Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-11-03
ffrSinss to quilt me a nice black silk ~petticoat.
! saall use all colored silks and make. it as fine

L snail use all colored silks and make it as fne
W. able. 'A AA'
rf 80 Sl.CA drove Of girls here to-day to see
iran. She seems to be mighty popular OF
w 70 dsssn and H. Iip p csme home early, for q
and cyder. Thesy stayed aI's SO late late i i c distyyrbed
the Doctor, and he arose from his bed to send
i iaem 81, R,acking home. 'Liph answered him
~ makes amends he shall bide no longer in
inc house. He. thinks 'Liph had taken too
inae OF the good creature. Pretty bad do
Ti nse "a 80 dull, tedious morning for us all.
- anaan crying over her clear-starching, though
~ one enid her for last night. She made pan
fanss Tor dinner a fayorite dainty with the
s pcosG linn anq fb and 1bnt t. Tedf for 'Liph He for
a. coy evening. 'Liph and Tirzah hacking
max max IN IN the hex, kitchen. The Doctor let him know
saaU ne owed his forgiveness to Tirzah, and he
seeins 10 De becomingly grateful.
Dee: 23.-'Liph has rome over the mountain
to get a calf skin. .Tirzah is more re than ordi-
infair nly blithe. We had some converse about
thi oPPs' wa He told her last night that his arec.
ana mat he had well nigh made up his mind to
speaK, put lacked encouragement 1 think.
than amu shan sba thinks, that he means none other
can the lass give him? Men are crazy beings.
LEG: M.-The new minister stops with us and
seems 70 take very kindly to Tirzah. He has
' r lbnb I G promposity about him, 'Liph thinks.
- SOuC 6OmcWQCro CQlS evening. hlt
not to meeting. e wv
r; Pee. Pa fine Christmas. Tirzah has pro.
vlded presents for us ala pair of Knitted
fM ri1fs rso TOR the Doctor; a 1ne nightcap, the
black a stoeEy f eae 'Iipbi t Which me- m and q b|gm ep he;d
ms head as high as a drum-major, or the stiff.
'T Tinh &c generation alto spoken Of by the prophet.
GOES a e saHs II w but sf { Ra na,d Yet ai% 70 up e. Mhf sPat he e
man ma needeth support at such time. Tirzah
nag no:presents, fort the Doctor is forgetfui:
a% r. snSasn il Ppl Ga q hin hin to @d buy q kerch asa, at
she'll comb hidden behind 'Liph's bureau. and
i n az y @ra to myself e that no might have gotten
Dec. a.-'Liph wont over the mountain. and
wore his new stock. Tirzah cryed ali the
afternoon. 1 fear she has had bad news from
e eum and s she s is Of a large family-seven broth
6omesnest early to shift for herself. She is a
dear daughter to me. I have often wondered
SUBSTANCE from my fathers goodly estate, see
ing tne Doctor and I have no children Of our
own. o"A
Deg. 27.-Old man Skinner came to see us to-
day, from over the mountain, with mixed yarn
and dried apples: He says that 'Liph is often
there, and he thinks the Widow Siy is the
cause thereof. This is sore news, If true, for
the trollop has but a fimsy reputation,
Dec. 2s.-,I could not bring myself to cate.
grinding sausage-meat with Tirzah this even.
ih ne, 1 think ne k.:sed her behind the buttry
nothing all will yet be well.
Dec. 29.-Liph was minded to go over the
mountain after geese-feathers, but I per-
suaded him to getthem up Onion River way.
Dec. O..Liph came home late last night, by
the way of the mountain, having heard that
some one was stealing .ou wood. Old man
Skinner offered me a fair price for that lot: I
think will take it. It is in an unhandy place,
ann fAkaG Linn nvnp fhnro bon &c.
about shedding, ct cetera.
Dec. 3l.--I have not quilted a stitch as vet on
my petticoat, being laid up with the pleurisy.
Tirzah is a good nurse.
jar. 1.-Tirzah and the Doctor have gone to
meeting. The year has come in very sickly.
There was but q thin congregation. Parson
Goodenough performed, but was SO short Of
breath with.the asthma that he set the dea-
to attend him. All this bad weather makes
plenty of practice for the Doctor, but again it
makes very bad going to get from house to
weather, when it would be easier to get to
them.
TAI al have sent 'Liph over the country
to collect rents. It is the first of the year, as
siderable due: 1t is just as well he should be-
gin to have the management of the property.
as it will be his some day.
concerning 'Liph. It seems that he has at last
told her the name of his sweetheart, and it is
that detestable Widow Sly. This is a sore trial
f bee n1T hense e l f Nav sefi as she bt thought ugh u it I;aa
me YVES to intercede for ''Liph, and to cajole
me into consenting to this marriage. Truly
but one thing can exceed the folly of man,
and that is the fOOlishness Of maidens,
Jan. 3.-'Liph has not collected all the rents,
It took him so long to bother about the lease
OF the sugar grove over the mountain that he
did not get around to the mill. He makes a
opened to the doings Of this young man. I
have been in a %quandary as to whether too
much kindness is expedient in the bringing IN
of youth.
Jan. Al have had quite a quarrel with
'Liph. He was settling up the accounts with
me, and I told him that the mill and the mead
DIV farm were to be his, while I meant to leave
it, to Tirzah. Then | had him bring my strong
box and showed him the mortgages on the
s hontlnsase9 pho5 pgop sai3 /. a ~ ahs any ~ bonds = and
aslaashing, why, Aenty," says h SapH ay you
full Of choler that my strength came again,
and / arose from bed, dressed and quilted ali
the afternoon el,a 2 ia on ! my y. petticoat. l fear that I
him idle and careless about his books, and it
is for this, doubtless, that the Widow Sly is
c @eav fog a aer pe epl1i agou Vo n11n m Mnas Y y baas she g
mind to do 'Liph the best turn of my life and
cut him of without a shilling. My mind has
been exercised much by the words OF the
preacher: ''There is a sore evil which I have
seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for
the owners thereof to their hurt 1irZah
would marry 'Liph for pure love, I'll warrant,
if he had nothing else to give.
Jan. 81 have had Squire Tuckerman here
to make my will. 1t is a crazie matter. have
bequeathed the life interest of all my posses
sions to my dear husband, the Doctor, and
after his decease the one-half of my real estate
to fall to Tirzah and the one-half to Liph The
mortgages, bonds, stocks and other personal
property ! have not provided for. If 'Liph
break with the Widow Sly, and marry Tirzah
ding present of them. I nave not told 'Liph of
this, for do not want him to marry TirZah for
her money, and they will each have enough to
keep them from poverty under the will, but
not enough to make either the bait of a for
tune-hunter. 1 caused the will to be read be-
fore the family, and l could see that it did not
| pcrs, Aunty?' he asked, and I made answer:
'IIl cen make O trial to carry them with
me-"
Jan. 8.-'Liph went somewhere yesterday
evening. Idoubt not it was to the Widow
Sly's and that he told her of my disposition of
my property; for he has been down in the
dumps all day, studying, Or felgning to study,
and only replying in surly sort when Tirzah
has spoken to him in her gentle and winsome
am confident that the Widow Sly has washed
her hands of him.. A husband with only a
farm and a mill is little to her liking. I am
heartily glad of it, but meantime the boy
heart is sore.
T,,, r. rVir1oh hoe p1aodod with mo RI ol,or~,