Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-09-11
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.xx PERSONS AND THINGS &%
As Seen by Gath.

ct will tell you something said
a prominent citizen standing on the
street the other day." that is quite an
advertisement for this town. l was
coming down'o on the Bottineau branch
the other day and a number of travel
ing men were on the train. The con-
yersation turned upon hotels, and one
asked the other what he did when he
struck Cando. His friend replied that
he got through as soo as possible and
drove to Starkweather. I was very
anxious to know what they thought of
Devils Lake and presently n of
them remarked that this city had the
best hotel accommodations Of any town
of its size in the state, and that he
would just as leave Sunday in this
city as in Grand Forks or Fargo. I
count that quite a credit to the city"
Yesterday one of the men who has
forced people to believe the truth
about North Dakota by growing
home vegetables, tapped on the wind
ow of the Inter Ocean Office while his
wagon was standing in the street, and
after attracting Gath's attention held
up a specimen of the fruit of the egg
plant, grown in his market gardens
neal the city, tina was as good a spe
cimen both for size and weight as WE
have aver seen grown anywhere. Then
to further prove his success he dis
played a%'quantity of home grown
tomatoes that were splendid speci-
mems Of the vegetables. He told us
that everything he had in his wagon
was grown on his farm, and he is
neither ii lawyer nor a newspaper man
There is nothing remarkable in the
display of these vegetables except
that it placed an unreachable tempta-
tlon in our way, but there are some
cranks who live outside Of North Da-
kota who could not be made to believe
that such vegetables as these could be
grown in the frigid regions of North
Dakota, and the proof to the contrary
was decidedly interesting information.
By the way how would it do to have a
few potatoes, a few heads of cabbage
a few tomatoes, a few egg plants, q
few onions, and a few other samples
of garden truck preserved in alcohol
and sealed in glass jars-mark the
sealing Of the glass jars-and placed
among the Ramsey county exhibits al
the st. Louis exposition? We ar
not running the committee-w'
have our hands full with running tn
Democratic party just now. that is
running it like a dog runs a rabbit
But we know what strangers to Nortl
Dakota believe about it, and wha
they want to know.
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"Gath: Would You advise a bo
to learn a trade or enter upon a pre-
fession? am a boy of 16 and al
undecided. We would not advise tn
inquirer unless we know all his alb:
lities and inclinations and possibl
not then. He is howeve. at the turn
ing Of the ways and has a very serior
question to decide. 1t near a lii
of usefulness or a wasted one.
mistake now is a mistake for lift
But one thing should be firmly fixe
=, l,, ~;~J o-1 +bot ic %hof q froln
Just as honorable as a profession
The man who wears overalls in a
honest effort to earn a livelihood
lust as honorable as the man wi
wears broadcloth, and a silk til
The first thing to do in selecting
life work is to decide on what is be
suited to the talents. If the mind
bent on music, that is what he shou
study. If h. be a construct
genius, he should by all means be
mechanic. If he is a lover Of natuI
he should by all means be a farme
If he have the natural bent of mi
by which the unreal may be present
as the real, he should be a lawy
But after all is said the boy shor
carefully study his likes and dislil
and select hat which is most neal
suited to his likes. If he does not
su, his life work will become j:
some, he will have but little inter
in it, and will have the reputation
being lazy, when in fact he and
occupation are simply misits.
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1t is a rule that Gath does not
the names Of persons referred to
these notes. There is but one ru
however, that has no exception :
that is that all rules have an excepti
That sentence will probably give
grammatical critic a case of INTEL
tual tetanus. We have violated t
rule once or twice before and int
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