Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-09-11

DesC anu IalreSG presentation of the
benefits of North Dakota I have ever
gotten. have been receiving boom
papers until I was thoroughly dis.
gusted, but I read the entire sheet"
The paper referred to was the recent
boom edition of the Daily Inter-O Ocean
and was mailed to the prospective land
buyer whose letter we quote. Con-
tinuing, the writer states that the he
expects to come to Ramsey county
this fall to purchase land. The real
estate man who showed US the letter
stated that he had received % %inquir-
les from prospective buyers since the
special edition was sent out, and that
he attributed them all to the boom
edition of the Inter Ocean
Did you ever notice the difference
in telling jokes on someone else, and
having them told on yourselfy We
have been telling jokes and other
things on people for years, and the
other night one of our good friends
told n on us. Well not repeat it.
It's too good. But that reminds us of
an experience a friend of ours who
was a misunderstanding man, he
called himself. On one occasion the
trunk Of a travelling man-we use the
refined term-was broken OPEL on the
platform of a railway station, and
our friend noticed it. There tumbled
out IN a pile were several samples of
soiled linen, the dirty socks. the let
tiers from his girls, his brushes and
other things spread out in disorder be-.
fore the gaping crowd He saw it and
began to smile. Then he concluded
to watch the actions of the owner
when he discovered his predicament.
The smile gradually worked back to-
wards his ears and he began to shake
with laughter, and finally he slapped
himself in his glee over the fun he
would have when the owner showed
up. But no owner came and he de-
cided to look at the disorder and see
which of the boys it was. 1t was his
own. His looks upon this discovery
resembled the inverse order of the be-
fore and after taking cuts of the patent
medicine advertisements. It makes
much difference at whose expense the
laugh is.
A gentleman who carries a very
large ad in the Daily Inter Oceau
called our attention the other day to
a typographical error in his ad which
was decidedly amusing. But those
things help to make an advertise
ment more attractive. Some years
ago. a regious fanatic passed through
one OF the eastern states and painted
every where on rocks and fences the
words, "What Shall I do to be Saved?
Shortly atferward an enterriisng pac.
ent medicine mar painted below each
of the questions, the words, "Use
Piso's Cure for Consumption.
Whereupon the sign evangelist went
over the same ground and added to
each the words, "And prepare to
meet thy God" That thing made
Piso's Cure for Consumption which
was nothing more than poor whiskey
and w%ildcherry bark, famous through
out that country. 1t was the amusing
part of the thing that rave it notori-
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The cool days make the people of
this latitude don their heavy wraps
and go about as if it were cola. We
have often been amused at the idea.
But it is far more amusing to see the
people of the south "down in
Georgia'-half freeze to death when
a small frost makes its appearance.
Such a day as Wednesday in that
country would be as severe weather to
them as an ordinary blizzard in North
Dakota would be to us. Gath once
remarked to a Florida gentleman that
he had seen teams driven over the
solid surface of the river in winter.
The cynical sneel with which the re-
mark was greeted reminded us of the
story told by the lawyer who said
the witness had not sworn falsely, but
had sworn exactly like another man
who did. But those people have
their trials and tribulations, as the
deacon would say. The heat of the
summer is just as intolerable as the
cold Of winter in this country is to
us. The people get lazy, stupid and
Indifferent, and life actually becomes
a burden. No'thank you, we would
rather shiver than sweat.
Gath has received another pressing
invitation to join the Starlight club
of Webster-only there was no press
ing about it. We have changed u
mind very materially about that club