Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-02
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While in the eastern part of the
county last week ye scribe was for
tunate in having the pleasure of at
tending and ice cream social at the
hospitable home of Mr.. Jonas En-
hlom. The home of Mr., Enblom is
beautifully located on little hill with
fine trees and a green lawn surround
ing it, making it an ideal place for a
festival of this kind. Being for the
benefit of their church, the Methodist
Episcopal OF Atwater, the people and
especially the young folks of the sur
rounding community all felt interested
In it's success and attended. There was
no regular program except that an
orchestra, composed of Messrs. Robt.
Burns, Henry Broman, George En-
blom and Misses Esther Norman and
Helga Broman, dispensed some very
creditable music, while the rest of the
young people were busily engaged in
"dropping the HANDKERCHIEF" ego
sailing over the ocean," etc., etc., or
otherwise occupied. Mr.. Roy Sperry
of this place, who was in company
with the writer, was evidently on "old
stamping grounds" as he seemed to be
a general favorite, especially with the
young ladies, so much so that your
humble servant actually wondered
what special powers of attraction he
possessed, until he found out (?) the
cause. The evening was spent pleas
antly and prot'tably, everybody SEEM
ing to enjoy themselves to their hearts
content. The receipts amounted to
about SIS.
Last Wednesday we had the pleas
ure of taking dinner with Mr.. J. S.
Anderson, one of the leading farmers
in the vicinity of Atwater. Mr.. An
derson is making specially of breed
ing blooded stock and showed US
some fine specimens Of registered AMI
mails, both hogs and cattle. He has
some animals that commands fancy
prices, but Mr.. Anderson says money
can't buy them as he keeps them for
breeding purposes. He claims that it
pays we'll to get registered stock for
that purpose and the sooner the farm
ers find it out the better.
| If person has never had the pleas
ure of travelling through the south
eastern part of this county he does
not know or realize what a beautiful
county he does live in anyway. What
more beautiful sight would person
want to see than wide stretch of roll
ling country dotted here and there
with stately groves and beautiful lakes
and teeming with substantial farm
houses and barns. Add to this the
waving grain, as it is just getting
ready to cut, the lowing herds as they
are grazing on the green hill sides or
coming home in the evenings, and the
rumbling machinery, as the people are
busy putting up the sweet seeming hay,
and you have sight that would make
the heart of an artist throb with Joy
and the eyes of any person shine with
delight. Add to all this that the coun-
try is inhabited by thrifty and hos
pitable class of people, with whom it
is pleasure to come in contact and
get acquainted, and you have about
as true picture of that part of our
county as can be made.
Although reports are that in some
parts of our country, especially in the
northern part, the crops have been
materially damaged by the hot weather
the last few days, it seems as If this
part of the county should realize an
excellent crop, the weather having
been very favorable so far.
In our perambula tions in these
parts last Tuesday we happened to
run across our friend, w. D. FIRE.
Erickson, pedagogue and erstwhile
candidate for county superintendent
of schools on the peoples party ticket.
Mr.. Fredrickson has been absent from
the county a good deal since those
stirring days, having made trip to
his native country, the ''land of the
midnight sum-" Norway and else
where, but of course drifted back to
old Kandiyohi. He is at present with
Peter Norman, assisting with haying
and harvesting. Willie stated that
not having done any manual labor for
some time he had good crop of blist-
ers the first few days, but that now he
is getting broke in and will soon be
as good as the ''next one." Mr.. Ere.
Erickson, like every good populist
should be, is of course interested in
the political situation in the country
and nation, and feels that events are
happening every day to open the eyes
of the people. He, like most of the
people in the country, is very much
| incensed at McKinlev,s tthanovolon4