Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-02-08

past week. We did not intend to
take it, had no idea of it, we were
= forced into it by the weather bureau.
d We visited one of the states leading
cities, put up at it's leading hosiery,
and one of the best hotels of the
t state. We were royalty entertained
at the home of an editor Of the city,
every night we were taken to one OF
n it's leading theatres. We were fed
with toast and fish, steak and sau-
g sage, beans and potatoes, bread and
honey, pudding and preserves, pie,
fee cream and cake, bananas and
cream, etc, etc. We discussed the
great issues and events of the day
: with some of the leading citizens of
the place.
We conversed with some of the
fair women. We were surrounded
with wines and liquors and would
( have filled to a fullness possibly but
that we are total tetotalers, sworn to
forever abstain, voted for the amend
ment, and are friends in good and
regular standing of d. F. Jones, w.
G. Magee, H. D. Rice, Joe Purcell,
Geo. Brown, Sumner Thompson, Geo.
Eastwood, F. J.. Cory, ct. al.
But alas after a few days OF contin-
ual pleasure the said weather bureau
found out that we had a good big boy
at the farm to look after the horses,
cows, pigs, chickens, etc; three large,
well %intentioned women to look after
the children and the house and that
we had forty-1ve dollars that Sam
Dean had given us for two red hogs,
informed us they would stand by us,
that the Lyric show was only a few
steps from Is, hat we had a good
place to sleep, and a good place to
eat, a hat for our head and shoes for
our feet and that we did not give a
dog gone for their old blizzard. So
they cut it out, the Chicago and
Northwestern railway hustled its boys
out to whoop the snow from the rails,
they jerked a couple of cheap
coaches together, informed us they
were ready and of course poor we uns
not longer having good and valid ex-
cus must needs bid goodbye to our
brief respite from toll and our days
of ease, goodbye to the life and spar
kle and lure of the city, goodbye to
the ice cream and the footlights or
the movies, our city friends, etc, and
HE away back to little Kampeska and
the staid old farm to renew our ac-
q%uainance with Mrs. Biddy and old
Bessie, to a routine of hustling feed
and bedding. carrying slop to the
| pigs and building fires in the cold in
the morning.
But, ali! of Biddy and the COW, we
heard them spoken of very highly in
the city, numerous wishes we heard
during our stay for a dozen fresh
eggs or a crock of good new milk, or a
quart of nice rich cream, etc.
0, pshaw! There are things in the
city that are nice and there are things
on the farm that are nice; it's nice to
live in the city and it's nice to be in
the country, SO there you are, mister.
How prone we are to look over the
fence into other fields at the other
cattle and think they are in SO much
nicer pasture than we are. Then af-
er we get through the fence and stay
there a while we long to get back
into the old pasture again. Just about
as well stick on the job, mister, wher-
ever you are and make good. 1t gets
mighty cold and windy in S. D. some
times tits true, but it too gets blamed
hot and MINDLESS ofttimes in Kan
sas, and there are even serious draw
backs in California, Florida and Min
nesota.
We understand Messrs. George8Wil
liams, Sam Purcell and Hanlon Pur-
cell were caught in the blizzard at
Chas. Glidden's and remained there
during It's fury. Well that wal all
right. Mr.. Glidden can sympathize
with them for he, too. was caught
away from home and spent the time
In Waterfowl.
During the storm which occurred
while we were in Watertown the
thermometer on the farm dropped to
forty degrees below zero, the second
time during our stay in this state.
Yes, Sir. for 4 storm to come right In
the midst Of a nice, warm, open win
ter like this 1t was sure some storm
tgreat emphasis On that some). But
we sincerely believe. dear reader, that
last Sunday saw the weather gentle.
q bare his arms and push on the
wind Just a mite harder than he did
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