The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-04-04

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priating public funds. He also accused
the scto6tF officers of getting away with
the school funds and cheating the children
ont Of their schooling. at the next meet
ing he gave what he thcrrtt - interest
ing talk about an old SOW. He told. OF her
way of digging potatoes. and of hr~ the
jumping into . swill barrel head foremost
at this stage of his speech while he was
showing the position of the pigs hind legs
he took a spasmodic spell and fell back
into u chair, at the next meeting the soci-
ETY. clown gave a horse talk, telling how
faithful his old horse was.i and how he
died, he got excited while talking about
h!s old horse and declared that he was no
relation .Darwin's missing link. and again
he took spasmodic spells and fell back in
to the chair, at the next meeting he relat.
ed his experience az a hog ranger, he tried
to innate a hog but became excited and
took spasmodlc spells, for the last meet
ing he had preparee by diligently and
faithfully studying a speech about the
missing link. and how he was put together.
But after waiting for hours at the school
house no one appeared except the editor
of the Thundergust who handed in his
designation and left. The clown then de-
livered his carefully prepared speech to
the seats; somebody heard something drop
at the school house, and upon investi-
CATION found it was nothing but the clown
who was in his spasmodic spells, after re-
viving and finding himself alone he pro-
ceeded to the Office of T. J. Haugeberg's
to ascertain the cause of his non attend
ance. Mr.. Haugeberg loon gave the clown
to understand that heand the people we're
tired listening TO hog talk, in reply the
clown stated that he had. been a faithful
tool for Mr.. Haugeberg for years, and that
ne not only used hog talk, but that he also
talked politics, that. he roasted every
officer and every body that he was in
structed to do by Mr.. Haugeberg. At this
stpge Of the excitment the clhwn got his
temper up and o run H%augeberg be-
hind the counter, where he could rest in
peaceful repoee. Now Haugebelg says
the clown has a hog in his throat. The
writer of this must give credit to some of
those who went into the society In good
faith, believing that it was started for a
good purpose and not expecting that it
would turn into political meetings, AVID
personal abuses, among these were Pro.
Walsh a we'll educated young man, who
was always readyto take part in any de-
bates that were for the enlightment of the
younger class, but resigned because Mr..
Haugeberg acted as though he did not
know the difference between a debating
society. and a reading circle. Mr.. Chas.
Harriss of Oliver county was q very in.
terestinR speaker. and his arguments we're
always interesting and instructive, Mr..
Harriss resigned because the officers of
the society were spending to much time
reading books and newspaper slips, and
ohA0 1llOwOU 6OEn9 III UJu0
speak era to use zach language as is heard
only among boot blacks and street walk.
ers. Ths highly educated postma ster took
a Leading part in the debates, and was the
%favorite among the speakers, Mr.. Wallin
is we'll qualified to speak on parliamentary
rules, and several times thought it bis duty
TO call Miss Ada B. Mussln to order and
instruct her how to salure the audience
Tom Peterson was one of the most fluent
speakers, but soon got tired listening to
hog talk and family affairs. Oliver Heath
and a number of others doue we'll and are.
deserving of great credit. Mr. Heath re-
signed because Nj. Haugeberg spent to
much Lime reading. books and newspaner
slips, 1t rumored that r. j. Haneeherg ia
going to start a new society. so that he
can bind the members stronger to-yeather
40 that they will etav BY him until after
the November electi On. I.
JACOB,