The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-28
Man About To,on

"S1e - nuSu puilosopuS IN the eX-
preston coined by the late John P.
McTighe. "A knocks boost" He
argued that the echo Of knock re-
bounded to the discredit of Mr.. Ham,
mer. Johnnie always advised his
friends to overlook the ragged edge Of
human nature. which, he proclaimed.
has good and bad side. You
can knock the one and boost the
other" he would say. If you decide
to knock you hurt yourself and the
other fellow. and there's nothing to it."
McTighe's gospel made him political
leader in his city. and he sue
ceeded in politics until he bumped into
an opponent with bottomless barrel.
But the crowd Of morners at his fun
eral testified to the popularity of the
politician who was ever ready to give
q fellow a boost.
Knocking is disease rather than
habit. asserts physician. Symptoms
are first noted in the man with dis
order liver. If the liver can't be
cured the knocking habit grows and
the victim becomes menace to all
his associates. Anarchists. who are
classed as third-degree knockers. have
bad livers. superinduced by cheap
beer etc. Anarchists knock every
thing. from individuals to govern
ments. They wear out hammers and
then they resort to bombs There is
no telling how far the knocking germ
will eat into the vitals of society. A
male knocker Is worse than a female
scold. Instead of being ducked he
ought TO be ignored. His aim is to dis
credit and discourage. but more often
he misses his target and disgusts He
Is always menace to the society he
Joins. Moreover. he is his own worst
enemy, who advertises by his bombas-
| tic talk that he is both an egotist and
| an ass.
There are knockers right here in
Grand Forks and Of the premium var
Lefty, at that. If man or woman
seems to be doing fairly we'll in the
world and rising above the level of
past years. the green-eyed individual
is always on hand with the do say"
story. He or she may be all right
now. but they used to do such awful
things" But me no butts" said some
one and it's trite saying, too fire.
quently ignored. The anvil chorus
will always find a plenty of appli-
cants for place in the choir and. not
| day passes but some one relates to
the writer this or that about neigh
Dor which II printed would do no
earthly good to the public and harm
to the one most interested.
1t is not very often that the ques-
ton Of marriage and the proper age of
the parties interested is ever discussed
before the writer in his meanderings
about the city, but not long ago a
certain society woman ventured her
opinion upon the changes now appar-
ent from few years back. Our ac-
Quaintance said:
mot long ago read in a news
paper of wife of 81 who in court
eloquently warned young women in
general never to marry an old man
the old man in her own case being
only 40. After dinner. she complained.
instead of getting ready to do escort
duty her husband settled himself IN
an easy chair with newspaper or a
book and his pipe.
| 1.-THE young wife. firing of that, be-
gan accepting the escort of other men,
which soon precipitated row between
herself and her husband and visit
to court.
Nov In the town I referred to IL
was considered safe, sane. altogether
admirable thing for a young girl to
marry man of 40 years old. The hap
piness of both was assured. most peo-
pie thought. and II during the latter
part of his life the wife had to sit
up nights nursing her husband and
spend her evenings in company with
an easy chair and the govt or rheu-
matism when she secretly longed for
the sewing bee. that was Just as things
should be-"
It seems, from the lady's remarks.
that men are considered old now days
at 40 years and the writer has in mind
certain bachelors in this city who
would do we'll to take warning from
the hints thrown out by the lady who
discussed this subject with the Man.
On the other hand. it may be posi-
BILE that the men have something to
say as to the age limit of the fair
ones who would make forever blest
the future of the bachelor who has
been victim of single "blessedness,"
| who knows. It's worth thinking over.
Il saw big flock of prairie chickens
about twenty miles down the line. as !
was coming from st. Paul over the
Great Northern" said a gentleman in
from st. Paul last evening. "At least,
suppose they were chickens. They
were either that or pinnated grouse.
The two birds are so much alike that l
! cannot tell them apart while they are
flying. or until l have them in my
hands, in fact.
"The chickens are not so plentiful
along the track now as they will be
month or two later, when they will be
out in full force to pick up grain and
gravel. Take it along in October and
November, and particularly If 1t is late
In the afternoon or early in the morn
ing. The birds prefer to make their
railroad meal at these hours. l have
often wondered just where they all
come from, for have hunted the dis
tricts where they have been seen and
yet failed to locate them.
One must hunt chickens up here
under rather peculiar conditions. The
surroundings are entirely different
from what they are on the prairies.
and there are only certain widely scat
tered places through the big burn
ings where one is apt to find them.
They fly long distances. and their
regular hang out may be mile or
more from the railroad track where
one sees them. Generally they are to
be found around hay or grain field,
out to person unacOuainted with