The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-10
THE NONPAREJL MAN
Recollectlons Of an. old Cattle Mar Who
Knew President Roosevelt When He
Was on His Ranch at Medora-The
Strong Roosevelt Sentiment In the Cat.
tie Country.

SsiohS roosSvSlI SeHLiHSus III eHS Sas'
tie Country.
The La Moure IN. d. Chronicle has
had an interview with all 'old timer,
p. F. Messersmith Of Dickinson who was
chaperoning trainload of cattle to Chi
cago.
Just think" said the old man. as he
brooded over pot Of boiling coffee HIM
self had made, 1T was thirty-four years
ago last spring that I crossed the river
where Fargo now stands, and at that
time there was not SO much shack
to mark the site Of the present metropo-
lis. l pressed on to Jamestown-only
there was no Jamestown then; only what
was known as the James River crossing.
Keeping years ahead Of the Northern Pa
cific extension, I went on to Bismarck.
then to Dickinson, and finally went into
stockraising near Medora. The country
was wild in those days"
Did you happen to know President
Roosevelt when he
ooh, Lord, yes" Messersmith broke in.
Why our ranches were only fifteen miles
apart, and you know that's not far. We
visited some back and forth, and often
met on the range and swapped yarns.
Say, there is man for you! Nothing
stuck up about Theodore. He was just
| one of the boys in those days, and amt
never changed any since.
| !et'S IAAAAS AAo w DIS LA N1Suo1d- OOuI
year ago-he was rounding up the old
guard and a fellow he used to know sort
| of hung back, thinking the president Of
the United States would not care spe-
cially to see him. Theodore caught sight
of him on the outskirts of crowd and
over here and shake. What's the matter
with you, man?' That's Teddy, every
time. Folks tell me his wife is just like
him-plain, sensible, with no frills and
furbelows. I want to tell you that Roose-
welt is the man for the people. His Sec
ond administration will be stronger than
the first s
Not long since w. D. Howells had a
treatise in Harper's Magazine on the
proper method of declining a proposal OF
marriage. He told of young lady who
had so ,contrived form of refusal that
1t would. justly hatter the vanity of the
unfortunate man in the case, console his
affections and leave him gra teful for hav-
ing been rejected. The only difficulty she
experienced was in the application of he1
formula. It happened that the very first
man who offered himself was one whom
she instantly accepted, without, as II
were, thinking. This was considered ar
| instance Of 1niSspert research, especially
as the lady, If she was set on rejecting q
proposal, might have come at once to ths
point by simply remarking 'Naw." A
man usually understands this at once. tho
some of them do not act as if they did.
A little Adrian GIRL age S, who was
j, learning to run errands for her mother
dreaded the laughter which greeted he1
attempts to pronounce certain words al
: the store. Vinegar" was one Of the
!, hardest for her. She never would go fol
it if she could help It, but the Other
morning it was absolutely necessary tx
send her. On entering the store SHE
handed the clerk the jug and said:
Smell that jug and give me a quart"
A lady In the same block was giving {
soulless piano massage treatment thu
other day, accompanied by fierce yell
, ing, when visitor, asked:
What is that?"
1t was carefully explained to him tina
it was a case of coloratura soprano.
collar hertura,' was the reply. 1.-THE,
it must be celluloid collar
Several men have already been re
: claimed from prohibition by these voca
| H. 80. 5z@- 80 jeut -----vtLl III g.. 80 ..-a
When the soo-aine was sinking a wei
:. at Ogema, station on the, White Eart]
i reservation, an immense flow Of waite
k was struck. A ten-inch pipe was USE
= and when down about forty feet tn
= water came out Of the pipe with grea
= pressure and was soon beyond control
Two bitches have been dug, which ar
l.. now carrying the water away, tho tn
: track is being undermined. Train load
: Of gravel and rock are being dumped int
y the hole, but the supply of water seem
e to be unlimited The well was found t.
d be flowing at the rate Of 10000 gallon
q minute and anybody who wants waite
y is invited by the 500 to help himself. !
> this well could be run into the train /
: ought to be able to supply the small bo
O who makes a. pilgrimage to the waite
:, tank for drink about every fifteen min
) utes. A. J. r.