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FARMERS.

Come and see our goods.
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-05-08

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The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-05-08
No Longer a Belle.

The once most beautiful woman OF Ar
kansas is now beggar. She is the
daughter of Sandy Faulkper, the
Arkansas Traveller" She has been
married several times, and is now
known as Mrs. Trapnell. In the old
days OF Arkansas aristocracy, when the
rich planters and men of note gathered
at the Ashley mansion, Miss Faulkner
was the belle, petted, fiattered and ad-
mlred by every one. Her wardrobe
came from Paris, and her lovers from
everywhere. Slave to the demands of
gayety and conquest, she was naughty.
and considered heartless. Her sway
Tor years was undisputed, and, when
her financial decline came, she would
not recognize fact which seemed to
her SO preposterous. She married, but
her husband did not prove to be
wealthy. From this husband, if l am
correctly informed, she was divorced.
She was still beautiful, and. though di-
vorced from her husband, she was still
inseparably welded to society. But
the bright star Of her life had begun to
grow dim. Her father died and left
her with comparatively nothing. She
still had offers of marriage, but she dis
dained them on financial grounds. On
one occasion a large party was forming
to visit the New Orleans Mardi Gras
festivities. She was unable to meet the
necessary expenses. A gentleman who
had heard her express herself, and with
whom she was scarcely acquainted, re-
marked to her
If you will marry me l will take
you to New Orleans" II WILL" she ex-
claimed, and they were married. This
husband, l think, died shortly after
ward. Some time after this she met
with an accident. While riding in
buggy the horse ran away. She was
thrown ont and sustained the injury of
broken leg. This might not have
proved SO serious had she not dis
obeyed the instructions of physicians
and disregarded the advice of friends.
She insisted upon receiving visitors,
and would sit all day and half the night,
propped mp in bed, laughing and talk
ing in her gayest humor. Her restless
ness at last rendered amputation neces-
sary. | met her to-day. She has Just
been turned out of house for failing
to pay her rent. A more forlorn-look-
ing woman never lived. She had been
out begging, and, limping along, she
carried basket. She is quite old now,
and her hair is as white as the record
of st. John. You can tell in moment
that she has been beautiful, for her
mouth, pearly teeth, her eyes and mag
niticent brow all declare that they were
once organized into a convention of
beauty with rich suit of hair as the
Chairman.-LouispiHe Courier Jour
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The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-05-08
ALI the English He Knew.

l heard funny story OF little bos,
ton boy the other day. His father haa
amused himself in teaching the bright
little fellow several words ard phrases
in number of languages, SO that ne
had quite reputation as lingulst. AZ
Enplishman of some note dined with
the family one day, and the child was
much interested in watching HIM ana
listening to his conversation; Alter
dinner the guest took him on his knee
with the remark, hear you know
great many languages; tell me how
many YOU know" "Oh, ! know French
and German, and italian, and Spanish
and that is ALL" But you know IN,
clish?" mo, don't know English
he answered, with very positive i.i snahe .
Of the head. Yes. you do, certainly
persisted the Englishman. i tell you
/ do not" replied the child, almost I'M
patiently, very emphatically. NY pa, pa
pa knows English, s'pose, but onis
know two words in English. ana
what are they?" "Ouse and orse. =
Boston Transcript
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-05-08
Ringing Rocks.

