Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-26

The girls dance without moving tho
feet. Mazeppa, the educated horse. Is
not so exciting. but his performances:
is not risQue and no son need hesitate
to TAX his father there.
The homemade taffy, which you.
see thrown over q hook and pulled by,
a man with dark gloves on, is just as.
tasty as ever. OF course. the man does
expert out at the fair who can throw
this candy in the air n make q fig
ure eight out of it in transit and keep
1t off the ground most every time. He
only dropped it three times while we,
We're watching him yesterday, and;
slab and shipped 1T off into scent
lengths with a pair OF shears, it had.
all the pristine beauty of the white
marble tombstone. 1t was also of
about the same consistency and TASTE.
On account of the rain there were
only two races at the fair Yesterday,
the white and the colored. They say.
the track was very heavy. 1 DON'T.
who weighed it.
1t was not at all difficult to find the
seats in the street cars. When they:
started suddenly most of the passen-'
gers found seats on the floor.
The most extensive exhibit on the,
grounds is the display of hamburger
sandwiches and Coney Island redhots..
l stopped at one of these emporiums.
and hesitated whether to AXE a ham,
burger sandwich or a Coney Island red,
hot. 1 asked h managing editor of,
the establishment which was the bet:
ter of the two and he said: "Oh, 1t
doesn't make any difference which you
take. You will wish you had taken
the Other.'
FOOTBALL HERO.
Erasmus was the huskiest of all the
college team.
His Kicking was a classic n his rum
ming was a scream.
The enemy all took to fight, their ter
ror ill concealed,
Wherever he grabbed the pigskins and,
went tearing down the field.
He was the very limit in the
paSttlne:
To ask a man to tackle him was MOTH
ing but u crime.
He was the strongest man they'd had
in % years.
He always left the field bestrewn with
arms and legs n ears.
His bfceps were as hard as nails, he
had a mighty chest:
OF all the athletes in the world h was
n of the best.
His limbs were like the sturdy oak and
he could grab a mule
Right by the tail and swing him round
and toss him DER the school.
He could bend railroad steel right up
ny USAAS Ills OdTG n
The muscles of his brawny arms were
strong as iron bands.
He'd pull a tree up by roots and carry
it away.
The grandstand would be crowded
every time that he would play.
But, back home in vacation time. his
strength just failed. l vow.
He was so weak he couldn't hin Of
following the pillow.
He couldn't hoe potatoes and he
couldn't split the wood.
Although he told his parents he would
Xix to IL he could.
He simply seemed to pine away and
dwindle as a rule,
TIL in h fall when time came round
Tor him to go to school.
Ihen ned recover suddenly and take
an awful brace.
In feats OF strength a deal denends
upon the time n place.
ACCORDING TO UNCLE ABNER.
Amy Tibbs. who is out west. is not
expected to live. The jury returned
a verdict of guilty"
There is only one harder thing to-
listen to than a sopranner with a cold
m the head and that is a ~phOnograph
with sand in the grooves.
h trouble in this country ia that
they are breaking too many %aeroplana
records and not enough talkin's ma
chine records.
Luke Bibbins of our town has got
q SOFT and lucrative position on a CITY
newspaper now and he doesn't have q
thlng to do from morning until nipht,
excepting work.
Their is an old saying that reading
makes a full man and p'raps that's
the reason 30 many husbands peruse,
the at h breakfast table,
The cheapest way to run O motor,
BOAT ls to run 1t up on the bank and
let the durn thing stay there.
About time for the venerable tad
with the long whiskers to begin nrs-
dictin' an O. r. winter.
There amt nobody that kin Learn ~.
inside facts about q Teller like 8 serr-,
con kin.
It Is easier to live within an Income;
than without it.
There are q whole lot of folks Who,
were never seasick in their liyesAons
land. ~s
There amt nothing nue. more fire.,
some than a derby hat after a Teller,
q worn it eight or nine years.
Somebody has overlooked a hat:
There hasn't been q word abont thc
scarcity of turkey this year.
Lent Higgins says this is an ex-
penslve age. He has got to buy q new;
rubber standup collar to wear to tha.
funerals and other society events this;
winter. The one he had last wintar;
mas been mislaid somewhere.
I've heered Of 'em makin. hr,,...
without straw, but I never heered ori