Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-12-26
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Iregret to learn of the illness of Mrs.
sam Dean, and hope she will soon RE-
cover and fully so. Mrs. Dean is a VIC
tim of the prevailing disease.
Glad, however, to note that Fred
Frentz is getting well as rapidly as can
be expected. Also his wife and child.
both of whom, too, We're sick.
A letter received from Paul David
dated Nov. II, / believe it was, stated
Paul was somewhere in France paul
can now tell Just where he Isl, that he
had a. safe voyage across. Was twelve
days, / think it was. 0 N the sea- That
he liked it all fine. Otto. David is in the
u. s., in camp, although / did not
learn which ann, and has been sick
with the flu. j think Robert is attend.
ing school in Watertown now.
The scribe and family spent a very
pleasant evening with Mr.. and Mrs, f..
Sucker Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garbe were shoppers in
the city Thursday.
Baby boy at the William Ostrander
home is quite sick with cold the last
of the past week
Little Miss Marian Molln, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Molln of Flor
ence, is spending some time with her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Molln.
Leslie Scott is home from Camp Dix,
n. j. Mr.. Scott is a son-in-law of Mrs.
Ponchke. of Richland.
Mrs. Pugh and little daughter, Miss
Myrtle, have gone to Iowa to visit reia-
tives and friends. Mrs. Pugh and
daughters live, for the Writer, in the
P. F. Burke house by the schoolhouse.
One of the daughters, Mrs Montgomery,
teaches the school. Mrs. Montgomery's
husband is a soldier in France.
Mrs. Kendall and self received a card
from Mr.. n Mrs. Oscar Edison, former
" of Richland, now of Adrian, Mich.
wishing a happy holiday season. Mr..
and Mrs. Edison are well. Their many
friends here will wish them the best
of the season.
Mrs. Il. Sucker is spending the holi-
day season with relatives in Iowa, Ona-
wa. / believe.
/ don't believe I have told Mrs. Geo.
Croft's story of the three pairs of
twins. Mr.. and Mrs. Croft were guests
of the writer N lady recently. Z re-
lated the tale Of tie four twins in Mis-
souri, Gas related by Mr.. Edward Iyes).
Two boys and two girls. The boys,
named Pete and Repete, married two
girls named Kate and Duplicate. OF
course Mrs. Croft had to so me one
better, so she stated that a certain
mother gave birth as the years went by
to twins upon three occasions. The
first pair thssE named Pete and Repete,
the second couple Kate and Duplicate.
When the third pair, which were boys,
arrived the parents We're at a loss for
names to all them. Finally the father
suggested that they be named Max and
Climax.
Talking about stories reminds me that
! have never incluedd lin my remarks)
the stories told by Messrs. Spies and
Rice at the e. Sucker home some time
ago. Mr. Spies works in the Peoples
Savings bank. He is from the east, New
York or New Jersey, the first named, i
believe. In spite of the fact that New
York is the home of the greatest city
on the globe, is one of the oldest set
tied states, holds one of the winning
hands in a national election, etc., etc.
yet it has a lot of big woods and in these
woods are Outlines some pretty good
| sized cats haa1.r atc MI. C,;o. -
night was walking in some of this wooa.
| going home or to the neighbours. AS
he passed along he heard a cry like
| some one calling. He stopped and
called out to see of they We're calling
to him. In answer to his shout, he
said, there came one of the most blood
curlding screeches he ever heard. A
big Canadian lynx was on his trail.
THAT lynx said Mr.. Spies, raised my
hair decidedly and lifted me clear off
the ground and I scarcely touched it
again until I was safe. I didn't have a
thing with which to defend myself
Mr. Rice told a hog story to the eff
feet that d certain rural gentleman
called his swine to the feed lot by
knocking on a post with a hammer. All
was well. it worked fire until a wood
pecker happened along. He decided to
locate on this farm. The woodpecker
of course got busy directly on some old
tree or roof. He just kept the blamed
hogs on the rum all the time and took
all the fat off of them.
/ read a pretty fair one the other
day. Teacher asked the pupils what
Washington's farewell address was. Up
went J%ohnnie's hand. you may tell
us" said the teacher. Heaven" said
he.
Thinking of this Spanish infuenza
do you fully realize what q world
scourgeit is and how deadly Is its work:
An eminent medical authority states il
is the worst plague that has visited
mankind since the great Black Death
That at has slain six million people
during the past year. tisWsssvesInne
more deadly and destructive Of human
life than al the trenches and camps
and prisons, and gases and fires, big