Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1909-12-09

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ney's end.
GIFT PORTRAITS. = The time
between now and Christmas is limit.
ed. II you will favor us with a sit.
ting Immediately. we will be able to
complete your order in time. Don't
delay. Wen do our part if you do
yours. Smith Photo Studio.
John Jenner came up from Vino.
ma last evening to employ August
William. the French carpenter, to
do the finishing work on Mr.. Jen-
ner's new house, which is 24x3O, and
is said to be the finest dwelling
house in that part OF the country.
Between 5 and 9 O'Clock last Mon
day evening. little Miss Ethel Fogle,
having reached the venerable age of
eleven years, gave a birthday party
to her school mates of the fifth
grade. A six O'Clock dinner was
served. and all the boys and girls
had a jolly good time.
Ben Corbin, under date of Dec.
4th. writes as follows to the editor:
Your story in the paper about my
killing catfish and other ferocious
animals leads people to suppose that
the Emmonsburg forest is like South
Africa. and that Teddy r. is down
here in the jungles. do not know
how many kids are missing in these
parts, but there were signs of some
small-sized Jonahs in the stomach of
the catfish. or Mississippi whale,
which l killed. However, your art
icle has me all mixed up; and real
ly don't know whether it is cat
fish. a mountain lying, or lying
editor. that / killed Come down
and help me to eat it. Perhaps you
can tell from the taste of it what it
is. Any way, it's as good as that
animal Shambo fed you on down
here about twenty years ago. Bow!
Wow! Wow! Wuh! Wuh! My last
catch is sea-serpent, caught in the
narrow channel near my shack.
am sending it to you SO that people
hereafter won't believe the Record
when it questions the reports as to
the killing of panthers, catfish and
other beasts ofprey down this way.
Items from Pollock Progress con-
corning Emmons county people: Mr..
and Mrs. Frankhauser, now Of Lin
ton. were visitors in Pollock the
first of this week John Bader.
of the Winona country, came down
Wednesday to attend the Woodland
horse-sale. and has been detained
here since by the bad weather. 900.
Mrs. Eva Lattimer, who had been
conducting the Pierce hotel for the
past several months. departed yes
terday morning for Haynes, N. D.,
where she expects TO enter into the
hotel business. Miss Kelsey. the
lady clerk at the Pulling Bros. store.
met with very painful accident last
Saturday. The cellar door at the
store had been left open, and Miss
Kelsey, unknowingly. walked right
into the doorway. She fell about
six feet and was so badly shaken up
that she was confined to her bed
for several days.. ...... Fred freeman,
the capable horse-trainer of the
Dale country, was in town and vi
cinity several days lately, having
been employed at the Woodland farm
getting some of the colts in shape
for the big sale.
Linton's smaller temple of educa-
ton, built by your Uncle Billy South
wick down at old Winchester town
in the eighties, and now. under the
name of Franklin School," accom-
modating the overflow from the big
school-house. came near going up in
smoke yesterday afternoon about
$50 o'clock. The room is heated by
a stove. 1t appears that the ash-pan
was not in the stove. and that the
hot Goals heated the bottom of the
stove until the floor caught fire.
Several children were still in the
building. engaged in rehearsing
their Christmas program. They ran
to the courthouse, near by; and
Central was promptly 'phoned from
the register of deeds office. Miss
Callinan quickly gave a joint call to
a bunch of the firemen; the fire-bell
promptly changed; Joe Burdick, with
a look of grim determination and
team and dray-wagon Of Gus Bro
mans, and with one of the chemical
engines trailing behind dashed away
for the school grounds like sixty;
the other chemical following rapidly
by young-man power. 1t was quick
work all around; but the school
house and courthouse hand chemic-
ais had gotten the fire pretty well
under control when the big engines
roochod thoro Tho only DAMAGE