Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-05-16
Arnold

A little more has been learned re-
garding the origin of the fire which /
destroyed Mr.. Yeater's horses a little |
over a week ago. 1t now appears that
the boys were playing with matches.
and while they were SO engaged a
match head got away from them and
flew over their heads. They claim to
have searched diligently in the grass
where it fell but were unable to find
it or see any traces Of it. They then
left that side of the barn and were
amusing themselves at dropping light
ed matches into barrel of water
they had insthe wagon to water the
horses with, and they became SO in
terested with this diversion that they
failed to notice any signs Of fire un-
til gust Of wind swept a big cloud
Of smoke and flame around the barn,
and one of the horses rushed out Of
the door Of his own accord The barn
was sosenveloped with smoke and fire
that they dared not venture in. They
tried to~moye the wagon, but their
strength was unequal to the task.
The eldest boy admits that he was
smoking pipe. but says he was very
careful to extinguish every bit Of fire
when he was through smoking. The
boys pledged each other to secrecy as
soon as they discovered the mischief
they had wrought, SO It was pretty
hard to get correct account Of the
occurrence. The younger boy seem
ed to be sort Of willing to let his
boy would not affirm or deny any
thing until he was threatened with ar
rest, when he gave the above story,
/ which bears the stamp Of truth.
One Of Tom Morris hired men took
his departure week or SO ago and
has been departed ever sinceat
least Tom hasn't seen him. He LETT
without giving any intimation Of .
prolonged absence.
Although this is supposed to be a
civilized community, we find there
II are some who persist in breaking the
/ Sabbath Day by continuing In their
regular weekday occupations. No
doubt if any excuse was given 1t would
j be that they are behind with the
4 work. We hold that person 10
d never fully justified in working on
| Sunday or Sabbath Day, more than to
i provide the necessaries Of life for
q himself and the living beings under
his care. To those who are afraid
they might starve If they were to alb
stain from labor on Sunday, we would
4 recommend q perusal of the last six
q teen verses Of the sixth chapter Of st.
Matthew, In the Bible. g s9fs
4 The school children planted ninety
trees on the backgrounds last We'd
} nesday It is ardenAIy hoped that the
school board win speedily perceive the
advisability Of Y fencing the school
yard.
4 Mr.. Arthur Johnsons brother ar
rived in Bismarck last week with six
head Of horses, eighteen head Of cat
tie, and some household goods, includ-
I ing his wife and sister-in-laW. They
now have everything transferred to
their place just west of Mr.. Baumagrt,
and will begin farming as soon as is
practicable. ,.45
q Pat Kelly has been doing some
3 farming on Jos. jennings place dur
ing the past week. .5s..#
"a dance happened at the home of
I Mr.. Phil Harvey last Saturday night.
. We were informed that the time they
$ had wasn't so terrible bad. 8 ~
We are invited to- a dance at Mr.. p.
} As. Flannigan's next Saturday night,
! May IS. Tell everyone you see" We
} looked around but couldn't see any
t body to speak Of. so we concluded to
put it in print.
We have found it. pretty good
rule, IF you can't say anything good
of anyone, don't say anything at an
Therefore we viii venture no remarks
on the weather this week. q. Si y
There will be an entertainment in
the schoolhouse near Hitehcock's next
Saturday night, May IS. The teacher
Miss Emma Scott, is engineering the
preparations and this fact alone Is
an assurance Of something unusually
good. nj 5.
Arnold, May IA. ss5@fs5
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