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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-05-31
Mollie's Ram.

Mollie had little ram as black a.
a Rubber shoe, and every where that
Mollie went, he emigrated, too.
He went with her to church one
day-the felix's hilarious grew to see
him walk demurely into Deacon
Aliens pew.
The worthy deacon quickly let his
angry passions rise, and gave it an
unchristian kick between the sad
brown eyes.
This landed rammy in the aisle;
tho deacon followed fast, and raised
his foot again; alas that first kick
For Mr.. Sheep walked slowly back,
about a rod It's said, and ere the
deacon could retreat it stood him on
his head.
The congregation then arose and
went for that ERE sheep. Several
we'll directed butts Just piled them
in a heap.
Then rushed they straightway for
the door with curses long and loud,
while rammy struck the hindmost
man and shot him through the
crowd.
The minister had often heard that
kindness would subdue the fercest
beast. "Aha!" he says, Il try that
game on you"
And SO he kindly, gently called:
Come, rammy, rammy, ram; to see
the folks abuse you so, grieved and
sorry am"
With kind and gentle words he
came from that tall pulpit down,
saying, rammy, rammy, rammy,
ram-best sleepy in the town"
The ram quite dropped its humble
air, and rose from off its feet, and
when the parson lit he was beneath
the hindmost seat.
AS he shot out the door, and
closed it with a slam, he named
California town. think twas
"Yuba Dam"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-05-31
Active Idleness.
Christian Union.

You are not necessarily industrious
because you are incessantly active.
You use all your time and waste it
all You may be without leisure
and without industry. There are
students who are never inactive, and
yet never do anything; farmers who
are always pottering round and new
er get on; housekeepers who are
never at rest and never achieve any
thing, Their activity is an idle ac-
tivity; their idleness is an activeness,
For activity is not industry; this
whether body or mind, or both, be
concerned. A sluggish mind may
be industrious, or an active mind
may be lazy, Industry is activity
directed to a purpose. There is
moral quality in it. 1T supposes
conscience and will Activity in
dulges itself The difference is i'm
mense But the difference is often
overlooked. This is especially true
of the mind.
We are made so that our minds are
constantly active when awake. This
spontaneous, automatic activity is
maintained at different rate in diff
ferent minds. There are, however,
comparatively few minds that are
habitually active. 1t is partly no
doubt, matter of mental discipline.
A trained mind can work to an end,
an unframed mind cannot-except,
as it were, by happy chance. That
is the difference between discipline
of mind and the want of discipline
But, after all, even this difference
has moral basis. The industrious
mind can, because it will. The
The kecnly active mind will not, and
therefore cannot. Let the will be
good, and the mind will come to
terms. The conscience has part to
perform. Turn a strong head of
conscience on the wheels of will, and
everything will move.
Now, it is some gain to know this
Ito admit it in ones secret soul.
We are very apt to deceive our own
selves. We are conscious Of restless
mental motion and we mistake this
for mental industry. But thinking,
mere thinking, is not virtue. 1t is
thinking in obedience to will that
merits. This is hard work. II
isweats the brain. We naturally
| bate to do such thinking; at least
until we create the habit by the
practice. But practice first, then
habit; that is the law. We mus,
make up our minds, and then make
up our minds again, and finally
keep our minds made up There il
no other way.
j. We may as well confess the fact
there is vast amount Of mental la
. illness in the world. Minds are al
, lazy as bodies. Ask yourself: Do
, listlessly submit to think according
, to the order of associations that fol-
! one another without interference
from my governing choice. Ordo
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-05-31
Etghty-nve Dollars Lost.

"You do not tell me that your
husband is up and entirely cured
by so simple medicine as Parker's
Ginger Tonic ~ "Yes, indeed | do"
said Mrs. Benjamin to her neighbor,
and after We had lost eighty-five
dollars in doctors bills and prcscrip-
tons. Now my husband feels as
well as ever.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-05-31
Advice to a Boy.

