Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-02-09
GOSSIP AVID NOTES.

Lent commences next Wednesday.
:. St. Valentines day, next Tuesday.
Remember the Co. E ball next Monday
evening.
There's class of twelve in the high
school department. that have taken up
the study Of Latin this winter.
The Ice rink at Hannah holds it's
second masquerade carnival of the sea-
son on Tuesday evening of next week.
Western Cavalier county Scotchmen
pay tribute to Bobbie Burns memory at
Hannah on Friday night OF next week.
The SWEETEST dance of the season is to
be given Monday evening by the boys OF
Co. z, and it is the last event of the kind
here before Lent begins.
Wheat WIS quoted yesterday at So cts
by local buyers who lain that the pre-
vaillng cold spell has the effect of de-
pressing tho wheat market.
Milton has bad attack Of tine roller
rink craze and will put one UP next sum-
mer with IL floor space of SO X 100 witt. a
public hall on the second floor.
Thermometers must Of gone out OF
business entirely over ut Pembina last
week. The Fionee err Express reports a
temperature of $50 below one day.
Lanadon thermometers evidently be-
long 10 different churches and political
parties, Judging from the way they fail to
come to any agreement as To temperature
Next "Wednesday will be the anriver-
sary of the blowing up of the the Maine,
year ago. Langdon should honor the
nations dead by displaying the stars and
stri pes at half mast.
Commencing with Monday of this
week slight change took place in tue
leaving t,ms OF the south bound passen-
ger, which leaves now at 800 p. m--ten
minutes earlier than heretofore.
Lust Thu sday WAS ground hog day.
He saw his shallow and it the old tradi-
ton Is to be believed North Dakotans
can prepare for, ut last, six weeks more
cold weather and more coal bills.
Tie spring electi on of township officers
which occur next month promises 10 he a
warm aff.ir III both Harvey and Hope.
They usually let things get little eultry
down i'll old Fremontnt that time, though
perhaps things have changed there since
it went republican last fall.
Milton's tobopgAn slide turns o;,L to be-
the cause OF "a chapter Q! atotdeDts in
the Giobe's csiumns-quite biz item Of
news and good thing for the doctors
but il tnat toboggan slide DON'T go out
of business soon THERE'S likely 10 be Il
bright future for Miiron's Lone orchard
before spring gets here.
Prof Sii.f,.hlss: ! ~. oy..a saro that
the older pupils Of the school only need Il
little stimulus TO d scover chat they can
turn out we'll written articles, and with
that end in view we have appointed Il
corps of half Aozen reporters to repre-
sent the city papers at our semi monthly
Friday afternoon debates. IT he yonng
scribes get too long winded all YOU need
to do is run your blue pencil through
part Of oftheir production.
A local elevator man in commenting
the other day on the seed wheat question,
as at present being agitatetl through the
the-celumns of the DEMOCRAT, expressed
surprise at the lack ofinterest on the
part Of many; farmers With regards to
securing good seed. Ha know Of many
near hear who sold their best wheat and
kept. the poorest for sssd. ABOUT
halls the trouble in acquiring good
grades is because Of the practice OF SOW.
ing poor seed. He had long been in
favor OF testing seed whars there war
doubt with regard to it's part! Wheat
should be thoroughly cleaned by running
it through tanning mill with sleeves ar
arranged to retain tho largest and bes
seed, letting the shriveled and poorest
run through Some farmers take tiit
pains to 60 through the ripaned .grair
and select q few hushels Of the best headl
and then SOW few acres for seed
In this way, they raise from five to tor
bushels more per acrs and improve Thu
grade.