The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-28
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OUR EXCHANGE TABLE.
Mrs. F. Fleischman went to Brook
ings Tuesday to visit for a few days
and attend the Lowry revival meet
ingsnow being held at that place
Oldham Register.
p. X. Phimney, II. +. Jackson. DR..
and Mrs. Grove and Mrs. Woodward
attended the Lowry meetings at Brook
ings. Sunday. Mrs. Woodward stayed
over for a visit with relatives.-Het-
land New Era.
Conductor Claude Human is AGAIN
able to be around, but is limping con
siderable as the result of a trunk
dropping ON his foot. He has been
laid off for nearly two weeks.-Rodfall
Journal-Observer
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Nystrom Will
leave neXt week for Rochester. MINI.
where Mrs. Nystrom will submit to q
serious operation. She recently visit
ed the hospital at Chamberlain AID
was informed that her condition rau-
dered an operation nocessary.-rlan
kinton Mail.
The s"eismOgraph seems to be a
dependable instrument and the only
fault that can be found with it is that
is registers the earthquake every time
just after the first editions of the news
papers are out. What we need now
is an instrument that will begin It's
trembling in time to let the people es-
cape to the cyclone cellars.-Ex.
p. A. Budahl was in from his Brook
ings county farm Tuesday doing some
trading and looking after other bust
ness. and among other things he closed
a deal for the purchase of the Joe
Erickson farm near Fish Lake. This
is one of the finest farms in deuel.
county and Mr.. Budahl is lucky to
get such an excellent farm. He a Y
his farm in Brookings county has beer
an excellent Investment and he now
wants to try Deuel. county land.-Tor-
onto Herald.
Leander b. Nelson. third son of Mr..
and Mrs. j. b. Nelson of North Pres
ton, is a new subscriber upon the
Times list. Leander has Just been
transferred from Brookings to Astoria.
where he is given charge of Laird
NOrton's lumber yard. Especially will
the North Preston people be pleased
to hear that he is prospecting and mer-
tied the promotion to manager of a
yard. Not only hat but it is the
third son in the family running lumber
yards, George being at Dalfur, Mimi.
and Carl at Vesta. Mimi, and all are
doing nicely and bringing credit to
their parents and friends.-Lake Pres
ton Times.
The following is said to be the cor
rect formula for dancing the barn
dance which is said to the the latest
craze among the trippers of the light
fantastic toe: put your arms grace
fully around the girl, make a noise
like a COW taking three steps to the
,r,n orx r, TIon ,,n1I
amount of bran mixed with a couple
of hops and a bale of hay, walk as
nearly like a chicken as possible. turn
a hand spring. kick like a balky horse
and smile as if you had earned a bar
rel of stock food. Seat your partner
and get another" OF course it is not
necessary for the dancers to adhear
strictly to the above formula. and
you are at liberty to- cut out any of
the Objectionable features.-Ex.
A farmer should remember that his
wife is a business partner. She makes
the butter. boards the hands, helps
prepare things for market. is a watch
dog for the premises when he is away.
and sometimes assists with the poul-
try and garden; and when he secretly
signs away money he has helped to
earn, he is cheating his partner. as
robbing his wife: and it is an offense
the law would not tolerate in any
other co-partnership, nor should it in
this. There is a law that prevents a
man from selling his farm without his
wife's signature, and it sounds as il a
wife was of some Importance; but it
is rendered non-effective as a preser-
~vative of her home from the fact that
he can mortgage it and endorse other
mems papers to any extent without
her knowledge or consent. and thus
dispose of the family possessions
and the sheriff can sell. and she has
no rights that he Is bound to respect.
This statute is a mockery until it Is
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