Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-10-21
Stories Of CurbStone and
Corridor

OF school teacher without the wrink.
les in the forehead. II do hope they
will play today and relieve the ten
sion," she said. "These final con-
tests are just too exciting for any
thing. l know the Giants would mop
the earth with the Athletics if the
ground didn't happen to be so soggy.
The Giants are such nice boys, per-
feet gentlemen. l saw them play in
st. Louis and they looked just too
cute for anything" and the speaker
turned from the Tribune bulletin with
sigh, that same bulletin announc-
ing "rain-no game"
"Strange how one becomes attached
to the different players during the
season." declared a solemn faced man
wear eyeglasses, 1T reminds me of
the inspired lines of Carl Jorgenson,
the famous poet, who said:
1.-THE baseball player whom we cheer
AS our own warrior friend each
year,
Unto another club may go
And next become our hated foe"
D. A. Parsons of Superintendent
Gilbreath's force. who acted in the
capacity of grand and exalted keeper
of the stoTs during 11e Industrial
Exposition, is congratulating himself
for laying up something for next year.
There are a number of big prizes
for which there was no contest, and
as result they are left over. They
were hung up as premiums for school
IN o1y oxh nj hn
ticular classes had no entries. These
premiums belong to the state, hav-
ing been donated for prize purposes.
They will be held over until next
year. One is a heating system de-
signed for a rural school. 1t retails
at $3.50. There are number of 9TH
err large articles and many small ones
They will start the premium list off
in good shape for next year.
He was just back from Crystal
Lake, Mimi, where he paid visit to
his old mother and he grew reminis.
cent. MANY changes have taken !
place since I was last there he said.
"even the lake did not seem the same. !;
The grocery store has the same pro-
prietor, though, and the same clerk. |
l allus used to do my buyin' there
went over to see if they would re-
cognize me, and they did, all right, |
all right. The experience called to
mind these inspirin' lines:
Come seventeen years it was, think |
Qll never forget the day.,
l took a basket to the store,
And when the. clerk had looked me
Unto him | did say:
"Give me four bits worth of lard, and
quarters worth of ham,
And ten cents worth of that husky
cheese
That comes from Rotterdam,
And five cents worth of onions,
And a nickePs worth of eggs-'
Well, say, you'd a-tnought that blame
fool clerk
Would laugh himself off his legs.
"Now how do you think" says he to !
me, with a most offensive air,
You're goin' to carry off that stuff
In that little basket there?"
Yesterday I went to the store with a |
basket as of yore,
The same old size, the same old kind,
And when the clerk his ear inclined |
I named my wishes DER:
"Give me four bits worth of lard, and |!
quarters worth of ham,
And ten cents worth of that husky !
cheese,
That comes from Rotterdam.
And five cents worth of onions.
And a nickels worth of eggs
Well. say, you'd although that blame !
fool clerk
Had gone on a laughin' jag.
"Chuck the basket says he. you
can carry it all
In this here paper bag"
In the olden times the stores used
to have signs. IF you don't see what
you want. ask for it" Now the signs
read: Dent talk to the clerks.
TO OCCUPY PULPIT
Rev. Clarence Censor, of Herrled,
S. D.. will stop over in the city and