Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-12

Idea OF the sentiment In regard 10 the
Crow reservation policy in Wisconsin,:
II. w. Wright returned from Dakota
Monday. where he has been for the past
week On business; he reports the crops
looking we'll, and business good What
he saw and heard while in the vicinity
of the Crow reservation. yentilates to
some extent the c~ussedness CT iadian
affair, which i'll the present condition
.appears to us as an executive sHevula-
tive fraud, imagine il yor1 please, q
herd-of dirty greasy well led la1ians
possessed OF an immense tract o. the
richest Land in Dakota. sleeping on
Wire mattresses, furnished with the
best Of blankets. quilts and sheets, eat-
ing 3222,QQ0,Q00 worth Of fresh beef IN
one year, furnished by the government,
which hesitates for years to grant TO
the battle scared veteran q pension OF
a few hundred dollars, that demands OF
the intelligent American citizen that
he proves by innumerable witnesses
that he was an able bodied man before
he left home, family and all he held
dear on earth, to battle for the life of
the government which unblushingly
squanders its millions to support a pack
Of dirty, fat, greasy, lazy a%borigines who
have not the slightest claim on hegoy-
eminent. except to ill the Golfers Of
speculative Indian agents. Mr.. Wright
saw residences on The Crow reservation
which cost $500 and upwards, deserted,
Why? because q democratic adlninis-
tration had decided that those inhnman
butchers OF helpless women and chill
dren hadaprior claim to the land which
President Arthur opened to settlers,
thousands of whom havelocated, sacri-
iicing all their worldly possessions. to
secure q home where by diligent toll
they could force the mother earth TO
yield to them out OF her richness asub-
sistence, which by u glorious free
government is denied the white man
and furnished g%ratuitously to the red
devils. And this state of affairs will
last just as long Is our government
panders to the rascality Of Indian
agents, land spectators and greasy over
fed Indians. Let these lazy red devils
shirh for themselves, let them till the
valuable acres which they occupy, and
if they can't make q living, then let
them dieand give the white man an
equal chance.
Philadelphia Call: Cone result Of the
universal observance OF Decoration Day
and its holiday character, is the oppor-
tunity it affords to families to visit and
decorate graves of friends. The French
have a beautiful custom in this respect.
Not on a particular day, but usually on
the anniversary Of the death Of friends
or relatives they gather at the grave,
place immortelles on the resting place
of the dead, and spend the day in the
vicinity. it is a yearly visit to loved
ones gone. a communing with the de-
parted, and, IN eases, a picnic occasion
is made OF it. Somberness and gloom
are not its features. Rather the virtues
and happy qualities Of the deceased are
dwelt on and the affair is rather a fam
lily visit, all of cheer and Joy rather than
somberness and gloom.
Something Of this spirit may properly
animate our Decoration Day. 1t can
be made the occasion Of an annual visit
to the graves ofdead friends. Nor need
the fact of their absence be one OF
gloom. They have their memories.
some OF which must be cheerful. And
the result Of it may be TO make life
brighter and better. Certain the doe
trine OF Immortality, which all believe.
can serve to brighten even the gloom
Of death. So with flowers, as expires
sions Of love, and with pleasant com
munings, we may make this q profitable
day, ii we will. Let it be afamily day
Pierre Free Press: Canning, D. e.
May 90, 1S85.-Maior Payne's large -four
story grist mill fell with a crash about
eight o'clock this morning, demolishing
the entire structure. The upper story
was occupied as a residence by the Ma
ior's family, but fortunately no one was
in the building at the time, and the on
ly person injured was the Majors oldest
boy, who was standing lee the build.
ing at the time and who received only
slight bruises. The cause IS attributed
to the caying in Of the bank, the mill
being built into a hill, and the lowest
story Of which was enclosed on three
sides by walls Of earth. The mill was
about ready for grinding No. | hard
and the peopleof Canning feel aggriev.
ed at the result of Major Payne's hind.
s.g11t In building milo such ,aisera.
3s architecture
Eon't,
Young n.a1, il you wat.s ia get g3c5
DON'T ]snecnlate IN mines. Jon'tspea.