Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-09-08

led.
We always find a thousand exceilant
excuses for our gravest faults; but if any
one wrongs US in the least the offense is
objectionable. We have a thousand
reasons wherewith to condemn our
neighbor, but not one wherewith to ex-
cuse him.
States attorney Sears informs the Ga
zette that I. NJ. LOOMS is book keeper
in the Webster City Bank. We are glad
of it. No bigger hearted nor thorough
accountant lives in South Dakota than
Mort" and he will fill the bill with a
big B.--Andover Gazette.
This has been a bard season on ma
chinery exposed to sun and rain, and
farmers will find the woodwork OF
binders and threshers more damaged
than by the sun alone in several dry
seasons. A shelter, no matter o
cheap, for the machinery and tools OF
the farm, pays big interest IN their cost.
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The grocery fakirs who prowled
around this locality for a couple OF
weeks, and who took their departure
last Friday afternoon, succeeded in gull
ing quite a number in this vicinity.
One farmer bought $4,000 worth of gro
ceries. Win the suckers never cease to
bite.-Langford Bugle.
We failed to chronicle in our last issue
the arrival of a bright little girl at the
residence of Michel Cline, Aug. 23rd,
who will, providence permitting, make
it hel permanent abode for eighteen or
twenty years, when she will form a
partnership and establish another home.
Her mother is dong well and Mike still
lives, though he is in a sort of seventh
heaven. The boys all congratulate and
smoke.
On Tuesday nIhgt Gen. Huntington
boarded the train to accompany his
dugAter Grace, who will attend Cornell
College this winter. Mr.. and Mrs. Kra-
mer and Miss LOttie will also join them,
Miss Lotiie will also become a student OF
Cornell with Miss Grace. The REPoRRER
hopes the young ladies may find then
new surroundings pleasant.
The Republican caucus held at the
court house, last Saturday, was well at
tended and the following delegates were
elected to the county convention: David
Williams, Hugh Jones, j.. +. Blake. J.I
Alley, James McFadden, ]. Koplitz, G..
L. Wheeler, A. H. Kramer, ]. G. Bush
and john f. Cloyd. A new township
Central committee was appointed as fol-
lows: Chalmers Curtis, Jens Peterson
and William Ross.
Considerable threshing being done
this week. The way the crop has turn
ed out, we advise farmers TO stack their
grain and let it pass through the sweat
before threshing. BY doing so you will
add at least a grade to lis rating and
value. Where we expected % or 80
bushels of wheat to the acre, we wont
get an average oils, and this is sprinkled
with green and shriveled grain that
should be stacked to insure color and
plumpness as well as maturity to the
berry.
The Court House Independent Ring
are having a hard time of it trying TO
convince the brethren that the last con-
v~ention was not run in the interest of a
few of the citizens of Webster. We
pointed with pride" to their success in
~scoopiDg in the fattest of the Offices at
the time and the boys actually got huffy |
because we were rejoicing over their
success in getting Webster men 10 the
front regardless of the balance of the
county. UnselGish devotion to home
men is a commendabie trait.
Now if it is anything against a citizen
to aspire to a position oftrust and profit,
We should like to offer our sympathies
TO a { great majority of the poor devils
who attended the Independent Conven-
ton on the 9th Of August in Webster.
If we are not misiuformed, the "long
felt want" Bro. offered his own beloved
carCas as a sacrifice at the senatorial
altar Of his party, but was defeated by
an unho!y nniOn Of tie hayseed forces
from the west end of the county.-Wau-
bay Clipper.
The Columbia public schools open
next Monday. Prof. Shaffer having
been nominated for county sup~erintend.
ent, the place he has so long and so ably
filled as principal, will be taken by Prof.
l.. A. Dudley as principal. Prof. Dudley
brings to the Columbia schools an expe.
Renee covering several years of success
lui teaching. He is possessor Of q ten
years professional certificate granted by
the state superintendent and is admira-
bly, qualified to conduct our schools.-
Brown County Sentinel.
John Huss, the cigar manufacturer, yes
terday harvested a portion ola crop of
tobacco raised on the Walker farm at
Lake Herman. Last spring Mr.. Huss
planted a nfarter Of an acre with Con-
n~"cticut seed, and the crop will amount
to about 500 pounds after it is cured.
The selling price of cured, u~nmanufac-
tuTed tobacco is 20 10 so cents per pound.
Mr.. Huss' crop is now in process OF cure
ing with every indication of being first
class in quality. The experiment will
be watched with a good deal of inter-
stake County, Madison Leader.
c. w. Atkins has quite a crop of ap-
pies on the trees inhIs yard this season.
lie exhibits Duchess apples weighing
oyer a quarter of ii pound each, and over
! 0 inches in circumference. The trees were
| planted by J. NJ. IIaines and give evil
dence of bearing a large yield of fruit
when they reach the mature size. A.
Loomis also has trees bearing apples the
present season. and there is no doub.
tlist this fruit may be successfully pro-
duced in Brown county, when the prop
er treatment is given the young trees
! Columbia IS. d. Sentinel.