Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1892-03-18
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HANNAFORD.

4 IIANNAFORD.
To EDITOR COURIER:
..Be Gates. Solsiforonichuchather.
;Evingobrangh! -"
Nav we don't know exactly what this
means, nor from what language it is
adapted. 1t isa salutation a chum of
ours used to use after an absence. So
we reproduce it as we take eur light
from under the pushel to allow its
gleams.to sciutillate in the columns of
the COURIER. We did not calculate to
do so until we had threshed and could
tell how many thousand acres we had
to the busllel, or vice versa. But we
have strong admiration for j. G.
Blaine and his proposed reciprocity "
We have strong hopes Of seeing him on
top next Nov; hence we hasten to warn
him not to take up the challenge con-
tanned in the last COURIER, lest he be
made to 'hunt his hole in 10 minutes"
1t is bad enough to be handicapped by
having once been defeated for president
without having the disgrace of being
worsted in tariff argument by one
who has reached X, Y and u in tariff
ology. Say friend, when those ''in
your neck O. the woods" reached said
x, Y and 2. didn't they commence with
the alphabet wrong end up? We fear
so. AT least we can't understand how
farmers who came here with nothing,
who now have good lands. $ssns isof
good stock, machinery, etc cs.sAn} 1syy
in their pockets, can preach csfslty
doctrines, and try to fool the farmer
into believing that he is being robbed,
and that free trade and free coinage
are his only salvation. Don't they
know that even under high tariff
everything they eat, wear or use is
steadily dccreasing in price; that with
free coinage, it would take just rs many
hard knocks to get as of the value of
as! That now the government gets
something over $500, 600. 90 seignier-
age on the silver coined. that under
free coinage would go to the owners of
silver. That the folly of the sub-treas-
ury scheme was well illustrated by the
senator who introduced resolution re.
equiring the governments to issue
certificate for every bushel Of potatoes
deposited in the treasury! Well there
is such thing as being "wedded to
ones IDOLS" and such y thing rs Great
ing a rumpus simply for the sake of the
attention they can draw to themselves
The most of you know that we have
had winter It made things very quiet
along the Bald Hill. Mrs. r. Martin
and E. Guest wintered in Canada and
have returned. As Mrs. N. was only
able to be out few days while away
she naturally thinks N. D., is good
enough for her. Ed. has returned with
some fine stock. $500. 90 mare among
them. The mare came near being ours
We only asked Ed. to take off one little
o, but he wouldn't.
The annual meeting Of the g. G. B.
S. "A. passed over very quietly. No
mud" being thrown. 1t pained us
very much to find that some who
thought proxy yVing an evil last year,
and who were shocked to find us
''heslsd" came loaded to the chin thi.
year. Such back sliding is quite sad to
contemplate, and worse yet, tits to
find that in spite of meetings and plan
ings, they are still sin the soup" You
have our sympathy gentlemen, and
thanks for the votes you didn't give us.
Take our advice, consult the records
and give justice where justice is due.
This vicinity wants good many men
for spring work and would like to see a
threshing machine come in and stay
with us for some time. We also call
Brephy & Wightman's attention to the
fact that if they want fax badly they
can have ours now, and nave it cheap.
They to take it where it is.
Jack Francis don't propose to always
depend on men at s25 month and has
added lusty 9pound boy to his house.
held. Mother and child doing very
nicsly. So Long.