Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-01
The First Woman in a..

N A-' Monlan In Camp.
June 80 was a day Of iol1iso...
Carbonate, Col, being the advea.l
first wagon, the first woman
first board from the mill. any
have been Interesting to the ~ ~
witness the electrifying effEect Iead
men in the camp when wona
passed along the line that . . ~
was coming. Long before she
within a mile Of the camp knots sue
We're gathered here and there w.ta
looking in the direction from ~
the wagon was to come. As sh "
in sight, each one gathered aro sme
camp, as when an alarm b.a
sounded in a prairie-dog town "u
within a few yards of the outside !
ton the woman alighted and accn
MED by her husband proceeded
County Clerks office. 1t had
advertised that the donation Of =
lot would be given the first woms.
came in.) Curious eyes were w,ta
her every step as she approachei
Clerks quarters. But the crowd y
had gathered around the Office fo,|
receded respectfully each side a
entrance. AS she passed in. Cd
Ferguson serenely doomed IN
sailing out among the boys, aeit,I
reception.
Seized by the inspiration, a bD,|
hats were removed from heads Of :,
structure and design-siluriated !
what, perhaps-and a hundred n
palms passed over the unkemut !
to smooth them down; vests !
pulled down, and q hundred nal
eyes ran down the respective owl
"digging-clothes," proudly inspea
the inevitable .bai1-stitchn which
joined the dismembered seam or
in place the patch of conspicuon,
mansions. By a look of common
sent the Colonel was the man se1e
to make the reception speech. Une
pluming his mustache with carlo,
stained fingers, the Colonel approa
her, and, followed by the uncoy
heads, he inadvertently yanked a
from his throat and began:
respected madam" and a hur
heads nodded assent. Appealing
to his mustache for the needed in,
ton, the Colonel resumed again:
spected madam-the illuminating
ter of this most fascinating occasio
And a hundred heads bobbed ser
again in assent. Pluming agar
source of inspiration, the Ralting
mel staggered on: Footprints Of
which have first fallen on our car
erous soil, we welcome thee. Me
in her aerial flight trails throug
starry architraves of heaven, to
through the silurian outcrops Of
field County, which has become S
to us from toll, vicissitudes and
tons. 1t is ours by right of disco
and you are welcome. We are c.
SAINT with your sex and some of us
been victimized. We have learn
love and cherish in memory tn
fingers which were rubbed over o.
cults in other days and we langui
the same. The delicacy of sewi
buttons (thimbleless) is ours, al
toil-stained robes bear the traces
silurian outcrop. For months we
been here surrounded by the be,
crystalline pearls Of heaven, whic]
banked about and around us, an
only solace has been the chirp
camp bird and the weird waili1
the metamorphic blasts. We hav
anticipated the daisy, strugglingth
the snowy depths to comfort US,
day drew near when we laid /
snowshoes on the limestone ledg
this occasion ismostsublime, undr
OF, and unprecedented in the his
our new country. Thou hast
upon us like a archaeological
OF the gentle springtime, and til
the shrine to which we bow and
tribute, and, in behalf of these, m,
ners in the struggle, who stand
you with uncoveredheads, some O
glistening like q FURNISHED disc
sslurian sunlight, heads which
beed robbed of capillary traces fir
evitable contact, 1 again say, welc
Do,,,.o,. No,ro