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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02
The Describes Of o Michigan Regi.
ment, /.

A singular story hangs from two
bills offered in the House by Repre-
sentative Cutcheon, of Michigan. One
provides for the removal of the charge
of dcsertion from the record of Frank
lin Thompson, of such and such o
Michigan regiment, and the other grants
a pension to Sarah Emma q. Seeley,
alias Franklin Thompson, of the same
regiment. At the outbreak of the war
Miss Seeley, as she saw regiment after
regiment hurrying southwark, had a
growing desire to go to the front her.
self. She wanted to go as a nurse, but,
after thinking it over, INT to the con-
clusion that it would be better to put on
a mans uniform and go to the war as
u private in a Detroit regiment. So she
did. She came with the regiment to
Washington. She went into camp with
it. She went to Bull run with it, car
| rying her musket and her accoutre-
ments like a man. After the battle of
Bull Run she found herself separated
from her regiment, between the
Federal and the Confederate lines.
Through the night she trudged
toward Washington, where She
arrived t%wenty-four hours behind her
command. Reunited to her fleeing
friends, she went with them to Freder.
icksburg, and afterward through the
Peninsular campaign. Everywhere sbo
marched and fought and lived like =
man. 1t began to tell upon her health,
however. so she had herself transferred
to n of the Western armies. Here.
after a time, she became a m%ail-carrier,
first for the regiment, then for the brig
ade, and then for the division. While
performing these duties she fell ill and
was ordered to the hospital. There
she felt sure her sex would be dis
covered; accordingly, she determined
not to go to the hospital. The only
way out was to desert; so she deserted.
Afterward, in her own clothes and
under her own name, she returned to
the army as a nurse and cared for her
late comrades to the end of the war.
Now she is married, and lives in Iowa.
OF course the charge of desertion still
stands against her. She wants it re-
moved, and then she wants a pension
for physical disabilities which she says
she acquired in the army.-Detron Post
and Tribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02
HOME AND FARM.

Lard and sulphur annliea n IL.
oacks and sides Of calves will des,rnv
vermln.-Erchanqe. '
,no MolVe cows that have not wintered
mor "nlih oran slop with a little GIN
Ia L.Wnere old strawis heavy and rank.
.ee II ary somewhat and burn ii. Il il
gooo Tor corn.-M Y. Herald.
eI,Crullers: Melt four ta%blespoonfuls
OIL ara and add to it one cup Of sugar
Deaten With two eggs, one pint of milk.
.wo tablespoonsfuls of baking powder.
nour to make q batter. Fry in hot
lard.-Boston Globe.
An excellent preparation for soften
ing tne hands is made of equal parts of
ianD suet and of glycerine; melt them
gently together, add a few drops Of
some strong perfume, and use after
Dasningg; rub a little thoroughly into
the skin.-M Y. Post.
"A very pretty tidy is made of scar
let or any shade of red felt; put strips
OF black velvet, and on these strips enl-
brolder little fans in bright and varied
colors OF silk. The bottom OF. this tidy
is finished by pinking the felt; let the
velvet strips run down to form q point,
n put q tassel, made OF the different
colored silks, on each point.-Aldany
Journal. :
Some one has made the shrewd re-
mark that, if the growing season APP
pears too short to allow crops to fully
mature on your farm, it will pay you to
remember that you a really lengthen
IL several days by having your land
thoroughly underdrained. This will
.aot only place your soil in condition
to work earlier, but will also make it
warmer so that plants will grow more
rapidly.
The american Cultivator saws: "a
few boxes in the house, in the windows,
are very useful for starting bedding
plants for those who have not q hot
house. Such plants as cabbage, lettuce,
celery and tomotoes should be ready to
put in the open ground as soon as it is
fit and ready for them, and where only
a few each are wanted it is quite as easy
to start them in window boxes as in
hotbeds."
Keep plaster always on hand. It
is q special fertilizer for clover, beans,
peas and potatoes. 1t will promote the
growth of nearly all. plants, affords
partial protection against drought, and
will furnish soluble lime to plants that
need it. Of all the fertilizers known
plaster is the cheapest, and, for its cost,
is the most remunelative. Two bushels
only are needed for a good application.
SFTairie Farmer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02
borrowing Babies.

