Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-09-03

49, 'c'a AaS us Eiilbl \ OIL Dh1l-
ness the better we are off."-Fred M.
Brown.
'"This European mess Is not war,
but wholesale buIchery. think
wheat will not materially decline; it
may yet go much higher, but it viii
not go much loWer."-Cleveland Fal-
vey.
Stacking beats shock threshing fer
the man with n small acreage."-Fred
Frentz.
II have tasted battle by actual ex-
perience. I know what war is. This
war is awful. ! wish | had some way
of stopping it."-E. D. Wheelock.
If the war extends to Paris and
the Germans get and scalp Jack
Johnson we will admit it Is not al
together in vain and devoid OF some
blessings.
The sturdy Teuton seems to be
steadily forging ahead in spite of It
all and we have ceased to wonder at
this since our friend, w. Broderman,
related a tale Of a man in Germany
who was able to swing a grown bull
around his head twice and then threw
him into the middle Of a river. John
Bull, watch out or you will get twist
ed up and thrown into a river.
And have you forgotten the once
notorious Huerta of Old Mexico?
Well, the last we knew of him he
was enroute to Spain
One of the important pieces of news
of the past week and which came
close home to the writer was the
news Of the death at Gilroy, Cal, Of
Mrs. Jane Carpenter Of that place.
Mrs. Carpenter formerly resided with
Mr.. and Mrs. O. O. Jacobs near KAN
peska, on the west bank of our lake
by that name, on the farm now owned
by Mr.. and Mrs. Fred NJ. Brown.
Mrs. Carpenter was the mother Of
Mrs. Jacobs. We knew her several
ear while she lived here and to
know her was but to love and revere
her. She was one of the finest char
acters we have ever met, One COM
ing In contact with her and being sus-
ceptible at5all to the fine and noble
In human nature could hardly doubt
the worth of genuine Christianity as
expressed in the life and character
of this queenly lady.
Mrs. Fred Sasse was a passenger
on the enst bound train Thursday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emery Wheelock
called at the store home Thursday
morning, Nh. Wheeloek took the
west bound train on business,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wnldron, who have
made their home in I'LL burg the past
year, moved to Watertown last week.
Mr.. Waldron has been the manager
OF the Farmers Elevator company at
this place during that time, We un.
derstand he will travel this year fol
a grain firm.
Mrs. George Brown and children
called upon Mrs. N. w. Porter Frida.
afternoon.
Miss Meta Molln assisted at thu
Kendall domicile a day during thresh
ing time and she can help at on
house amy old time we need hell
of this kind,-and can afford to hirt
it.
Mrs. Porter and Mrs. Joe Purcell
were quite sick the latter part of thu
week. Both are better at this time
Mr.. and Mrs, George Eastwood, Joe
Lou and Miss Lila, toured Chair
Lakes In their car Sunday and OF
their way back to the city stopped TO
a call at the scrihe's home, 9TH,
only time I've ever been able t,
float stated Mr., Lou Eastwood. "On'
can scarcely sink in Bitter Medicin,
Lake" II got my mouth full sal,
Mrs, Eastwood, "and /. really believ'
! should have drowned had not 10,
came to the rescue
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Tracy spent Sun
day with friends in WATERFOWL.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua Purcell calle'
$upcn Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Burk an,
family Sunday.
Services were held III the churc'
Sunday and those present report 4
most enjoyable service indeed. Re,
Mr.. Boyce preached for us a wee
ago.
Claude Tessier made d rather fas
run to. WATERFOWL Saturday mornin
He made the eleven miles In les
than nineteen minutes Recent,
while enroute to the city. he assiste
two stranded autoists out Of q stan,
still by reason OF their not KNOWN
the management OF their cars. whic
speaks we'll Of d car driver OF fe
months experience.
Fred Frentz kindly assisted In
time OF, we'll trouble, by helping ]
pun our old pump and pipe up. IN
are threshing 100 acres a day th
faiI,s said Mr.. Frentzs 9but there
but little in II for the thresher.h
George Dean met with q very Re
ious, II not worse, accident Tuesda
He was driving the team attached
the hay loader when atrace broke al
the evener struck the young man
the abdomen. His condition IL rat
er problernatical at present, but It
hoped the outcome will be that he
not q seriously hurt as now seer
probable.
EDEN.
ole Olson returned home FOR q VII
with his folks after having spent 4