The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1907-02-01

I'll NTORE.
A lend lhe special sale of clur ing
AT PEEVEK =. c""lmiruciug January
3l>t, continuing luus>d., Frday
aud SATURDAY..
Geo. w, Mpsher former publisher
OF the News in this city, left tor
Pierre Monday where he has posi-
tipn on the engroSSing force of tie
legislature. After the session is over
h" expects to 90 To the Pacific coast.
III j. Kerr writes from his sunny
home in Washington that ihev are
having IA touch of winter and zero
wca' 'her. shat sIelghtng and transpor-
tllon is good tho 100 miles from a
railroad = White Rock Journal.
Heron Lake News: a railroad pres.
ldent recently died IN New York and
let' a hu"dred million dollars. all ac.
cum ulated in twenty five years. His
tsL words were: "Don't let anv CON
ductor knock down so much as Il quar-
ter; | want it," and the thread of lite
burned IN two. and his poor wcazen
soul slid down lnto-lel u, hope for
tine best
The people who need religion are:
IN" man who left his horse out IN
the cold without blanket on: the
man who growls like a wild beast
| when his wife ASKS him or money:
the minister who is looking for an
easier place at a higher salary: the
man who walks The street with his
hands ln his pockets while his wife
Carries !hc babies: and the man WHO
takes ne paper and refuses to pay
tor It,
Those who claim To be we'll in.
formed rega "ding the matter declare
that Maj tin Quinn. who has made
his home in Browns Valley for more
than twenty years. is now lO4 wears
old Mr.. Quinn is IN fairly good
health, and is quite rational. but the
recollection he has regarding ms own
age is Che answer he often gives to
lnquiiers, that he "was born the
tlme of the big WIND in Ireland" .
Browns Valley Tribune.
| A level headed exchange saws the
| prosperity of a town Is not guarded
nv the wealth Of Its inhabitants, bu,
pN the uniformity with whicn they
pull together when an important un-
| dertaklng is u he accomplished. A
man with thousand dollars al his
command and pure love for his
town in his heart can do more for the
| upbuildlng of it than the millionaire
| who locks up his capital and SNAPS
| his fingers at home progress.
Brother Day, of The Gracevllle En-
terprlse, remarks ds follows: "Sume
light fingered, pussy footed ndivid
ual touched up our coal bin one
night this week for a quantity of the
black diamonds. If we ur Timber on,
artillery on tins nocturnal bandit
we'll fill hlm as full of holes as a fish
net Bewar". ! - One thing is clear
in this case; should there be some-
thing dong over in Gracevllle apro.
Dos OF tins statement, any jury in
the nor thwest would bring i'm a yer
die, of justitiable homicide. and Bro.
Day would enjoy w,de-sDread popu-
larlty.
If any Of our readers notice any
pess!mistlc remarks, or criticisms
cut on the bias, or locals favored with
vinegar ("r camphorated oll). or tyre
That insists on cutting all manner of
ca ers, and saying the wrong thing
in the most d.abolical way.-l1 he
sees any of these things, let not the
gentle reader imagine that the office
force is drunk, for it is not thus.
1t is only that "the grip" has been
unpacked in our midst. and stubborn
ly refuses to be closed up. Ard the