Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-11-06
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.. PERSONS AND THINGS ~
As Seen by Gath

H oSSh ~ NV
The ugliest mane in the ely has
solved the question Of AIMS age, and
says she is sixteen. This has peen
verified by the best looking attorney
in the city and the answer must be
correct.
Appearances are sometimes decep'
tive. The other day we saw a gentle
man approach a carriage in which q
number of ladies were seated and
kiss one of them. She blushed, just
about half way resisted, and the act
was greeted with a round Of laughter
from the other occupants of the car
rage. We,wondered-and inquired.
1T was one of those happy married
couples who are still living over their
courtship days. The bride wife was
going out for a few hours visit with
some friends, and the husband re-
membeled her as he did when they
used to part at the gate on moonlit
highs just before they were married.
Yes, we all remember about those
things, and wish we were young
again.
&C.,
IT thought you always roasted
everybody who sent you'any items,
said a gentleman the other day.
Continuing he said, "You gave a
letter. from a. lady who, in fact,
pointed out one of your errors, posi-
tion in your department, and you said
nothing mean Why should we say
anything mean to a person of intelli-
gence9 The lady in question vas
sending a valuable piece Of inform i
ton to the paper and the act was GER
tai1ly appreciated. It helped to make
the paper better. The only people
we roast are those who wear five dollar
hats on five cent brains and who
think they are smart, and have all
the wisdom of the universe Those
people never offer information, they
look wise, criticise, and know nothing
They try to be smart at other peoples
expense. Those are the ones we
roast. Not those e who kindly make
helpful suggestions They are our
friends.
Down at Lakota it is said the mer-
chants took a list of the people who
~patronize a box car dealer-and they
will probably not be given credit
when they ask for it next year. This
statement is made on the authority Of
the kernels nan of the Forum, and
might be wrong. But it should be
right, not only at Lakota, but every
where. These tramp merchants pay
no taxes, and sell a cheap grade Of
goods for a smaller price than the
merchants who pay taxes sell better
grades. By the way, if you have
been reading the papers, have you
ever found a merchant who has been
arrested for violating the pure food
law2 But the number of tramp mer-
chants, box car merchants, sometimes
called. have been galore. That shows
that they sell impure goods, and you
cannot tell when you buy from them
whether you are eating dead horse, OF
canned beef. Drinking coffee or bean
soup. Those tramp merchants should
be heavily taxed, and if they want q
part Of the money, should be made to
bear a part Of the expense. We ale
sorry we mentioned this last, however,
as the Democratic party will probably
place a plank of that kind in thei1
next national platform. We didn'
intend to give them the only issu'
4hey can have,
Gath dropped into the busine
place of a gentleman who had march
ed with Sherman to the sea, and bee
on the firing line with his regimen
in every engagement in which it too
part except that of Gettysburg, an
after he had related the experience
the regiment on that memorable felc
we felt like the Irishman who said b
would rather be a living cowar
than a dead hero. The regimen
went into the first days fight
Gettysburg with about thirty office:
and six hundred privates. 1t WI
engaged ten minutes and came OF
with three l~ieutenants and forty seve
men carrying muskets. About tN
hundred were captured, the remaino'
either killed or wounded. That
something of a war record. This O
soldier seldom INDUCES in war storie
but when be does they are interesti1
bits Of history. When you hear
soldier talking about how he lol
handed won Charlottesville,
Yicksburg, or some other battle, "
can fonre hat he was not in We