Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1918-01-24

standings in spelling for the month
ending Jan. 18th: Lutte Moch, Caro-
line Moch.
We are informed that the qualified
electors of Marie district will vote On
the consolidation question again III
the near future. Present indications
are that it will carry this time by
good majority.
The item in last weeks issue in
forming readers that 10 cents sent to
the N. d. Farmer, Lisbon, N. D.,
would bring list of so needs of the
! Northwest. should read, "A dozen
lists of 40 of the common needs of the
N. w. with botanical names, color,
size, ETC."
| Our old friend, John Schumacher,
OF Winona, kindly sent his regards
last week with the pleasing intclii-
gence that he was rapidly remaining
his old time health, and that he now
weighs 30 pounds more than he did
before the operation that he recent
+, ly underwent.
Jacob Rau was the first to hear the
report of the new railroad survey,
but smelling '.ligger il. the wood
pile" sent in feeler over the phone
and found, as he thinks, the origir. Of
the too good to be true" news mad
originated somewhere near the neigh
5orhood of the residenc, of that well
known practical joker, Martin Deck
ter.
Another unauthenticated report was
flying over the phone Saturday even
ing that new R. r. survey had been
started out, through Dakem township
this time, northeast and southwest
across Jacob Moch's pasture. It
proved, however, to be a guide line
used by the pupils of school No. 3
to keen them on the same track in
stormy weather after the style of the
Abolutionist's famous underground
railroad, "before the civil war"
An item that appeared in the Rec
ord some time ago concerning an ad-
dition that Merchant Roehrich was
making to his store building seems
to have been construed by some as
reflection on Mr.. 'Roehrch's manage
ment of the delay in the construction
of the same, but such is not the case.
The facts of the case seem to estab-
lish already the contention of Mr..
Roehrich that the entire RESPONSIBLE
ity in the matter belonged to the con-
tractor, Joe Schlosser, and his as
slstant, Laurence Roehrich, as besides
paying them the price agreed unon,
they consumed the stores entire stock
of crackers and weinnerworst, saus-
age and cider, no small matter in it.
self, and the job was far from salts
factory.
The State Board of Education's
new rules rearranging the grades of
certificates. seem to portend the pass
ing of another question of rural ned
agogues: Who among our teacher
poets will immortalize them as Gold
smith did the VILLAGE master, of
former generation, in the Deserted
Village?
"a man severe he was and stern to
I knew him we'll, as every truant
knew,
Full we'll the brod:ng tremblers
ASoIuCu " CIdCc
The davis disaster in his morning
face;
- True he could read and
cinher, too,
Lands he could measure; terms and
tides presage,
And even the story ran that he could
guage;
In argrir~.. too, the parson owned his
skill,
For even thourh vanquished, he could
argue still;
While words of learned length and
laundering sound,
Amazed the gazing rustics ranged
around.
And still they gazed and still their
wonder grew
That one small head could carry all
he knew"
Director Martin Dockter installed
the entire equipment for two of Da-
KEN districts schools Saturday. He
, also took down and replaced several
lengths of stove pine without us'n'
profane language, which qualities him
for the office of deacon in the church
according to the old regulations.