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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-14
NEGRO DIALECT.
esae Shocking Specimens Of soushsrn|
African Speech.

os0e Shocking Specimens Of Southern
African Speech.
Not wishing to shock anybody's
acoustical arrangements, but wishing
to illustrate as nearly as possible the
enormities of the odium in question,
we take the liberty of here producing
some fragments of conversation in
which u Tom is supposed to figure.
and which is arranged, both as to spell
ling and spacing, with q careful eye to,
the preservation of its native pro.
n%unciation and matter of d~eliverance.,
Master (meeting Tom in the field)-
Good morning, Tom.
Tom (uncovering and bowling very
low)-Morn maus' ow you-do So.
Master.Quite well, and how ara
Tom-Fanbly bout, teng God, sa,
cep'n de chillen, him ain so berry we'll
wild de feber sa.
Master-Sorry to hear it; are you
doing anything for them?
Toni ba gedem some lie enting,
Master-Oil is scarcely the thing, I
fear. Tom; come to the house at noon;
I will give you something better than
oil.
Observation-Disclosures tengful, So; I
commin, tengful, sa, tengful.
Having come to the house at noon as
directed, Tom would be apt to accost
his patron thus: 81 baadayferdefsca."
Master-Very good, Tom; now
which of the children are sick, and
what are their ages?
Tom-Oliber and Katrin, allboter,
dem, sa; but Katrin him the sickis.
Observation-Disclosures the sicker, and
their agesp
Toni couldn't tell, sa; but Katrin..
him de oils.
Master-And don't you know their
agesP
Tom-No, sa; enty you habem cen do
big bookp
Master-Oh, yes;I keep all the births
and deaths on record, but it will take
me a little while to hunt them up.
However, I will do so, and send you
the doses later. Good day.
Tom-Bye, maus; tegeful, 50; Cob
blesse, sa.
Saying which. with many a bow
and many a scrape, Tom would most
probably take himself off in the direc-
ton of the ''quarters."-Alanta Con-
8titutiOn.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-14
N CoAcHMEN.
HI Experience of q Farmerin Selling Car.
rage Horses.

The Experience of q Farmeri In Selling Car.
riage Horses.
An honest, sturdy Scotch farmer;
who lives in one of the upper counties
of the State; was recently telling of
the many annoyances he met with I'M
selling carriage horses to wealthy peo7
pie in this city. Said he: 81 make a
business of raising fine carriage horses,
of as handsome form and color, and. as
closely mated as possible. Conse7
quently my best trade is in New York
among the rich classes. But the
trouble is I have to deal generally with
coachmen, either entirely or in part,
and the latter always want to make q
good sum for themselves. They gem
orally ask outright for twenty-five on
fifty dollars for their influence in maxi
ing the trade. As their employer isl
often a lady or somargentleman not an
expert in horses, the coachman has d
great deal to say about the purchase.
Now, l am not a mea fellow, and !
am willing to give a coachman . de-
cent tip on a sale. But only the other
day I sold a team to- gentleman, deal
ing directly with him, and owing no
favors to the coachman. But this lat-
ter worthy approached me after the
sale was concluded and wanted to
know if / was not going to do some-
thing Well I gave him ten dollars, .
great deal more than I ought, but he
looked rather blank and repeated3
.Ain't We goin' to do suthin?'
I told him that if he didn't considef
ten dollars worth taking he could give
it back. But he walked off muttering
that I was a blanked mean cnss. etc.
OF course, he was an unusua! hog, for:
there are very decent fellows among
the coachmen. But there are others
who, if you do not fee Them well, will
make team sick, or drive nails in
their feet to lame them, in order to
create dissatisfaction with the sale.
They will tell their employer to trust
them to buy the horses next time."-
N. 2. Tribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-14
BlCYCLISTS.