II
leg, brush back your hair, and take
the seat by the window, while give
you little advice. You wish to be-
come famous and to be known as
Billy the Terror of Kenosho, or the
Boy Avenger. Now this is not
practicable outside of books. To be
sure you have read of boys becom-
ing blood-thirsty villains, in velvet
pants and top boots, in a marvellous
ly short time, but as a rule the boys
who start out to duplicate those yell
low-covered fellows bring up in
some isolated jail, and instead or
velvet pants. they are adorned in
real life with ragged overalls with
the vitals worn out, sitting in lonely
places waiting for the beautiful
maiden to come and fall in love
with them as they do in the book.
But have found a way for you to
crafty your long-cherished desire.
Want you to arm yourself with
a double-edgeh grammar and a self
cooking arithmetic and skulk down
to the cshool house Monday, bright
and early, When school calls at
nine o'clock, conceal yourself behind
your book, and whenever you see
an opportunity jump onto diff
cult problem and probe it through
and through, After you have to all
appearances mastered it, turn it up
side down and make it prove itself.
By the time you have followed this
up a couple of months you will be-
gin to receive some of the notoriety
you crave, and will be looked upon
as The STARTER, or the Boy Mathe-
matician. BY the end Of the term
you will be pointed out to admiring
spectators as The Double Entry
Wonder of the Seventh Ward
School.
You think now that this will sat
isfy you, but it will not. On the
contrary it will only spur you Oh to
attempt still moree difficult achieve
ments. An uncomfortable desire to
graduate will take possession of you,
and before you realize it, you will be
standing before hall full of people,
with valedictofy in one hand and
a cold sweat in the other trying to
carry off the honors Of commence
ment day. Thus you will 60 step by
step, until your friends would hard
ly recognize the little Willie Brown
of to- day in the Red Headed Profess
sor of Poughkeepsie, who will be
teaching o dead language with one
hand while he pulls an astronomical
constellation to pieces with the 9TH
er, twenty years from now. OF
course you will live longer than you
would if you had become famous as
The Dashing Highwayman of Ocon-
omowoc,, but you will die in good
time, full of years and govt, and the
great dailies will devote halfa column
under some gilt edge tonic advertise
ment to your obituary notice, and
some enterprising cigar manufactur-
cr will name brand of cigars after
you, and you will be mourned az
The Bald Headed Philosopher of
the Nineteenth Century. There,
that is all this time. Now run out
and tie this can to the tail Of that
liver-colorel dog that we shut up
in the smoke-house this morning,
and turn him down this street by
the sitting room window, while l
get on my specs and see if it affects
a dog the same as it did fifty years
ago.-Paul Miller IN Peck's Sun.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-05-31

A Wild panic prevails in the Penn
eyivania oil markets, and the bot
tom is expected to drop out. There
is paid to be surplus stock Of 3O0,-
.00p, 600 barrels now on hand and
new strike Of great capacity has just
been made.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-05-31

After spending months at water
ing places and consulting the best
physicians without benefit, ] return
ed home disheartened and expected
to die. A friend urged a trial of
Parker's Ginger Tonic. Three bot
ties and careful diet have brought
me excellent health and spirits, and
| hope my experience may benefit
similar sufferers. lady.
See other column.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-05-31
Elcin an } Daily Leader

The subjoined opinion, we per-
ceive, is by J. A. Daniels, Esq, Of
Messrs. Stogdill e. Daniels, attorneys
La Crosse, Wis, and appears in the
IA Crosse Chronicle: Sometime
since, was attacked with pain in
and below one Of my knee joints.
Atfew applications Of st. Jacobs Oil
quieted the pain and relieved the
Inflammation. / regard it as val
liable medicine.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-05-31
Iis,. publication. March Is, 1882. ]
u. 3. Land once.

Yank.o OAK
March Ii, 1882.
Complaint having been entered ut this 0fice
By Ole stenc Against edwin Il. CAtlin for failure
10 comply with IA ne TO timber culture entry
south west Il VIZ sex section ~ t0Wnfhip VI
range ~ In Union county Dakota with View a.
the cancellation Of said entry; contcatant Al
broken, I'VE ncrcs Of the said tract within ono
year after date Of said entry, that during the ~
year the eatd Catlin failed to break " cause 20
be broken the second ave Acfes Te4uitea ~ ba
broken 0n said ciaiM; thai during eaid second
year, the eaid Catlin did rot plOw. break Or cnl.
iivaie any part Nf sid land, the sad parties afe
a5fh day 81 Nay 1882 Il o'clock d. NJ. % respond
and furnish testimOny concerning said altcged
failure, r. Wsfxr1 q
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-05-31

A son of the late Olsou Plat, one
of the original Mormon apostles, is
in Washington urging legislation to
putan end to polygamy HS ~ I
son of his fathers first wife, and his
mother taught him the evil Of Nor
monism, consequently he wants it
wiped out.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-05-31

Strive TO impress ON your children
that the only disgrace attaching to
honest work is the disgrace Of doing
IL badly.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-05-31

