The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-06
With the Long BolD
-"Eye natures walks. shoot folly as 1t flles."
Shriu and Soulless Sounds Cry Out the Startled
Might at Dickey, N. D., and Die Away Again Like
the Wading Of the Banshee-People Who Live
Near the New Comet Band Hall Think that They
Understand the Origin of the Noise,

THE Sabbath passed quietly in Diokey, N. D. The
i ripe grain waved in the gentle breeze light
haze hung over the hills and the beat down
with mellow warmth upon the wide stretch of Guilt
waited prairie
Then the tender night, the peaceful gentle night,
lying under the pour Of silver floods Of moonlight and
waves of sleep. .-
Morning dawned with sunburst of yellow food
ing glory. It washday. From scattered homes,
abodes of peace and plenty, sounds Of swishng
clothes and odors of newmown SOAP Then the heeoy
whiteness of the ne the drying garments drinking in
the prairie ozone, and weary women waiting for the
night with It's welcome shade and rest.
Harki
sudden fearsome, shrin and soulless sound cries
out on the MI ht air. dies away and all Is still.
Againl It breaks loose in waves of inharmonio
agony of souls in neither pain, Of faults unforgiven
Of repressed too long, OF agony silently en-
dred bursting its Aeshy cerements in cries OF waing
f.what's that noiset''
People foeked to their Doors and looked at ono
'sThat9 Q, that's them band fellows wind jam
The Dickey, N. D., Reporter last week contained
Ehe following explanation:
"a rumoT has been set afoat, presumably by some
Of She members themselves, that the band is making
rapid improvement, and will soon be able to play al
most an entire selection without missing than
shree-fourths of the notes, and mixing the other
fourth with strains Of profanity. This assertion is
strenuousy denied by outsiders, Of whom claim
that 80 unearthy, and discordant sounds crowded
into hours band practice Monday nights, that
the most optimistic individuals in town are be,
coming confirmed pessm1sts and that many are nlleo
with thoughts Of destruction
Uncle George Harrison, who lives next to the
band hau and who has 120 Of the finest wheat
IN Dickey county, said earnestly referring to last
Monday nights
EFT hadesaS
Mauztee Sander of Baltimore fined 800 and
cost by Justice Grammar FOR disturbing the peace.
According to the testimony Mrs. Julia Sanders
wife Of the prisoner about to retire shortly before
midnight when she heard noise under her bed She
looked and enough found not only man, but a
man with revolver.
Then the crawled from under the bed and she
discovered it was her husband.
frightened and let out such series of yells undo,
Che guise Of Mysteries that the police pinched Mr.
Sanders, suspecting attempted murder. It came out
III court that there had been family differences and
the Judge assessed Maurice related above.
# the peace really disturbed it looks at thi
distance tho Mrs. s. did it.
~ NM>
George F. sporheimer, Of Mountainville, Pa, VIII
keeps an apiary, missed his 2year-old Warren
and after searching for him for time, fount
him sitting in front of hive, covered with bees,
that not an inch Of his skin visible. Strange tt
say, single bee stung the helpless little fellow
This showed that bees know something. But it is
guess what they might want to do to the baby whe
he blows his little freaarm at am. "A. J. R.
HORSE OF ANOTHER COLOR.
= OLONEL ''IKE'' HILL, assistant sergeantat-arm
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