olwav. delighted to hear of a
al aln horn to my friends or &C.
Wv n, "ps said a young downtown
':s.nhant to a caller.
.a.,W1;hy? Have you any spite against
hem in the world; but we have a
"Nons Of our own, and, as some one
tile oav borrowing her, 1 feel that
alH", W. one less family to be accommo-
l lelG / never go home and find that
a! nI in the house; my wife says:
hllu she or Aunt Hattie, or Miss
Arn, ho',y or Mrs. How-do-ye-call-her
clat for the baby, and what could l do?
fnt -, they wouldn't like it if l
o gu and they are so fond of her. 1
eiIse" wife it's q q positive nuisance.
.h nM people haven't any babies of
u. own they have no right to borrow
sa actually feel sometimes as if
p Il child belonged to the neighbor-
0 ..R,t It is an easy matter to refuse to
/ ,he child 60"
.rne, differently. She says these PEG
sq lave the little one, and load it with
r,.ents. and when they ask tohaye it a
r.; Il seems so childish to refuse, es.
a,;al1y as they are friends. But the
f W. 81 them are not used to tabies;
e o. cram it with cake and sweetmeats,
y !" Il It's own way in everything, and
,oronghly spoil it. ] cannot under.
and the pcnchant some people have
= borrowing children, or by what right
~ eypect to be allowed to monopo-
child that is not their own"
slt is all in the way of Kindness"
.Or selishness. For my part, I
[uldn't want to take the responsible
vof having a child that didn't belong
me- in nv possession. I never know
hot moment my little girl may not be
[no.ed to scarlet-fever, whooping
aTEeh ordiphtheria, throughthe mistak-
| kindness of the borrowers, who drag
H. with them to see all the rest Of the r
ENDS. 1t is much more necessary to
ave- rules for lending babies than lend
t. books. 1 would have inscribed
r : every nursery, Neither a borrow
nor q lender be- [ think | shall
ave our baby stamped claimed wher-
Fr found.' l am in dead earnest"
cntinued the young man, land you
i'll find plenty to sympathize with me.
Is a crying evil. 1 know there are
arents VINO have nerve enough to deny,
lose people when they r impudent
nOugh to insist on carrying Off a child
spite of the wishes and protests of its
climate owners, and I'm going to
pssitute that rule at home. Let those
no have no children of their own get
parrot or poodle. A child is too sacred
possession to be borrowed and band
ID about from hand to hand."-De-
a L,,,, D,.ooc
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02
The Dude In Limbo.

Ayoung would-be Englishman, with
he glass, tight trousers, a wide-brim-
Ndhat. flowing side whiskers and an
sw' expression dritted into the corridor
the Court of General Sessions and
Gated airily around for a few minutes
pavain a tempt to find the Registers
ice. His dear little legs had carried
m near the northerly entrance of the
prdor when the door was thrown open
pi several officers entered with anum-
gdpiisoners whom they had brought
kMthe Tombs to plead to the charge
kznse ,hem.
IN some inexplicable manner the
pung man got entangled with them,
hddid not dlscoverth character of his
E%9ciates until he made a frantic efo t
extri ate himself, when an officers
snd fell heavily upon his shoulder and
was hurled back into their midst,
lille Il grutf voice said to him:
Come, now, none of that"
The darling creature tried to explain,
BIT he was hustled upstairs and thrust
ito the prisoners pen, the iron-barred
0f OF Which was clanked to and
cked.
He then became really frightened,
pd howled and carried on in SUCH an
flraordlnary manner that the officers
Pn:Iuded to, investigate his case. The
u! OF prisoners was called and found
be complete without the young man.
OF satisfied with this, Warden Finn
As lelegraphcd to for the number of
1soners he had sent down. His an
Yer did not include the young man,
SO the door was opened and the
posed outlaw was jerked out alter
nee hours incarceration and headed
y The street, with the caution uttered
an injured tone:
nler'd better never try that there
lie game on again, me bucko.-M Y.
fAradL,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02
Three students of the Harvard