Their Unsociability and h Expediency of
Certain improvements.
The bicycle has doubtless become
one of the greatest promoters of
healthy outdoor exercise among our
young men, as well as some of the
older ones-but there is necessarily
nothing social in it, in fact it IL the
most selfish conception possible. Think
of a family man buying a bicycle and
starting off to ride while the wife and
children are left at home IN the veran-
dab to admire the grace and ease with
which their lord and master wheels off
to get exhilarating whiffs of fresh
country air. The economical young
man mounts his wheel on a fine after
noon, and whirls off to the residence
of his lady love, leans his steed against
the front fence, and spends the sum-
mer evening on the piazza, while the
young lady is no doubt thinking of her
possibly old-fashioned but more fortu-
nate companion who has gone out on!
the road behind a good trotter, to
breathe the refreshing evening air.
The one wheel is far more economical
in every way, and it's enthusiastic if
not fanatical admirers no doubt get
much good from it. but in an article
on social ~recreations they a not hope
for high praise for their favorite ma
chine; it certainly is not a family in-
vention. When Mr.. Edison will invent
a motor which may be hung beneath
the seat of a social tricycle., with a
small seat behind for the children, and
by which the whole load may whirl off
to the country without the danger Of
a runaway at the first railway cross
ing, or the necessity for grooming and
feeding On the return, then the family
may sing the praises of the ''cycle."-
Good Housekeeping.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-14
II HAY CROP.

A Product Which Should lie Secured In
the Best Possible Condition.
From what has been learned of the
difference in value between good and
bad hay, through the labors and in
v~estigat'ons of chemists, it should be
the effort of every farmer to secure this
crop in the very best condition. The
tables of values of folders. which have
been made up from the most careful
analysis by many skillful agricultural
chemists, and which are fully trust
worthy in this respect, show that hay
varies more than one hundred per cent.
IN nutritive value, poor hay being
worth forty cents per one hundred
pounds, while the best hay is worth
eAlghty-five cents, these figures showing
the comparative values. Thus, if poor
nay, made SO in the cutting and cur
lngg' Is worth So per ton to the farmer,
inc same crop made of the best quality
py the best management would be
worth Sl7 per ton. This difference is
50 large that it is very important for
farmers to understand precisely how
nay i is spoiled or preserved in its best
state.
There are three ways in which hay
Is spoiled. viz: By weeds, by cutting
az the wrong time and by faulty cur
ing. Either of these may make poor
nay of what m ght be good grass, but
When all three faults exist the hay
must be poor indeed. Weeds are the
pane OF our grass fields. 1t is rare to
see a held just now as 1t ripens to the
harvest that is free from noxious
weeds, the glazing or eye daisy being
the chief of the tribe. 1t is not uncom-
mon to see good grass SO intermingled
WIN vile weeds, such as Canada this
tIes' ragweed, burdocks, the aforesaid
oalsles, briers, brambles, toad flax and
a score more, that 1t is even pernicious
70 stock and might better be burned
nan kept to be q source of danger and
loss and the means of further spread
ing these pests. Persons who have be-
come acquainted with what is known
as "baled hay" have lively ideas and
ieeollections of the fact here pointed
out.
But it is unfair to suggest ever that
.h's fault is half so common as that OF
me spelling of hay by too late cutting.
shemically considered. for its nutri-
hm1ent, grass cut when approaching the
olossoming stage is worth Twenty-Five
cents per hundred pounds when
green, while the same grass cut when
past the blossom is worth for feed. ng
my seventeen cents per hundred
pounds. Here is a loss Of sixty-six per
cent, which in any other business
would be ruinous and soon end in
bankruptcy, and the Sheriff would be
Vailed to bury the remains. ltmay be,
as 1t is alleged by farmers who cut
.nelr grass very late and in its poorest
Iohu ton, that the late crop is heavier
out then it is the only crop that can be
'sut In the season, while the only
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-14
A SPLENDID OBSERVATORY.

