Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1905-02-10

year before-raised good corn, oats
and barley. Canistota Clipper.
Pat Dailev came down from
North Dakota Tuesday for a visit
with relatives and friends in this city
and in Mathews township.
The subject at the Congrega-
ional church next Sunday morning
will be, "Our Modern Goliah, and
what to do with him" Everyone in
vited to the service.
Revival services will be held at
Lake Henry Congregational church
next week by Rev. G.. HI. Starring.
Meetings will begin Sunday, Febru.
airy 18th. A cordial invitation ex-
tended to all.
"A letter from j. w. Bare states
that he and his good wife reached
their destination in California on
Jan. 2lst. He had just eaten all the
oranges he could hold but was will.
ing to go q or two better il it would
do his South Dakota friends any
good. All the winter they have there
is rain at this season, but we don't
believe j. w. is web footed Times.
The entertainment by the Col
ombian Comic Opera Co. at the
opera house Saturday evening last
was by far the best entertainment
put on il this city for years. |. j.
Miller is to be congratulated upon
securing such able talent, aud If
he could arrange TO have the com
pany appear again this winter, it
is doubtful If there would be stand
ing room for the late corners
Miss Alice Nelson, of Esmond
vicinity, suffered a w attack OF
pneumonia recently, and after partly
recovering from that it was discovered
that an a5scess had formed below
the heart as the result of the pneu
monia. DR.. Sheets, of Carthage,
was the attending physician and de.
cided that an operation was necessary
which was performed with the assis
lance of a doctor from Artesian. Miss
Nelson was taken to the home of her
sister at Carthage for convenience in
securing futher medical aid. 1t is
confidently expected that complete
recovery will follow, which is good
news to the young lady's many
friends.
Our society editor has discover
ed that it is the right thing for the
"dung hill" aristocracy in New
York to make calls with their dogs.
Lady, or gentleman, rms herself, or
himself, with a package of cards
with their own name thereon and
with another package on which is
"Miss Minnie" if the tax happens TO
be $500, or "Mr. Pete,'' if it happens
to be variety of dog taxed only Sl.00,
calls the coach and proceeds with
the dog to the home of a like friend
where the call is made and cards
left for the d. h. ~aristocrats, both
twol egged and ~four-legged. 1t is
also proper that the dogs be dress
ed in Paris gowns, with a little
pocket containing a lace trimmed
handkerchief. When lunch is
served it should be for both brands.
During our brief experience on
this mundane sphere we have never
had occasion to doubt the statement
that "a sucker is born every minute
and many times we have thought
that the estimate was too low. The
way some Of the men grabbed the
hook and line and sighed because
they could not swallow the pole at
the wrestling match last Saturday
evening was conclusive evidence that
suckers" multiply with the rapidity
of rabbits. All kinds of professional
sport has ~degenerated in this county
and invariably the result of all con
tests is governed by the %''coin." OF
course, a lot of good fellows" are
always given a Tip" but when the
smoke of battle has cleared away,
they find that instead of being good
fellows they have been just plain
u~nvarnished suckers. Trib-
une.
Mrs. G. B. Grover was on the
sick list last week aud for a short
time Thursday it was thought she
was past recovery. The spell only
lasted a few minutes, however, and
Friday she was better than for sew
eral days previous. The anxiety for
her safety Thursday night was caus-
ed by a partial paralysis in the
throat and tongue which prevented
her breathing Mt short intervals
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