Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-05-28

one papcf-Gne Inal
an attempt to establish another would
be at the expense of a continued and
bitter strife. So he went to his office
and wrote the following, which az.
pcared in the next issue of the Mi1lenl-
inn:
W have been asked whether the rumor
1 INA. there n S.s Is an lot fac wee IVY d paper not IN a rope =
positive answer, though we have noticed a
sickiy looking sheet pasted on a bullstin
this M r 9n.9lar sheet + nJi is tho only one new. we over
saw, we presume it represents the whole CIR
Gnia rtqnn OF what aaI, our eor mesLfn mas = pes f.
doubtful whether another issue viii appear,
as we understand the alleged editor has al;
SUCCESS suaes ot that sas s ntifended his is efforts to force
his dreamy N.Y. ru nSn down the throats of the
fnt M citizens Of hopev,lle.
Inc 111te1'1"n1 was pupilslleu exeiy
lhursuay anu the lN.oPen1en's oh eat-
CIV il,a ~ S;s ~;TaI and ~ a ~
o.1 ha a'H No., &C. soo WV dI' q oonr loolso5 om
aaa NV ,ha :" a,,"ar for ro, NJ 70 lie 49,
ora,h NJ q ,no,d Tho Inaenolaeut
eeamaln ont hrirbter and nnws;ar th,n
ennr with wslllconsidare cnnserval
tivn ad;tori,l comments on tho lnad;na
tnn;os Of tho da~ %,rt;onl,rlv thoso e
l Iop,Ii ;ntorost Mt hnt Without thc slioSto ot
Indication that II had over heard e;tbor
81 tho M;11e,su,a ar its od;+or
Tbe ncxt wcel M pett;t tried 4
AGAIN, He nublished q. naraoranh in
Which he h;nted m%ysterionslv af a paner
hav;nr onnnared IN Honay;ile w;tb ftha
secret object of ]noisonino the minds Of
the neonle AGAINST ali t6e most cher
ishcd institutions Of the town. He even
vent so far as To ;mnly that tho editor
had reasons for h;dino himself from
those who had known him formerly as
thc resident of a laron c;ty SOME two
hundred miles away fn;sb;nn his 70.
marks with the nronhocy that in loss
than a month the R;llc,,iu,, would
again be thc only naner in Honeville'
as it was to all intents and nurposes At
the nrcscnt wr;t;ng
NJ a. n,gans. ...
rnano N,r pat1;t "~ soor.ni..u W
,Eno.e Ml. e1.l!. anu grow ~ c'rcula-
a In INV .n ospGa'.s ron WIN W weeh.
h l'no ausa man WHO stoopee as
nu ma.AGo, anu Maose speech was ne
q Willy lil:eli up'eu ny q Pecul'ar spas
s nlo",c aa moase ~ ms M Inroat, IKE
s sla a''slsu coush. nc was hoe q taiha-
1--WE man POSSIBLY a OF the
s,fahsieu cough. ne was see out ut
tie on inc streets' ana always when ne
was ouG, appeared 20 nave business IN
some olreceon whlc engaged all his
ac1ehtlon until he wlthdrew to the
once OF the Independent to busy him.
sen elther IN writing matter OF putting
IL mo type.
me !m~dependent man, SULLIVAN, is
a mysterious sort OF fellow" was the
opinion OF inc principal grocer OF
I1oPevlllei "put ne gets u a mighty
gooo paper ana VIII make 1t warm Tor
inc 1na1cmenm yet.
l1enry fettlt continued to write
caustlc paragraphs Tor the benefit of
Ine lnaepenaem1, anu every week ran
up ana down from nonparlei to four
ine great primer gothic IN his badger
ing OF otlllman's paper but without
maklhg any apparent impression on
that apathetlc Journal.
~ was ai'cl ne iau WIdVCeh d Partlcu-
larly abusive n Spiteful article that
Henry Pett;t waitod for tho .nno.ronoo
of tLc5 Ly.as.aa 49, g @ it
" 'he 1~m"epe~oeme on Saturoay. surely
lC COuiu SUING the COlVOr lnCO SAVING
somcthino Satnrdav ca,no hnt'neo
soi,e'oiiS' oaIuioay caIhe, puC-ho
dnoepcnoem. Tia! the lnterloper had
ml.o.o 4Lso nTySs.:. ..L: oo"n
Wnere the M~teD1~m proh1Dlted MS ex-
lStencc.
81 thought l should drive him out,s'
chucklcd Mr.. Petit, "Wonder where
the editor lisp" he thought. .Guess he
is ashamed to show himself now that
his miserable paper has suspende d."
But it had not suspended. On Tues
day it was published, with an apology
for its tardy appearance. Mr.. Petit
was rcd-hot, and the whitening sarcasm
contained in next weeks Mi1lemiuna
again tested the acrimonious qualities
of every style of type in his office. The
Independent was published on time on
the following Saturday, but was only
half it's usual size. 1t again contained
an apology, but no explanation.
|, cit dies hard" said Henry Petit, as
ne finished an exulting editorial to the
following effect:
The wretched conglomeration of bad gram
a wa3sv, rn pu ib%Pggsdp in an e abscSre ea nsrt
of Hopeville, has about run its course. 1t
comes consn. out = at ! irrregnihr intervals , and appears
the few buyers Of the ridiculons mas" mass OF Of
rubbish to give only half what is paid for.