Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-10
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Editors WASHINGTON SPRINGS HERALD:
TP. 1O8-66.

Editors WIssINGToS SPRINGS HERALD:
-; TIP. 1O8-66.
Little rain Friday,
n, IN the weather prophet dead?
Thes san brown tillers of the soil are
making the dust fly in this quarter.
School board meeting SATURDAY, even
ing at l. N. Rich's.
Titus boys have a 40 acre field ready
10 SOW oats on at once.
| Clayton Brown and I. S. Binford are
safely back from the land of mud and.
Water-Qowa.)
| Lewis Nordyke and son are backset-
ting with 3 horse sulky.
Mr. Cowan and Wife, Of Mt. Vernon.
are visiting their son-in-law, Peter
Welfring.
The Collier boys are farming On a
lively scale west of Long Lake.
Albert Eddy had a birthday party
last Monday evening. Titus young
folks report lively time. ~ -
5. j. A: and Debating Club met at G.
w. Mills Saturday evening, Pres. Nor
dyke in tha chair. Amendment to the
constitution making the wives and
daughters of members, honorary men,
bers Of the association was presented.
Question for debate: Resolved, That
Democratic Success in 1884 was good
thing for the country, The programme
was made spicy by music. 10 meet in
two weeks at new school house at
which time the woman suffrage ques-
tion will be debated by Rich, Snyder,
l5remner and Mills. Come out and
hear them.
S. S. and meeting at Smiths we'll at
tended. u DECK.
PLEASANT TP.
Some of our farmers are ahead Of the
season with their work; wheat all
soWed and ground ready for flax and
oats.
Still the dry weather continues.
No damaging fires and no sickness
that we know of IN our township.
The Lynndale store is doing a good
business.
On the 22d of last month M. d. Crow
organized Sabbath school at No. 3 in
forenoon, and No. in afternoon. No.
| is one mile north of Lynndale, the S.
s. is called Lynndale Union Sabbath
School, NJ. D. Crow experimenting.
Last Sabbath Rev. Charles Vessey
preached preceding S. S. The house
was crowded at both services Which
speaks well for the vicinity of Lynn
dale; may the interest continue.
The lyceum at No. 2 still continues;
attendance and interest good. There
is but little prospect Of temperance
work in this part, as it is too cold in
winter for the women to turn out, and
IN the summer the teams are kept busy.
Women seem to be the most interested
in this work and it is right that they
should be. Woman is the home keeper.
Men and children hold her as the home
keeper. AS home keeper sheiS respon-
sible for the health, comfort and sue
cess of the home; for the religion, mo-
rality, and virtue Of the home. The
education and moral uplifting of wom-
en-, is leading them to see that, as keep
ers of home, they must keep out strong
drink, the farmers worst enemy. Woe
is theirs it they protect not their homes.
This is SO reasonable and so accords
with every manly mans ideas of wom-
anly place and duty, that every man
who is a man, says the women are
right. An appeal comes from all good
women, and all best men for home pro-
lection. The perpetuity Of the repub-
lie depends on keeping it's control out
of the hand of rumsellers. But how is
this to be accomplished when "good
temperance men" men who are opposed
to license will go into saloon and take
glass of beer with a whisky man just
for friendship. "Good temperance men"
will appoint and help to elect men who
they know are whisky men. Again
"good Christian" men will help elect
men to make and enforce our laws who
have no regard for religion, morality
or law. But such will be the case as
long as voters are bought and sold; as
long as mugWumps abound and men
are so few. Well may our women
plead and petition and pray; no wonder
they want to vote. JEREMIAH.