Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-02-10

A-'ASS'4A NiAds Va NlllUltd, WAS IN
Linton Monday. On account of the
chronic illness Of his wife. she hav-
ing been many years an Invalid, Mr..
Gray has sold his farm in the Vino
ma neighborhood. and in the near
future Mr.. and Mrs. Gray vii 60 to
California to make their home.
Everybody wishes these early set
tiers the best of luck in their new
home. Samuel Solomonson. of Pol
lock, is the purchaser of the Gray
farm.
A Lintonite complained to the
Record the other day that he made
a purchase of a big bill of goods
from an agent of city supply
house, and that when the goods ar
rived the agent opened the box and
took therefrom a razor or the strop
we forget which the two having
been sent as prize to the customer
because he had purchased so much
coffee. The moral of which is that
it is a pretty good idea to patronize
your home merchants the men who
make possible the existence of town
in which there is employment and
wages that enable one to send away
to Rears, Sawbuck 4 Co. or some
body else for his goods.
Who is that distinguished tho;
we didn't say 'extinguished")
looking stranger seen on our streets
this week." you ask. Why. that S
A. G. Clayton, of South Dakota, who
once upon a time lived in Linton.
but who deserted Gods country not
long ago and went to dwell among
the Philistines. But, just the same,
his health is improving, and his
many friends here hope it ii be a
long time before he has another as
long siege of sickness as he had
the few months before leaving Lin
ton. But his improved health may
possibly be credited to the fact of
his removal to a more southcrly
climate. Mr.. Clayton is up to at
tend to some business. Lyman is
getting along very we'll with the
furniture business i'm Leola.
An incident that shows sudden re-
suits from advertising occurred re-
Gently. A settler found scoop
shovel on the highway. Straightway
he went with said scoop to the abid-
ng-place Of the printer man, saying,
Good sir, insert. thee. an account
of the finding of this implement in
thy journal of useful information.
And he left copy" therefor. And
it came to pass that about this time
a delinquent subscriber entered the
temple of the ant preservative and
parted with several specimens of the
coin of the republic thereby causing
such excitement among the force
that the aforesaid found" notice
was overlooked and was not put in
type. And vet, few DAYS later
Will johnson called at the Record
Office. proved his property by show.
ing the polish ON the handle where
his hands had been blistered. and in
triumph carried away the nipple
ment used in agitating the soil.
County Treasurer George Nara.
more returned home Monday even.
ing from his trip to Lena, Illinois.
where he went to attend the funeral
of his father, DIR. Willard p. Nara
more, who died January Doth, in his
eighty-sixth year. DR.. Naramore
had long been prominent in Stephen
son county and in northern Illinois
generally. He went to Stephenson
county in 1886 and lived there the
remainder Of his life. He represent
ed his district i'm the Illinois legisla.
ture in the early fifties, and while in
Springfield made the acquaintance
of Abraham Lincoln. He was also a
member of the Illinois constitution
al convention in 1852. The Lena
Star gives half-page to the death
and funeral Of their honored citizen,
and the newspapers of Freeport, the
county seat and principal city, alsc
give much space to the life and
death of the venerable pioneer of
pioneers. Surely in this case there
was peaceful ending to long and
useful life a life spent in doing
good.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. S. Lane returned
Saturday from Bismarck, where the
lady had been an inmate of st. Alois.
Jus Hospital since she was so badly
injured in the N. P.'s New Salem
wreck. Mr.. and Mrs. Lane speak
in high terms of the treatment the
latter received from the good sisters
at the hospital. Mr.. Lane was for
merly a Methodist minister, and
both he and his wife are Protestant
church people. but they speak feel
ingly of the good work that is being