A New Departure

"Sumelhin' wroriü here somew'ere, "said a Dakota farmer as he laid down the premium list of the Dakota Territorial Agri cultural Fair Association, "here's the $2,ÜÜU pursea for tb three-minute dase an' tlie $r,000 lor the two-forty eluaa an' the $6,000 for the two-thirty class an' the S10.000 for the two-twenty dasa ao' the )8,600 for the free-for-all ' the $1,500 for the runnin' races an' the couple o' thousaml or so for mierel'aiico's race all rif;ht and natchrul onouph, but over hi'ro nt the hind end is premium of $2 for the best display f garden veg'tablfs instead of the uuual diaploma. Idon'tanderstan' it all and I reckon it must either be a miBtake or one o' these things that I heerd Hill talkin' 'bout aiter he got home from school - anew departure, I b'lieve it was."