Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-08-15
Apples. Apples.
Nice sweet Boughs At Ringsruds.

Nice sweet Boughs at Ringsruds.
On account OF the rain, the Meth0-
dist Sunday School picnic which was to
have been held today has been post
poned until tomorrow Thursday.
Capt. Talcott reports more INQUIRIES
at the present time for lumber to be
utilized in constructing residences
and additions thereto than In any
season for several years past.
To prevent the shells from bursting
when boiling eggs for the table prick 3
hole in one end Of the shell with . pin.
A Connecticut man got 3 patent on that
idea, but was never able to run down
and collect the royalty.
The Epworth League is preparing .
unique entertainment to be given Aug
ust 80 in the opera house. This will be
very fine, and will command cOnsidera-
BILE attention. The league convention
In which neighb0ring towns will par
ticipate will be held at Elk Point, Sep
tomber / to 8.
Mitchell Republican. Union county
is becoming prosperous. Recently Its
treasurer paid $4,000 Of the bonded
Indebtedness which vas not due until
1905. In two years that county will be
entirely free from debt, q state Of
affairs that will bring c~heerfulness to
the heart OF every resident Of that
county.
How to make scandal: Take one
grain OF falseho0d, q handful OF rum
Ah~.yt ~1N.>k AhA cnvnn ~~nntS%~, ~ R~n-
Der tongue, six sprigs OF backbite and
9 spoonful OF d0nt-you-tell-it. Add q
few drops Of envy, and a little discon-
tent and jealousy. Strain it through a
bag Of misconstruction, cork 1t in q
meddles0me bottle, hang it on a skein
Of street yarn and shake II we'll before
taking.-Ex.
Stolen: When the breezy, blooming
bloomers are universally the 60, how
will tailors press the creases In them,
I should like to know? When the
baby's head is nodding and it wants to
take a nap, how can ann luls her
darling in q bifurcated lap? How can
Bridget shoe the chickens with no
skirt to flop and fling, when the
creatures 60 grubbing in the garden
in the spring? But the question most
annoying that u speculations catch:
Can ske vie with men in action when
she goes to strike q match?
Mouths are thus exploited by an un-
identified exchanges: "Some mouths
look like peaches and cream, and some
look like q hole chopped into q brick
wall to admit a new door or window.
The mouth Is a hotbed Of tOothaces,
the bunghole of oratory and q baby's
browning glory. 1t Is the patriotism's
fountain head, and the tool chest for
pie. Without it the politician would
be u wanderer on the face of the earth,
and the cornetist would 60 down to an
unh0nored grave. 1t is the grOcer's
friend, the orators pride and the den
lists hope.'
Mrs. Lee and daughters, Larina and
Edna, who have lived in Elk Point
for the past two years, have recently
joined Mr.. Lee in Pittsburg, Kansas,
where they expect to reside permantely.
Miss Larina writes to her friend
Clara Rome that they are all we'll
pleased with things as they find them.
In her letter she says there is any
quantity OF peaches and they are worth
practically nothing, while apples are
20 cents per bushel and water melons
as big as tubs can be had for Is cents.
nearly every negro having one under
each arm" During their residence In
Elk Point they made many friends
who sorely roget their departure. Mr..
Lee is a brother of Dick Lee Of this
city.
EARNED for forty years." said q vet
eran Of the pillow to the editor Of this
highly moral sheet, the other day.
Turned the sod in New York, Ohio,
Illinois, and in South Dakota. Been
broke and been worth thousands; buck
ed grasshoppers, soaked in floods and
baked like q herring in the drouth, but
in all that forty years I have never
seen such enormous crops In every
grain in one season a. are found In I'm.
Ion county today. The truth hal
knocked the persimmons out Of the croE
liar. The old duck with q straw in hi
mouth, cooked on . dry goods box viii
have to take . new start for nature hal
gone him q better and discounted hi
statemeuts."
Today "Wednesday the sun, moor
and stare and Q sprinkling Of humanity
will witness . gigantic struggle between
the legal fraternity and the keepers o
the county affairs. The particular fea
ture Of the contest will be to determine
| which force is the superior in . basl
ball contest. For the legal satellites
| e. C. Ericsson will hold down M OF til,
bases. Burt Wallace will twirl til,
sphere and Truman Ames will bag tn.
ball behind the bat. Gilmore, Kirk
I Harriet. Jameson and Miller will al
| other positions. In the court hous'
gang Supt. Smith, Clerk Omdahl
Treasurer johnson, Attorney Keller
Sheriff Anderson, and Deputies Kim
mel, Dodd and Carter will make q gi
gantic effort to wrest the laurels Of tn
day. They are wiry crew, and II |
does not rain pitchforks they will b
apt TO walk away with the persimmons
Elk Point today has the finest stock
yards 70 be found in the state for thei
size. They will not hold as many hog
Is some yards but have q capacity tina
compares very ~favorably with any Il
the state The yards have been com
pletely overhauled, new gates an
chutes erected, while the fence ha
been Strengthened and strengthened
Elk point f. about the only place wher
private parties own the stock yards
md to show their appreciation Of th
favor. for twelve years they have ker
the yards up in repair st their ow
Axn0nee This wear Moeare. Er0Amn