The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-03-17
FRESH HASH

DR.. Brown was called to Ellington
Wednesday.
c. j. Rodln represented Peever IN
Sisseton Tuesday.
Now, altogether Let everyone
boost for the fair.
U. S. Marshal Collins was in the
city Tuesday on official business.
III. w. jackson and L. NARROW drove
over from the agency Wednesday.
The w. r. c, will give an ice cream
social at Gottesworth's hall, Wednes-
day evening. March 22d.
Council Bluffs Nonpariel: That
poor, downtrodden, poverlty-stricken
bankrupt concern known as the beef
trust is going to blow in a few more
hundred thousand dollars on build
logs at Sioux City.
''Budge" Batterton, who is now en-.
gagged in getting few points on f.
nance in the banking establishment
of l.. III. Bentley, at Twin Brooks,
came home Saturday to visit the
cold folks at homeland some other
folks.
The editor of the Aurora Times is
sorry that the primary law was de-
feated. "The primary system is bo-
nanza for printers it says "and we
had figured on new suit OF clothes
i'm 1908.
Commissioner Robert Laing of En-
terprise was in the city Monday for
the first time in many moons. Mr..
Laing has been on the sick list good
part of the winter, and his many
friends are glad to see him perambu
lating about in his accustomed vlgOr
Beauty says when it is not coal
bills it is mosquito bills. When he
is not engaged it pushing a lawu
mower he is engaged in scooping
snow from the gates and walks. He
declares that this is a world OF actiy-
ity 3G5 days in the year and no one
need rust ont.
Two boys and a halky broncho held
the center of the stage on second
stfeet. The crowd offered various
suggestions but like the "Mule Bi.
anica" the pony refused to move,
altho the boys whacked him fore and
aft, and some one suggested to twist
the varmints tail and the boys Of
fered to vacate the buggy while the
suggestor came and tried it on the
stubborn, SteadfaSt brute.
Charlie FOlkestad was the recipi-
ent OF postal card from III. L.
Spackman,. postmarked Washington.
which was rather unique 1t was
lN imitation burnt leather affair with
The private mailing device on one
side, while on the other the follow.
Ing inscription was printed in pyro.
graphic characters: 81 am having a.
followed bv a picture OF a, devil,
with the further wording, "of a time
in Washington" signed II. L. S.
An exchange says that members OF
Congress are becoming interested IN
freight rates, aud they are casting
about to know on which side they had
better get II we were a member OF
congress just now, we'd Know which
side to get on, and we wouldn't make
any common error. either. We lust
pad freight or a cylinder press to "a
railroad company and our feelings are
some damaged, likewise our bank ad-.
? count, ana like Farmer Sommers.
| Pm tired Of paying freight"
I've paid the freight on paper bags.
rx. Ano n.t1 plotting tin paper TOO.
I've wondered the Milwaukee road
For won't have cent left
LII Keep on paying freight,
went to pay a draft one day
AT the First National Bank,
, Inc draft was three days over due
But they handed out the blank
/ And when kicked on fifteen cents
For being three days late
says Norris now please dent forget
Those bank drafts come by freight
I've paid the freight on Standard oil
That wouldn't show no light
I've paid the freight on gasoline
g And also on Ignite
I'm burning home made candles now
AND never sit up late.
III i had grown up daughters
r ia 90 broke paying freight.
e I've paid sixty cents for pepper
Ana five cents pound for salt,
And once At Charley Grants
u paid the freight on Duny's malt
I've paid the freight on Wrapping twine
g And wrappers on cigars,
I've paid the freight on Milbank aour
That never saw the cars.