The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-08-20

In General and Particular

s In General and Particular 9
The bed, bug season will soon be ever.
Then generally follows the small-po
season, which is much milder and more
pleasant.
1t is reported that the Cass county
crop will bring more money than any
harvested for years.
North Dakota will have a rousing corn
crop if Jack Frost doesn't 90 into the
kissing business before the corn be-
comes of age.
Jeffries says "Corbett's blows had no
steam Still, Pompadour Jim got
about $4,000 for what little he did have.
This amount will at least help some to
repair his boiler.
On Friday of last week wheat jumped
to sl.0l15 in Minneapolis. This ought
to make North Dakota farmers wheat
smile just a little bit, over if they can't
laugh outright.
The LaMoure Chronicle rises to re.
mark that it requires something more
than being "a good fellow" to fill the
office of governor of North Dakota.
Send Bro. Taylor way up to the head of
the class
The st. Paul Dispatch heads an item:
Rich Mans Son Held a Prisoner in a
Box Car" which reminds us that it
won't hurt him the miIlionth part of an
inch more than if he was the son of a
poor man. This may sound strange,
but it's a fact, nevertheless.
Ever since the July !, 1903, plohibi-
tory law went into effect the thirst for
stlmulants seems to increase. There
are enough empty bottles Of divers
shapes and sizes scattered over the
p~rairies of North Dakota to start the
largest bottle warehouse in the world,
and then some.
When Massachusetts gets these &c.,
Oo0 negroes therell be pretty near
enough to go round about three to
a family. What a blessing! And
just to think, it isn't many decades since
these humane peoples illustricus ances-
tors were burning white folks at the
stake in Salem for witchcratt! How
the old Bay State is progressing!
The Call says a man down in Dallas,
Texas, 80 years old. is about to marry,
but thinks he is too young to take Oh
the matrimonial yoke. The Call is right,
but there ism the least fear of the , oung
fellows parents registering a very
lively kick over the matter, but will
keep perfectly MIN. They marry awful
ly young down IN Kentucky and Texas.
\! Morris, MINI dispatch of August
Is says: The Threshers' Protective
association Of Stephens county has regu-
lated prices as follows for this season:
2 cents for barley an | oats; 4 cents eor
wheat; 8 cents for flax. These prices
are just for the machine AMI its usual
complemel t Of lah,rers, the farmers to
furnish all the other labor and do the
feeding. The farmers are not in love
with the advance"
An excl ange says: In a nearby town
they are telling a 60 ID story on a Young
man wal holds a positi N in a printing,
office. This particular disciple Of John
Gut nberg is very fon of a daughter of
a minister. but bis devotion 10 her is OF
recent origin. The other Sunday he
vent to church t, be .r the fat Q. If his
i%ualuora,a pre-; ca, IN | unfortunately he
sat Gown WI ere every body could see
him. The cler- yman's text was: MY
daughter is g~rievously tormented by the
devil"
Wells County News: 1--WE are more
convinced than ever hat Andy Schatz
is going after the German vote ana that
h. in en- ia to run for governor. for
while IN town last Saturday he received
a pair of wooden shoes by exSpFess-jpst
his size. While busy taking in the fun
Saturday, Agent Hart advised the genial
official that there was an express pack
age at the depot for him, Andy went
after tie Prize, paid tho charges-75
cents and proceeded to open the box.
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