Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-10-27
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The other day a ship from the coast
York.
A cat at Palestine, Tex, crawled on
top of the ventilator on the iail. and
couldn't get down. 1t took her forty.,
two daysto starve to death.-M. Y. Sun.
Salt Lake City has raised $4,000
for a chime of cowbells to be used on.
occasions of reunions, weddings, and the
like, as they do in Europe.-Demver
Tribune. .
This is the way Dakota paper gives
tatfy to a rival contemporary: .There
may possibly in some remote period, have
existed a less interesting sheet, but mao
unanimous history has forborne to record
its name"
In Kingston, Canada, a man was
taken dangerously sick but his wife re-
fused to give him anything to stay the
disease, as she had had a vision in which
she saw q vacant chair reserved for her
husband in heaven, SO that medicine
would be useless. Toronto Mail.
Twelve locomotives complete, al
though in detached parts, were shipped
from Philadelphia for Brazil recently.
The cargo was boxed before being put
on board, and will be put together by
Philadelphia workmen on arriving at
Rio Observation-Disclosures Press.
considerable care should be OBJ
served in administering patenttoothache
drops. The quantity of creosote con-
tanned in some put into the diseased
tooth of a little boy in New York was
sufficient to cause his death in a few
hours. The old plan of curing toothache
is, after all, the best. Just have the
tooth pulled out.-M Y. Graphic.
Ten years ago two loving hearts
were separated by a little quarrel owing
to the miscarriage of an explanatory let
ter. He went West and married; she
stayed East and married, and now both
ore once more free. He has eight chill
dren and the jaundice, and she seven
and the dyspepsia, and neither has any
idea Of marrying again.-Micago Her.
aid.
There Is being an attempt on the
part of the authorities in Ireland to-
abolish the practice of holding "wakes''
over the dead, because they have con-
tributed So much to the spread of infec-
tious diseases. An act has been formu-
lated against it, and recently a man was
arrested under its provision for permit
ting a wake over his Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Matte Young, a colored girl, de-
scribes her experience as a slave in Cuba
as follows: 81 was branded on the back
with eighteen names, and as often as the
dimmed 1 vas branded again. I
was made to pillow like a horse. They
hitched three women in harness and
made us drag the pillow, one of us carry
ing a bit in the mouth. W. were some
times whipped three times aday, and we
never knew what Sunday was" The
girl at length escaped to a ship and
landed in Galveston.-DetroI Post.
The heat of the Colorado desert
has been greater this season than during
any previous year for many years past,
and the suffering of those whose duties
compelled them to make the tedious trip
frequently was almost overpowering.
During two weeks the Thermometer in
the day time stuck p%ersistently at $50
degrees, and the close atmosphere made
the heat appear greater than it actually
was. Tremendous thunder storms were
of frequent occurrence, and one swept
over the desert which was grand beyond
description. 1t was followed by heavy
torrents of rain.-Denver Tribune.
The City Hall clock at Pittsburgh
wouldn't keep correct time. 1t was re-
paired time and again, but was soon as
Enthusiastically as ever. Finally it was
discovered that small boys were the
cause of the trouble. "They will slip
up there in their bare feet" says the
custodian, 'sget into the clock, and use
the arms which move the hands for
trapeze poles. The arms are good and
strong, but they were not made for that
purpose, and if they get sprung a little
bit Of course the clock can't keep good
time. We watch as close as we can to
keep the boys from going up to the clock
tower, but they are too smart for us,
and will get up there in spite of all oui
are.":-PlNsburgh Post. /
Young George Huston was milking
a COW in the barnyard of Mrs. Smiths
residence in Monticello, N. Y. The cow
was very restless, as the flies were both
ering her, and she switched her tail al
most constantly. George was annoyed
by the tail switching in his face, and he
finally tied it fast to his ankle. A few
minutes later the COW became fright
ened and rushed around the yard, drage
ging Huston over the ground at a lively
rate. A milkman passing by saw the
critical position the boy wa IN and
went to his assistance. Failing to cor
ner the COW, he seized the boy by the
shoulder just as the cow jumped over
the fence. The sudden stop caused the
tail to break off close up to the body.
The boy was not seriously injured
N. Y. Tribune.
An Albany hotel-keeper says the
destruction of dishes at popular hotels
is enormous, and at some places a man
is employed to sort over the swill foe
the express purpose of picking out thr
dishes. "You should get into the
kitchen Of a large hotel when a rush
comes" he says, "everything goes
spoons, forks, knives and dishes. Gen
orally the silverware is marked, and so
is returned by the contractor. The
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