Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

on the wings of spring come from the
crowded cities and countries east, tens
OF thousands of new people, here upon
our beautiful prairies to commence
anew life's battles, Tie written histo-
ry of many of Gods noblemen, tho are
now numbered among the citizens OF
this great would mcolumns
with startling realities noted in life's
Journey. Many there are who have
climbed the highest round in the ladder
Of fame aid honor, but by some unfore-.
seen event, that poor human nature
could not overcome, or assuage, the
blow was struck and down they fell,
with broken hopes and ambition almost
gone forever. Time at last makes all
things even" Up and out, with new
armors brightly buokled on Ho! to
the west they have come, with hearts
mellowed and :softened by, experience,
but with loftier and higher views Of
life and its great object. Here their
plans will be laid with a true knoWledge
Of the past and It's mistakes. Upon
Dakota's rich soil may now be found.
eloquent orators, statesmen and schol-.
ars, equal to any in the Union, andthey
will soon carve e0S two great states,
truly devoted to the Union and to the
best interests of their own citizenship.
The senate has passed che bill for:
opening the great Sioux reservation,
and the citizens Of Chamberlain Pierre,
Deadwoed and other localities directly
interested are highly %iubilant.i The
Chicago, Milwaukee 81 st. Paul will
now push its Black Hills line across
the Missouri at Chamberlain, and is ex-
pected to get into the Hills this season.
The Northwestern is expected to build
its line from Pierre westward. All the
lands acquired under Che treaty shall be
disposed:of to actual settlers only, I'M
der the homestead law. with a proviso
that each settler shall pay to the United
States for the land taken by him the
sum of so cents an acre, in four equal
annual payments, and that he shall be
entitled to a patent at the end Of four
years.
Attentions directed, in the following
paragraph from the Redfeld Journal,
to a subject of vital Importance to
sontharh. Dakhta. =. y, .,,,.
While it is too early to be talking up
candidates for our next territorial leg
islature, it would be we'll to consider
that much may depend upon the char
acter and ability Of the individual mem
bers of that body. There are many
things to look after in which the agri-
cultural element Of Dakota is 'greatly
interested. Men who are known to be
IN sympathy with the wants and needs
of the people should be elected. Farm
ers, keep your eyes open.
An exchange says it is really anus
ing to watch the maneuyers of. miser-
ly chap, too stingy'to take his home pa
per; how he slyly borrows his neigh
boris copy and sneaks off by himself to
peruse it. A. person who watched one
of those selfish fellows the other day,
says he took the paper, read it all
through, occasionally muttering to him
self, when he saw something that didn't
please his taste; then like a pig that
has eaten the corn from q stolen ear, he
would turn the paper upside down, end.
endwise, and sidewise, looking for an,
other grain of cold consolation.
James Baynes, United States agricul.
tural stalistician for this territory
writes Of the crop outlook:
"'The season started up about the last
week in March in south Dakota, and
one-third Of the wheat was sown. Since
then the weather has been very unfav.
orable, and it has gone in slowly
There is no doubt that an increase may
be expected, but the low price for. wheat
will tend to limit the increase to some
extent. The soil will be in condition
to insure the grain terminating at once
if the weather is suitable"
Huron Leader;-It has been our Gus
tom to fire out" every book agent who
comes into this office. But the last one
approached us with the assurance that
the map in their book located the CAPT
tai of Dakota at Bismark. We bought
the book at once. Anything that DOM
give Yankton the capital is a friend Of
ours. We think we would have bought
the work even if it had designated
Mitchell as the capital. But we are not
quite positive on this point.
A recent number of Punch depicts a
bishop travelling in a third-class com.
partment, from a sense of duty, with q
pitman. The collier "warrants he is
only a poor curate." The bishop says
II once was, my friend, but" ooh,