Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-03-08
From the Rural Precincts

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things are radically changed, the once
humble and lowly spud is handled like
diamond rings or government bonds,
and the condescending rustic who
brings a load of them into the place
in the same old wagon with n OF
Lee Bros. big grain tanks on it is her
son of toll it "it," the man with the
potatoes is the man of power and
position, he yields the balance of
trade, his word is law, his merest
wish is the will of the city dweller,
rich and poor vie with one another in
doing him homage, the banker and
the drayman before him stand on
common footing little children follow
the spud man like boys after the
hOodlum band in a country town, the
ladies in the rustling silk beneath
which peer shining nose and $1,000
shoes no longer lift the skirt and
sniff at the farmers wagon, but
SI1lie anu DOW anu SCtape Inc Oh
Walter Raleigh before the illustrous
Queen, Elizabeth. Shoot! we didn't
intend to get off" all of this stun
about these potatoes. but maybe it'll
interest ye, somebody anyway. If you
! were interested in l.. Eastwood's
dream of Lake Kampeska development
perhaps such as this will please you.
any rate some of you may smile,
il the reward is immediate for he
that ties to cause a wholesome
smile Is h~enefactor of his kind.
But abe Ids, every dog has his
day-spuds same. Chaa Park
says first thin know potatoes
will be so cheap ',al the farmers
boys will be throw. them at the
English sparrows in the COTTONWOOD
trees.
Monday, in company with Mr.. Pat
rick Burke, we attended the sale at the
farm home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Bias
attn A goodly crowd greeted tn,
jolly a%uctioneer, Mr.. Chas. Glidden
and the game of crying and buyins
went right merrily Some very flint
furniture was offered for sale an
some bargains We're secured by TIL
various purchasers. The proceeds o
the sale must have amounted to con
, siderable, although we didn't lear
the figure. Everything seemed to sci
satisfactorily, except, possibly Ssh
, horses which seldsao doubt beneat
: their yalhe. We arrived too late 70
Ga cup of coffee and a cookie, sane
1, witch, etc, but the good lady of th
house learned we We're present an
! wishing to meet the Kampeska corr
spondent, sent Mr.. Alexander PURGE
i to line us into the house. We wer
= served with coffee, cake, bread, etc
and best of all had the pleasure {
meeting this very pleasant faced an
l hammered woman. We doubt not sh
has done a full part in the a~ttainin
of the success that has been the IL
of herself and husband. Optimism
honesty, loyalty and old fashione
! good will CLEAN from the eyes of bot
I these worthy folk. Mr.. and Mrs. Ba
! tian have been residents in Codingto
i county for many years, formerly Ii
. ing in northwest Richland on til
place now owned by Mr.. Tom Redd.
They plan to spend a few weeks
WATERFOWL and the coming summe
bin Florida with a view to maxim
their future home there il they lh
( the state. We failed to learn til
/ name of the purchaser Of the farm
The farm consisted of about IL
acres and sold for sos per acre.
] We regret that we have but meag1
! intelligence of the funeral of Mrs. ia
; Miller at hand. The notice of he
I death appeared in the papers la
!, week. The motherless children al
J the husband have the sympathy of tt
community. We believe ten ehildre
] are left to mourn a mother. Tt
] funeral was held at the house SUI
3 day afternoon at $50, the services b
ing conducted Dy Rev Fred Stockton
KRANzBuRG.
Il Mrs. N. J.Haan was a passenger
Watertown Tuesday evening.
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