The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-05-10
PACE.

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Richard Lieb, Charles Finley
and Louis Swanson, of Pace mad,
final proof on their homestead.
last Friday.
MI. Schullup of near MERGE,
had a valuable team of horses
seriously hurt by being jerkee
backward by the hired man while
dragging and in some way over
turned the drag SO that the sharl
end of the teeth we're up and the
horses fell on them. A little care.
lessness causes a great deal oil
trouble sometimes.
Farmers need not be discourag.
ed over the cold weather for we
are a great deal better off then
those in the states where fruit
and crops are killed by the cold
wave.
A few weeks ago I was invited
to a wedding, after the happy coup
lie had been united in marriage and
a sumputous dinner been served
the gentlemen went to the sitting
room to enjoy their cigars and TIE
younger of the ladies went with
the bride to her room to see and
admire her trouseau the older
ladies were helping the hostess to
clear away the remnants Of the
feast and [ sat down near the sit
ting room door. In a few moments
my attention was attracted by one
of the boys saying. "Well Tom
you surley have won a prize in
getting Lillian for a wife for she
is the one of the most sensible
girls in the country, now if you
don't pay any attention to your
moter-in law what she says
or does, you will be all right. I
had my patience awfully tried the
first time my mother-in-law visited
us. Like all other mothers she
thought her girl was young and
needed advice. She had not been
in the house half an hour until
she said, Ella why do you have this
thing here and why don't you put
that over there, it would make
be So much more convenient and
look much better and would make
your sitting room look larger and
you should have your carpet put
down the other way of the room,
Ella said nothing and 1 left the
room for fear I would. The
boys all Taught and another, one
said, my mother in-law is a fine
cook and she Knows it, so Anna
had taken extra pains with her
dinner when she knew her mother
was going to make us a visit. I
went down to meet her SO
Anna could rest a little as it was
about dinner time, but she had
hardly got set down to the table
until she said I am afraid you let
your coffee boil too long; pretty
soon she said your potatoes would
be fine if you had put more salt
in them, and your meat you have
cooked to much, and the pie crust
was not short enough. I was
really mad for Anna had taken SO
much pains with that dinner and
it was all right. Another said;
my mother-in-law has a mania fol
making rugs, and the second day
of her visit to us, she said Mary
did not Joe have some old clothes
in the closet or garnet he don't
wear, if you will get them 1 will
rip them up and we. will have
them washed and I will make you
a rug to put here by this door it
will save the carpet so much wear
When I came to the house Mary
asked me to 60 to the garrett and
and get my old clothes. I did Of
course but I soon got tired Of the
ripping and dust even if it was in
the kitchen, and as she was going
to stay several days I made an ex-
cuse of business and got on the
train and went to see a distant
cousin, when I came home all the
clothes I had left was my wedding
suit and what I had with me. The
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