Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-01-21

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side of life and embraces with cagel
ness any opportunity to knock eve
his best friends. Come over to ou
beautiful little city of Shields an
We'll cheer sou up and you'll b
transformed into Il sunshine adi
Itor. But us we said nohody's hun
!; ssnd besides it isn't often that w
small calihre folks find mention ii
a county paper. We're much @
bliged to these celebrities who con
descend to remember ''the last @
!ssssilese.
S. 0. Smith, Pastor Shields
When | wrote that little roast a
bout the Little Preacher at Shield
Iknew that a reply would be forth
coming. | was interested to Sc
What it would be like for By it ex
i.pected to learn what manner OF
IMAM he is. And was very agree
Naaaly impressed, for he has repudi
lated my accusations in a cleve1
manner without giving offense.
Ifii For q long time we dance lGver
(Ihaye been annoyed hy the oNor zeal
llbus efforts of certain people who d6
mot like to dance and who want tt
put a stop to the enjoyment OF thos,
who do, and when | heard the re:
port from Shields, ! just naturally
went up in the air: 1t was the
spark that touched me off and tho
Little Preacher of Shields received
the brunt of the explosion, being
within the war zone, as it were. Ii he
was only working to put a stop to
dancing Oh Sunday morning, | am
in hearty accord with him. 1t is a
,pernicious practice aad l believe
that those who persistently do this
are made to suffer for it long before
they have passed over to that other
heated shore which VIC fearfuny an
ticipatc reaching some day. But
Ill not say who told me as nothing
would be gained by that for it is
human to repeat a tale without
sticking true to details and the truth
and it has no reflection upon me to
say that I probably belong to some
queer old ladies' busy body gossip
circle' for it is a proven fact that
men are the greatest gossips and
the busiest OF these are some minis
ters | have met. From the COM
plimentary way in which he refers
Is himself, ! take it That this 'den,-
ocratic sort of chap. is a bit cgotis-
tical. To, just what extent he is I
am unable to determine, but il he
allows this characteristic to engulf
his soul he isvery "odious'' indeed.
An egotistical minister defeats his
own ends and becomes unpopular
wherever he goes: I sincerely trust
that Mr.. Smith is not one of these,
for I think he's a pretty good fell
low, He impresses me as having
the qualities of genuine Christian
Of course, ! am only
surmising this from the little | have
to build an opinion upon.
Contrary to the belief Of those
who do not live at Fort Yates, this
is far from being a lonesome place:
Business is good, and the social life
is fast enough to suit most anyone
who works for a living. The only
thing we lack is an occasional good
show: The most OF US get away to
The cities once or twice a year, and
satiatc ourselves with shows until
we are glad to come back home. 1t
is only the gentleman of leisure here
who finds time hanging heavy upon
his hands, and for such as he, we
san offer no entertainment except
to land him job. To be referred
10 as one Of Dakota's foremost men
of letters is gratifying to me, but
rust that my critics have not based
heir opinion upon what they read
in the F. F. column. And in re-
gard to this l respectfully invite the
Little Preacher Of Shields" to
criticize thru the columns OF the
anything that appears
under my name in the Pioneer, and
shall be on the 'qui-vive' forany-
hing he puts forth. We should be
lb'e to produce display Of mental
pyrotechnics that will illuminate,
speaking, all the
round about: And we
Won't harm q living soul il VIC can
aelp it; will we?
Frank Fiske.