Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-09-24

Mr.. and Mrs. =. w. Burch were Waubay visit
ors Sunday.
Mrs. A.. J. franklin, an old.time resident OF
Day county, is up from Kasson, Mimi, on a
visit with relatives and friends.
Miss Gertie Beavers returned from Clark an d
Garden City Friday night, where she has been
visiting with two Of her sisters and other &C.
quaintances.
Mrs. Delos German and Miss Ethel Garner
are over this week from Condee visiting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. DR.. Herman.
Several of our towns people went to Webster
Monday to catch a glimpse of the famou
woman preacher and paupercrat stump speak
er, Mary Ellen Lease.
w. j. Miller has moved. back to town after
spending the summer on the homestead of Mart
Eldrid.
&. L. Beaman is contemplating the putting in
of a restaurant on the west side in the Delaney
building lately used for a church. This will
makefhe fourth one for Waubay. Who'll be
the next7
A straw vote was taken Saturday by a travel
ing man from a group OF laboring men sitting
at the corner of the hotel, and out of 20 votes IS
1 MtAb vi siIhi licy, = thdt . ~ way hOSb
of the straws are pointing this year, and you
never will forget il in a life time.
In one OF our stores not long ago a very con-
ceited farmer, and by tho way a much more
conceited paupercrat. was roaring as usual
about the poor, forlorn, downtrodden ,unnoticed
farmer of this country, and how much better
the farmer was held in esteem in the old coun-
try how people would take off their hat To
them, etc, etc., and while hs was thus talking
it put me in mind of another instance similar
to this one. The man was of different nation
ality than the first, but both hailed from the
old country. He was eyerlastingly ridiculing
and rasping this country as compared to the
old country and while he was gnashing and
foaming and belittleing the land of his adop.
ton. says / man, what business are you in
this country for, anyway. Why on earth don't
you go back to that wonderful country so super
Tor to ours and stay thereg" His answer was:
"The resources are better here than in the old
country" There it is The resources are better!
Bet your life! When this tornado talking far.
mer popocrat got through with his ~snorting, /
related the story TO him of this other bright
specimen OF humanity. and when | got to the
word resources he asked sue over again what
| said,and after repeating the word 'resourc es" |
to him, he asked what them was. l says. 'foi
sake, q you have a dictionary at hc-
III If the simple ignoramus I'D not
lived so far away from Waubay ,and haa go,
advantage of the graduatl.n mo- exercises n { the
Waubay POI school disasters, we might by the
ala Oh a glass; Zee him looming up for Office
through TIE crack of Kelley's broken slate. Ell
Your correspondent in closing these lines
wishes to state that this will be the last com
munication that possibly you may ever receive
from me, as l intend in a few days to sever my
relations with the people of Day county for a
time at least. l can gratefully say that the few
short years l have lived among You have been
pleasantly and agreeably spent, aud regret that
l have found it necessary TO seek other fields of
labor, but l hope and trust it will all be for the
best. With my associations aud business tran
s~actions my aim has been to be honorable and
just; if have failed no doubt it can be attri-
buted to a lack of brains and common sense.
Ii any error has been committed or any iajus.
tice practiced upon anysneighbor or individual
l am ready at all times to ask that ones for
givness. | politics i have no time for the popu.
list party, but the kindliest of feeling fer those
who espouse its cause, especially the Orioles
and Whip-Poor-Wlls. The worst thing l could
possibly wish any of them is that Ged in his
Infinite wisdom may bless and enrich them
sbundantly, bestowing upon them wisdom and
knowledge, so that they may be guided in the
way of true Amerioanism. and when they come
to cast their ballot at the next election they
will give Major Mckinley a big chpnk of their
consideration. For the benefit of my populist
friends, and ii Providence permits me to leave
you will have the consolation Of knowing that
/ will not be a charge upon your county, and
you will also be spared the i'll feeling anu
jealousies which existed toward the Ladies
Aid for bestowing donations upon a pauper. /
now bid you all adieu and subscribe myself
HOOKING BIRD,
BY q o. PITCHER.