Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-10-09

Shakespeare, had made a number of
fruitless efforts to sever the sinews of
a piece of beef, he gave up the task
and bust forth in Che following lines:
sold OK, old OK, how came you here?
You've plowed the soil for many a
year,
With kicks and knocks and much
abuse. -
Your now cut up for.. onion juice"
"The only thing I..dont' like about
the Inter Ocean is the discussion with
the Herald about the single tax theo-
ries. l enjoyed the discussion be-
tween the PINK Paper and the Inter
Ocean on the trust question, because
I learned something from it and it
was conducted in such a way that the
arguments were presented instead of
personalities. You know the old
saying:
"a fool convinced against his will
Is Of the same opinion still"
And that will be the result of your
discussion with the Herald"
So said one of the best informed
lnen of the city the other day, and he
is possibly right. But sometimes
newspapers are required to handle
disagreeable subjects, even if a pitch
fork is necessary to do so.
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IT only got half my moneys worth
at the minstrel show the other night"
said a gentleman the other day.
'Why not" we inquired.
"wasn't the show worth it
Eyes" he replied, "but the trouble
was that directly in front Of me sat a
lady who wore one Of those wash tubs
that they call the latest styles in
millinery, and she unthinkingly put
the mountain on her head before the
show was over and I tell you the
truth, there was not thee feet of the
whole stage left to view from where
I sat. I do not mean to criticise the
lady for she would not, l am sure,
knowingly mar The pleasure of any
one, but she was only thoughtless."
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Passing along the street the other
day an amusing sight could be seen.
It was an ardent disciple of Bachus
trying to hold up one Of the principal
buildings of the city. He had taken
in trouble killer until the eyes had
assumed that leering look that you
have seen and maybe experienced.
He had a large bundle of pop corn
which he was vainly endeavoring to
send out as a dryer after the con
densed steam Of cornjuice. About
one effort out Of five landed it at the
intake Of the alimentary canal. This
last with apoliogest to Henri Waiter
son. The other times he landed the
stuff any where from the orbits to the
Adams apple.
"Why is he trying to eat that corn
inquired a bystander who was watch
in the pr cess. We tried to figure it
out. "a lite leaven leaveneth the
whole" Look and see if that quota
ton is correct. No, it is not from
Thomas Moore or Tennyson. But the
reason. He had such a quantity of
the liquid already in that he possibly
thought he could convert the corn that
had been subjected to the heating pro-
cess into the same stuff. Now, if thu
Grand Forks Herald should read this
it's leading headline would be-:
"a Dlstillely Started in DevilsLake. -
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"Say you fellows are making a re-
cord on job work, said a customer the
other day AS a job was delivered tc
him the next day after it was ordered.
1t usually takes about two weeks t.
get a job from the average printing
office, and l gave you a week to dc
this one. | was very much surprised
when you telephoned that it wa!
DONE Well, we are not trying t.
make a reputation in that line, bu
we are trying to give our customer
the best service at our command w,
recognize the fact that when a nal
wants anything--even a divorce-h'
wants it badly. We have little us
,, for the policy Of the man down il
Pei %nsylvania who was the father O
, nineteen children, and when a cores
pondent asked him tv permit a pictur
OF the family to be taken, replied
"You had better wait awhile"
L X X
q Gath walked down by the rummag
Z sale the other day. That's a plac'
where you contribute things that ar
not useful-except dudes-to charity
I 1t is a good thing. Isn't it funn,
how things that are usually terme'