Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-01-15
The temperature Of the past w,

Speaking Of letters " e wish to tell
she friends OF this venerable lady
that we were greatly surprised and
as greatly pleased to receive dur
ing the past week a Letter from Mrs.
Carpenter the mother OF Mrs, o. 0.
Jacobs. formerly of this place, now of
GiIroy California. Their former
nome was the place on the west side
OF the lake now occupied by Mr., and
Mrs. Fred Brown.
Mrs Carpenter is one of the finest
characters one might meet in private
life. aorn the same year, 1919, as
the iilgstrious Queen Victoria Of Eng
land, and whose splendid reign lasted
nearly ~three-auarters of a century,
she has outtived the great queen thir-
teen GEARS Mrs, Carpenter will be
DC years of age in March OF this year
in hee letter (which by the way, is
perfectly Iegible and we'll written in
deed Tor Que OF her age1 she sends her
gegaras to her many friends IN Wa
tertoWhi Kanipeska, Henry and yicin-
lties. She states she fully remembers
yoi aE} and every with fond memaf
les. sIe states she cannot and has
Inet maie many friendships in her
present home because of the iutirm.
SfiaS ef cid age; being able to get
away from home but very little. She
writes ail are we'll mt present. Dear
5la ffisnd. we viii mall you q copy
Of This paper and hereby take II upon
a~ursetEea t o extend To you the love
and ID hest and kind wishes of all
your .aay friends hereabouts--also
our az From the clearing away of
the smoke &C Old Hickory's guns at
New Orleans to the opening OF the
great Panama canal has been q long
and most ~eYentful period of the his
rtoy b he World, vet you have nearly
srannea ii. What 9 world e mem,
ofies il must contain
in passing we note the mention IN
fha last issue oil ourgelf In the Rich
j land itss,s and of the TACT that II we
separated any more territory we would
hava fo look elsewhere than north
west. We have not often eneroached
on tlie territory of this correspondent
unless ii be something we felt Of the
which she would not be aware OF
sonaatning yery near our home
However, as she has on occasion taksi
Into her mriteup little events even 4
the heart of the great city OF KAN
pesaa Nc take il this worthy CORES
nonae,at wfote As we read In All zoo
huraor and friendship vat, as We tol
& friend III reminded US q q stof,
which with the EDITORS Leave We
repeat .Once upon q time VIVA
seautifstl beginningl 4 crowd stood Q
4 depot platform waiting for 9 pa
senger train. IN large bunch I
men Was b fellow pretty Well hooSe
sp. He rolled up his sleeves direct
and looking around. declared he coul
whip kAiay HiaH IL
rad..He then stated he could lick az
Mankety blank man IN the count
NOT d iii stirred lie then furth'
declared lie could lick m man IN Y
state. About that time he was Ian
ed SPRAYING upon the depot platfor
by 4 3arge vel dressed man near his
Picking himself Up the fellow look
around and suggested that he felt
flad unfortunately taken n too NV
on "wednesday Of last week M
purcel received letter from n
Herd whose husbands death !
neatoaed aas week, Il which a
HArd Lated their oldest daushtes y
also With pneumonia the s.
malaas which caused ths hushaf
death Mrs, Purcell also sli0weuss
& pfctuse 81 TIE loselha arm hosase
Mr. and Canon