The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1903-07-10
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We celebrated at Dunseith.

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We celebrated at Dunseith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller and family
went to Willow City on the Fourth
and returned very much dissatisfied
with the celebration there. "a, y, V
Dan McCann is putting large
cupola on his barn. w. H. Bush ID
doing the work. -. %. e
The pony race at Dunseith was won
by Lordsburg boy and we all feel
elated. Several small events we're
also told off to Lordsburg. #sss
Mr.. Boyes got up little early on
Sunday morning and secured good
photo of party who had driven
through his grain. He says he intends
going to Bottineau this week to swear
out warrants against Them
1t is rumored that Jas. Hamilton
will remove to Iowa this fall. We
deeply regret this, as both Mr.. Ham
ilton and his wife are we'll liked in this
community. t33
Paul Picard is expected home from
Chicago soon. S.
If some eastern manager could only
get hold of that Dunseith pitcher they
could organize good club out of him.
He is the whole game especially when
he tries to coax the umpire. And his
style. Gee whizv We kept Dunseith
guessing some and although they beat
us, and very unfairly, we are satisfied
that we can whip them before the end
of the season. The score was 8 to II
in favor of Dunseith, but with Justice
it ought to have been a draw. Our
team have not yet recovered from the
treat the winning side gave them after
the game. Lack of education is about
the only excuse they can make for not
asking the boys to have cigar after
the game. But I suppose after they
had squared with the umpire they did
not have anything left but bad name.
The least said about it the better, but
we were badly treated. Even Dun.
ssith people acknowledge that.
Danseith ought TO call q halt ID
celebrations after Saturday. If they
have one please don't let them adver
tise it. The sentiment was freely ex-
pressed on all sides that not even g
funeral could have been more dull
About noon the buggy show, (they
called it parade headed by an antiq
uated collection of brass instruments
and'two drums took a stroll around
town and then made off in the direc
tion of somebody's pasture where
there were few sticks with leaves on
to- which they gave the name Of
a grove. In an open space, where the
stock had either ira implied them down,
or chewed them up for the want of bet
ter pasture, we found a small plank
construction about the size Of pugi
listic ring. Seated around this on the
inside were the ladies and the babies
the latter developing more patriotism
than the oldest veteran in the crowd
A number Of school children who
acted as If they we're going to execu
tion, placed their hands on, their
mouths, coughed and then commenced
one after the other to mar the beauty
of our national hymn. Not man in
the crowd took off his hat or in any
way showed his patriotism, not even
the gentleman who was destined to
bore us with . speech (N and such a
speech. Ofall the conglomerations OF
facts, fancies, mythology, idiosyn-
cracies and religion we ever listened to
that was the worst. No pen can de-
scribe it. When the speaker finished
the tears were streaming down our
cheeks and We did not recover for the
remainder Of the day. The battle
hymn Of the Republic was next sung.
Then somebody with voice like a
medicine fakir on street corner be-
gan to yell out 1.-TWO more couple
wanted" Deploring the lack of that
number we went to lunch and then
wandered off up town to see the races.
On entering Main street we found
that the business men were celebrat-
ing the glorious 4th BY keeping their
stores open and playing Jew to the
great disgust Of all the civilized citi-
zens who had gathered there. Every
store from the general merchandise to
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