Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-10-26

likely that the new bank will not begin
business until the first of January.
Mike Tuhl, Peabody's druggist, was
siezed Saturday with a sportsmanlike de-
sire to down the festive duck, sc he
boarded the night train for Waubay.
With hunting paraphernalia, bright and
early Sunday morning, he wen in quest
of game, in company with some
other sports from that burg. The
boys, by keeping strict account of Mike,
kept him from any serious mishap-fol-
lowing off a load of hay or molesting any
of the fowls in the farm yards along
their route. The wild birds are perfect
ly safe when he is hunting. He was
posted in a good pass by the lake. The
ducks came flying along and in answer
to his salute gave him the laugh and
passed on, only quickening their pace q
little. But don't think Nike got no
game, oh no; tnat would be a sad mic
take, for he did. AS the birds disturbed
him 80 much by their continuous quack-
1 lily, hC buoukhb W oOOh" LbNAS
spot where he could lay his gun in the
long grass and let the ducks crawl in the
barrel and hide. then he could fix them
plenty. He thought he saw the acme of
his desires across a creek, and as he had
heavy cork soles on his two man power
shoes, he decided to walk across. but 1t
proved too much for even the ~Luoyancy
of cork to support 30 much concentrated
sauer krout, so he sank to the bottom, a
fortunate misfortune, for a number OF
fine pickerel were unable to keep out OF
the way. Mike reached down Be-
cured them and went home wet but
triumphant. He says there is nothing
like it. never had 80 much fur since he
went to Pickerel lake and got lost CON-
ing,home. "Oh. you bet We have q big
time when / GO CIT. il we don't kill al
the game in the country"
Bert Niles, formerly Of Webster, now
the boss architect of Waubay. had very
exciting hunting experience last week.
A party of the boys asked Bert to join
them in e days shooting. He consented
and they put up a job on him by ex-
tracing the shot from his shells and re-
placing it with tea lead. Bert 10 q good
shot and could not understand how il
was that he could get no game-not even
killing a poor inspecting mallsrd the
boys say wss asleep; that he snesked
up on it in the grass, the first report only
served to wake his duckship up. but as
our nimrod with blood in his eye, let 20
the contents Of the other barrel, the
bird rose and took his departure. Bert
had fred about forty shells at this
time and the only birds he got were
those claimed when other members OF
the party shot at the same time he did
On such occasions the rest of the boys
would always think of something funny
and become convulsed with laughter.
Niles,said he would never use that brand
of shells AGAIN, but he did not discover
the trick until he got TO town when some
one suggested hat hs examine a shell.
which he did, and then there was a mad
sport. He intimated someone was liable
to get hurt-no funerals have been repor
ted az vet however. Ii was an awful
mean trick and Bert has the aympathy
o. all true sporismen even il they do
smile.
Kramer q Co. have n fine q oek Of Pol
lel Angus coats. THESE coats are some.
thing new i'm the fur line and are guar