Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-02-16

Chicago Sunday.
G. H.. CassilI was at Harrisb uri
Monday on business.
Arthur Thornton came down from
Sioux Falls Saturday.
J. w. Reamer brought a sample o
corn to this Office Monday.
o. E. Moen and Leslie Foote wer'
over from Inwood Monday.
Mrs. LYDIA Fowler left for a
ton, Illinois, Monday for a visit viii
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. h. Slosson were
Sioux Falls visitors Saturday and re
turned Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Thorpe of Hudson
were In Canton Saturday on thelI
way to Worthing.
Mrs. w. f. Brown of Hull came
over Monday to visit with her daught-
err Mrs. c. II. Cassill.
Prof. G.. w. Nash came down from
Aberdeen Saturday for a brief visit.
He returned Monday.
Mrs. Tom Martin returned TO
Worthing Saturday after few days
visit with Mrs. Storie.
Martin Lybarger returned to Shield
on Monday after IL visit with his
brother o. II. L%ybarger.
Bishop Johnson Of Sioux Falls wa
a Canton visitor between trains Sat
urday on his way to Redfield.
Money on Lincoln County Land at
81 per cent per annum. Gray's lnior-
nation Bureau. Canton, 5. ID.
Mrs. J.. w. Bremen left for Pearl
City, Illinois, last Friday, for Il visit
among friends and relatives.
Mrs. A. Fahlenkemp went over to
Inwood Saturday to visit her sister
Mrs. Lowery and returned Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. V. Chaplin have
been the guests of Mrs. Chapins'
mother at Beresford returned home
Monday.
Mrs. o. A. Rudolph left for Madi-
son, Wisconsin, Monday to visit her
daughter, Florence, who is a student
in the University at that place.
The .Star Crown is a Canton
made cigar. Good material and a
good smoke.
Mobiles Theatre company passed
through Canton after playing three
successful evenings in Rock Valley.
They viii play in Dell Rapids this
week
Rev. Martin Of Sioux Falls was in
Canton between trains on ais WAY 10
Worthing SATURDAY MI Martin IS
superintendent pf lhH Sunday >caaeo2
American Tnisn-
George BE4rs Ent1aun sass I'd ssI
horses. fe rs1araane sietesrs- fRgs,p1 milk
cswS- aaa6 Z sci Cd asraas1 Essw harness
is coming G1 al The Carton livery
ba IN Fs9a - ga
Chris Strand was . visitor Saturday
and reports a very satisfactory sale Oh
Duroc JERSEYS at Ferd Drey's sale
last week. Chris and Theodore Torb-.
erson each purchased a fine Jersey
and feel that they got their moneys
worth. The sale Melted about Sl,JOO.
DR.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Lewis left for
| Ell Paso, Texas, Monday where they
viii be met by Mr.. Llxson, and after
a brief visit in that historic town,
they will journey to California ac-
companied by Mr.. Laxson. In Cali
fornia they will meet other Canton
ties and have a pleasant visit and
may 20 north as far as a Francisco,
returning via Salt Lake City and
Denver. DR.. and Mrs. Lewis will be
home in April. Their Canton friends
wish them d very pleasant trip.
II pay the highest cash price for
cream, butter, eggs and poultry.
Jonas b. Gray.
j, S. +. Keith one OF the United States
employees at the Indian Asylum, had
a vacation in January during which
he went down to Graham, Mo-, tt
visit his grandma, Mrs Hiram Keith
whom he reports quite vigorous fol
one nearing her ninetieth year. and
she talked freely about the early days
in Dakota, when her husband was a
minister Of the gospel. She told hel
grandson many amusing anecdotes o.
Dakota pioneer life, and wanted TO be
remembered to all her old time Da.
kota friends. Her husband, Elder
Hiram Keith, died at Graham in Jan
uary 1899, and was buried In the odd
fellows cemetery at that place Ed
err Keith was a true pioneer, a man o.
wonderful courage, a sincere chris
tian, one who believed In heroic
measures when he found q disturbing
sinner In a frontier congregation. Hs
lost the better part Of the fingers on
his left hand In the army, and one Of
those ..practicing' physicians, 80 com
mon during the war who helped many
a poor boy into an untimely grave
wanted to amputate Mr.. Keith's en-
tire hand, but the fighting preacher
would have nome OF 1t, and swore ht
would send the doctor Into the nex1
world ahead OF him II he tried II on
That doctor threw chlorof0rm owe
the wounded soldier In his mad effort
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