Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-09-07
Watertown Items
of Thirty Years Ago
Taken From the Codington County
Courier, Feb. %, 1881
cOpplliHt-.rhc blues.

!.,,G: hu,.> : ,nr An@r.s.- Jack .
H,l,birS. CONGO 10 think "t j. 80, ar" i
,gr ol !iy,r.
1Ju roads are NOW IN GOOD rondi
':rn about town. - is rlj|,.0.''A hs !
ll:" merry jinAlr o1 H." sl".gA i''.L
Our "January ,hn~" h"S nnrm"d a
',mbina,ion ~i'iI II" "Apr:' >ho"-
US. and Mil Appear as ON" ah.ur tn"
lis, or May, l>>1
Til" Dramatic N>sociariol AIll soon
Iu, .u"'nvr play up"n Tia" boards
Kathleen MHN~Ir,"n. l. sill he
tn, best they have brOu2Ar ont.
Commissioner Grant ami Mr.. Tracy,
Of West OF tn" lake, rHt!'.l Oh us last
= "Wednesday Mr.. Tracy Mas formerly
Il 'fNpV.
NoMIay "Hs III" Warrn"s' day OF
h" >,.,tson. r!,"r,Hom"r"r ." degrees
,!,uv,. zero. few weeks OF such
..rnrhrr and seeding VIII commence.
W., understand rhr1" are parties
making arrnnGom"nrs t" starr 4 hri"k
yard in This plac" in early spring. It
IS the best investment rhat could pos
sibly be mad. and Ne hop" to 50" the
",ork pushed" righr along.
Considerable sporr Mas INDUCED in
last Monday morning by about - o.
100 men in trying their skill ON what
Is known here as The NOrW rglan
snow shoes There was many 4 fall
my countrymen." j. ~, as a snow
shoesis;" is not a success.
Some friend TO fuel and foe to cold
weather helped himself 10 school
louise coal one night last week. We
forgot to mention that we Wcr" just
fOoling about that shalt not steal
etc" business last week We never
thought anyone would think We were
in earnest.
We think we have solved the prob
lem why there are SO many old bach
elors around Maxwclrs They were
al born on the 29th of February, and
consequently don't have a birthday
only once in four years, so they are
Lot old enough to get married
The teachers of the village school
have had some pleasant surprise par
ties during the past week. On enter
ing the schoolroom they have found
notices, beautifully worked and taste
fully framed, hanging on the walls.
The pupils OF WATERFOWL evidently
pleasant.
The dog poisoner is in our midst
Someone poisoned Ed. Dennis dog
Prince, the other day Ed says he
wears a No. 9 boot, thick soles, and
las the muscle to swing them. Look
out for Eds boot
Mr.. Markly, living five miles south
east of WATERFOWL, informs us tkSt
year before last he raised eleven hun
drel bushels of corn, of the Yankee
variety, and last year he had five
acres under cultivation. Who says
corn cannot be raised in this country
Some time since we noted the fac
that some parties west of Watertowr
tried to capture grouse, by touching
the gun off with a coal of fire, and the
glouse went away uninjured. F. NJ
informs us that the next day wa:
spent in pursuit of said grouse, which
was at last caDtured
We are indebted to Mr.. E. w. Love
joy, operator at this point for batcl
o. kilograms received at his offic,
for the past week. The telegram
= tell us something of what is transpir
. ing in the outside world, and whicl
+ our subscribers will find, at the pres
ent time interesting reading.
Get up a pound party, ladies, ever
one to bring package containing on
pound of anything they choose, non
to know what his neighbor has bro
and no one is to tell what he or sh
has brot. The packages might the
be sold at auction, the proceeds t
go toward the purchase of schoc
bell ~
1t is said that a hand organ has
peculiar effect upon Indians. Whe
the organ begins to play tune the
will get down on their knees an
beg for mercy, and become helpless
We would suggest to the wives an
r daughters of Indian agents that the
buy hand organs and keep them COZ
cealed about their persons. Man
valuable lives might be thus saved
We suppose the legislature of th
territory is in session, but a perso
living here would hardly know it. N
papers giving an account of procee,
ings have been received at this offie
since the legislature was organized
the 18th of Jan. consequently "