Three students of the Harvard
Meaical School who recently passed
their examination are far from happy.
One wrote q most excellent set of
papers, the other two copied them word
for word, and the examiner ranked
them q ni~nety-eight per cent He re-
marked. however, that as the three
papers were identical this gave the
tnree but about thirty-thrce per cent.
eacn, and as fifty per cent. is re-
CURED Tor diploma all were plucked,
tna no invidious distinction be ar
bltrarlly made against any two of them
who might be supposed to be the copy.
istS.-N Y S,, ~PS
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02
One Hundred and Fifty Years
Old.

me dredgers of the machine Arctic,
Wilmington, Del, in removing the
G.le piers off Port Penn, which were
t ~ by the English before the Revolu-
ppn' have made a remarkable find.
t. ICE piers have become dangerous
'sluct!ons to navigato S, as the up
\ portions had crumbled away and
! lreaeherous bases were hidden by
J J water ,;mS:. During the t caring up Of
Fosers found the hull of an old YES
IN removing this hulk the dredgers
F Enu some barrels of tlaxseed in an
|Iyllent state Of preservation, the grain
retalning perfect germs. The bar
y r. were plainly but rudely marked in
|,meo letters Samuel w. Flintham and
FFrnloert \ Company.
mere a been Il tradition at Port
Fun and delaware City t. at seventy
~ years before the Revolution a YES
1. wa" va" cut through by the ice freshet.
!, olu null thus strangely discovered
opposed to lie hat OF this vessel, an::
n"Aseed a part of her cargo.
s1nas >. Lawson, of Wilmington, who
On the Attic at the time Of the find
W NE vessel, has a quantity of the
ns, III his possession.-Philad elphta
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02
Developments IN .,anc.r T,..

M W, 4. Gilbert, Albany, Ca, says:
gentleman named Moore, near this
city. had an eating cancer on his face
had eaten away his nose and his
unoer lip, and had extended upuntil il had
nearly reached his eye. The cancer was
eaglng his gums and h~adrendered his teeth
50 loose that he thought they might at any
sime drop out. He has been taking Sw1FT;s
srEI Ian about three months, and its effect
nus peen wonderful. 1t has driven the poi.
son from his system, the cancer has healed
greaIly his teeth have become strong again.
n ne thinks he has been rescued from an
awIu1 death. He is the most enthusiastic
treatise on Blood and Skin Disease,
malleo Tree. The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.
Drawer 8, Atlanta, Ga,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

The plow in general use in Mexico
nowadays is the same the Egyptians
used five thousand years ago. It con-
sists of a crooked stick with an iron
point nailed to it or tied to it with a
piece of raw-hide, q small handle for
the plowman to steer with, and a pole
to bitch a yoke of oxen to-. This So
called pillow will scratch q furrow in the
soil three inches deep.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

The namc California was given by
Cortes to the Pacific slope long before
gold was known to be hidden there. 1t
IS taken from an old Spanish romance.
in which it was the name of an old
island filled with gold. The thirty-sixth
anniversary of the first discovery of
gold on the south fork of the American
river in California occurred short time
age.-San Francisco Call.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

ut nne Norristown Herald says Indian
pv" s III! Is very simple. The young
(ok. si,s back to back with his g ri.
bnIJa pipe and hands it over his
toet TO her: and if her father does
HI Mp Up a cross dog or is not reckless
but u.s. leet' the courtship ends in
tiree weeks. This is much less
d on Than feeding a girl a year or
belsD ace G cam, fried oysters and ar
|ecle5@ ha as - a night opera is not
cow" ~ the Indians, a very success
But VI snip can be prosecuted for
lied saw saw. And yet the Indians are
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

