DAKOTA'S HA NG I NG FARMS.
"Yes, gentlemen," continued the Dakota man, "we have got the biggest .country, tho biggest people, and the i»ggcsl farms there nre anywhere on earth. iWhafc d'ye think of farms three or four hundred miles square ?'' and the Dakota man leaned back and enjojed tin; .»b lonishmcnt of the mob. "Wii.it dye l.iise rhiolly '! ' asked ,i (juict m in, w 'io had taken it all in. " W ue.it," 1 l- p 11 1 1 < 1 the man fiom Dakota. "Wo don't do any business but w lie.it. "1 don't think T w.uit any of il," lunaiked the qui'-t man. Jt looks to inu as though there couldn't be any houses to live in n;> tii.it way." "Tints so, ' mummied the eiowd. * "Uouseti!' esclunud Vw gentleman lioni Dakota. " lioiiv, ! hom.es! Why whonJ -ay that len itovy vontiiin. moie. and bettu buildings than all tho n ,1 ol the I'nited iL-.s jnit to/etliei, 1 -un ashainud ot iiiv.cli ten tin 1 nr!dne-.s in which I i'.i.t\\ it 1 H.mims! (}riilh'!n"i), it/ is «i n,),iti\e '.let that there isn't a si^uaie Idol. v\ that teriitoiy that i-.'i't bndb om-i, and in some cabcs they h.ivo t> urn jioles oil the laats of thu Imi Whigs ahcady ttcctol, a\ul on those poles thoy ha\ c Imilt houses light over tho sticets and loads. Thn.t'& what keeps us 6>o waun in tho winter and cool in summer. The cold and sunlight never get through." " Do I understand you that every loot of that eountiy is loofed in ?" demanded the quiet man. •' Js that a fact, or are you gassing ? ' " Just n& bine as you .ue bom," ixphcd the Dakoto man, piomplly. "If a man goes into that disti let with the idea of budding lies going to be haul. 1 ' "In that e.ise," lejoined the quiet man, slowlj- — "in that case, will jou l)c kind cuoucrh to explain to me just where those big farms you ha\e been speaking of arc located?"' " Stiangci," said the IDakotaman, " stian»ei, you think you have put a poici , but thcio is j utC whuie we utilise eveiy thing th it leads to wealth Gentlemen, them taiiiisi^on the tops of the house-., aad we put them up theie Rot. to h t Vim g<. i. the sun ai"l aL the same time keep them out of the wet! You see, wheat l>ut tliej niteiriiped him with a buck.
Ask (i worn in liuw olil .''ho l 1l 1 - if you Want hoi t ) fcho.v h' 1 lay ■ JjiTi Si\^, h > hiu !ni; '1 m-m 1 i-* too, l l«\\. <ic l d1(1 t, 10 o'.il I.i-iy ji->l'i(liy tint iii'ictf'T ')• •' !' i> to (I/ii I'iutc curlier — Hartford Journal. .'Mil Ys'vm n .! \ i , live. 'iis<,'i\en the handsome donation ol L.< )"- ) Im. mli a Mild io. I)1u!iIi;il; thin m\. iJiiii olios at (laleshead, uhuh lioi.m^li lib son, Mr W. Jl. James lepic^uits m J\.ili.i incut. Tin li at urn I'-ship1 ' -ship Man has be -n p.i i ti ilh destined !n in ( at. D'liidc , Scotland. Koin liuiuli.il bo) , v ( io on bca.d v hi ii tin 1 liunci »\ c 1 1" di^unoud, and .ill;. etc H.av ed it is mi Rioted the iuo was fjtiu t' d liv .in UK en l\ti y. 'I'm. linnii)". of liib-Jla, f^juon of ])clllll'll k, M-j.U 01 ( llull'S \ , ll.lU' bIOU di-anct ned at (.lwi.t ('\h le tin 11 , yon buiied in l.ii'iij, on the dciiiil of tic J).ini-ii llo> ill K.uiuh, ioi tiuiiMni^ion to the Ito^al bur, ing \ ,u.lt in J^on maik. Till. liitcrn.itioM.il J'Mnbition to bo held in Bjsoom, US, m 11k- coming iiutuinii is to lie ioinuilv opened on Sept. 3, which ii the centennial of the treaty of peace. siuncJ at Paih \>\ Viankhn, .fay, Adams, <md Lam once, and tlio delegates tiom England, .Sp.un and Fiance Inti \AAi i.Mi f ioni v mcii i L 'onu "talus that lifty jiei'.oiiT have Ijc n to.istod alno lor fi'tiilii-in oi >ml< lui.ift in tlioSlioilno district, lluslioi i ihlcriisloin licin^ c it i h d (Hit with most uxoliinjf ii lemony, and the ( ij\L'i niiKJiil .ac powcik'is in tlie lll.ltli ! . i>H)i,!i ic\r, liuiK i^ t eini; piu Mied at Caniluii'^'J l/iii\ii-ity (o .mistn.t astoiil^liiiiL; to tlio^i who look back . i }c..i > to the tune wlu n tlnee '■'identi ■weie jikictd in tht! Aiitiual Science. Ti ijio^-. ! \ till I Otll i" (>| (l 1 t.lll) ( v 1\ it lull ,'t M.t'di D-, i" .1 I. n in, in .