Emmons County record., 1911-12-28

ject of the gal in sitting there on tne
damp, damp ground. the calendar u
Z whole is well conceived and cleanly
printed, and is about the neatest we
have seen this yeav.
The Christmas entertainment in
the Opera House last Monday even.
ing, as usual. brought out q crowded
house. Santa Claus duly made his
appearance and distributed the
gifts, much to the enjoyment and
happiness of the little folks. and
through them the same to their el.
ders. There may be lean crops and
fat crops; but. so long as Santa
doesn't forget his young friends in
these parts, life for them is still
worth the living.
Harold Gillespie, who is learning
the printers trade at the Record
Office. had q very sore foot for few
days the latter part of last week.
He was prowling around the Record
basement in search of adenture when
he stepped on an upturned nail.
which went nearly through the foot
Just abaft the toes. The wound bled
copiously. For while Harold feared
that lockjaw might overtake him.
But. luckily. the wound is healing
albright and the jaw works as we'll
as ever.
A country newspaper man some-
times receives some very pleasant
letters. And, again especially
during political campaigns he re-
ceives some epistles that are not so
doggone pleasant. But that's all in
a lifetime. And. as some philosopher
has said. Life is just one burned
thing after another The former
class Of letters. however. are strong
ly in evidence during the present hol-
iday season. a number having been
received which speak very pleasantly
and .encouragingly Of the Record and
its editor.
There was a good. fair congrega-
tion in the hall Sunday evening to
hear the Rev. L. A. Lovelace. Bap-
list evangelist. preach. There will
be preaching in the hall the first
Sunday in January at 7:3O O'Clock.
and just as long as we can raise the
money to pay for heating and light
ing the hall. And it comes freely
and there is a surplus every time,
so far. Thanks to the givers. Miss
Genevieve Rraddock helped US ont
on the piano and by singing. Many
thanks to her. = Rev. L. A. Love-
lace, Evangelist.
A letter from Manuel Elwess to q
Linton friend shows that the over
land trip of the Elwess family from
Linton to Otter Tail county, Mime
sofa, was not without incident. They
went overland with two wagons.
When they got down in Dickey coun-
ty the roads were SO bad that they
left one wagon and doubled teams
on the other wagon. After reach.
ing Otter Tail county. Mr.. Elwess
went back to Dickey county for the
vehicle, but could not find it, and
when the letter was written nothing
had been heard Of it.
Frank Scott. formerly Of Dale.
this county, but now of Morse, Sas-
katchewan, Canada. writes to the
Record as follows: This is q fine
country. We have had only one cold
spell. The weather is fine, with Just
enough snow for sleighing. have
filed on two quarters Of land, and
have house and barn up. expect
to do lot of breaking in the
spring Frank also says in his let
ter: Please address my copy of the
Record to Frank Henry Scott. 40
there is another Frank Scott here.
and wish to insure all my mail
coming to me. =
Adam Thomas was a visitor from
the Winona country last Saturday.
Adam had his name entered for q
year on the Record subscription list.
Six years ago the Record had less
than dozen Germans from Russia
on its list. Now it has more than
15O. This increase is caused by the
fact that the children even of those
parents who do not read Eng lish
have learned the language in school,
and they read the paper and trans
late the news to their elders. Very
few of the German settlers are illit-
crate, and they all have the German
love of reading, and wish to keep
posted on the happenings in the state
and county in which they have made
their home.
At Oroville. California, the trial
of Arthur Lewis is taking place. and
the papers Of that town are giving
big display heads and many columns
Of reading matter to the trial. It
will be remembered that Lewis and