Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-02-07

HoZEIc, anu IHe names
right before his face. That the fire APP
paratus paid for itself again, is the
judgement Of all those who witnessed
its work. The house was damaged
about 800. Mr.. Miller's loss on the
removal OF the furniturs was con
siderable. 1t was a close call for a
serious c~onliagration. All honor to the
fire brigade.
The editor Of this great moral sheet
has been under considerable mental
strain during the past few days owing
to the appearance of "a lovely little girl.
OF the usual weight, IL his home circle.
III lovely miss made her first ap.
pearence on this earth last Sunday
evening at the home of her grand par
ents in Cherokee, la. With the kind
ness OF an all wise providence the new
arrival will be able to be recorded in
the 1895 census of Elk Point in about
six weeks. The usual congratulations
will be accepted and strange as it may
seem subscribers who pay IL year in adj
vance will still be furnished the Inte.'
Ocean for n year free of cost.
0. Il. Williams, u hustling butter
and egg buyer, and S. S. Eden have
under contemplation a scheme to put
up a creamery this coming season, II
it is a go they will build it on Mr..
Eidem's farm. seven miles north, on
Brule creek. They will put in a cream
separator with a capacity Of 600 pounds
OF butter per day. The plan they have
in view is a good n and all they will
ask OF the farmers is an assurance they
can get the milk from 300 cows. There
is no better settlement in the state for
dairy purposes than that which sur
rounds Elk Point, and with the ad-
vantage Of an excellent city market at
our very door, n creamery ought to Sc
cure good returns for the money in
vested. it is TO be hoped that the
farmers will respond and give the two
gentlemen all the encouragement they
can. Mr.. Williams is an expert butter
maker and has had years of experience
in the creamery business, ana we pre-
dict, if the scheme is carried out, that
success will mark every step of it's
| business career.
On last Friday Adam Scott of Vir-
ginia paid this Office a very agreeable
call and planked down u couple oil
the dollars of our daddies to secure
The COURIER for the year to come.
Mr.. Scott Is Il very large pur-
chaser of stock and every year
buys thousands of dollars worth for
the Chicago market. He has some good
ideas and from the day of the passage
OF the Wilson bill by congress refused
to buy, extensively, hogs to be re-sold
in the market. why there was no
USE said Mr.. Scott. ''There is one
thing certain you can never make
money on a falling market. The min
ute the reciprocity feature of the Nc
kinley bill was killed and a duty
placed upon sugar, the Germans began
plotting TO close our hog market in
their own country and they succeeded.
France has followed suit. Spain was
not far behind and now comes Germany
barring out English hog products,
because they repack the American
product. In other words where we
sold a 81, ZOO, 600 worth of hogs in 1893
we will not sell a dollars worth in the
year of u Grover, 1895. Before re-
ciprocity was knocked out and we were
selling pork to the Germans we got
$3.50 for our hogs, now we're getting
$3.50, a loss of s3 per hundred. If a
farmer can stand a loss of s.. per hum
dred for the privilege of being a demo-
crat he is "a fit subject for examination
us we'll as exhibition"
Last Friday evening the roomy and
comfortable home of Mr.. and Mrs. N.
A. Kirk was the scene of a pleasant and
enjoyable tea party in honor Of their
guest, Mrs. Pauline of Sioux Falls. The
rooms were very Hastily arranged and
the guests were entertained with such
an open-heartedness that all felt free
to enjoy themselves the full limit of
their ability. AT 6:+5 refreshments
were served in four courses. There
was strained boullion with sailed al
monds, chicken a la franchise with
potato c%roquettes and sandwiches. For
the third course there was potato salad.
lemon jelly and buttered crackers.
For dessert there was ice cream, cake,
fruit and sugared dates. The feast was
prepared with exceptional culinary
ability and the hearty manner in which
the guests partook of the good things
were indicative of a higher praise than
words could form. After the dinner
was vel card tables were set up in the
various rooms and all took a hand in
the popular games Of the day. Miss
Sheriff., Miss Tot Kirk and Miss Lulu
Comfy very gracefully waited upon the