Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-09-25
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.
BY THE PUFFED ONE.

w. w. Waddell: This paving is
going to sbe one of the best things that
ever happened in Watertown and !
don't care how soon it is paven in
front of my residence. 1t can't come
too soon to suit me-
John Marx: 81 would ask the edit
or of the Saturday News to accom-
pany John Nevenheim and myself on
chicken hunting expedition some
day this fall but am afraid my team
would not be able to pull three or
four heavyweights like us fellows
through the stubble. If the eGdtor
will furnish horse will borrow a
three horse evener and we Will put
three horses on the surry. We will
do thatf unny thing some day, all
right
Vaud Hopkins: Yes, sir, am
building a new house to live in and l
am building it right. 1t will be warm
in the winter and cool in the sum-
mer. I am having the walls built
with a double air space. got my
idea from thermos bottle one of
those bottle where you can keep cof-
fee hot for twenty-four hours with.
out fire. This house will cost me
several hundred dollars more than an
ordinary house but it is comfort that
/ am AFTER
J. A. Ries: Eyes, I will he "a can
didate for the republican nomination
for county auditor. i am pretty well
acquainted all over the county and
if do go into the race will certain
ly do the best / can. L will not lay
down in the harness and expect my
friends to do it all for me. have
been county commissioner for good
many years and believe i am as fa-
miliar with the affairs of the county
as any other man in Cndington coun-
ty. may get beaten-thut am a
good loser.''
Ira Skinner: Yes, know how Il
feels to be poisoned with Btrychnine.
l came as near dying the other day
as I ever expect to come without
really dying. | have been having a
little trouble with my heart for some
time and have occasionally taken a
small amount of stryehmine to relieve
this trouble. ran out of the tablets
the other day and thOnght would
buy my strychnine in bulk this time
/ took several pieces of the crystal
like powder and the FIRST timing knew
my head commenced to swim and I
got weak in the knees. Thsn came
my first convulsion. ThoSe oOn1ul.
sions are something terrible to con.
template. 1t is worse than death. !
stiffened out just like a poisoned dog
and when ! came out of one of them
my breath came in short pants DR..
O'Bryan was called and told him
what was the matter with me and he
shot something into my arm bat l did
not feel the needle any more taan it
! had a wooden arm. Doc brought me
out all right and said that the only
thing that saved me was the fact
that ] had taken an overdose. Ny
limbs are as sore as though had been
beaten with a club. The next time l
take a dose of poison ! will take it ac-
cording to the directions Of doctor
and perhaps i will live longer
M. H. Makepeace, auctioneer: "Say,
you Saturday News man, the next
time you are given an auction adyer-
tisement and don't put it in the paper
there viii be a funeral and it will be
a large one il it is a fine day and
hacks are free"
X. N. Wood: Il raised a better
crop on my farm near Kampeska than
did last year. We had oats that
went SO bushels to the acre and the
wheat and barley also turned out
well. have no kick coming on the
corn crop either. Take it all in all
and am very well satisfied with this
years crop on my farm
Geo. Buck: II think there will be
some fast running OF automobiles on
the streets after the paving is finish
7 ed and / also believe that the speed
limit Of fifteen miles an hour In the
business district Of the city is entirely
too fast. am afraid that some per
son viii get killed on our streets BY
an automobile and then our people
T will wake up to the fact that autos
must 60 slower or jeopardize the lives
Of our citizens
Harry Thomson: 1t is absolutely
impossible to supply the demand for
desirable tenement houses or any
kind Of houses for that matter. get
dozen calls FOR houses every day.
have at least twenty-five applica-
tions for houses on hand right now.
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