The Present Condition of the Lick Tele.
scope-When 1t Will be Completed.
On the summit of Mount Hamilton
in California will be found a splendid
observatory, which is only awaiting a
great telescope to be ready for use.
This observatory was brought into ex-
istence by the will of % eccentric Cali
fonia millionaire named Lick. This
Remembering institution would
now be in practical operation were it
not for the unfortunate failure of the
glass makers to produce a piece of
crown glass of the size and perfection
required for the objective of the tele-
scope. It is now reported that the new
management of the firm of Fell, of
Paris. has already overcome the diff
culties incident to the making of the
great disc; and if no accident shall
happen, it is to be expected that the
Clarks of Cambridgeport will have
begun their work of Fl figuring it before
the end of the coming summer. The
length of time which this operation
will consume is uncertain, but two
years is q reasonable allowance. The
dome, meantime, will be built seventy
six feet in exterior diameter, a size GER
tainly large enough to cover the thirty
six-inch telescope. The excavations
for this structure in the solid rock of
the mountain are already under way,
and the director of works expects to
complete its main walls during the
coming summer, while the season of
1886 will suffice for the addition of the
superstracture or dome proper. Sim
ultaneously with the opticians WORK
upon the glass discs, the equally inn
portant problem of the most suitable
mounting for the telescope will be at
tackled. and all the intricate mechan-
ism required for its convenient use
will be constructed and put i'll place
underneath the dome, SO as to receive
the great glass and make its use posi-
BILE as soon as the opticians work is
complete. 1t may confidently be ex-
pected that this important event j n the
history of astronomy, marking the
completion of the first mountain OBJ
servatory, will not be delayed be-
You'd the autumn Of 1SS7.--Demorest's
Monthly.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-14
IN HoT WEATHER..
Cold Drinks Not the Proper Thing In the
Summer Season.

Cold Drinks Not the Proper Thing In the
Summer Season.
Spencer T. Baird, Secretary of the
Smithsonian Institute, recommends
that all water to be used for drinking
purposes, unless known to be pure,
should be boiled half an hour. He
appeals to his experience during the
Philadelphia Exposition as an instance
of the efficacy Of his plan. A porous
earthen vessel is a good thing to put
the water in to cool, and if boiled in
the evening and placed in earthen YES
sells in a cool place to get cold, the
water will be found cold enough in the
morning for many people to drink
without ice. 1t is a simple preventive
of the cause of many diseases, and the
fact that impure water by no means
betrays itself, as many suppose, py an APP
pearance of impurity, but is frequently
clear and limpid and agreeable to the
taste, adds to the danger from this
aus 1t has been shown over and
I'VE again that impure water is not at
all confined to cities, but is even more
frequently in the wells which supply
our country residents. 1t used to be
held generally that even when surface
impurity existed within a radius of the
we'll sufficiently limited to drain into it,
the percolation through the soil would
remove every particle of impurity from
the water ere it reached the we'll, but
scientists have shown that such is not
the case. During the very hot weather.
when SO much water is drank. it is well
to be on the safe side. A little cold
coffee or a very little vinegar and a
little sugar poured into the water, make
a very palatable and refreshing drink
in hot weather. All very cold drinks
should be imbibed slowly. Suddenly
flooding the stomach with a large guam
tity of ice-cold liquid is always attended
with more or less risk, according to
the condition of the drinker at the time.
National Lice Stock Journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-14
THE GRiNDSToNE AND GAP.
~Employments Which Try the Soul of the
Small BOY.

