Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1909-12-02
the bride. The newly-married cou-

PiS VIII occupy the reSlQence OF mrs
Louise Carley during that lady's alb.
sence this winter The bride came
from Norway about two years ago.
She is spoken of very highly by those
| in Linton who have made her ac-
quaintance. The groom is the we'll
known and jovial blacksmith and
machine man, and has hosts of
friends in these parts.
Tuesday evening Mrs. 4. A. Grain
invited sixteen of her lady friends,
members of the Linton Ladies'
Reading Club, to attend box-party
at Turner's Opera House, as fare
we'll to Mrs. Marchant, who leaves
in few days for new home in
California. and also to commemorate
the twenty-third anniversary of the
marriage Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. F..
Petrie. That was all very we'll.
But at this stage of the proceedings
Mr.. Grain communed with himself
and proceeded to get busy, the up
shot of which was that he invited
sixteen mere men most of whom
had wife among the sixteen ladies
to another boX-party on the same
evening: the location Of the 'steen
men-folks and their authenticated
'chaperon" being just in the rear Of
the seats which had been taken by
the ladies. Well. it happened that
another of those exasperating oc-
currences which Manager Turner
has met in his effort to provide
in Linton a place Of amusement
where a pleasant evening can be
spent was due and arrived promptly,
although the films for the moving
pictures did not do likewise. So, as
there could not be a show, the ladies
and gentlemen formed themselves
into a temporary dancing-club and
passed very enjoyable evening.
just the same. Later in the even
ing Mrs. Grain entertained the
ladies and gentlemen of the two
rival" parties at luncheon in the
neatly finished and furnished base
ment of the First State Bank.
1t was reported around town this
week that Ben Corbin. down at the
mouth of Beaver creek, had killed
what the dictionary describes as a
cougar, or puma, or catamount, or
American lion, or mountain lion. or
panther. or, as the frontiersmen
who settled the timber states called
it, a painter. With thoughts of a
big item in mind, the writer pro-
ceeded to investigate, finding that a
few slight inaccuracies had mixed
up with the story while it was in
circulation. each hunter who heard
it adding little in the repetition.
1t appears that what Ben really
killed was mammoth catfish such
as are quite common in the Missis-
sippi and the lower Missouri. The
fish, from the tip of his bow to the
end of his rudder, was about ten
feet long. He had gnawed a hole
in the ice through which he emerged
from the river, and had presumably
climbed the tree looking for the
many worms which the recent warm
weather has caused to again come
forth, believing that summer had
forgotten something and had re-
turned for it. The fish was lying on
a limb, Hopping its tail in intense
anger when discovered by the hum
ter and emitting roars that could
be heard for miles and miles. Ben
mistook the tail for the caudal APP
pendage of mountain lion. How
ever, with a well-directed shot he
put a big hole in the animal, and the
bulky form. with fearful shrek,
tumbled to the earth. The game
was only badly wounded. and put up
a hard fight, and the hunter was
compelled to use his fists, a big club
and long knife before he succeed
ed in driving out it's wind. The en-
tire community down that way is
loudly praising the destroyer of the
"varimnt. " as, owing to its propens-
ity for feeding on infants. it has had
the whole neighborhood worried
since it came up the river during
the high water last June. 1t is re-
ported that it is almost impossible
to give correct count of the num-
Der of children that have been sWal-
lowed by the monster since its arri-
val, and Mr.. Corbin is to be congrat-
ulated over his heroism in bravely
advancing to the attack, even after
he recognized the desperate nature
Of the beast. If any one has the least
doubt as to the truth Of his story in
relation to the above-described kill
ling, Mr.. Corbin is ready and willing
to show the receipt given him when
he paid for the box of cartridges
from which the one was taken that
ended the depredations of the
scourge that had for months kept