Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-10-02

Gath made an awful blunder the
other day. Worse than those usually
made by him. One Of the best papers
in the state-the Inter-O Ocean always
excepted-and edited by a lady, stated
that it had u new press. Now, as the
editor-or editress, as those gram
marians say-and the papers are al.
ways considered the same, we at
tempted to % fraternal and wrote our
congratulations and asked what kind
of man he was. We received a cut
of a latest design Of job press by re-
turn mail and at the bottom were
these words:
"Look at i'm, g%reenie."
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The "Knockabout'' man Of the inter
A fellow who calls himself Gath
Roasts manya man and many a notion
That happens to- cross his, path
Some day a victim of roast or jest
WELL rise in a, fit of wrath,
And-the coroner's jury Wilt sit on
the breast
Of a "knockabout'' fellow called
Gath.
-Bottineau Courant.
Please. get out Of our way. That's
the worst we ever saw-the poetry,
we mean We have been acussed, of
everything mean, including, being
handsome, but we never before had
the dishonor of being the subject that
) inspired a corn tassel poet to burst
forth in bad English and worse poetry.
Will, the poet come down and have a
drink Of the best soda water in the
state, at Bells. or Horsman's s. or
Hodgkinson's> or Greene's But pos
sibly that would, surprise your
stomach, but come anyhow.
Talk about boys! They are
g%eniuses. Sitting at our window the
other day we saw one going down the
street on a bicycle. He couldn't
reach the pedals from the saddle and
so was standing on the pedals and
going. at breakneck speed. A man
couldn't do that But a. boy! Look
out That reminds US of a circum-
stance we once saw in court-a place
where. you get tried accordingly to
prejudices. A boy was being cross
examined as to a space. Of time be-
tween: the times he heard a shot and
saw a man running. "How long was
it?'asked the disciple of Blackstone.
20, bout nine minutes''' replied the
boy. NOW I will hold my watch
and want you to tell. me when nine
minutes have passed." said the
lawyer. The boy swung his foot and
toyed with his hat. Eight minutes
passed and the lawyer fearing his
point would be lost, asked the boy if
the time was up. "Nope, replied
the boy. Still he swung his foot.
The lawyer began to get nervous
while the spectators who were watch.
ing the time began to smile. cts
up said the boy. He had guessed
to the second. "How did O tell so
closely asked the court. Just know
ed replied the boy.
x**
"Why don't the. patrons visit the
schools more? asked an interested
citizen the other day while discussing
the public schools. We have been
saying things in this department for
ONE time that pleased the people
because we have been saying nothing.
It's like the editors who use made to
order editorials. They never cause
any trouble because they hurt nobody.
But that's a depression as the lone
wlnded minister says in the middle OF
a drowsy sermon. We want to say
something that is not popular. And
that is that there can be too much
visiting in the schools. Now that
does not mean that patrons should moi
have the deepest interest in the work
OF the children. But this thing Of
dropping in just to see things. is like
the n%ewsgather and book agent who
occupies two hours of your precious
time when you are busy. Where
visitor drops in, no matter how
quietly, the attention of the children
is detracted from the work, and the,
are in the position of the preache,
writing a sermon while watching q
circus parade out of the study window.