Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-02-14
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%smusglcd Il can pener in to him. and
he amt been saw since round these
parts. Constable Hand carries Il pis-
toll, but it amt ludded. He says it is
always the guns which amt ludded
that docs the most damage, according
TO the newspapers. Mrs. Arson Frisby
"A got a new sectional bookcase so
she can keep on hand books from all
sections of the country.
Three sccondhanded settler siphons
from the Golden Nugget saloon and
buffet have been added tn the equip
ment OF the Widc Awake fire depart
ment. which is now prepared for big
c~onttagations. The hook and ladder
has been rented to James Purdy, the
house painter. In case of a fire the
village president will mail James Il
postal card notifying him and James
VIII at once drive to- town With the
hook and ladder.
jed Frink and Hod Peters got all
mixed up the other day. Jed started
to give Hold the Woodmen handshake
and he gave him the Pythias by mis-
take and Hold got excited and an
swered him with the Odd FeIlers.
Jed was so by surprise that he
hogan feelin' around and gave Hold the
Macabbee and Good Templar. and Hold.
who WAS completely at sea, came back
strong with, the Elks and Royal Ar
canum. They was shakin' hands so
Nki6 lHN NOIl6LNOls TtU JtIiIkIH
il was Il rassling match.
u. Egbert Peavey. who is the George
Nj. Conan of these parts. has got some
new spats OF which he is very proud.
Hank Tu.nms says him and his wife
have had spats for Is years, but lever
found it necessary to brag about them.
Arson i'risby says he's going to have Il
now colonial house with pillars on the
front. Hy ling. il they are feather
pillars it ought to be a nice restful
place to live.
Hank Tulnms expects to get out
if he can find any pettifogger i'm this
town or West Hickeyville who knows
what it means OF how to spell it.
Uncle Ezra Harkins. aged 1O7 years,
has returned from West H~ickeyville,
where he has been visiting his grand
father. Old Cal Harkins. Uncle Ezra
says his grandpa is doing nicely. but
is some feeble. Hold Peters asked I'm
Gle Ezra how he explained his granpa's
longevity and Uncle Ezra says he never
know'd his grandpa had the longevity
or anything else except the rheunla-
tism.
Hank l'umms' kitchen pump friz last
night because he forgot to raise the
handle and let the water out'n it.
Elmer n is quite popular
the ladies since he got his new motor
cycle with the seat behind. Amy Stubbs
s'bN - SiiV WIN JASN OiC luiIt ~ IL
mer and probably she will IL he hits a
few more telephone poles and milk
| wagons.
Grandpa Ribbins is laid up with the
skyattic rheumatic at this writing and
is unable to attend to his regular du-
ties. which is chawin' tobacker back
of the stove in Tibbitts' store.
William Tibbitte' delivery horse is so
thin that Tibbitts hangs the harness
on his shoulder blades nights. which
saves putin up harness hooks. lib
bits feeds sawdust in with the ground
feed and says the boss amt complained
none about 1T yet, although he does
seem to DC getting that wooden ex-
preston of countenance which we read
so much about in Robert Chambers
novels
Elmer Jones was calm on Miss
b Ii the other night. All. there.
Elmer. Pull the front winder curtains
down after this.
Old Man Purdy has got a new wood
Ell leg made Out'n 4 popular tree and
1T grows so fast he has to saw off six
or eight inches of it every day 80 he
can walk without being lopsided. He
has sawed off enough already to keep
him in stove pod almOst all winter.
The last wooden leg he had was made
out'n weeping willer and it looke so
pathetic he didn't have the heart to
walk around on it.
Hold Peters says it's great when your
kids have the measles. There amt
been q bill collector within 40 rod of
his house for three weeks. Hank
Tuinms says his wife has saved up al
new dashboard. Hank is still in poll
tics. Rev. Hudnutt SAYS free silver Is
"a dead issue around here all right.
The last time ne passed the hat at the
Hard Shell meeting house he didn't get
anything but nickels n pennies.
L E onn ~ n,N tfrN th1~ ln~y r.sk
five different colors Of ribbon or her
hat n a green parrot to boot. and
still they wonder ut crime.
Her husband gets 81 a week acting
as managing editor in a livery stable.
It's surely q boss on him.
1t Il durn smart guy to be as
good AZ his wife's father was.
When a teller gets married. drinks
whisky and buys an automobile heAsis
lookin' for three separate and distinct
kinds of trouble.
I know a lot OF fellers that amt
afraid of work. They lay right down
beside it and go to sleep.
Mrs. j. Frisby Frlnk mas got a new
thing she calls a vinegrette. but 1t
seems like a small thing to keep. vim
egar in.
The proprietor OF our ice cream
sody water fountain ran ont of ice
cream cones one day last week and
substituted q lot OF left over red
and blue Christmas tree c~ornucopias.
Several In our midst which ate the
c%ornncopias without knowing h
difference said they was good cones.
but Elmer Jones ate nine of EN-
hand running and il now having
an attack of indyspepsia. A Teller
kin get-too much of . good thing.
z Hudnutt Ii putting hair re-
stcrer on the church carpet and expects
all the bald spots viii be COW
cred by Snrlnw. The aAyen Snfher-