Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-08-06
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Correspondence
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Grant Township.

Several OF the young folks attended
q party north of Worthing Saturday
night.
All the small grain Is harvested
and most Of the oats Is stacked. The
quality seems to be good.
Ole Lier and family we're callers at
the home OF Mrs. A. Fodness Sunday.
"Tracy" Ness is the new Sunday
school superintendent.
John johnson has gone up to Clark
county to work through harvest.
Minnie Johnson is home for a va
cation from her duties In the restau-
rant at LennOx.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Aulwes was
visiting with the family Of Oscar
Brandhagen Sunday.
Some Of the bridges out this way
for the bridge gang to come and put
up new ones and make repairs.
The roads are fine for long drives
now.
Mrs. Anderson from Big Spring,
came out Friday and will stay with
her daughter, Mrs. X. o. Nelson for
a while.
Several expect to thresh out Of the
shocks this week and are hoping for
dry weather.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Johnson were cal
lers at the home of Mr.. Johnson Sun
day afternoon.
We are told that a certain hired
man in this locality got provoked at a
COW while milking n night. as the
COW kept switching her tail In his
face all the time. 1t was more than
he could stand so he got up and bit
the tail off. The missing part can't
be found and the wne thinks 1t was
swallowed and it may become visible
where tails generally grow.
The motor bike OF our mail carrier
got sick Wednesday being overheated
and the carrier, Mr.. Madden, had to
turn In at Ole Gedstad's where he
teiepllOned for a livery rig and medi-
cine for the sick machine. After the
medicine arrived Mr.. Madden turned
the machine on it's back and applied
the remedy. After awhile the ma
chine hiked to town but made some
awful gruntS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christ Hanson were
visiting with the family of Haldan
IOdegaard Sunday.
The Peterson boys we're out train
ing their roadsters Sunday afternoon.
Fred Fodnes and Mrs. G. A. Fod-
mes attended church in Grand Valley
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Sundvold were
| visiting with Mr.. Skie and family.
Lewis Larson was helping John
Redpath fix his we'll Saturday.
Carrie and Thea Larson we're callers
at III. S%tubstein's Sunday.
Elias Fodnes has moved up from
Fafrview and Is helping mis- brother
Gilbert through harvest
The young folks at Iyer Lukken's
TITese cAAlsEs ~ GRnder Johnson,s Sans
card from George Randolph Of
Bridgeport, Conn.,, asking the reason
for the non-appearance OF Grant town
ship news in the LEADER, calls for an
explanation from yours truly. In the
spring III wife told us IL we would
help put In . garden and keep the
weeds out she would buy us q new
shirt, providing we sent more money
with her to town than she had use
for, and she would let US have all
the onions and part OF the potatoes.
We accepted the conditions of the
contract and went to work like a
good fellow. Along in the summer
she came In and told us we had made
4 blnnder by planting the onions too
close to the potatoes and that the
onions made the potatoes eyes water
and they couldn't see to grow, and
that we had also planted radishes and
was spoiled and she was not going to
fulfill her part of the contract. Well
we just kicked and went on a strike
and have struck at everything since
except q square meal three times a
day:
and got badly sunburned and feel
very sensitive In. spots and told our
partner she could have the whole
garden II she would pitch bundles for
q week and mend the old shirt.
just then my son threw down q
newspaper and said he thought all
nations would o be at war. / told
him that all the nations we're at war
right now, as there "a but very few
married men that didn't have a little
war right along and that would ap-
ply to every nation.
or course all men would not have
gardens which would make some diff
ference.
We have resolved not to go out and
pick up any more news items this hot
weather as we might get more sore
spots or we might be liable to say
things that our neighbors would feel
sore over, and for that reason we will
not send In any news until people are
more willing to do SOmething-get
married or elope or do something for
the benefit OF q sOre-back reporter,
who don't like to be hauled up for
libel or contempt of court.
II George and other readers Of the
LEADER don't hear from us our
silence may be taken for granted that
Grant township Is having . big reviv-
q and everybody ge tting converted
they need It or not
p. S. The garden seems to be do
ing we'll since we struck out, even the
cOucumbers are green with envy over
the onion deal and Melvin SuudvOld
h kicking owe the aroma and how
can We help It.
InWOod.
Aug. 3. 1909.
The small grain is mostly in shock
around here and our people are tired
Of late oats - the yield was light.