Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-01-15
Butler bubbles.

VIII G1AIhs hl DAA EeNA8rMk mere DML
now Of wiIlmar, n. d., is spending a
few days with relatives and friends.
He thinks Butler will be something yet;
40 do all Of us.
7. FH<5e- and wife leave d night for
their new home liz North Dakota C.
A Pottsr's family move into the hoEe
they occupied, and II. @. Lewis and
wife move into the house vacated by
the latter,
Ne yer saw such a time 20 get places
70 live IN! know of tour families who
would like residence quarters at once.
Wen have places for some Of them
when spring opens.
Say Boys, i haven't seen your
Aunt BetSey so happy since she attended
the camp meeting in Iowa in sc. She's
just returned from the great cat show
at Minneapolis We had 90 crimp
every way 70 let her 70 go, but finally
the way opened I'd been saving up q
htt1e at a time % as 20 get me q new
pair Of trousers as my best ones had O.
hole In each knee and two in the seat
But your Aunt Betsey rummaged the
rag-bag and ran across that old pair
you used to wear, Will, and she said
the color matched mine exactly, and she
said she could mend mime % they
would hardy be noticed, as the tail TO
my coat is real long, and i could place
my hands over my knees, kind OF care
less like, when l sat down, 30 / let her
have the money and she went; and I'm
50 glad for she hasn't scolded me a bit
since she got back. In fact she can
talk of nothing else but the most gorge
Gus pageant Of the century. She says:
Nothing ever compared with il and
never win till the golden gates open to
the enraptured gaze of Us disembodied
immortals-" My! She gets almost
poeticaL 1t was so splendid / kind Of
limited thst I'd like TO go with her and
see the great game Of football. "For
the land sakeslr said she, What do
You want to 20 and see those fools
bump their heads together for''?
Besides, " said she, You'll have to tay
at home and take care OF the babies"
That settled il. She persuaded me.
She always does, sometimes one way
and sometimes another. But" she
says, sit was 30 splendid! The 400
from Chicago came I'm ON q special
train, all bringing a cat; the .FouroJ
from St Louis, all bringing q cat; the
HUNDRED of st. Paul came in, all
bringing a cat, and the -Four Hundred
OF Minneapolis all met them at the
depot, all carrying a cat. Ny! Il was
so splendidi' The mayor met them,
gave an address Of welcome and gave
them the keys TO the city; and the city
officials and prominent men Of the city
formed a line ON each side of the princi-
pal streets. The buildings On either
side were decorated with stresIuers and
bunting and transparencies of cats,
while the ''400''s, Leading their cats by
silken cords, paraded the streets while
the bands played and the bells rang and
the whistles blew. .teh!!n says your
Aunt Betsey, sit was so splendid!''
She says there were cats there worth
5000. just think of that Almost
enough 70 buy W cows, and a calf
thrown in. She says that the only
hitch that occurred was between q
Chicago woman and st. Louis woman,
both claiming the first premium for the
best cat. They finally agreed 10 arbi-
trate the matter before President
Roosevelt; bat he ~telegraphed chat it
would be impossible for him to attend
to 1t as he was taking care Of the babies
while his wife was away. 'Ohi" says
she, lit wss 80 splendid"
Butler, Jan. IL. Uncle John.