The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-06
THE N0HPAREIL MAN
Farmers Are Urged to Plant Big Trees
Rapid Experience OF Samuel Aandahl OF
Valley City, N. B., in the Presence OF
a Bull and a Telephone Pole.

FdPto G~PrTiSuCS OF Samuel SAdHudHt "
Valley City, N. B., in the Presence OF
Bull and a Telephone Pole.
The Valley City, N. D., Alliance calls
on all farmers and others to plant trees
It pays, says the Alliance. For the other
day a stray bull wandering in the neigh
borhood Of Samuel Aandahl's fertile farm,
happened to spy the farmer, and think
Ing he looked easy, started to go one
round with him for exercise. Mr.. Aandahl
had recently planted some trees but they
were small-far too small to climb, SO the
nimble farmer resorted to telephone
pole. He went up like the mercury IN
July. Suppose there had been no telephone
pole handy? The Alliance says, plant
big trees
Some good lady elocutionist ought to be
sent over to Morocco to recite to the sui
tan Abou Ben Had Them.
A Wisconsin genius wants to mend the
crack in the Liberty bell. He'd probably
like to whitewash the capitol at Washing
ton.
Kansas and Oklahoma have been soaked
to finish. Instead of the "drouthy Kan
sas" Of the time when Jerry Simpson con-
| sidered socks unnecessary and enervating
luxuries, we are given view Of flooded
Kansas. with the people in rubber hose
and life preservers.
| The national hymn Of China is so long
that it requires about half a day to sing
| 1t. No foreigner ever desires to hear 1t
sung the second time. A German. who
once listened to it, said, "Too much Of
that is plenty" BY the time the Chinese
eigner begins laundering at the gates of
Peking-if the foreigners left any gates
| last time.
At the marriage Of one Of Houston 5
fairest daughters all Nature rejoiced and
the dear old Houston Sentinel, writing ii
up, just threw itself. The account says
GAS If to brighten the future life of the
young couple the day was all the heart
could wish, while the beautiful, valley
nestled mid rugged hills, stretched away
; until lost in the distance as it curved
downward in It's course to the river be.
You'd.
1.-THE clear, blue sky arching o'erhead
!, the sun mingling it's rays with the leafl
, trees swayed by the gentle breeze, pre-
scented scene long to be remembered b!
the assembled guests, who, like nature
were clad for the occasion in their bes
{ attire.
"As the appointed hour Of o'clool
drew nigh the sun lay in the west ant
| oeSSAAAAAo
, gan to lengthen,- whereupon the br1da
> party formed upon the porch. First, tn
> bride and groom, the bride fair as tn
day. dressed in champagne color crepe d
I chine, bearing yellow roses; and tn
4 groom dressed in black; next came tn
. bridesmaid, looking fine and dressed +
pink batiste, bearing pink and white car
nations -
cali being ready Rev. Mr.. Gidney
pastor Of the Baptist church, a master
: the art, performed the ceremony maxim
. the couple man and wife. AS the eve
. ming approached the younger folk, man
. of whom had delayed for various reasons
!, began to arrive, and, betaking themselve
d to the home Of neighborly friend, wer
soon lost in the mazes Of the dance, an
las the music rang. out upon the nigi
= air, the moons keeping its lonely waite
70 shone down with a sornber hue, tintir
= hill and field; the dewdrops sparklir
! on the leaves and blades OF grass
T. silence fell to earth, only, like hums
life, to disappear with the rising Of tt
Il morning sun. ss@M 81. ~ IS
N And SO they were VeH 81 - q
An illustration of what we really wa,
y to do and what we think we ought
se want to do. is given In Lippincott's mag
S. zine teacher in q city school ask
IN the children to write on their pads
- paper something about the profession
occupation in which they would like
engage when they became men al
OF women. One little girl wrote briefly b
Id effectively: %'I would desire to be la
j. rider at a circuss if it was the Lore
:. will Another little girl with equa
L mixed ideas wrote: missionary, but
not that, millinary or clerk in can
store."
tic Now are you honest enough to wr
ne down what you think you ought to wa
~ to do, and then right under 1t what y
~ really do want to do? 1t might aston
lyOu " - IA. y. N