Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-08-08
PITY PENLINGS
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Picked, Pointed and Preserved
For Reading by Regular
=. Correspondents.
Cow:
TOO late for last week.


Time means money these rainy days.
Chas. Galla,say has purchased a low
down Deering binder and is busily en-
gagged in clipping the coupons Of the
standing straw.
"A stranger to our town these days
would think its population rivaled that
of Chicago-if he considered all the
berry pickcrs us residents.
"Honi soft que mal-y-pense,' is Il
motto it would be advantageous for
some natures to assimilate into their
character. Never vet in this cor
respondence has q word been written
or a line penned, with malicious or i'm
moral intent, and if people would only
read in the same spirit in which it is
written there would be no cause for
offense. We, ourself, would be the
very first to resent the slightest impu-
tation of SANDER upon our friends
and neighbors. But, there are some
intellects so depraved that it is impos-
sible for them to peruse, even the holy
scriptures without finding them replete
with gross immortality and obscene
suggestions. Natures so degraded are
beneath the contempt of purer minds.
To such we can only repeat the warn
ing contained in the above motto,
civil be to him that evil thinks.''
The weekly prayer meetings held at
this appointment every Thursday even
ing are creating quite an interest in
religious matters generally. They are
we'll attended and people seem to ap-
preciate the efforts of those who are
working in their behalf. w..
We would suggest to our courteous
correspondent at Harvey before he
he claims precedence the advisability
of his making tour of Fremont. We
can show him grain already in the
stool, which, if he is any judge Of
standing crops, to be consistent, he
must estimate yield of fifty bushels
to the acre. Some of our residents
commenced cutting grain in tho mid
die of July; while at this writing
threshing has started and wheat cut
ting is we'll under way. He is mis-
taken if he thinks we made the asser-
ton at issue without due consideration.
In June we took an extensive trip
throughout the county and made COM
parison of the crop in different towns.
Harvey received particular attention.
The best we saw during our entire trip
was no better than our poorest. Later
advice from competent judges, who
haye just returned from Langdon, via
Harvey, confirms us in our first impress
sion. But what is the use of arguing,
Cavalier county is all A No. / this
year, only this point is a little the best,
besides it is only fair for the town that
keeps the Van to get the bunting.
We would like to know what the
school board are thinking about when
they neglect to provide good drinking
water for the use of the pupils. The
directors boast of the treasury surplus,
we would ask what does that signify
when the health of the children is con-
sidered? That school wells are ne
cessity is apparent when it is stated
that the scholars of only one school in
this town have access to pure drinking
water, and for that they must depend
upon the accommodation of farmer,
who resides in the vicinity of the
school. We would suggest that before
another school is built that it would
display little more acumen to ascer-
tain if good water can be obtained on
the proposed site, and if it cannot be
found move the school house to where
it can be had, even if it should compel
some of the pupils to walk few rods
further. 1t certainly would not affect
their health so much as drinking
copiously from bottles or cans in
which the water has stood throughout,
the long hot summer day. A little
more judgment exercised in sinking 2
well would not be out of place, they
should be made with regard to the sup
ply required and provided with Z
pump,so they could be readily emptie6
when the water becomes impure. Sick
ness has already resulted from this
gross negligence and with men who
possess the prespecacity of chipmunl
the good health Of a community always
outweighs it's financial advancement
| Fremont correspondent credits u.
with keeping people from getting dull
around here. We are the most accom-.
modating young ~ girl you ever saw
and if we are keeping people from get
ting it we didn't mean to, and if some
body will just point out what they want
we will give it right away for the ask.
ing. The dullest thing we know of i.
our teeth and though we wouldn't like
to gum it the rest of our days, still VIZ
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