The Bottineau courant., 1906-01-26

It is said that little girl at Han
vey ended her prayer thus: Lord bless
papa and mamma and the animals.
They are more important to us be-
use their skins are worth two dollars
a piece.
This is the snappiest cold snap
we We had this year and OF all the
snaps we have ever snapped, we never
snapped snap. that snapped IKE
this snap snapped.
The Fargo Forum says that Tommy
Hancock is endeavoring to convince
the people of Edgely they are in
the gas belt. There are others that
need no conviction.
The Bismarck Settler has decided
not to remove the agricultural col
lege from Fargo, and the university
from Grand Forks for while all
of which is considerate.
The Rugbvites are incensed because.
the states attorney used embossed
stationery. We wonder if that fes-
tideous gentleman wears lace and pink
ribbon on his mighty too
A blind pig in an automobile is one
of the Goth century discoveries and
Judge Fisk is the man making the,
discovery. We suppose the next stunt.
will be blind pig in balloon.
| Two men by the name OF Mum at.
Linton were put to sleep for two
nights and day with ignite gas.
Both nearly went home for keeps by
way of the route of asphyxiation.
The Great Northern decided to err
ect stock yards at Wahpeton as re-
suit of agitation of the commercial
club. and still some towns do not be
lieve it is worth while organizing.
Bill had bill board. Bill also
had board bill, SO that Bill sold the
bill board to pay his boardbill. So
Bfter Bill sold his billboard to pay his
boardbill. the board no longer bored
Bill.
Jimmy Foley of the Bismarck Trib
une, is coming in for lot of com.
mendation for his literary stunts in
the eastern magazines. The differ
ent editors claiming him as "our
Jimmy"
The Forum g special edition was
big bumper-in every way up to our
anticipation. We all know what the
Forum can do. Next time they will
have to issue shawl straps to carry it
in.
It is said the position of the Indian
agent at Standing Rock is difficult to
hold because of the rivalry of the
church organizations and this perhaps
had something to do with the resigna-
tion of Agent Steen.
A newly married man the other day
asked the difference between "a hon
eycomb, 4 honey moon, and pretty
girl3'' A honey comb is small cell,
honey moon is a big sell, and a
pretty girl a damsel
Three miles southeast of Souris a
whole family came nearly passing in
their checks. The whole family was
poisoned by a "favoring and extract. +"
Here's warning against buying
cheap articles for food.
The Sheldon Prorgess: Jud La
Moure, jr., got Christmas present of
a silver mounted ivory baton from
the Pembina band boys. All the old
man Jud ever gets is bat on the head
from an insurgent newspaper.
The devil got busy in the Office of
the Lansford Times. His birthstone
was too combustable and the conse-
quence was that half the town was
wiped off the map of Bottineau coun-
ty. The damage was $54, 200.
The Renville County Tribune an
nounces that it is four years old. and
eligible to wear pants from now on.
We hope brother Schnitzler does not
get too pious and wear them out at
the knees, or too studious and wear
them out at the seats.
Senator Hansbrough gets a public
building for Devils Lake, United