E~mplOyments Which Try the Soul of the
Small Boy.
1t is an old saying among the farm
ers that there is no employment more
trying than turning a grindstone or
s.minding a gap" The grindstone
could have been introduced during the
dark ages as an instrument of torture.
Turning the crank is such miserable
work that the men, foregoing it with
noble resignation, compel a boy to take
it in hand. When a strong nan witha
scythe blade appears, the boys heart
sinks. He is told that grinding it will
not require a very long time, but he
knows better. 1t may be unconscious
strength, but 1t seems that the man
takes a special delight in bearing un-
necessar ly hard on the stone. No ties
vent this additional cruelty. The boy
wonders why a MAJ can be so heart
less, but when he becomes a man and
when his boy turns the crank. he bears
on the stone.
The '.gap" season comes in the au-
tumn when the corn is being gathered.
A panel OF the fence is being let down
and as it would be too i~nconvenicnt to
close the opening every time.thc wagon
passes through, a boy is stationed
there to keep the cattle from going
into the field. He sits down on a rail.
A hog ome along and the boy throws
a chunk at him. A cow comes and
VIII lie the boy is paying attention to
her. the hog comes within n of run
ming through the gap. The sunshine,
lust warm enough to exert II droWsy
influence, causes the boy to nod. The
wind, rustljng the yellow leaves of a
neighboring tree, sinks into breezy
music. The boy leans back and places
his head on u rail. Pleasant visions
float before him. The breezy music
grows fainter. The visions arc deep
ened into dreams.
Get up there! What in thunder arc
you doing?"
The boy springs to his feet. The
wagon has arrived. The COW and q
dozen hogs are in the field. The farm
ers are right. There is no employment
more trying than turning a grndstone
or .mindiug a gap."-Ay&ansaw 1aau-
eleT.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-14
THE Medicine L.odoe (Kan.N 1ude

The Medicine Lodge (Kan.) Imdez
says: "The latest wrinkle on proving
up claims so that n person can
get two claims is reported from the
northern part of this county. A per-
son who had lately proved up on his
claim took a fancy to one adjoining
his, and on this he put a building and
established his wife, announcing that
he had separated from her, and that
he had secured a divorce. A married
woman can not prove up a claim, but
a divorced or single woman can. 1t is
probable that this avaricious couple
will really go through the Formally Of
a divorce to secure a claim, and then
remarry after the final proof has been
made"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-14
MISSING.

...,xe Word Which Often Indl-
Efp the Fate of Steamships.
:, rob. throb! throbH"
ocular as the beat of the human
w more regular than the human
# is the revolution of the steam
s..sw-something heard from end
and side to side of the great
dawn to darkroom dark to
never missing q beat. Let the
D. ship heartmiss that beat-let the
's,sa for a moment in mid-ocean.
cen chill of fear will strike every pas
ln: heart. They know that only
sa,e blank separates them from the
nsa ass waters-that a rod-a pin
e sl.N "a crank-may snap at any mo-
p =, and render the huge ship as help
Thare is treachery in the waters
.n thew lap and gurgle and run soft
o T." On the sands, and break SO still
, sleeping infant would be soothed
a,sner slumber. There is fire abroad.
1.r the boilers down in the dark
la 1e- the cooks galley-in half a
yan other places turks a fiend who
I. spring up at any moment and
~ the huge Ship in his fiery arms.
EIa skvis without a cloud, but an
Mr. hence may bring a hurricane
Iicb will vex ocean and land until
ary living thing cries out in suppli-
t;on. Puff puff! puff! 1t is the ex-
uSt of steam. 1t is steam controlled
watchful eyes and experienced
.rds Let it but secure the mastery
a moment and the heavens will be
mt by an explosion. Straight ahead
her path, but miles away, is a ghast-
obstruction. 1t creeps-creeps-
oens-moved by some mysterious
brent. 1t is an iceberg of such d.
|eusions that the great steamship is
mtton compared to the monster fly
heel of a 2C0 horsepower engine.
N the starboard bow Is a bark under
Iii salon the port bow q steamer
bMlnr Hcau oA'
[Tbrob! throb! throb!
And the men and women and chill
hen 90 totheir beds and sleep inpeace
md dream sweet dreams. Bye and bye a
b creeps up-coming without whis-
or footfall-coming as a deadly
courge enters a city and silently marks
victims with the touch of death.
he man on the bridge reaches for a
etter glass-seems a trife uneasy.
he Iookouts rub.their eyes and start up
sifhalf suspecting they had slept for a
1oment, and a hand is raised to the
,g-whistle.
..Boom! boom! boom!"
Here and there a nervous sleeper
lay start up at the sound, but only to
again. All is we'll.
Through the darkness-through the
lack mantle of the fog-throbbing,
'reathing, living-the great iron mon
ter pushes her way, and every few
econds the OMNIBUS sound of the whis-
G booms out to be caught up by the
reatls and smothered in the folds
are pressing down as if to
Mother their victim.
Throb! throb! Boom! boom! But all
well! +
Overdue by five days, but no cause
. anxiety. Ten days. but she may
We broken a shaft. Twenty days
must be lost. but there r hopes
at some of the people got safely
in boats. Six months-a year
'o--threc-five. Never a word nor a
le-not so much as a bit of drift
BOD. 1t is simply: "Missing."-De-
lit Free Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-14