Ringing hill is an eminence in potts-
town, Montgomery county, Pa. and ia
80 named because Of the ringing rocks
found thereon. An account Of these
Is given il the Reading Dispatch. as
follows The ringing rocks cover q
space OF about three-quarters of an acre.
IN thus tract bowlders are piled upon
powders of all shapes and forms. and
so promiscuously arranged that consid-
cradle agility is required to walk over
them without falling. As one steps
from rock to rock, sringine sound. pro-
duced by the nails in the boot heels, is
plainly heard. On tapping the stones
with hammer quite remarkable accous-
tlc properties are revealed. Some of
them give forth rich, full tone which
would probably vie with the best bell
metal II the stones were fashioned into
bells. One of them in particular, from
the depth of tone, is known as the
State House bell. This was at one
time among the largest Of the rocks 1t
has been broken off, however, but still
has preserved its strong, full tone. The
general sound produced by striking the
smaller stones resembles that OF a
blacksmlth's anvil, some having
little clearer ring than others, and
no two sounding just alike. In
passing from one to another of the
larger rocks one is reminded of the tap
ping OF car-wheels by the train inspect
ors. Thousands of people visit this
natural phenomenon every summer.
Ihe rocks themselves bear evidence of
thus, the edges being battered off by
hammer strokes, and the sides of many
having names carved upon them. Some
parties, who were unwilling to take the
time or trouble to chisel their names
upon the rocks, have resorted to paint,
and considerable daubing has been done
IN various colors. The advertising tiend
has not failed to put in his appearance;
and we are made aware of the merits of
patent medicines, Of the place to buy
carpets and the like upon every hand.
We have not heard any satisfactory ex-
planatlon OF the cause of the ringing or
bell-hke sound of these rocks. Some
say it is owing to there being cavern
under them. This, however. can have
nothing to do with it, as when the rocks
are removed they still has, the same
sound. One large and sonoIoas b6wlder
was taken to the Centennial and attract
ed great deal of attention there. An
other was sent to England year or two
ago. There is probably metallic sub
stance in this group of powders to
which the ringing sound may be at
tributed. We have not heard, however.
of any geological analysis.
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-05-08
Cats as Carriers.

The wonderful instinct Of locality
which the cat shares with the carrier
pigeon has been put to some practical
use in Belgium. Thirty seven cats, re-
siding in the city Of Liege, were recent
ly put into bags and then taken long
way into the country. Here they were
liberated at 2 O'Clock one afternoon, and
at quarter to on the same evening
one OF them returned home, while ali
his companions arrived there within
twenty-four hours after being set free.
It is, therefore, proposed to establish
regular system of communication
between Liege and the neighboring vii
lagos by means OF cats. This is some
what novel part for pussy to play, and
if it be feasible we hope that she will
be properly protected in it.
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-05-08
A VERY SagaciOus Horse.

A very old and remarkable horse, the
property Of Col. John Fl. James, OF Ur-
bana, Ohio, has recently died. Old
Bonny, like most intelligent people,
had decided ideas of his own. When
the Colonel was in his office Old Bonny,
though never hitched, stood at his
hitching post in front, unless the sun
or flies became troublesome, when he
would 90 round the corner and through
q narrow lane into the back lot, but
could be found in one place or the
other, except on few occasions, be-
coming impatient at an unusually long
delay, he went home alone. At noon
he would 60 up to the steps, and. when
the buggy was unloaded and all the
packages taken out, he would 60 to his
box under tree and wait for his din
ner, while at night he would 60 with
equal regularity and alone to the stable.
Bonny undoubtedly came to distin-
guish Sundays from other days.
Whether this WAS from the ringing Of
the church bells, or from the later hour
he was wanted, or from direct influx
OF that wisdom that teaches the sparrow
to fly, OF Sunday, without the raising
of q line, he would turn to the right
and 90 to church, while on workdays
he would to the left and 60 down town.
One OF his last exploits was one Of the
most remarkable. He had lost two
shoes, and his feet had become little
sore. Pat, the stable boy, who had be-
leved that Bonny knew more than
many men, took two shoes, tied them
together With string, shook them be-
fore his face, and hung them across his
neck, and then started him of alone,
and he went four blocks, turning two
corners, to Edward Hills blacksmith
shop. where he had been shod for
twenty years. and, after the shoes were
put on, went home alone. Since his last
exploit Mr.. Hill would freely and con
scientiously make oath that Old Bonny
knew more than half his human Gus
toners.
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-05-08
The Hound.

The hound is most interesting dog.
How solemn and long-visaged he is
how peaceful and en-disposed! He
is the Quaker among dogs. All the
viciousness and currishness seems to
have been weeded out Of HIM he seldom
quarrels, or fights, or plays, like other
dogs. Two strange hounds, meeting
for the first time, behave as civilly to-
ward each other as two men. I know
hound that has an ancient, wrinkled,
far-away look, that reminds one Of the
bust Of Homer among the Elgin mar
bles. He looks Like the mountains to-
ward which his heart yearns SO much.
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-05-08
A Physicians Mistake.

