Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-01-23


Again we see the entertaining Land
lord NJ Clashan, proprietor of Merch-
ant hotel. wish y kind OF u feed every
body smile on his co,,ntenanrr, AMI tn
sidewalk lined with hungry humanity
headed in that direction to get their
good square meal.
Again we see the new firm Of Vessey
Y co. under the management Of John
Nessev, who is doing IN immense busi-
ness. TO this firm we owe the credit
OF Keeping the reads open during the
recent hiuckatle; cause of COURSE being
low prices which compelled everybody
to turn out and get their regular chuck
at half price.
once more we see our friend, DR..
Melcher, with genial smile explaining
the locomotion points Of the Suffolk
swine.
| Mrs. Allen. the pioneer land..dv OF
the Crow Lake house, is spending thu
winter in the east visiting friends and
relatives. We understand she intends
adding one more residence within the
| corporation this spring.
The mill f:vcr still exists in this To-
'alitv with considerable danger of de
relopmrnt Also the creamery which
the contractors have not commenced
operations in regard tn us Yet bnt will
soon we predict and will he Of gre;,,
Importance to this part Of the county.
The r. II. is It's vet incomplete, but
ere long we hope to see the whistle ans.
hear the smoke OF the iron horse az he
brings his many loads OF land seekers
to the famous lU6- $50. y, y. Il,
VIOLA.
AS the mercury once more has ris"l,
above frcezo and my fingers have par,
| iy to their natural feriiny AM. III.
mental faculties are somewhat collect
I'd, thought | would write IL few line,
| for the benefit OF the readers of tn,
HERALD. as / wou!l like to stir III
some feeling Of interest among the cit
Z"nS Of Jrrl,ltl county in II way tina
will respond and therefore we may b
| If some use and interest to one annth
n. My brother readers, let us have
curiosity shop at home; let us inform
| md br informed through the column
'f our county papers. and thereby en-
ouragp and assist our editors in SOW
ng broadcast all the news Of the co,ln
| ~ that will interest you and myStl.
| | have been guilty of contlpmnin
county papers because there WAS no
much n,attrr Of interest published eye
Y week. Just think OF amy man tina
.ould write up and publish column az
ter column. week after week. IL papt
;hnt would he check ti!l IT grnrr,
news, without the people would lend
nrlping hand, 1T ust try the eXpcrlulru
ind each one ct the readers OF our pH
per witt" some articles and send in t,
| he printer to b. published for the ben
!
M! waiting for some news from othel
parts Of the county.
Rev. J. Il. Smith delivered Il very
| able plnDerance itcturrat his residence, .
Jan. 81. lie impressed very strongly
on the minds Of ;sll present the DANCE
Of intrlnperanrr and the effects OF it.
both spiritually and financially. Script
lre lesson: Second Corinthians. 6tl
chapter; text. Prov. goth chap. lSt ":
Wine IS nocker, strong drink is rag
ing and whosocytr is deceived tnertD.
is not wise.
Sabbath school pretty well attended
and u general interest manifested b>
ali. The superintendent being wei;
Nrrsed in scripture affords the schoo'
ome very able remarks and instruc-
tOn
Spelling school last Tuesday evening
ut No. 3, lU6-Ga All present seemed to
enjoy themselves w"ll in conclusion
they amused themselves by spelling
gtOgTlpnlrHl names. commencing eve
ry time with the last letter Of the last
name sprlt, suggested ly the teacher.
Mr.. Strong.
Now / wish to asl, FOR information:
when does the eighteenth century
close? Does it close the last day of De-
crmher, 1899, Or does it not close in
1900?
\ Problem: y man went out to hunt
urrcls; seeing It squirrel run up IL
tree, the sQrlrl running on the oppo-
site side Of the tree from the man he ut
nncU began to walk around the tree in
order to get Il shot at the squirrel, the
squirrel continually keeping opposite
the man until the man nlaut Il revOlu-