Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-12-28

z VIII our exchanges please note the
tact that TIE lIERALD's @. address
is Elmer, Jerauld county, Dakota.
We intend next week to publish a
history OF ,Jerauid county and Wessing-
ton Springs, and wish to be as correct
and complete Is possible; to this end
we we wish % our friends would furnish us
With al the facts and figures relating
70 the settlement and development al
the coantylthat they can. DO not wal
until the paper is printed, and then
: wonder why they could Just as we'll
have got right. An extra number
Ut papers viii be printed; send in your
copy and oeders early. S.l t5
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## M Bert N: laay.
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The Youth Companion for the next 30
days ut 100 a year. Wm. Crawford.
MI the papers needed for final proof
furnished by Bateman 81 Mcdonald
The Chicago Inter Ocean for thenext
90 days at 90 cts q year. VIM. Crawford
Miss Lizzie Moore and Bert Batelnan
visited plankinton the first Of the week.
Make your final proofs before Chas
w. Mcdonald, Clerk Of District Court.
Read about our combination With
Demorest's Monthly, the leading La
dies Magazine of this country.
We have received a large invoice of
blanks of all kinds which we will sell
in quantities to suit purchasers.
The two young men from sec. 4, 1O7-
65, will do we'll to return the trap from
where they (borroweD it and avoid flu
ture ii.pleasantness. \ word to the
wise is sufficient. TRAP.
The Rev. j. G.. Campbell has had
another streak of luck" In prospect
ing for water he found a spring so near
the top of the ground that he has only
to dig q ditch away from it to furnish
his stock with water of The very best
quality and near home.
The Christmas tree tit the church on
last Tuesday evening was complete
success and Il credit to all who partici-
pated in the exercises or in the ''grow-
ing" of the tree. The audience was of
good size, the little ones performed
their parts nicely, and everything pass
off pleasantly.
The Drug" store pulled up stakes
last Saturday aud returned to Planllin-
ton This place now offers {; splendid
opening for q tirst-class, legitimate
drug store. Parties looking for loca-
tivn of this kind will consult t. cir ON
interests by examining this place be-
fore making final decision.
The Mitchell mail still hangs fire.
not having been heard from since leav-
ing here q week ago last Saturday.
Thanks to Orr's stage lines we have
not been entirely without mail. We
move that this Mitchell route be dis
pensed with further for the purpose OF
establishing daily route from Woon-
socket.
W. I. Batelnan, the "boss" Of this
| establishment. met with q painful. if
not serious accident last Wednesday
evening. In playing With Billy. Craw-
ford he slipped and fell, striking on
his-ankle. Bert Orr hitched up a
team and took him home. This (Thurs-
day) morning his ankle is badly swell
ed and he is confined to the house.
This reduction Of our working force
necessitates the appearance of the
HERALD this week on the half-shell.'
You may shake an opinion or even q
conviction by the force of evidence or
Of reason; but when you attempt to
drive out prejudice from the mind
something more than reason is needed
A conviction or an opinion is generally
mere matter OF the intellect; but 4
prejudice has it's roots deep down in
the very depths of personality, and it
requires an effort of the will, as well
as a process Of the brain, to root it out
If, therefore, you are called upon to ex-
anime whether you are justified in
holding prejudice which you do hold
/ it is not enough to look at the evidence
in the dry light OF the intellect: you
must stir the will to action. that it may
be ready to do it's part stultlily and
strongly; for heart. as we'll as brain. is
needed, to drive out prejudice which
has possessed both heart and brain. IN
examination, which is not supported by
the willingness to do justice where
! injustice has been done, would be worse
than mochery--S S. Times
Notice. Timber Culture.
Land office, Mitchell d. T., Dee. 81, 1853
Complaint having been entered at
this Office by Charles S. Knox, Aurora
Co, against Sarah Il. Baldwin for fail
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