Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1892-03-04
The L@ader.
Published Friday at 81 year.

FEBRUARY 28th, 1892.
A light sprinkling of the beautiful
snow last night.
Mrs. James Turner has been very sick !
but is able to be around again.
Boys begin looking southwark for the
wild goose and gander, so that the old
gun can be discharged to good advantage
William Bradshaw's family have had
severe speel of sickness this winter and
Henry Bradshaw family have been on
the sick list. but we are happy to state
all are well now. A
Alliance and literary meetings held at
the Lincoln Center school house, by
Messrs. R, Bradshaw and Fitzpatrick,
are success, and away head of the,
meetings ever held there before. First
for genuine literary ability and secondly
in behalf Of that great.and growing party
that will help the laboring classes.
Your Worthing correspondent has it
that Mrs. Copeland will open a school at
Lincoln Center. Strang about that
when we have flourshing school in pro-
gress there since last December, and ex-
pect it to continue for the next five
months under the careful management of
our esteemed teacher Mrs. F, F. Wilson.
When spring really comes, all our sick
friends will get we'll, and for get their
pripDas and other ailments SAM,
March 2nd, 1892.
Lincoln township election passed off
| very quietly and resulted in electing to
Office of every one on the peoples
ticket. 1t may be truthfully said that
the ''dose" mixed by the people was a
very bitter one for some of the old line
republican politicions to swallow, and it
made them squirm considerable during
the forenoon, and some of them would
MT vote until the afternoon session,
valnly hoping for something" to turn
up; but after consultation with the pro-
fessor during the noon hour, it was de-
sided that to try and elect any other than
the "people's ticket" would be useless,
consequently no changes except that OF
placing the professors name and that OF
A. G. McMullen on the peoples ticket
and thus at one gulp swallowing the very
bitter dose. But their vain efforts ii
thus trying to steal a place on the people!
ticket resulted in giving the professor
fifteen and the other candidate sixteel
votes out Of a possible sixty-four. Thu
the remark made by one of these SAM
old line republican office seekers, in tn
Mill Brook school house, last fall
''That the independents had elected tn
town officers last year but they could no
do it again" The result of this election
has clearly proven the gentleman's judg
ment at fault, and his braggadocio re
mark untrue. Our witty man, Herr.
Barnum, enlivered the people by his eye
ready reply to any over uisitive per
son. and many were the fine jests mad
at some other mans expense, The "pro
fessor' was somewhat abashed Will
cross examining two young applicants t.
vote, and the following conversation tool
place: Professor. Are you 21 years OF,
young man. Voter. "Yes"-long pause
Prot. How long have you been IN thi
state?' Voter "About six years" Prof
'How long have you lived in this town
ship" Voters ''Since the 4th, of Jan
uary.' Prof. 1"All right we have t.
ask these questions The voter got
peoples ticket and was about to vot
when the professor made another effor
to stop the young man by saying: "Yol
are a foreigner by birth; have you takel
out your papers?" No answer. Th,
professor thought he had cornered tn
'coon," and repeated the same question
again. This time the young voter ans
wered Eyes, I've got em. Do yo,
want to see them?' The professor wen
into his hole and pulled the hole in afte
him.
Now Mr.. Editor let me say that man,
were the kind remarks made in favo
of your able management of the LEADER
many saying the LEADER now was bet
ter than it has ever been, and the bes
paper in the county. AN OBSERVER.