Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-02-17
Correspondence
.kAMPEskA AND RicHLAND.

where she Will visit a few weeks witt
relatives and friends.
Earl and Glen Wishard. Oscar am
Glen Oleson were at the lake Tues
day afternoon to witness the scininl
and 10 procure some fish. Earl pUr
chased at 13-pound pickerel. Some
da, we take it.
Mr.. f. II. OIeson and sons are put
ting in some flooring and stanchlons
in their COW barn. Big help in the
Afikims.
Well, our last new moon came to
view lying s%quarely on its back. Now
Wen see If it is any better.
Mr., Ben Oquist was a lake city
visitor Wednesday of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oquist spent Thurs
day evening at Prairie Lawn"
Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua Purcell spent
Saturday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Oquist.
August M%elchert, Mrs. Melchert and
Misses Edith and Augusta spent
Thursday with Mr., and Mrs. John
Schultz.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Broderman
and little Miss Elsie Anna were in
the burg Thursday. Still above the
snow" said Mr.. Broderman, but If it
keeps up, guess we'll have TO tunnel
ander in some places" Mrs. Groder-
MAJ stated baby Elsie had not had
a cold Or been sick thus far during
the winter, that she weighed 80 lbs.
The little lady was two years old in
January, we believe.
Neal Falvey was a KaInpeska Wis
ftor Thursday.
Some of the members of the Fred
Schwandt family were in Watertown
the last OF the week.
Messrs. Blair Tessier, A. A. Carnes,
Fred H~eathcote and Frank RawleyI
and families are all still on the map,
We believe. although we seldom have
the chance to get a line on them. Also
J.. Hench, John Lee, Guy Heathcote |
and Mr.. and Mrs. Smothers and fam
NJ.
We spent a portion of Friday af
teraoon at the home of Mr.. and Mrs,
Dean. While there W had the pleas
ure of meeting Mr.. Lyman Dean, a
nephew, who has been spending a
week or ten days with them. The
yoang man recently underwent an
operation for appendicitis.
Mr.. Al Tessier has been at the
Geo. Croft home a part Of the past
week, laying some new flooring in
the nome.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. J, Purcell we're
dinner guests of we scribe and wife
Sunday. i
Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua Purcell were
callers Wednesday evening with Mr..
and Mrs. r. G.. Green.
Alexander Purcell was a guest of
HIS cousin, Lester Purcell, Sunday.
Ben 0quist, as far as we are aware
neither chews fright Cut" nor drinks {
bad whiskey. but nevertheless, he {
estrayed In his own field last Friday
evening and for a time thought he
wosld be obliged to camp out in all
snow bank until daylight. He went y
sst in q field at the back OF the place
to drive home his horses. The beasts
seampered for the barn leaving, as
Z. Gray wrote ''the world to darkness
aad to" him (Gray wrote s'me" but
i will have to be him here). To add
to the pleasure and spice of the situa.
tion Mr.. Gquist got q severe cramp
In his knee and was Obliged to lay
sst in the downy snow horizontal
Ike tHisey like1. before being able
to perambulate perpendicularIy.
After q series of irregular games {
ee fox and I5osep fduring which 4
tiaie he felt perhaps he was a goose !.
least, not feeling very foxy) he /.
was seized by some instinct or beheld |
some light and was enabled To ar
rive at hia domus in safety, much to
relief Of the anxious wife.
And now after the son OF one o9lh
our most esteemed friends and neigh.a
sors has been away to school since j
last November we have only iustlis
heard through another neighbor 81 d
fact. We refer to Mr.. Wlibu. i
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Brown, who Is attending 4 college at 3
lssdeayor. Wis. He is taking the 7
regular college course and ID doing ii
All ofwhich We are very glad
lc know The institution where Wilsg
is attending is under the auspices 4,
the Christian Endeasor society.
rAis makes two Of the young folks d,
Y this family getting a finished edu q,
'Ation, Miss Dorothy Ii In the highl Eli
'ciool At WATERFOWL and Wilbur IL Ii
Ne above college, These young nee,
ae we know will never regret INA II