The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-17
H|TSAND MRS.
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Poison Carrots drove carefully into
town last Friday and hitched his
team, a mule and bay broncho, to
a telegraph pole and started out to
sell nineteen dozen fresh eggs. He
called at the printing office on his
way to market and explained his mis-
sion. He was to sell the eggs and
buy his .lOther-inlaw an Easter hat,
and specifications for the same in his
and specifications for the same in his
pockets drawn by the hired man. The
hat was to have a fiat roof with a
storm entrance in front and sum-
mer kitchen behind. There was to
be a cooley running around the brim
and emptying into a frog pond dip
at the southeast quarter with the hat
headed north. After Poison had thus
far exposed his mother-in-law's de-
sires in the way of hat, he drove
a dog away from the egg basket and
went out and backed his team off of
the railroad track to allow the Wal
halla train to get by. apoligizing to
the conductor for interfering with
traffic, and after asking the brakeman
how he was fixed for eggs and finding
he had no need for any. being single
man with meal ticket, he came back
to the Office and began putting the
plumage on his mother-in-law's hat.
A large ostrich plume the color of red
ink was to start in at the front and
make a graceful curve over the main
hat. On the west side. as the wearer
approached the hen house from the
north, was to be a, poplar grove,
showing a birds nest half way up a
dead tree. On the other side hitch
ing post, little green grass and half
an onion We're to nestle costly to-
gether. There were few other feat
shorter and as Poison had consider
his plans, picked up his eggs and went
about his business.
men why not say few calm words
about Bud Reeves, the sage of Bux-
ton, the man who. single handed and
alone, carried the democratic standard
from Fargo to Bismarck and planted
it on Capital bill and watered it from
silver pitcher and fed it on costly
gems for Grover Cleveland, who was
president?
Why did Bud do this? Because he
had received the word, Go to Bis
marck and open up headquarters;
make then large and inviting and
spare no expense" When he got the
word he caught the first train west
and started in on the performance Of
his mission. He secured a suite OF
rooms and had an addition built to
them and the Oriental rug merchant
got in his work and the furniture
dealers van backed up and unloaded
and the decorator came and went
away again and things were fixed up
fit to kill There was full grown
side board, temptation salve for the
afflicted and free lunch for the hun
cry. Early vegetables, ice and the lat
est magazines were on the tables and
callers were welcome and the easy
chairs were filled. Bud had been told
to spare no expense and he followed
instructions till the calves came home
and then came the thud- Each day
the passenger trains were watched
for bullion, greenbacks, or any kind
of wherewithall. but none came. But
the bill collector began dropping in
and they were stood off in groups of
three - sometimes four-t then the
blinds were drawn, then the furniture
van came again and the furniture be-
gan to move out and the Oriental rugs
left the floor. 1t was all over and
later settled for, but Mr.. Reeves serv-
ed notice in two-column ad by word
of mouth that the next time he opened
headquarters of any kind there would
have to be something on the plate be-
fore the sun rose.