PALPIT .TIoN or rapid beating ofthe heart,
followed by periods of complete cessation.
is caused chiefly by nervousness and bad
blood. If the disease is neglected it is lia-
BILE to result seriously, especially at a time
of sudden excitement. Purify the blood,
strengthen the muscular and nervous sys.
tenn, governing the heart, by using DIR.
Guysott's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla,
and you will soon be rid of every trace Of
the affection.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

IT is truly wonderfulto see how the name
of Mrs. Pinkham is a household word
among the wives and mothers of our land.
cities and in the humble cabins of the re-
mote frontier one woman's deeds have
borne their kindly fruit nhealth for others.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

I WAS troubled with Chronic Catarrh and
gathering in my head, was very deaf at
times, had discharges from my ears, and
was unable to breathe through my nose.
Before the second bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm was exhausted l was cured, and to-
day enjoy sound health. c. J.. CoRBIN,
1928 Chestnut street, Field Manager, Phila-
delphia Publishing House, Pa.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02
Congressional Endorsement.

Hon. John Cesaaa, ex-Member from Penn,
writes: " In tn. space of twelve hours my
rheumatism was gone, having taken three
doses Durang's Rheumatic Remedy. My
brother was cured by a similar amount. l
cordially recommend t." By all druggists,
or R. K. Helphenstine, Washington, d. G.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

D. r. LOCKE, Petroleum v. Nasty, editor
Toledo "Blade," writes: al had on a
forefinger of my right hand a'run-round.'
The finger became swollen to nearly twice
its natural size. A friend gave me HEN
RVS CARBoL1c SALvE, and in twenty min
utes the pain had subsidized. The inham-
nation left the finger in a day."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

No MATTER how many people are dis
posed to kick whenever any noise is made,
they never complain about the racket made
by the dinner.bell.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

THROAT DISEASES with a
Cough, Cold, or Sore Throat. "Broun's
Bronchial Iroches" give immediate relief.
Sold only IN bcres. Price % cents.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

IT is a remarkable fact that however well
young ladies may be versed in grammar,
few are able to decline matrimony.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02
Figures Won't Lie.

The figures showing the enormous year
ly sales of Kidney Wort demonstrate its
value as a medicine beyond dispute. It is
a purely vegetable compound of certain
roots, leaves and berries known to have
special value in Kidney troubles. Com
bined with these are remedies acting di-
rectly on the Liver and Bowels. It is be-
cause of this combined action that Kidney
Wort has proved such an unequaled reme-
dy in all diseases of these organs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

&P1so's REMEDY for Catarrh is a certain
cure for that very obnoxious disease.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

MANY a thing keeps Lent that has no
business to do so. That five dollar bill,
for ihstance,-SdEem Sunbeam.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

Ny investigation of ALLCoCK'S Porous
PLASTER shows it to contain caluabe and
essential ingredients not present in any
other Plaster. These ingredients are ST
perfectly proportional that the A1LcocK's
Porous PLASTER will not cause Busters or
E1cessive Irritation, and I find it superior
to and more efficient than any other Plas.
ter. HENRY A. MOTT, JR., PH.D., F.C.S.
Profcssoro of Chemistry NY. Med. College, etc.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

A MAN too lazy to make a suggestion
can not expect 10 become a leader of men.
N. Y, Times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

Some of the agricultural papers are
printed on Hoe presses. And a number
of them rake in a greut deal Of money,
too.-M. Y, Graphic,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

Iowa is said to be out of debt.-Phla.
delphia Cal. That's the result of SO many
people settling there.-HNtford Sunday
Journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

A POET has written a poem entitled
"Lady Moon." This explains what the
man in the moon has been doing up there
SO long.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

A PLEDGE Of notwithstanding the
wedding ring.-Lffe.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 2s5c,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

SoME people wonder why others do not
make money. It is often because thew
nav not the cents to begin with.-Roseis
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

VI SUFFERED with paralysis for 9years.
Sdzadrttdn heroine cured me-" Jos. Yates
Paterson, N. j..
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

cures a cough. Remember
Pixies tootbache drops cure in one minute
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

