The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-11
THE NONPARElL, M MAN

/ A Society Event In Fargo In Which the
Bridegroom Had One Finger Bitten
oft-LamentabIe Result Of Mr.. Nelson's
Attempt to Sing "The GrandIn Farm"
at the Marriage Supper.
! Alta supper given in ghonor Of the
marriage of Adolph Johnson and Miss
Christina Rodlend OF Fargo a. slight diff
d ference of opinion over the merits Of a
song arose. Nelson and Johnson are
partners In the grocery business In Far
go and at the marriage supper his friend
and partner, Mr.. Nelson, arose to give
i the company a little; song OF his own.
About thirty friends were present: When
Mr.. Nelson opened up on the first bars
of Down on the Grandin Farms Mr..
Nelson squared his shoulders, filled his
lungs and hitcheds them both on. AS
his deep, rich barytone rolled out and
filed the corners Of the room one OF the
guests remarked: not Eunkindly: HSs,sS
Shut up" sSts 2s5szss, ,
Mr.. Nelson looked reproachfully at the
3 guest and started over again.
4 list down!" %$#ssf
4, Make 1t ragtimep'
Then the trouble began. In the gen.
eral mixup that followed the bridegroom
interfered and endeavored for peace.
, But Mr.. Nelson's mad was UP at the
double bar put In his song and he fought,
bit and scratched desperately, finally eat
ing off section of his partners finger.
physician was summoned, who at
tended to the bridegroom's wound and
shifted supeciliously as he noted a barrel
of beer on tap on the mahogany "escri-
. toire." John Dill was also badly bitten.
Let this beya terrible warning to people
} who try to sing songs at the weddings of
/ their friends, or who try to interrupt
such songs by remarks that tend follower
the singers estimate Of his own efforts.
The evening passed off agreeably and a
pleasant time was had.
A leading editorial in the Monroe Neb,
Looking Glass is headed art Thou Pre-
: pared for Eternity?' Shucks, no; most
of us aren't even prepared for time, to
. say nothing Of eternity.
A neighboring farmer made a sad mis-
take this year In planting his parsnips.
2 In some woy or other he put the seeds
:. upside down and the parsnips all grew
with their tops down. forming wedges
that made them very difficult to pull.
We farmers cannot be too careful.
4 This is a good time of year for one Of
these political parades, such as was held
Mckinley was elected governor. One
hundred and twenty-five wagons of coal
each load topped:by a. barrel of flour
marched up and down sthe street amid
. great cheering. At the close of the parade
: each wagon ended up at the doorway OF
- some poor family and left it's load in the
q yard It was a very popular celebration
:. Farmer Lloyd Morton Is candidate for
8 county treasurer Of Barnes county, N. d.
: and Mrs. Morton is a practical, successful
: helpmate, as witness her letter in the
). Valley City . Times-Record on ''T1ow tt
d Rid the Henhouse of Miles, Mrs. Nor.
e ton writes:
n 1--WE had read Of tits pest, but ha6
V never seen them till in August they ap-
3 peared in our henhouse in such numbers
o that we got no eggs, and the hens
% wouldn't even try to Set" -
Noting this unpleasant condition, Mrs
{. Morton shut the hens up for four weeks
l. and then smoked the henhouse for. three
! days with sulphur. The4n1ites came from
IT far and near to get a sulphur jag. After
n the event they were thicker than before
a Mrs. Morton cor1tinues:"
- 1--WE were discussing. the ACCESSIBILITY O.
q burning the henhouse, when the engineer
" of the threshing rig working on our farm
n suggested that we steam it instead. 81
h one day when it was too damp to thresl
t. he steamed up, ranGtha esss1ne up BY tn
8. steamed it three hours. Half that tim
l. would probably have been long enough
"a but we wanted to make sure job Of it
,e When 1t began to get hot inside the mite
H. near the cracks around the doors an,
a windows crawled outside and were the1
n KILLED by applying kerosene with white
RI Ewash brush. il. !
III Fearing the floor wouldn't get no
st enough to kill the mites there, we du
I'll under the sill to see how hot it was, an
TX it was so hot a man couldn't put his han
"a under. = .,,.:'. 1t
in steam and kerosene. looked for som
ar the other day to show a neighbor an
81 could not find one.''
it:ES There is more than one way Of rippin
q the epider1nis from the feline. IF Mr.. Nor
r. ton finds any graft mites In the treasury
- it might be well to have that senginee
s., back his rig up and. cut loose with tn
ne steamer.
o.. 81 Father has been there on visit, an
OF the editor Of the Marion IN. d. Sentine
II, rejoices thus at the happy event:
err 1.-THE father of the scribe visited hi1
es the past week and some people said W
to were as near alike as two beans in pc
aE-only one was more matured. How prou
as we are to be like dad, and it sets u
en-. thinking where mas side comes ir
Of There's pa, he typical down cas-
re. Yank' from the word go; one Of thos
e. blue bellied kind from way down in Mas
X sachusetts, with the Pilgrims Progress:
Sc blood in his veins. Good?v Why, ..ther
d. never was a better pa. Now metakes ma
" Say, when we go east, to our home, som
err people say we look like ma. How prou
st we are to be like ma. Take ma, she's
n Norsk,' with ancestors perhaps from tn
nd highest peak in Norway; perhaps wit
he ancestors Of the Mortimer and some I
s. those men who first discovered America
of Good? Why there never was a bette
n ma. Yes, mother is a Norwegian an
,rt father a Yankee and we're a conglomera
of tion.e And we're proud Of it,
in And pa and ma doubtless think son
ng all right, TOO. Its a good time to sut
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