Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-01-21
SPON
DRESDEN

The new PRESBYTERIAN church is now
all complete excepting the seating
and painting of the inside and has a
very neat and creditable appearance.
We have just learned yesterday
that there is a wedding at the home
of Albert Rohde, the contracting par
ties being Mr.. Carl Hettler and Miss
Rohde.
The basket social in the Dresden
hall, billed for Saturday night, is X
pected to be largely attended and
good music and the best piano in the
community have been secured.
We have many things in Dresden of
which we are justly proud, first and
foremost Of which we state on good
authority, that the community here
has sustained its reputation for meet
ing its obligations promptly.
Dick Burke, the genial manager of
the Langdon Telephone Company, was
in town on business Monday. By
close attention to business and prompt
ness in every emergency Mr.. Burke is
building up an enviable reputation.
M. Biewer informs US that his
young scion is coming along like a ten
year-old and a good authority on the
laws of heredity tells us that this
youny prodigy is a born orator even to
the holding out the index finger like
his %progenitor.
The basket ball game at Wales on
Friday was largely attended and was
one continual round of excitement
from start to finish, especially in the
last half in which August Eveslage
and John Pavek players from Dresden
made 8 points in less than so seconds.
The score was SO to 80 in favor of the
home team.
The country correspondent sat in
his chair lamenting over the dearth of
news and feeling like kicking himself
for the second or third time because
Mr.. So and So did not come to town
or that no young prodigy had made his
or her advent into the community.
Information of any interest was about
as scarce as reliable war new and
what was in a fair way to be censored
and consigned to the waste paper bas-
ket. However, encouraged by l%enien-
cy on the part of the editor on former
occasions we take courage since we
have been recently informed, by one
quite competent to judge in such
matters, that he always looks for the
Dresden notes-We presume more for
curiosity than editication.
Speaking about reputation and char
acter we are much concerned general
ly about what people say about US,
forgetfui of the fact that what we
really are and not what people have
to say about us should be our chief
concern. What towards we often are
when it comes to the fear of public
opinion another instance of slavery
to reputation which in many cases is
but a bubble and as tickle as the or
binary laws of natur in Italy, but
towards die many times before their
deaths: The v"alient never taste of
death but once. Whatever Jul age.
whatever u occupation, let us leave
behind u.s. Footprints on the sands
of time We have a place no one
else should fill, an object for which
( we should strive, a place in the world
that we should take regardless Of pub
lie opinion-tha nightmare that
hounds the lives of so many and tends
to destroy individuality and initiative.
Ii We have work to do (and all may
certainly have it) let US 90 it so that
it cannot be said of US
He managed to live a long life
through, If breathing be living
But where he was bound, and why
he was born, not asket nor Knew
oh, why was he here to cumber the
ground?'