DEATHLEss Observation-Disclosures
Judge.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02
Butter Buyers

Everywhere are refusing to take white,
lardy looking butter except at "grease"
prices. Consumers want nothing but gilt
edged butter, and buyers therefore recon.
mend,their patrons to keep a uniform color
Butter Color made by Wells, Richardson
& Co., Burlington, VT. It is the only color
that can be relied on to never injure the
butter, and to always give the perfectcolor.
Sold by druggists and merchants.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

"BALMY Sleep" is denied to nervous suf.
1erers, unless they use Samaritan Neruine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

WOMEN never crack jokes. They break
them gently to their Observation-Disclosures
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

OMAN ver.boredH exclaimed the office
bow as his boss vainly e~ndeavored to re-
flute the arguments Of a book-agent.-M. 7.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

DOES anybody know where the dead of
night is buriei?
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02
TO u

The proprietors of ALLcocK's Porous
PLAsFERs and BRAEDRETH's PILLS will
publish for the next few weeks in this
paper some of the many cures that these
remedies have effected.
IT you are il need of medicine give them
a trial. They,guarantee them to be made
Of the purest and best drugs that money
can buy, powerful to cure, yet perfectly
harmless.
ALLcocK's Poeous PLASTER is the stand.
ard of excellence and like all good things
largely initiated The public is especially
cautioned againA all so-called porous plas-
ters, none of which contain the healing
gums that Allcock's does, but are made
from poor and chap materials and simply
gotten up to sell On tho reputation of the
genuine article.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

,!@-A New Suit. Faded articles of all
Kinds restored to their original beauty by
Diamond Dyes. Perfect and simple. loo.
a. e.! druggists. Wells, Richardson & Co.,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

OPINION OF DIR. MOTT. LATE GOV
ERNMENT CHEMIST, ON ALLCOCK's
POROUS PLASTER.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02


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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-08-28
Anglo.Saxon.


Tho time when Latin and Crock
formed the chief essentials of learning
IL fast rocOdlng into the past, and these
languages ARE having aplaco assigned
them moro consistent with the noCesli-
ties Of tho modern world, which Ia not
tolerant Of tho acquisition ora kind Of
knowledge that In great part Is archaic
and useless, Under tho influence Of
this change our own language Is rising
into an Importance which II could never
attain so long ~ II was regarded sim
ply as u vulgar tongue, and tho historic
al study OF English Is becoming ono OF
the most popular ad well as one OF tho
most useful pursuits Of our philologlsts,
Tho great English dictionary OF tho
Pathological Society Is only ono owl
donco Of this for individual scholars,
dnring tho last twenty years, have dono
not u little TO lOy bare TO us the inner
structure Of oOr language, and tho
changes and notifications 10 which "
has been subjected In the course Of its
long descent,
Anglo.Sayon literature Is tho Oldest
Of tho ycrnaoular literaturos Of modern
Europe, Tho materials Of this carly
literature oro found chiefly In written
books and documentsbut they are found
also In such subsidiary sources os In
sCrlptous on churches and church
towers, sun.dals, crosses, and even on
owery ono Of tho most remarkable
In this last category IL what Is known
~ tho Alfred Jewel, twas discovered
In Newton Park, near Atholney, In 1898,
and In l7lS had found It's way TO tho
Aehmolean Museum In Oxford whcro
ID still Ia. II consists Of an onamollcd
figure onshrincd In n golden frame, with
ngoldou back tot, aud with thick piece
of rock-orystal In 'front.' TO servo rs q
glass to tho picture Around tho
sloping rim tho following legend Is
wrought In the fabrics Allfrod moe heht
Gowyrcean alfred mo command TO
mako. Tho language Of tho legend
agrees pOrtogtly with tho ago Of King
Alfred, aud IL seems 10 bo the unhesl-
tating opinion Of all those who hayo
investigated the subject that II was a
personal ornament OF the great West
Saxon king, --Hdrpor'S lYc0kiG