0aSine beeH fes nsasiy three years Receiver In
~ y. G Land once, ct vefmiliion, and became
acquainted With the location and qusiity OF the
Government lands throughout the Territory Of Da
beta, h. will pFc0g ny answer all letters or en-.
Quires relative to tbs manner Of scquirlng title to
lovsrnment lands under the laws OF the United
oaates. Also will attend promptly to the cancela-
Ieo - Doo.asatory Htatenen . and Homestead En-
tries apsn lsnds tAa4 have been absrdcned ana
trspAFs testimony for witnesses IN case OF Anal
orQos - Holussteads, ocmmutrd Homestead en-
ties ard rfe-enption entries. Also parties des;r-
- % NE - Prescriptions Or srter and under the
6OmessssA Ass can do % through thi, once III.
sas psssseA Attendance q The Luesl Land 06acs.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-05-31

First Publication, March g, 1882.
r. w. MILLER. Attorney.
SUMMONS.
Territory Of Daka,a In the District Court
4,h judicial pi.,rie, u aud for Union County.
Wm. l. Joy and Craig l.. Wright,j
20 partners doing bHsIness under
the firm name and style Of Joy &
Wright,
Nicholas WEIGH and Catherine |
Weich.
To Nicholas WEIGH aud Caiharine WEIGH, de-
PENDANTS:
You are hereby summoned and required to en-
swIr the compliant OF Wm l.. Joy and Craig 4.
Wright plaintiffs, which is nlcd In the 0iiice oftha
clerk Of the district court within aud fOr said Tn
ion county At his Office in the court house In tho
city Of Xix Point Union county d. r. and u
serve copy Of yonr answer on the subscriber
at his Office in the city of ELK Point o. r.. wiih-
In thirty days after the service this enmsnOns,
exclusive III the day Of servicc, or the piainti4
will take judgement against ron for one hun
drea aud iIly-thice and 65--lBO (eljS ISL dollssa
With interest thereon from March 14ih. A. D.
1882 besidot costs,
E.w. MnIls,
Plisntin Attorney,
First Publication March = lses.
q. w. MILLER, Atterney.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-05-31
POINT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 81 1882

severely subject my thinking to law
law Of conscience and will? As you
truly answer these questions, you are
a lazy or an industrious mind.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-05-31
The sH~ sn~ of the Erie girl a.

The 1eHr skS" of the Erie girl are
small, tapering and beautifully
shaded, and her ii are as brilliant
as the Xxx, and she is without Il;
her frown is a t, her figure excites
T.! of surprise and a hankering to
~ her. Yonkrs Gazette.
Were we a Yonkers printer,
We'd + to some place,
And lock her form up tightly,
Within our fond ~.
oil City Derrick.
II acknowledge the corn, remark
ed Aminadab, when asked what
made him limp.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-05-31

We have got the genuine Gsayefly
thin plug chewing tobacco.
FREEMAS Baoss
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1882-05-31

THAT HACKING COUGH can
be so quickly cured by Shiloh's
Cure. We guarantee it.
WILL YOU SUFFER with dys-
pepsia and liver complaint? Shi-
loh's Vitalizer is guaranteed to cure
Won
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-07
END OF A LIBEL SUIT.
A Detroit Paper Acquitted of the Charge
of Malicious Libel on the q round that Its
Publication Was Privileged.

Detroit Paper Acquitted of the Charge
of Malicious Libel on he t'rOund that Its
Publication Was Privileged.
DETROIT, Nov. 6.-An important libel
suit terminated in the superior court after
two weeks trial. Two years ago Hugh S.
Peoples was charged by the Post and Trib-
une with having guilty knowledge of the
murder of girl with whom the latter's
and other evidence showed he had been
intimate, if not actually on criminal
terms. The charge was made in long
article, giving details of the evidence then
being accumulated by the police authori-
ties in endeavoring to ascertain who was
guilty of the murder of the girl,whose body,
tied in a sack, was found in the river in
March, 1879. The defense claimed the ar
ticle was privileged one. being written
in the public interest for the purpose of
ferreting out the authors. Peoples was
subsequently arrested, tried but acquitted.
the charge not being proved beyond rea-
sonable doubt. He then brought suit for
libel, claiming $4,000 damages. The jury
this morning, after half an hours absence,
returned verdict in favor of the defend
ant, holding the article complained of
a privileged one, and second, that the pre-
ponderapce of testimony submitted by the
defense sustained the charge that Peoples
had a guilty knowledge of the taking of
of the unfortunate girl. The case has ex-
cited great interest in the community.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-07
Wonderful. If True.