DR.. Clemenceau, the eminent Paris
ian physician, is also a member of the
French legislature. He is brisk and
busy man, keenly cognizant of the fact
that " time is money and one day,
while he was in attendance at his Mont
martre consulting room, two men
simultaneously solicited an interview
with him for the purpose Of taking his
advice. One of them, admitted to his
presence, and asked, What was the
matter with him" complained Of .
pain in his chest; whereupon he was
ordered to take off his shirt, and DR..
Clemenceau subjected him to a careful
examination. Before the doctor, how
ever, sat down to write his prescrip-
ton, he rang the bell and ordered his
servant to show the other patient into
the consulting room. As the latter
entered the doorway, DR.. Clemenceau,
without looking up from the desk at
which he was writing, said to him:
just undress yourself, too, If You will
be 80 good. We shall save time by
your doing So" Without a moments
hesitation, the second visitor proceeded
to take of his clothes, and, by the time
the doctor had finished writing his re-
ceipt, taken bis fee, and dismissed the
preceding patient, was stripped to the
waist ready for inspection. Turning
toward him, the doctor observed:
You are also suffering from pain in
the chest, are you not?" well, no,
doctor" the man replied, Ihave called
upon you to beg that you will recon-
mend me to the Government for q
place in the pOstofice.n
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-05-08

IT is estimated that the average space
occupied by soldier in the line IS
front Of twenty inches, and depth OF
thirteen inches, and that five men can
stand in space Of one square yard. 10
carrv the calculation further. "A, 200 can
stand on one acre, and 15,48S.OOO on .
snnare mile. The entire population Of
the United States, assuming It to be
ahont 5000, 900, could be crowded into
an area Of three square miles; and the
;nbab;tants of the entire world, estl-
matad TO be a.out 1,45O,OOO,OOO, on Q
snace ten miles long and ten miles vide,
or 100 square miles.
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-05-08

Il is the happiest and most virtnous
state OF society in which the husband
and wife set out together, and with per-
feet sympathy Of soul, graduate all their
expenses, plans calculations, and de-
slres with reference to their present
means and to their future and common
interest.
Nothing delights man more than to
enter the neat little tenement of the
young people who within perhaps two
or three years, without any resources
bnt their own knowledge Of industry,
have joined heart and hand, and engage
to share together the responsibilities,
duties, interests, trials and pleasures of
life. The industrious wife is cheerfullv
employing her hands in domestic du-
ties, putting her house in order or
mending her husbands clothes, or pre-
pairing the dinner, while perhaps the
little darling sits prattling on the floor
or lies sleeping in the cradle, and ev-
erythlng seems preparing to welcome
the happiest of husbands and the best
of fathers when he shall come home
from his toll to enjoy the sweets Of his
little paradise.
This is the true domestic pleasure.
Health, contentment, love, abundance
and bright prospects are all here But
it has become a prevalent sentiment
that man must acquire his fortune
before he marries; that the wife must
have no sympathy nor share with him
IN the pursuit of tin which most of
the pleasure truly consists and the
young marriedpeople must set out with
as large and expensive an establishment
as is becoming those who have been
welded for twenty years. This is very
unhappy; it fills the community with
bachelors, who are waiting to make their
fortunes, endangering virtue, promot-
ing vice; destroys the true economy
and design Of the domestic institution,
and it promotes inefficiency among fe-
males. who are expecting to be taken
up by fortunes and passiyely sustained
without any care or concern on their
part, and thus many wife becomes,
as gentleman once remarked, not
+" helpmeet," but "helpeat Golden
AQe,
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-05-08
Ike and the Mule.

