Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-01-27

1890 a lCIlS do
sence. was in town Saturday call;ns
on old friends. He now lives i
Wakpala, and was on his way home
from Bismarck. When Sir Arthur
entered the Office we thought he wa.
Just from the tight little isle," ane
that the liberals had finally driver
the lords from parliament, and tina,
some of them had been banished /,
that dear old America.
The revival meetings in the Meth
odist church are doing well. There
IS growing interest in the meetings
1t is starting out just as we though,
# would slow and sure. And VIVA,
few earnest Christians we have II
Linton are doing their best and are
getting in close touch with God and
where God can use them. The
pastor and wife and l will have
charge of the singing, With others
we want congregational singing all
the time, and spiritual. All come
L. A. Lovelace.
Subscribers to the Record can al.
ways ascertain how their subscrip.
ton account stands by looking a,
the address on the paper. or on the
wrapper if done up singly. For
instance: 2jan09 means that the
subscription has been paid to Janu.
airy ID, 1909. Occasionally, when
job work is rushing. the figures are
not changed IN the mailing-list for a
week or two after the payment is
made; but they are recorded in two
books. and the change is made as
soon as time can be found to do it.
An old-timer from southern En-
mons was in the Record office the
other day. and in conversation the
matter of humorous happenings in
the county since settlement came
up. 1t was agreed that the funniest
thing that ever happened in En-
mons was the episode wherein Ora
wink sold his swine to Van Dyk and
threw himelf in for good measure
by remaining quietly on the wagon
seat while the defunct porkers were
being weighed. And then, after it
dawned on Van, he good-humoredly
sent word to Hank that he wanted
him to come down and get into his
pen, as he had bought him. If the
history of Emmons county is ever
written. there can be some ex-
tremely humorous happenings re-
lated.
Fire destroyedthe residence of Mr..
and Mrs. w. E. Carpenter, near
Winona. Monday morning. The
husband had prepared big fire in
the stove, as it was the day set by
Mr.. Carpenter for butchering. The
husband and wife went to the barn
to attend to some chores. Sudden
ly their four-year-old son rushed out
of the door, calling to his mother
that the house was burning up. Mrs.
Carpenter hurried to the house and,
on opening the door. found the in
side mass Of flames. 1t is remark
able that the bright little fellow
should have had the presence of mind
to save himself and then give the
alarm. Another minute and the boy
could not have escaped alive. His
little dog, with which he was playing
when he discovered the fire, was
burned to death. Noting was saved;
the house and nice lot of furniture.
including an organ. being a total
loss. There was no insurance.
Everybody has a kind word to say
about the railroad boys on the two
branch lines that end in Linton. The
heavy snowfall has made their work
much harder than usual. They are
not possessed of the same advantages
in fighting snow blockades that
their brethren have on the main
lines. The branches usually being
the least profitable parts Of sys-
TEN, the controlling officials are not
generally as careful of the convent
ences of their branch-line patrons
as they are of those along the lines
that are more productive. Hence it
is that you nearly always find on
the railway branch lines has
been" machinery and appliances that
have been condemned so far as use
on long hauls and quick trips are
concerned. Which way Of doing
things accounts for the justifable
growls you always hear from
branch-line patrons in these parts.
and for the harder work. during
snow blockades. by the crews on
such branch lines.
In referring to the condition Of
the people now in Bismarck who
were injured in the recent Northern
Pacific wreck, the Bismarck Trib-
une of Sunday has the following
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