Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-03-09

spondent may not have the caliber of
a T. Gray, H. w. Longfellow, ]. r.
Lowell, w G. Bryant, 0. w. Holmes,
etc, OF of our friend j. w. Riley, but
even so, better sing your best than
not at all.
Likely the fiat country no hills or
dales, no babbling brooks no reaches
of noble forets, nc luxury of flowers,
no glorious orchards, no rambie over
crag or in brush after nuts or berries,
no moaning pines, no lowering peaks,
no water falls with spray and rain
bows, cts, a lot of these things, mis-
ter; maybe that's the reason. Sure
we have wind, and more wind, and
straight roads and square cornered,
barbed wire fenced fields, drifting
dirt or snow, gulls and flies and mo-
lsquitoes, farm yards full of machin-
cry like McDougall's (some not SO
badi, and straw stacks in the fall,
etc, etc, but what of poetry in them.
WIZ we don't ever have any tumble
bugs in his country-think of it
and trying to write poetry-just try
/ oncet mister, AMI see how you
come out.
anu IoN, iIIo IN l NV oilil oll liio
country, mister editor, real estate
man or reader, you know we do not
have everything all in the same place,
and you know you can't keep a fell
lows stomach plum satisfied on just
poetry even OF the best sort. You
got ter have something to eat; you
need potatoes and wheat and oats and
hogs and eggs and butter and corn
l,,l ,iol, rt,,fg NNoll ,ra l,xy, ont
that here, mister, but not so much
Of the stuff fer poetry, for that you'll
have 10 go to the west part of the
state, or some other part of these
United States.
While in the News Office we were
greatly surprised and very greatly
pleased to have Mr.. a. w. Ransom of
the South Dakota Educator, of Nit
chell, walk in. Same old bright eye
and happy look. Mr.. Ransom and
little girl came to call in Watertown,
He stated Mrs. Ransom and Miss Car
rnll-ware well. (Here's hello to you,
Mrs. Ransom and little Carroll. Hope
to see you some time.)
4 ther sure sign of spring, sir, the
raGi4ts are beginning to turn color
to summer gray.
Mrs. John Molln, who is caring for
the twins and mother at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Burke, was
home a while Sunday, also Miss Meta
Miss Walsh, Mr.. Carl Brownell and
sister, Florence. and Mr.. and Mrs.
j. p. Molln called at the home in
the afternoon.
Glen Croft spent Sunday afternoon
with Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Lewis.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Schultz were
guests Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. P.
Burke,
A box social is announced for the
benefit of the hall, to be held in the
hall in Kampeska this week Friday
evening. All are most cordially in
vited.
We understand that a student in
naming great men in a certain exam
recently held in one of our
listed Mr.. j. V. Wishard and
We humble scribe. We cannot speak
for our friend, Wishard, but for ye
poor correspondent WI cannot claim
the name unless we belong to those
of whom Gray once wrote when he
penned that
Full many a gem +
OF fairest ray serene
The darkened caves of ocean bear.
Full many a flower
Is born to blush unseen,
And waste its fragrance
On the desert air" /.
Special Telegram Born. to Mr..
md Mrs. William Linderer, a baby
boy. All doing we'll.
Miss Ruth Croft spent several days !
asst week with relatives and friends !,
n Watertown and Miss Muriel with !
in Henry. .