Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-02-19

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week.
Mrs. A. d. Labay, of Arlington,
was the guest of her daughter, Mrs.
L. A. Dunklee, the first of the week.
The l.. F. Altfllisch home had a
close call from fire Monday. A fire
was lighted in the CRATE and some of
the sparks dropped into the ash pit
where they set fire to some sacks
which happened to hang on a water
pipe near the opening of the ash pit.
The house was well filled with smoke
but no other damage of consequence
occurred. Quick action saved the home.
Any escape from a fire once started
is fortunate, and is always too close a
call to care to have it repeated.
On Monday evening of this week
twenty-four gentlemen gathered at
the d. w. Wilmarth home by invita-
ton to help d. w. celebrate his 53rd
birthday anniversary. Progressive
cinch was the amusement of the even
ing at which DR.. B. A. Dyar excelled
and Will Warren drew cuts with F..
B. Danley for the consolation"
While this was a stag party, it was
all the better for having a few ladies
present as all agreed when at the hour
| of twelve Mrs. Wilmarth, assisted by
Mrs. c.. l.. Dawley and Mrs. Chloe
Fuller, served a repast such as those
ladies know SO well how to put before
good appetites. After the spread a
box of fine cigars was brought out
and an hour devoted to a smoker
The invitations requested that no
presents be brought, but the guests
suspended the rules and presented d
w. with a nice leather rocker. Every
one enjoyed the affair from beginning
to end.
Last week L. S. Murdick sold his
farm three miles north of De Smet to
l.. f. Althllisch. Mr.. and Mrs.
Murdick have decided to remove to
Brooks, Oregon, for a time, at least.
They will leave somewhere about
March 10th, if possible. l.. 5. has
quite a few business matters to
straighten up, among others the look
ing after seed and arranging for the
farm of three quarters of a section in
Spirit Lake township. If he a com
plete these arrangements he may
start with his car of chattles before
that date. They have been consider
ing this proposed move forsome time,
but did not at first intend TO leave un
til next fall. We cannot say that this
removal will be permanent; they do
lot know themselves at this time
Their property interests here are large
and if the new home is not flu " to
their liking they can return at any
time. This community will suffer a
great loss in the departure of this
family. Mr.. Murdick was one of the
first settlers in Spirit Lake township
and is an enterprising and energetic
citizen and one of the best ~neighbors
and truests friend a man can meet
anywhere. W. do not hope for their
disappointment in the ley location
but it would please us nightly to
have them decide to return to this To-
cality for a permanent residence.
In a sermon at Ottumwa, Iowa,
recently Billy Sunday said: This
town is going to hell. There is too
much joining the church and not
enough joining God. There is too
much playing tag with God and hide
and seek with the devil. | wish |
could pull a string and all the unpaid
clothing you are wearing would fall
off. Some of you men wouldn't have
a thing on but "a celluloid collar and
a pair of socks and you would
not have anything on but a wire rat
and some hair pins" And yet Billy
can parade the county under the
guke of a follower of, and a worker
for, the Christ. To the ordinary
sane man it doesn't seem as if the
preaching of Christianity required a
use of all the vulgarity, slang, and
profanity used by Billy and bis
imitators. After all has been said in
his favor, Billy remains a man low in
the social scale. one whose mind runs
to the vulgar and the low Such
language would not be tolerated in a
minister holding a regular pastorate,
but along comes some rantiDg in
dlvidual with a whoop and a hurrah
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