Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-09-04

the duty OF a newspaper IS n work OF
helping the public. Mondays issue
will be sent to four Thousand prospec-
tive land buyers and business men
outside of North Dakota, and will
give this county a reputation abroad
it could lever have acquired outside
the newspaper field.
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A newspaper says a man who stood
in front Of d locomotive engine going
at the rate Of forty niles an hour was
ushered into eternity By the way
that is a funny way to be ushered.
We were ushered once-at a church
wedding one of those street fair ad-
vertisements of the brides trosseau-
but we were not ushered in that man.
ner. A gentleman took us gently by
the arm at the church door, after we
had walked a mile on our own az.
count and led us gently, %tenderly,
dow the isle of the church to a pew
not otherwise occupied and there gen
thy and tenderly assisted us to sit
down. That's the way we were ush-
cred. We did not see the man who
passed into the u~nknowable unknown
from contact with the COW catcher of
a hundred ton mogul, but we suppose
the contact was abrupt, sudden, and
hard. That he performed several mid
air revolutions that far surpassed
those of the twenty-five cent circus
acrobats and landed in a wheat field
near by, reduced to a jelly consistency
and with a multiplicity Of broken
bones. That is the way he was ush-
cred. We were not.
Here is something we did not know
ingly see. An Italian count is re-
ported to be passing through the state
on a wager, and IS depending upon the
charity of the people for sustenarlce.
A gentleman asked us the other day
why we bad not seen him when he
passed through this city. That was
because the count failed to make him
self known. Come to think about it,
however, we are of the opinion we did
see him. We We're walking down
street in the early morning, and a
man we supposed vas a hobo asked Us
for 4 dime-just the price. We cast
the pearl before the swine and went
our way. Since ahen we read a de-
scription Of a ccunt who traded his
twenty cent character for a tw=nty
million American heiress and froqa,
the description Of this COUNT we are
led to- believe the man who kit us, for
the ten cents is of the same brand.
Those italian and other counts who
want us to know them should have
their coats of arms marked with some
osher stamp than ordinary red nose
booze. We can'tstell them from an
ordinary American drunk.
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derby as it is at present said; a city
official the other day. T1ere has Seen
but M person before thermayor Dr a
long time; and that was for being
drunk,.' he. continued. The crewd
of threshers> I'M the city are different
from that of other years. Nearly all
of them came with gripsand, will
take their earnings away with them
instead Of blowing it in ONE bad booze
and gambling" That is. about the
best: sizing: up Of the situation we
have Heard There may be some
tramps among the large number OF
thresaars, but q man wilM lie strrurk
by tfss. gentlannanly and onderly ccn
duct oft Those people on tho. streets. of
the. Gritty. There may be tough gangs
in, other parts of the statBA butt ttnay
are not in DEVILS Lake
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"Ehat makes an eleagsnt1 walls.
said al gentleman the other morning.
as. he stood looking at the construction
of tls- Kelley avenue cross WALKS
That is the opinion of everybody who
sees Siis town. The misaDrtunes of
life have thrown Gath into a lange
number Of the cities and small towns
of the older states, but he has newer
yet seen a city, ever the larger ones,
with more beautiful sidewalks than
Devils Lake. It is one Ct the things
that strikes the stranger most foreibly
when he III to the city, nd thea
favorable impression thus prme&will
very much assist in secnring him for
a citizen Of the county: The good
sidewalks and Other city improve
ments. are. like bread cast uron the
! waters. Thnse of yon who read your
/ Bible--if there be amy such-know
| what .hat means.
We take just a little honest pride
in the manner the special edition Of