\\ i-Imk, ilic Minkiti. « ii'ci,'; <(( m>((< (.1 dv( lu.iw/.i. 1 ;i^ . in "ii. 1 . jiw i v'u ',1, 1 <,m Tlii'V ,nc in -.i' , au<\ ws. < luiiinl with tin iv Hit sid . rj,.un^L l.l'Ji (jthei l>u-li'-ith the i;iii\(jl, nc\t t!iu 'jiiilacu of tl'u jock Tin iv n mi-, of 'i I) "ii ,h le mi, b'ii ii ii'.i'h fowl (mi'i.ik .i ,, r o lino (the ( 'o[\"i'\ i'ji 'i e).M |i > i 1' :i' (i thi SLlliid.nd ->.i»'-i) ,nii\( 1 iioin (ihe'it, w lieu they hi 1 b^en I) 1 , i •>' -wive 1 ">_'(), .mil ai c ,ii. ii >w lln Jl) Ludtju.lb} the ot lici lnrib.iud. "\Vc!l,' iiMin'ail i\ on iir j] D. j'i-t rctunud fio'ii («i'l lm', •' J nijrMi'p the ]n\tt!iMin v,i!l 1< t<> lnpit .. troixl -ittntion, ii'iih'.i ,\ r .iit, io: m )Mf '.Iniur to do like J'<ilience on .i ininiunn nl." " Yu^," • b\ sf niili" , '" Hid lfc \\ o:i't be l'ini>, .iftc: yon do ij ifi i, b im • th>> iMonuinr nt i Mill be on t'lu pi' le-its "— Ajiiouc in Ki-le. A uri Til:i l : boy wm out with his bi<; brother shooting 'I hey c.inio to a elmi eh-yaul. 'lluio in a tico an owl •^ as bitting. The boy with ;t; t gun shot it, to the honor of his little bi other, who exclaimed- "Oh, Tommy; what ha\c you been ar.d iloiu .' You have boon and /snot a chen ybuin !"' "So you ha.i done lefl' de Jones' ?" rcmaikod M.itildy Snowball to VA\/,a L'inkston (both colouud) as tlioy mot on Austin .uciiue. " You bet I leile.d 'em." Dey cotched me wid a dollar i found on de mantelpiece, and tuk it. away fioin me, bo I |cs' (juit 'em.' " You is a fool, nigH ih ; I uouldn t liavc lei. till I done got id v dollar hade. \Ylule folks am so |nc3tu.iiii' nowaday^." —To ,a^ Siltings. " Yoi N' I'oi/ iici \v '' wnt^ > . "Why doe; a Stile luu c a leiiisUt'iio. '! ' My di.U 1 boy, it doc^'nl 'J'he li. riilaluie h.io the State e\ei\ lime itas it liy the tin oat, by.ili!\'c maj'iiil\. Ifa > it by ilici pocket boo! . ILio il on it-> back. You uefc)oui sli^pe: oun^' man, the State ne\ei has the legislature. — Jimlunjton Hindu ij' . Vi on i who sit at omul and do nothing but applaud the ;^ood d"ids of othei generally i»al:u more noite than Iha teal woikeib, and usual') ima j :ine that they aio puifoinung nio^t of the lalioin, "When a quiet, mdustiou 1 ? hen laj's an eyq, the loo'atci's and biddies that don't lny do most of the ciickhny. — I'iuUuLlp/iifi X< it JM. I'oMi'ii.!! has made two ascents with his elongated balloon, in Palis, canyin^ foiu jicople. IJulh of these ascent-, wv io suet l .slid. In liii> second lie obtained a movement ol the balloon m the mi&icd ducction by tie action of his luddei iiidejiendcnt of the wind, ■\vhieh appeal i to l)e|t!ie lust time any aeionaut h is done so. Mil .). I>. ()'Jji:\uY, of tlio Customhouse, Montreal, has invented a soiew l»y the use of wlueh he clainia that the .speed of sliips w ill bo "UMtlv increased. It i.5 to be rlaecd on the line one each side of the Jiip. and ib about .">Ofl m length, h.iMiijf piopoiLionately i."> blades with the sin Kit u pov. ci ol .Sift i"ich, thai is (>Sft countiii" the blades on botli faidcs. The lesolutions will be tlnee times f I'jter tiiau tho^e oi the oidinaiy .sciew, and will Ik 1 (.'jtial in power to a mu lace of tiOift. Tlie sin lac" oi t!ie screws now in iiboco\cis only 100 ft. to lli.vfc tlio invention, it ia evident, will gie.it ineica.se the velocity ot bhipb.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1736, 21 August 1883, Page 4
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