White feathers are the only ones
that New York considers fashionable
this year, and they appear only on the
most elegant hats intended for special
ocGasions.-N Y. Post.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-14
Claude writes us and saws: II

-CIIUue WrILes us aHu says: aH
deeply in love with a most charming
young lady. My whole soul is wrapped
up in her, but 1 fear that my affection
is in vain and that my warnings have
not touched her heartstrings. What
ain I to do in order to escape from my
mind?" A word to the wise, Claude,
is sufficient. "Skip."-BoSt0m Post.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-14

A man at Milbnnk, Col. has ~
chicken with Il lloul ut each end, ono
white and tho other black, but no tai.
1t is attributed to the cLmate.-St.
Paul Gl0Is.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-14

Horse steak sells at about eight
cents . pound in some of tho markets
in Fvance and Germany.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-14

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The Red Cloud chief., 1885-10-02
KNIGHTS or LABOR.
They NaLca Demand That Al Chinamrn
To- Discharged From the >ervic. al TIA.
Inion Pacific.

they uaLca pcmsnd That Al Chinnmrn
linton Pacific.
OMAHA. NEE. September 2i.-Goneral
MANAGER Galloway. of the inuu Pacific,
has received a formal, demand III writing
from the Knights al Labor. that the Chinese
H.. at once discharged from the employ of
the company: that the c%on,rgr; with Beck
with. Quinn " Co.. contracting agents. hc
cancelled. and that General S~upcrin.cn-
dent Clark. OF the coal department. be- dis
missed from tn. C~oInpIny'> service. Charges
are made gains Clark thai he con-
>plT.i with the NINE bosses Ia sell the best
rooms Ia the Cinnamon, and To commit
otHcr irregularities. all beng against The
wh;tc miners. These charges. NaHa-c!
Galway SAYS. vii re investigated. and
proof demanded. hut So lar a. any demands
made 10y the Knights are concerned, the
| MOI Pacific viii no: rcCedo from it, pres
eut position. This brings matters >quagcly
Il IN issue, and il remains t. be- seen What
the Knights viii do when they get the
formal answer. II IL believed
toy railway officials that they viii
not press the demands. and tHat
TIE council If the cooler beaded
leaders viii avert a general strike. These
demands are simply considered ~ 4 feci.T.
and VIXEN IL is found that the Union Pacific
?-.ToSrS Ia stand firm for the present the
M ght> Will. IN al probability. let matters
iahe their course.
The Red Cloud chief., 1885-10-02

When asked what special part 81
meat, fish, or fowl You prefer. rcIncm-
her that ~po!itcncss requires YOU to
make a cho.cc. EIca If yoI do not
are very much about Il. i i better for
YOU 20 say Whether You like your beef
steak We or unler done, AID whether
the wing OF tie chicken or some oi the
whit" meat WI lie he more agreeable.
Take part IN whatever Conversation
is going n. modc7tly. became Young
people SHOULD hot pat I cmsc.scs for
ward. but not with bushes or cDniu-
sion, a. though yoa were tongde-t Ell.
If yon happen (" have heard very
good anecdo.c. or 10 know Uf some fun
n occurrence it i w"ll 10 -Ase tn
telling O.; il until yoa are n the L. IL
for 4 COOL laugh and Il happy heart are
rel aids 70 digestion .-Narpcr'S i,nny
lcopi..