Old Isaac Saunders has Just been ar
ralgned before the court on a charge
OF embezzllng mule from the church.
Ike had been assigned to circuit work
oy the conference, but had failed to
aahere to has letter of acceptance. In
TACT, he refused to preach after making
way with the mule, and the three
churches that alternately were to re-
celve food from him combined and had
him arrested After the examination of
several witnesses, the colored lawyer for
the defense arose and said:
DE parson has de law all on his side
6ecase he ploys lawyer and de church
dont. Dat am powerful factor in his
resemblance. An now Ak de Jedge
ob dis court ter let de prisoner 20. I
don't make long speeches, but comes
down to de pint. Dis man amt guilty
no more nor | was las year when da
dlted me for stealin' hog. Dis am
convincin', and de court can't stand
aroun' it,"
The Justice, also colored man,
pondered a long time, and at length
said:
DE attorney hab stated one fack.
De Tense hab got all de law, for de
nder side hain't 'ployed no lawyer. An
III state right heah dat some powerful
arguments will be needed to 'yict dis
preacher unless he can't show why he
'bezzled de mule
One Of the church members arose
and told how Ike had disappointed the
church people by not coming, and how
after coming he had startled them by
failing to account fer the church prop
erty.
Ike, being called on for a statement,
arose and said:
tuck charge oh dat eircuit IN good
faith, but when da fetch me out mule
ter ride my faith commenced ter suffer
wild de rheumatic. Oar is two classes
of niggers mule haters and de mule
lubbers. Use always been a mule hater
Well, las Sunday mornin' l took my
him-book, my testamint and mounted
the mule, paratory fer de holy work.
Oh all thipgs in dis worl think dat de
mule is de unfttenist for gospel work.
You can run gronn' hog thrasher and
think bout David and Abraham, but
you can't run mule in de same con-
nection. rid along piece and COM
menced ter frame my openin' prar.
Lord sez, we thank Thee for Thy
goodness De mule stopped in de
middle OBJ de road an looked aroun' at
me quirinly. / kicked him an con-
tinued: Lord, de crops oh de pas
year hab reminded us oh Thy De
mule begin to lif up his back. Steady,
sez !, An, Lord, we is Whoa,
seq I, but it was too late, fer de mule
had flung me. Den l cussed and
damned dat mule till his har must hab
been all kivered with sulphur. ! got
on hin agin. He went on putty we'll for
a while. Jes' as l he'd bout got my
prar half finished, we cum to de creek.
he tucked his head down like he want
ed ter drink, an jes' as was drawing
long bref, he flung me inter de creek.
l los all my 'ligion right dar, an when
l walked up ter dc church ! want no
mere ftten ter preach den de debil
would ben. Course l sold de mule
an got de money fore ! got TO de
church, but yer needn't Ak me what !
done wid it, case lost it on de road,
an / reckon yer'le find it an my 'llglon
somewhar down in de bottoms.
Ike was honorably discharged.
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-05-08
LIE REvE.

hela IIa he1 hand SO softly in mine;
raised it to my burning Inns:
ana IN her eyes, like elder win.
saw the flash where passion dips.
whispered low, tried to rsy-
bnt words came not; twas but s,gh
lelt afraid that it might be nav
venture or nothing, so must ,rv
ne words came slow, and at last Isa,a
, VIII you be my wife, or must ws,t;s
az heaft beat loudly; twas Is lead
"n'n in. sne answered: I'm married; you're too
1r, uea as was, l raised my eyes
au peen dreaming pon my lifsl
ana IN my illness, in fond disguise,
- tHscdgo Ledger
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-05-08
:, ,nulan's Composition.

e. S'aquah Times is q literary
hds' ''saed 3 BY the children Of
(ito,,S iss School, Is, Wyandotte, In
| (I%,y, eoy The following extract
|,n npPosltlon ap:, on girls shows
|hnrau.l .ulioren have as keen a
4. isIpf t1f as white children:
vau ae only folks that have
I th:y.e ~ every time. Girls are
! ousand o;.1 kinds, and some
g,1s Ia; !. can be like several
bis + = 81 she { wants to do any
bets,s .ae y > less I know about
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-05-08
experience with the Elevator.

= MlStner Shmlth IN, surr?
nan ~ vid the soger cap, will
80 ! stips Until the closet,
.sl suddint he pulls at q rope,
sae trooth IL tellin' yez, the
tue building began runnin'
~ % though the divil was
u' Houly murther y sez I,
Iecome Of Bridget and the
ulcn was left below there ?"
.f. XII cap man. BE aizy, SUR !;
~ Mneht when yez come down" I"
nnn, Is it," sez I; "and is it no
" '. but q haythenish balloon
os me in?" And with that
|. Stopped stock still, and he
Il. .aoor, and there l was wild
~ over me head And that's
.;,a', me from + goin' up till the
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-05-08
Thoughts on the Bible.

