The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-18
Travellers Tales

The raging waters of the Red have
a peculiar effect upon visitors from the
east who do not know exactly how to
use it, Recently a we'll known travel
ing man who halls from the city OF
Chicago was stopping at one OF the
leading hotels He has been making
Fargo for many a year and had told
his wife of the beauties of the place,
but he never mentioned the water. His
business requires him to remain here
for a week or two at time and on
his last visit he was accompanied by
his wife. She enjoyed the city very
much and thought the town one Of the
incest she had ever visited and was as
tonished at what had been done in the
| few years that Fargo has appeared on
the large maps of the United States.
After she had returned home she wrote
a letter to one of the permanent guests
of the hotel and here is an extract from
lit:
We'll, / arrived home all right, but
I have had the worst time ever with my
hair. When first started to comb 1t
| the comb would not go through, but
all over my head there were sort Of
L
all my life had my hair act in this
manner and it alarmed me. Tshen
was in Fargo at your hotel used to
use a little water occasionally to wet
nv hair. but I didn't think anything
Of this at the time. My hair continued
Ito grow worse and / was on the point
of deciding that I would have to have
it cut off, when ! called in hair dress
err, and strange as it may appear she
had had experience with just sucf
cases She asked me first II / hat
been at any place when was ava!
that was located on the Missouri rive
and said that had not, but had beer
! at Fargo, North Dakota, and she CAV,
little laugh and said, oh, the Re-
river, North. Well, your hair is flllet
with gumbo and I guess we can fl:
: that with two or three washings,' an
= she proceeded to the task. 1t cook tire
washings at 81 a wach, but my hair
all right now That gumbo of your
must be terror"
Bob Collins, the Florida land mar
has just returned from a trip to tn
= everglades and he tells a remarkabl
!. story of the capture of the last ALI
gator that has been seen on his place
The gators are as scarce as hen
f teeth according to Mr.. Collins, as tn
i land is drained, and now real gate
; is a curiosity.
Well said Mr.. Collins. I'VE hear
there was one big fellow down in tn
n brakes and so Just to give me some
d thing to do the men on the farm de
e cided to have an alligator hunt.
was reported that this fellow had man
aged to stow away IL his inwards
= black baby or two, and it was neces
: sary to despatch him, We found M
> Gator lying near a marsh. In fac
/ might say, found him, for I actual
lily stepped on the critter, thinking h
= was a log He gave vicious snap 6
r me, and a twist of his tail sent m
flying for a distance of at least tie
fleet, and the next minute heard tw
h guns crack and Mr.. Gator was thresh
e ing the mud at fearful rate and ws
i splashed all over. That is why al
wearing a new suit. Tie one had 0
was ruined. Well, we dragged the bi
i fellow to the house and had him stuff
+ ed, and here he u.s." and with that M
n Collins took the hotel reporter into I'll
cellar underneath his office and dis
played the carcass of the reptile.
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