Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-09-24
His Experience ON the Road 20 BIN Point
Tcrscly Told

Melinda and | sat down Ia the sii-
ting room alookin' over the map of the
west and great northwest. We hadn't
a large map, SO we took common or
binary geography, and Melinda took n
pen and kept scratchin' over the sur
face until she found Sioux Falls, when
she exclaimed "now we shin'l be long,
for Sioux Falls liz here they wear the
latest Paris fashions Who told you
that?" said 'rne papers, said she,
''an they never lie, at least | read IL
in the UNION COUNTY COURIER
That shut me off completely. an' |
didn't have anything more TO say
about tue matter.
| want to explain right here, SO that
there won't be any after-claps ahout IL,
it's Melinda that I'm referring TO.
You see, Melinda Is cousin 0f mine,
an just because we happened To be
marketn' on different occasions. sew
eral people here had the audacity To
throw out remarks more or less un-
wary, especially wary. To make =
Point, takin' along basket OF lunch,
including four pair of chicken wiogs
which we got on the fly with the aero
plane, believe they call 1t.
"Now what Ii one OF those cyclones
should catch us?" inquired Melinda.
why. they've got dpg-outs out
there, or II that don't suit you, you
might hang on TO a clothes line or
q telegraph pole. On the latter you
would be non-coaductor, and On the
former a safe liner"
On the train both OF US got 10 be dust
proof. Our handkerchiets we're To blame
for this, as they were go saturated
they could not hold any more. Speak
in of Iowa" and sDakota," there Is
not the least doubt Ia my mind about
| corn being king, and / never before
saw any section or country lnas re-
minded me more of South Africa. Than
the section through which we passed.
i Another thing / want 10 speak cd
+, en- pdssent is the most courteous snceah
sailing, undulating road and 0fhasi2ls
that 1T has been my privilege 10 msst
is put 1t down as the Chicago. Mllwan-
kee and st. Paul. Why, yoa gen mere
riding for your money than on amy
other line. You pass Through uumer-
Gus towns no. even mentioned ON tne
map. Melinda asked Why aleg were
not mentioned. "Well, Melinda said
| /, after | had made Inquiries of lBltl
who sat behind me, ssll1s To efpe i ,.a
the worth of your money Mhsn we
were conveyed from saae P.ik sgrvet
depot 10 the Uaion dep II ia Cshiesgt,,
the policeman, who drove Ufse rig pul
Melinda and me on the tox an tiea iuhe
pig on behind with the exIf.as. he
afterwards Explained thas This w,s 10
keep him lthe poilcemanA from Doing
extra duty, AS whenever 10 met Ii
capby who had juggling couple bat
ting each Others eyes, he simply bold
them that he was under Instructions
from the Society for lhe Prevention
OF Cruelty 10 Animals"
Every little distance, when you poke
your head out OF the window you notice
the sign ''Please Keep Off the Grass. 2
But the grass has fed, or gone do~r,
or bleached out, or fallen out. anyway
1t is lost.
| Well, to make a long story short, I
want to add word or two TO my obsef-
vations, namely, | understand that
Elk Point and the country hereabouts
10 noted for their hosp pitality. | never
yet saw western community that Was
not, and the COURIER wishes 70 be the
spokesman la heralding to the outside
world the good qualities OF this elixir
In the social sphere hereabouts.
YOUR UNCLE RUBE