Thoughts on the Bible.
~ \ Christian there is nothing SO
7 ely painful as the arraignment
zee against religion, or the defa-
Of the word of God, especially
DAYS Of ethical culture. We
ob ingersoll and others OF his
eve said many cute things in a
manner, impressing the deluded
their audiences to an extent
has more or less imperiled the
OF their souls. Be that as it
kgersoll and his aowery tribe
bossessed a mind, entertained a
& or expressed a sentiment wor-
1pmparison with those which are
|f1 here, in relation to the Bible
teachings.
bt says 1T is the Bible, the
self, which combats and tri-
most efficaciously in The war be-
hcredulity and belief"
Doet Milton has given his opin-
e the following words: There
1pngs comparable to the songs of
q orations equal to those of the
and no politics like those
he scriptures teach"
calls the Bible the star of
!" while Cowper admits "a
Ids the sacred page"
age writes it q precious store
nd the magma charta of a Chris
The worthy John Locke gives
De to the sentiment: at has
II its author, salvation for its
Selden claims there is no
ION which we can rest in dy-
BENT but the Bible"
De question What is the
DR.. Waldo Henry Richardson
|lied: 1T is book given of
h btaining the principles of Chris
md the rule for its guidance"
Robert Boyle asserts it is
Is volume; it is impossible we
n it too much, or esteem it too
lfllan, in writing Of its holy
~ remarks: The Bible is
beautiful figures; its words and
hts are alike poetical; it has
around its central truths all
u beauty and interest; it is tenn
! one altar and one God, but il
d by thousand varied lights,
dded with q thousand orna-
! belief in the Bible, says Goethe,
J Is served me as the guide of my
I'd literary work.
Eau acknowledges that "the
Of the scriptures strikes me
pnishment," and Coleridge hath
3now the Bible is inspired"
ee the space it would be an easy
4 odd the testimony of hundreds
q read and believed in the su-
Il Of the Bible. Statesmen, sci
\ nnces and Kings have revered
I d pages, while infdels and
4 IN the eleventh hour, have left
pny IS to its being the only
l. eternal life, and "the confes-
dssth-bed are seldom false
respect the old family Bible;
eclous relic; it is given OF God;
q ses are sacred to the welfare OF
81 nal soul. Revere it. Adore
y sharpen your razor on its
nern cover, nor allow your Sis
place it on . chair to supply
ola second piano stool when
man wants to hear the Gar
venice as An instrumental
= well to use the scriptures on
ys-not on Sunday, or other
,ol, alone. Although we are told
q the scriptures" there is
between the covers OF the Bible
'tfucts US to sit on them.
g.. 'oa!d be holy, we must have a
- eserence rnce for holy things.
Gazette.
The Grant County herald. (Big Stone City, Grant County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1883, 1880-05-08
A Bumble.Bee Story.

am the son of Jack of all trades,
and live in the Old Dominion. NY
father is hardworking man, butts very
great grumbler; and, as general thing
that Kind OF men are very passionate.
One day, not many years ago, we as
cended loft (the kind Of old structures
that were to be seen in days gone by,
with the staircase running up the out
side, leading to small platform where
everything was hoisted np) We en-
tered this loft for the purpose of stow
ing lot of blade fodder.
We had been at work some time, when
father told me to work little faster. /
said was working as fast as / could.
He said it wasn't 90, to have the last
word. l said he was mistaken. With
that he picked up bunch of fodder and
struck at me. It would seem it was not
very form lable weapon; but it
proved so to him. It contained those
terrible little insects, bumble- bees.
When he delivered the blow, it stirred
them up, causing them to fly out very
much enraged. They did not stop to
consider who was the disturber of their
peace, but took it for granted that it
was the old gentleman. Having made
up their minds to that effect, they set
to work to devour him. He twisted,
turned, and, without taking time to run
down the steps, made flying leap for
terra frma, reaching it with hop, skip
and Jump. He then started for the
house at 2 40 gait on plank road
By that time the bees had had enough,
and SO had he. he remarked "that he
was no hog; knew when he had enough"
But the following day l could have
sworn he was no kin to me. Reader,
what do you think that man did? He
laid it on to me with an apple switch
four feet long. Said if it hadn't been
for me the bees wouldn't have stung
him. / never asked them, but took it
for granted that it must be so. will
add that recovered from my whipping
and he from his stings about the same
time. He can tell now, 800 yards of,
humble bee from horse-fy.