps tested the Great Northerm's
title to lands he had purchased of
the Northern Pacilic-and i, Il test
case in the present land controversy.
When McCunber and myself were
in st. Paul the other day, we had IL
long talk with Mr.. Hill about this
matter, and lie said the Great North
crn had no disposition to molest IL
single man. All they wanted were
lands somewhere else, and they
were not particular where. These
people kicking up all this fuss are
doing the harm, i'y attracting attcn-
ton to the situation. and thus weak
ening their own cause.
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- G. II. Ness--Yes, | left Norway
when l was q, and was not overly
pleased with that country on my
return visit. l would rather live
in Wahpetoa than Christiana. my
native city. business in the Old
world is done on Il smaller scale
little shops. little deals and little
change. don't like those depart
ment stores. Each dealer keeps his
particular line and one is obliged to
run about too much to make IL bill
Of purchases or go into several
places before he finds what he
wants. | saw Gen. Sherman's son
on his way from Europe to attend
his fathers funeral, and heard him
preach. lie is fine talker.
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j. w. Blanding-IIere is a dia-
gram showing the odd sections the
department has declared belongs to
the Great Northern road. 1t is
half OF II very valuable section of
country. Certainly. think the
corporation will demand it's pound
of flesh. Mr.. Hill might not. but
these things are controlled 10y stock
holders and il they vote to take the
lands and crush the people, then
there's no help from any source.
They may take other lands in place
of these, but corporations do not
usually throw up Il sure thing, for
something else. am afraid our
people will he put to great wrong
and hardship. But then our Fair
mount friends should not go too
far in their Indignation meetings.
They might do themselves more
harm than good. Justice Lamar's
decision is all right, no question
about that. The railroad corpora
tions have gotten great deal too
much land out of this upper country.
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w. N. Farley-Well, yes, l should
say was with Sherman's army on
its march to the sea. Sherman
was one of the greatest rs we'll as
one of the most modest generals
alive. lie stood six feet four, of
fine physique and a Hercules in
strength. On at least two occasions
l took him by the hand to pull him
up steep embankments. When con-
structing pontoon bridges or build
ing corduroy roads Or approaches to
or from the former, the general
usually dismounted and throwi ng
his regimentals over his saddle,
helped the boys work. l could carry,
perhaps, two rails, while he would
pick up four or five-and walk off
to the soft ground with them. And
whenever any part of the army was
expected to meet Johnnses, the
general was always around among
his men. lie always gave the boys
to understand that the men in the
trenches done the business, while
the officers simply laid out the work
and would be as nothing without
the men,--to execute the plans
and he never failed to work up to
that spirit.