Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-03-10
GOSSIP AND NOTES.

| 1t looks now as if "Gentle Annie
had skipped again.
Kelly Il Haugen have several
good oxen for sale. See them. 30
Yesterdays storm was predicted by
the CoUR1ER-DEMECRAT barometer
twenty-four hours beforehand. Get one.
There will be Il railroad meeting, at
Byron school house on March so, 1892.
Delegates invited from all points inter
ested.
Methodist services will he held at the
residence of E. Radford. Elkwood, ut
II Il. M, and at Mckenzie's school
house at 3p. m.
Ills said that no small amount of
money can be found in Langden to
back Rob Truax against any skater in
the county for two mile race.
The farmers up west mean business
and will hold a railroad meeting on
Wednesday, March S0th. If you are
interested attend this meeting.
The date and hour for holding the
Democratic caucuses was inadvertently
left out of the call in last weeks issue.
The mistake is rectifed in this issue
the 18th is the date and p.m.the hour.
Presbyterian services will be held
next Sunday at Lyall at 2 pm; at liar
vey Center at 4 p. m. Song service will
be held in the Presbyterian church at
1880. All are cordially invited to at
tend. Extra seats will be provided for
the occasion.
The CoUR1ER-DEMoCRAT is in re-
ceipt of a proposition from a Chicago
provision house asking us to advertise
their goods. The rate that they offer
is largely in excess of what our home
merchants pay for the same space, but
we declined with thanks. The COURT
ER-DEMoCRAT is not engaged in build
ing up Chicago. Its undivided attention
is give to Langdon and Cavalier county.
None others need apply.
Thursday evening the patrons of the
ice rink were treated to a great deal Of
amusement in the barrel and potato
races and witnessed some very fast
skating in the two-mile championship
race between young Truax and Charlie
Mcmillan. Robbie McHugh won the
barrel race and Charlie Chisholm was
awarded the prize as the best potato
picker-probably owing to Charlie's
fondness for the tubers. The two-mile
race was the event of the evening,
however, and was holly contested from
start to finish. Truax won by lap
and was awarded the race. Mcmillan
made a good effort but it was apparent
from the start that he was outclassed-
Truax being much more speedy,
skated easier and his power of endur-
ance being much greater.
There were couple of grocery ped
dlers in the city this week taking orders
from farmers for goods, and we are
sorry to say, found number who were
ready to run after "false goods" and
forsake the home merchants who have
carried them through the hard years
It is a query to us how farmers can b.
so blinded to their own interests as tt
patronize these foreign institutions
They do not help us to pay taxes, MOI
are they interested in our welfare. L
is matter of Indifference to then
whether we prosper or not. During tn
days when poverty, to more or les
degree, stared everyone in the face
nothing was head of these ''philantro
phic' institutions. They did not com
forward and say to the farmer, 'shere
take these provisions, we will help yo'
to your feet again and will wait unit
you harvest a good crop for our pay.
Oh no! the time of these self-sacrifcinI
, gentlemen was then taken up in tryin,
to run down the credit of our merchant
and belittling the greatness Of our state
But as soon as the tidal wave of pros
perity strikes us these leeches are GU
in swarms and FOR CASH will suppl
the farmer with INTERIOR GOODS at
slightly lower price than the home mer
chant, who pays heavy taxes, interes
and insurance and is burdened witt
heavy running expenses and bad debts
The money thus sent out of the coun
try never finds its way back again bu
goes to swell the Golfers of eastern plu
tocrats. Is this just to the home mer
chant whose interests are closely iden
titled with the interests of his patrons
and who cannot prosper unless the
prosper? Is this the rigut way to us
the men whom you would expect t
contribute literally toward and en-
courage home enterprises? Will it ton
to build up home market for the SUI
plus produce Of the farmp We answe
emphatically nc, and the man who doe
lit, whether he be farmer or not,