A dog in New Mexico. returning one
evening with his sheep to the fold, discov-
cred that his master was still in his shant-
and kept very quiet. The next evening it
was the same. But after penning up the
sheep the dog smelled about the door,
scratched, barked and even howied, as he
was very hungry, but his master did not
move. The dog, true to his appointed
duty, went out with the sheep on the third
day, but that night when he drove the flock
into their pen the last one to attempt to
get in became the victim of the dogs ap-
petite. This method of providing for his
own wants became part of the faithful
dogs duty. Every evening the last sheep
to try to enter was seized by him and
served for supper and breakfast and for
dinner the following day, The ranch to
which the dog belonged was in q solitary
part of the territory, and out of the track
of travel or visitation. For two years
from the time of his masters death-as-
certained by data left by the latter-the
faithful dog tended the flock left in his
charge, and had fresh mutton for his sup
per every night. The flock was not deci-
mated by this steady drain upon its re-
sources. On the contrary it increased in
numbers, and when at the end of two years
from the time of the death of the proprie-
tor, the ranch was visited, and the remains
of the owner found, the dog was still at his
post of duty, jealousy guarding his flock,
and driving them to the best pastures
every day, and to the fold at night, before
which he slept to keep the wild sheep-eat-
ers of the plains at civil distance.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-07
CANTANKEROUS KANAKAS.

The Sugar Planters in Hawaii in Revolt
Against the King--They Don't Like his
Cabinet.
WASHINGTON, Nov. Ga dispatch re-
ceived by the acting secretary of the navy
this morning, from the commander of the
United States ship Alaska, at Honolulu,
reports a serious state of affairs there,
growing out of classification among the
sugar planters, who have formed pro-
tective union and made a protest against
the selection of the kings cabinet. They
urge more liberal and progressive policy
than indicated by the kings movements.
The king in replying recognized the right
of all to make suggestions if they enter
tanned any grievance, and assured the
members of the union that their appeal
would be considered, meantime there
has been no change in the situation, and
the king has issued a proclamation that
he would be crowned February 10Th.
The report further says the matter will
probably drift along until coronation day,
when Indications point to a disturbance
unless the alleged evil is remedied. The
complaints of members of the union ap-
pear to be general. The policy of the
government is not sufficiently liberal, and
they urge better opportunity for bring
ing in labor and the adoption of course
to insure continuation of the Reciprocity
b treaty with the United States which, it is
acknowledged, has added SO largely to the
wealth of the islands. The union is pre-
pared to send representative to the
United States to urge a continuation OF
the treaty aftersits expiration.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-07

a burglar alarm. By means of an air-pump
they applied powder to one of the safes
and blew half of the door off. They found
They attacked another, broke off the spin
die and blew off the plates by means OF
dynamite. There was but one more to
force, when an alarm was given from the
outside.
Some idea may be obtained of the danger
and risk attending this operation when it
is stated that twelve explosions were caused
by Scott and Dunlap when inside the vault
and one most terrific defamation. They
dared not waste the time required to leave
and re-enter the close apartment, and act
ually trusted themselves behind the wards
with which they summoned the alarm.
After the last blast one of the ''pipers''
caught sight of a man looking out of the
window in house near by.
The robbers decamped in an immense
hurry. Scott and Dunlap were drawn from
the vault, next door to death. Their cloth
ing was ringing wet from their violent ex-
ercise, although it was bitter cold night;
they had inhaled the poisonous, mephitic
gases liberated by the explosions of pow
der and dynamite. A quantity of brandy
was forced down their gasping throats
They could not walk and their companions
were forced to drag them along for some
miles. In this terrible plight they walked
some thirty miles to railroad station. and
reached New York city the next afternoon.
Sixty thousand dollars worth of bonds
were compromised back to the bank" but
the job did not begin to pay. About a
year after this daring operation the same
party did the Northampton job," the
same expert aiding in the manipulation of
the combination.
During the last two or three years it was
known that Scott, Dunlap and Corners
were connected with the series of memoir
able safe robberies, but so skillfully had
they managed that there was not sufficient
proof upon which to s'put them away"
They were tracked and followed for some
months after each operation, and many at
tempts made to rope them, but it was all
useless.
At last, however, the lock expert, angry
at the non-payment of his share of the i'll
gotten gains, parted with the secret, turned
states evidence, and the two chiefs were
brought to justice. Neither of the men
had the appearance of criminals. An
elderly gentleman entered the courtroom
during the trial, and took a seat directly
in front of the prisoners. He scanned the
crowd in a vain attempt to single them
out; then, turning to Scott, he anxiously
whispered:
Il can't find them villains. Where are
the prisoners?''
Scott smiled, and pointing to himself,
whispered back:
'-Heres one of Them"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-07
HEALTH IS WEALTH

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nervous headache, mental depression, loss ef
memory, premature old age, caused by over
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We guarantee six boxes to cure any case. With
each order received by us for six boxes, accom-.
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if the treatment does not effect q cure Guar
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Orders " mail pro,nn.ssy attended to.