Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-08-21


est is rathe, amusing" said a man
employed in laying the new side
walks, "to see how the people will
sometimes act in walking over our
work before it is settled. The other
day a MA deliberately walked over
some of our work, making tracks
which necessitated us doing the work
over, and then when we got him Of,
he deliberately walked around to the
other end where the fence was and
walked over it again. That's the
animal nature in men. Did you ever
notice that a COW will leave the
dainties Of foods to steal a few dirty
straws from a compost wagon -?
That's perversty. Now, a nan has
somewhat the same disposition. Tell
him he can't do a thing and he will
do it for spite. Bet that a boy can't
do a thing, and he will show you
otherwise. though if you had tried to
hire him, he wouldn't have been able
to do it. That is the same thing that
induced the man to walk over the I'M
finished pavement and the COW to steal
the straw. We all have it.
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We met a friend the other day, and
he expressed his pleasure in a vigorous
slap on the back, that gave us a stitch
in the neck, and started a dental job.
That may be a hearty way of expressing
happiness. but we really prefer some
other. There is a rather funny side
to our natures. We automatically do
many things that are a nuisance. A
good merchant will give you a hearty
slap on the back and tell you to call
again, but his slap is like the gentle
manipulations of a good barber, not
the savage blow that sends you head
long through space. The fellow who
slaps you IN the back has a brother.
We met one of those fools the other
day. When he talked he stood in
front of us so you could not get
away and then to hold attention
kept %prodding us i'm the short ribs
with his thumb. We regret that we
did not have a gun. Those two
classes of fools are found in abun-
dance, and both should be suppressed.
eff the people of this city have as
high opinion of the Daily Inter-Ocea
as the people and press over the state
have, you people ought to feel pretty
good said one Of most appre-
ciative readers the other day. Well,
we do feel just a trif1e good over the
reception the paper has received
throughout the state, and especially
so at the hands Of the people of the
city. Much remains to be done ye
before we shall have things running
perfectly, but we are fast working t.
that point, and as we do so, are abb
to make the paper better. One thinl
that is often overlooked is the adver
tisement for the town. just tn
other day a travelling maj remarks
that he had often wondered why Devil
Lake did not have a daily paper whe:
such places as Minot and JamestoA:
did. cit is a fact said he tina
many people from a distance VIII
are seeking a business locatio
would pass this place by and go t
Minot simply because the dali
paper there gave it the appearane
of being a larger and more pr
gressive town. l "a sitting
the hotel sometime ago. continue
he, "and a man was inquiring tt
towns Of the Great Northern whic
it would pay him to make, as tt
territory was new to him. Wht
Devils Lake was mentioned, he ask
if it was as large as Minot. VIII
told that 1t was he said "the TOW
must be slow, as it has no dai
paper, and I am not seeking dea
towns
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"The people of this city ought
help out the creamery started
Mr.. Arnold in every way possible
said a prominent business man Ia
night. est gave me the horrors
see the long faces assumed by t
merchants when it was thought t
crop was going to be short. Sol
of them looked as if hey had lost
dozen friends. The trouble is thu
is so much money in grain that c
people are not satisfied with good
turns, but they want bumper on
Now the income from creameries
not an immense lump, but it is
STEADY, good one, that at the end
the year, will give a bank account
several hundred dollars ahead of
expenses. It is a source of rever
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