Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-05-26
Will our exchanges please note the
fact that TIE HERALD's p. O. address
is Elmer, Aurora county, Dakota.
CLARK! j hear a blue bird sing,
And that's a sign of coming spring.
The little busy bees are hunming,
And everything says, Spring is coming

The little busy bees are liunning,
And everything says Spring is coming"
What holds all the snuff in theworld?
No one nose.
Robert Vessey gave the HERALD a
call Thursday.
Matt. Shepherd has got his house
completed; it beats all the rest.
For SALE.-Or trade. A first-class
organ. For particulars enquire at this
Office. If.
1t is reported that Gov. Ordway has
left Yankton and goneri 70 Pierre to
reside. s''--
False hair is so near like real hair
now that it is hard to tell which is
switch.
1t is rumored that Mr.. Stephens has
purchased an interest in the store of
Lew Hoes. -
Miss Fannie Riddle, Mrs. E. L. De-
Line and b. F. Wiley, paid their res
poets to the Herald last Tuesday.
The new "dress" of the Plankinton
Free Press makes the paper look as
neat and trim as anew school ma'am.
Miss Ida Nielsen, living near Sioux
Falls. has been MANNED for life by the
carelessness of her brotheri in handling
gun.
Exchanges all say, "Look out for
counterfeit silver dollars and half dol
lars" It's the other kind we are look
ing out for.
A yonng lady on being asked what
business her lover was in, and not lik-
ing to say he bottled soda, answered:
He's practising tizzician."
BY the governor" hard work
to keep your sons in check while they
they're young; it's harler still to keep
'em in checks when they grow older.
Mr.. w. l. Bateman, Of this office, left
here or last Monday morning for an
extended visit to Milbank, to look after
his real estate located near taht place.
Mr.. McHenry, Of Plankinton, and
his brother from Iowa, were up last
Monday, viewing the beauties and GU
riosities Of nature around the Springs.
Messrs. Dunn 4 Hackett, two wide
awake Mitchell boys are about to en-
gage in the real-estate business at Wes-
sington Springs, Aurora Co.. Mitchell
Mail.
"Oh pa" said a young lady, "why
don't you get a fir tree? it would be SO
economical to raise our own furs, and
then we could raise whatever kind we
WISH"
Correspondents of daily paper ire
discussing the question, "Can a man
marry on salary OF ten dollars week 2"
Not if his girl knows the amount Of
his income.
Kansas City was visited by cyclone
Sunday afternoon which destroyed
property to the amount of 100000 and
killed three persons and injured large
number of others.
E. V. Miles, of Plankinton, came up
last Monday to take possession Of a
claim he had burgained for but found
that another party had overbid him
and was holding the claim.
Mr.. j. Palmer's son, aged about five
years, had the misfortune to break his
arm one day last week. DR.. Turner
was called, who reduced the fracture,
and the child is now getting along
nicely.
"Peter, don't you enjoy the astro-
numicul phenomena these evenings" :"
suid Il citizen to his colored employe
the other evening. "'Clare to good
ness, / never tried 'em; tntishmelon's
my favorite friit!"
"1 don't see how you can have been
working all day ike u horse" said the
wife Of lawyer, her httsbund having
made ii adeclaration to that effect. "Well
my dear,' he replied, 1--WE been draw
ing conveyance anyhow
We are informed that there will
shurtly.be an addition to the town Of
washington Springs on the east-it be-
ing the intention of Mr.. Blowers to lay
out several blocks, and add to them
as the demand for lots may require.
There are no less than 200 candidates
for the office Of register OF deeds in Sam
born county. the editor of the Mil.
waukee Herald is about the only man
in the county Chat isn't afflicted with
the otflceseeker's Itch Mitchell Mail.
Special land. agent JAMES this week
ordered the artest of James G. Curtiss,
who is charged with attempting to use
the homestead right OF a dead man as
his own: It seems that Ctsrtiss has
been passing tibdeF the nalIie OF John
Gordon, and ende:avOfed to prove UP on
a tract in McCuok county entered in
July, 1878, by nun Of that name who