The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-19
THE NONPAREJL MAN
Aggressive Euchre'' as an Entertainment,
Compared with the Joy and Utility that
Comes from Saving Half a Cord OF
Wood.

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Who was that old fellow who told about
the aggressive euchre" party his wife
held III honor Of something or nothing?
His name has slipped from memory, but
his phrase was a happy one end will live.
Did you ever attend a function where ag-
gressive euchre was the annoyance for
the evening? You sit around under the
glaring lights and there Is an artificial
smell in the air and loud and rafting
clamor on the part Of the unruly member.
We have played aggressive euchre and we
have sawed half cord Of wood. AS an
entertainme give us the latter. And
there is something to show for it after
wards, too Yet, we may be wrong, no
matter how bright we are. Even the
lightning bug wears his headlight on be-
hind. This should teach us a lesson of
caution about being too sure.
A street fakir in Fargo is drawing the
color line much tighter than it Is drawn in
Mississippi A colored man stepped up
| when he was making spiel on n. P.
| avenue the other night and asked him to
cure corn. He said he was not treating
colored corns. .r
Some pretty good crop stories are COM
| ing in, notwithstanding the rust calamity.
Attorney Bergenlin Of Grand Forks. N. D.,
| tells of a young farmer who has a quar-
| ter section in the vicinity Of Rugby. This
| spring he put 100 acres Of 1t into wheat.
| During the summer he wanted to sell the
| farm. and offered the land with the wheat
crop on it for $4,000.
| He could not get buyer.
| This week he concluded the threshing
operations on his farm and from the $50
| acres he secured about 5000 bushels OF
! fair grade wheat.
This he sold for $4,000, or $1,000 more
than he offered to sell the farm and crop
for during the summer.
! He has changed his mind about selling
| The Red Lake Falls Gazette tells one or
a contemporary who suffered from the
work of the devil. The Gazette's story is
| this:
Editor Harry E. Ives, for his las
weeks Spectator, wrote: Yesterday {
swarm Of bees lit upon limb of the tree
in front Of Mrs. Smith Smitherson's anc
But Art Ittner, the devil, who was in {
hurry to attend ball game, set it up
| Yesterday a swarm of bees lit upon
limb Of Mrs. Smith Smitherson, which
presented a very interesting appearance:
The next day something madden than
swarm Of bees lit upon Harry. It wal
Mrs. Smltherson.' 49,
If that wasn't the work of devil, the,
! we don't know.
&c. Watt Brandon, a military man, VIII
was formerly. employed on T h e o u r
MA /; has just sent in volume /, No. 1. o
the Pinedale (Wyo) Roundup, of whic
he Is editor and proprietor. Mr.. Brandon
says:
1.-THE difficulties incident to establishin
: a, newspaper at point ITO niles from tn
railroad and in sparsely- settled country
. are many, and it is doubtful if many sue
enterprises are being pushed at present i
any part of the country. r-
Nevertheless, the Roundup presents
good business appearance, sports, a fin
bunch Of ads and chronicles the captur
of Kid Riley, who robbed the Orego
Short Line express. It is going to be
: success.
The Fargo Forum tells of the youn
fellow who lost his best girl by too vigol
GUS language, under severe provocaIiol
3 about IL pm. After calling on the lady,
! was seen tearing thru the yard at tel
+, rifle pace, with three dogs in close pursui
3 The dogs won. Then came a choice colelc
i ton of words that would have made an oil
ID Jack tar blush. She" heard the lar
r gl1age. It was revelation to her. Sh
II is something of a. church member. ii,
, The nice young man will not call at he
house any more.
The trousers can be repaired but wi
, never look exactly the same
= Papa smiles and smiles and it il RI
). ported that it was he who encouraged II
y. dogs a trif1e when they started out.
II "A. J. r.