Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-03-28
Total Abstinence.

Washington Republican: Col. Henri
Watterson recently said that George ID
Prentice did not drink . drop in The
last year Of his life. Nhereat the other
colonies Of that state look significantly
at one another and say: There. see?
Only lived q year after he quit drink
ing
A tramp reached into the pantry win
dow Of an out-of-town house the other
night, and tried to steal a pound of but
ter: but il was so strong that it drew
him in and whistled for the dog. The
tramp vows that he will never tackle
any more country butter.
President Arthur has dined all the
members Of the present congress with
their wives the past winter, something
rarely attempted by any president.
Eight dinners in oil have been given
and the entire cost has been about So,
GOO, or one-filth of the Presidents amt
al salary.
An Iowa paper says, there is no long
er any mystery in thefact that SO man
sensible young people are getting mar
ried, going out west and growing rF'
with the country, for there must be no.
little amount Of pleasure in getting up
at four o'clock in the morning and go
ing out to the hay stack to cut WOOD for
breakfast.
There is a large colony If Russian
Mennonites near the north line OF Da-
kota, and it is related that they keep
warm in this way: They build their
houses Of four rooms, Ill cornering in
the centre. Right there they put a big
brick oven, With thick walls. Every
morning, noon and night they lug a jag
of straw in from the stack and burn it
in the furnace. The thick brick walls
get red hot and stay so for hours, warm
ing every Don in the house. Even in
the coolest weather three fires q day in
the furnace will keep the house warm.
Senator Iiarrison's effort to induce
the senate to fix q day for the consider
alton Of The bill for the admission of
Dakota and the Organization of the ter
ritory Of Lincoln proved a failure, dem
ocrats opposing itard some republicans
not giving it a very hearty backing.
Senator Vest announced his intention
of showing that Dakota does not pos
sess 100000 inhabitants. AS a matter
Of fact it possesses twice that number.
1t seems a difficult task for the resi-
dents Of territories to secure their
rights as citizens. Dakota may yet be
driven to the Michigan plan and he
compelled to become a state without
asking permission from congress-
Press and Dakotaian.
Ameeting was held in Chamberlain
the ether night to G about building a
Methodist church. Several speeches
We're made. The first man Who spoke
said business was too dull to warrant
him giving anything, but when the res
~ervation opens up, he would give liber-
ally. A dozen other men spoke, anG
agreed to give something when the res
~eryatioh opens up. After all had spok-
en- /, thoughtful brother happened
to- remember that the preachers salary
hadn't been paid, and 50 announced,
w%hereupon some one else moved that
the salary be collected as soon as the
reservation opens up. The motion was
carries and the meeting adjourned I'M
til the reservation opens up.-Free
Press.
An indignant person writes to the
New York Times. why cell the cap
itaiCf Dakota by the name CT one who
hates constitutional liberty as the devil
hates holy water? Cell it Poverty
Flat, Tombstone, Dead Mans Gulcl-
call it anything rather than by the
name of SO disloyal to his Eith and
kin that he has been quarreling for
months with the American hog" The
Dakota capital must certainly have an
other name In order to make the
change rs annoying and as humiliating
to the German chancellor as possible, it
might be called Swinet0wn, Porkyille.
or lIogburg."
The foregoing refers to the alleged
capital, up north. The names lastmen-
toned are exceedingly appropriate.
1t has been 4 topic Of conversation
for some time among railroad circles.
whether the Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific company will put a line Of rail
road Into Dakota during this coming
summer: and in the occasion Of so do
ing, What would lee the most probable
locality 70. the read. The question has
been decided by the information re-
Gently obtained from interested parties.
One contract has already been let fol
ni,rhtv MILES of o.r9Ginr from Redwood