The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-03-09
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The STANDARD for iah printing.

A"t iaNpAhD lof lhh pflntlng.
Typewriter ribbons FOR sale al the
STANDARD office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Allison ans. daughter,
Of Montevido. Mimi. arrived Satur.
day for brief visit with their
daughter. Mrs. O. T. Axness. Mr..
Allison returned home Monday.
The last IN the series of the lectule
course. microscopic lecture on
Longfellow'> Hiawatha, appeared at
the opera house Wednesday evening
and was highly appreciated by a
large audience.
W. d. Wilson is nothing if not a
hustler. A short time ago he secured
the contract TO carry The mail be-
tween this city and Ellington and this
week he copied out the contract FOR
the Sisseton and Lohre mail route
which goes into effect on July lst.
MIR. Wilson expects to move his
livery stock into the stand now oc
cnpied by Sco]es & Hart opposite the
Commercial hotel Gu March 18th.
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Count" E. NJ. Bennett, returned
last Friday from Grand Forks.
North Dakota, where he been as a
delegate 10 the Trl-StaIe Drainage
convention. MI Bennett was highly
'onored by being called on to make
one of the principal speeches of the
meeting. He says that the meeting
was most enthusiastic one and
believes that it will result IN tangible
results. The Grand Forks people.
he says, are the personificatlon of
hospitality and the city itself is a
western wonder.
city church sat down in a vacant pew
when an ariStocraLic gentleman ac-
CON- panied 10y an 'arlStocraticer"
woman came in and crowdlng past
sat down. Presently the aristocratic
gentleman TOOK card out of his
pocket and writing on it II paid
ST, 600 for this pew. handed it to the
stranger. Tie later read the card.
glanced at the man at his side. and
wrote on 'he back of it: .sYou pald
TOO ID much" aud handed IL
back
The Slsseton STANDARD lob de
partment has been working over
time the past ten days to take care Of
the rush Of JOB printing that is piling
In on US. We do not like to brag, but
some one has SAID that .he who
tooteth not his own horn the same
shall not be footed" and we have got
the material to do good work with:
good wolkmen, who know how to use
the material and we are getting the
work. No job too large: no lob to
small. And you get your work when
promised. That's worth something
to you-isn't it? Nuf sed.
The gardening season is near at
hand and in the planting. both of
flowers and vegetables, better results
will oe obtained if the following
directions are borne In mind.
In planting seeds. the tiny ones
ARE often wasted by sowing them
with an extravagant hand and an
other waste is deep planting, Mix
the fine seeds with ten Ia twenty
times their bulk Of sand and sprinkle
them over the seed bed from pep.
perboX. a light covering OF fine
white sand makes an ideal blanket
for the bed of tiny seeds. This Will
not crust or ''baKe" in the wind
and sun like a clay loan, which often
will not yield to the upward pressure
of the plantlets. Secure supply of
fine, white sand for this purpose and
use it when needed.
According to the Minneapolis
Tribune, an Elizabeth. New Jersey
paper, few days ago contained the
following announcement Of Y. NJ,
G. A. meeting in that city: 1.-The
mems meeting at the Young Mems