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The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-11-25
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low natIreu VIM assrud tkess sdnasSI " ex-.
President Arthur on behalf Of tho senate:
John Sherman, George r. Edmnnds, John A
Logan, ". d Allison, II @ Butler, James D.
Camaron. Warmer Mlller, George c Vest A
z. German. Joseph r Hawiey and James K.
Jones' Attorney General Garland SAID.
ue had known az President Arthur Intimately
and had every reason 10 esteem him both ~ .
friend and y public officer. Mr.. Arthur occupied
White House a. he did. during tho political cx-
element which followed tho death OF President
Garfield, and his administration wss marked by
ability Of high order. Y S-l=-.. H.
Secretary Lamar said:
Nj. Arthur's death will touch tho hearts Of
many heoplce with grief. Called TO tho presl.
dcaey u-dor most painful and trying circum-
stances, he bore his honors with dignity, and ID.
.-As-s>AA.A-a 10 vhn
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-11-25
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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-13

with the information that the first line
OF the hymn meant: L was a misled
mutton This reminds me of another
story of q waiter in n of the Trieste
hotels. Our friends this time being
English, not Americans, were waiting
to take the Austrian boat to Syria in
the afternoon. So they had an early
dinner served in their parlor by a zeal
Gus and most devoted waiter. He ran
in and out of the room constantly 10
bring something to please de ladees.'
His stock of English phrases being eS-
tremely limited, he hardly knew how
to express the admiration he felt for his
own exploits, when he finally produced
q small glass saucer of the little, dry,
pointed French Strawberries, a great
luxury in Trieste. For a few moments
he was quite overcome by his last eff
fort, then, leaning over the back of one
of the chairs, and wearing a most en-
gaging smile, he asked, in dulcet tones:
Will de LADIES' allow me to apportez
Won leetle portion of cold cream nit oe
strawberrees?'"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-13
Misled Mutton.
From the New York Times.1


The following amusing incidents were
gathered by a Syrian correspondent
during a recent trip down the Mediter-
ranean, who writes: cit seems that the
Sunday school hymn, 4 Was a Wan
dering Sheep, I Did Not Love the
Fold,' has been translated into Arme-
Man, and the children of a school in
Constantinople are fond Of singing it
for travellers who look in upon them.
The teacher, an Armenian, who knew
but very little English, was not aware
that it was q translation from that Ian
guage, SO, when an American visitor
asked him what the children were sing.
ing, he betook himself to the dictioa-
airy. and emerged, after a long search,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-13
Sizing Up His Colleagues.

John 81. Oberly is an entertaining
talker, and tells some funny stories.
He says that many years ago, when a
young man, he was elected an Assem-
blyman in Illinois. He was frightened
when the time came for him to go to
the Capitol at Springfield. He feared
that he would be paled by the flashing
of bright intellects all around him. He
took his seat on the first day in fea,
and trembling, but in five minutes he
was put perfectly at ease and made to
think that perhaps he might be one of
those who would shine. This is what
wrought the change in his mind:
"Mr. Speaker" said one Assembly
man, "there are no ink in the ink
stands"
Young Oberly was amazed. "By
gracious!" he thought, "is this the kind
of timber they send here?"
Up rose another Assemblyman, since
famous as "Long JONES'" and known to
all Illinoisans.
"Mr. Speaker" said he, "there are
ink, but it are froze in the bottles"
That was all young Oberly needed to
put him at ease in the Legislature.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-13
The Merchant of Venice.

A friend states that he overheard the
following conversation between two
bootblacks on Vine street one morning
about six weeks ago.
'Say, Skinny, whar was you last
night?"
"Me? I was up ter Heuck's. Where
was youw
II was down ter de Opera House to
see sThe Merchant of Venice"
"Wot kind of q piece is it, Bill?
Wot's it about?"
"Well, Skinny, it's f%irst-class, an no
mistake. Yer see, theirs q cove in it
named Bassanyo, and he's dead str ok
on er gal named Porsher, an'he wanted
TO marry her, but he amt got the scads
10 go housekeeping. So he goes to q
friend of his'n named Antonio, what
keeps boats to let, and tries to borrow
the sugar Off him. Well, biz,d'ye see,
hasn't been very brisk with Tony for a
while back, and he hasn't got the ready
dash; but, as Bassanyo hev done him
many a good turn, he says he'll get it
for i'm. Well. he ups and goes to an
old pawnbroker named Sherlock, an
strikes him for the ducats. Well, dye
see, this yer Sherlock doesn't like
Tony for q cent, cause he called him
tough names, and camped him a time
or two onct down to the market house.
Howsumder, he at last agrees to let
Tony hev the money, provided he'd
promise to give him a pound of
flesh next his heart, dye see, if he can't
make good when the dust is due. To-
ny says 'swipes,' and the bargains
made. Well, Bassanyo and Porsher
get spliced, an go off on a bridal tow
Ell or suthin', and hev a happy old time
all to themselves. Bimeby, the river
freezes up or suthin', and the boat
hirin' business gets awful dull, and
when his little note falls due, Tony
hasn't got the wherewith to l%iquidate.
"'Come an see me- SEE Sheelock.
"'Sorry for yer, old man, seq Tony,
but yer had better come around this
day month. Ill be better heeled then
Well, wot does that old dut1er do but
go otf'n get a warrant and jerks Tony
inter Jail. Well, when Bassanyo hears
this he skirmishes around like fun, an
by the day of Their trial he has enuf of
wealth to take up ter note ten times
over, but Sheelock won't hev it that
way, and swears that he'll hev his
pound of flesh or bust up the hull city
government. Just as things look
mighty rocky fur Tony, in comes Por.
sher disguised as a lawyer. She makes
a big talk, an to hear her go on you'd
think she was dead agin Tony; all of a
suddent she wheeled around an seq
she to Sherlock, seq she: Its all right
for your pound of meat, old man, but
nixey on ter blood When she ssid
that, Gully, Sherlock looked meane,
nor pizen, an you could have knocked
him over with a club".-Cincinnati
2ln1eT.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-13
a Cheated Judge.

",,,doe.u said a man who had been
summoned on a jury, "it is impossible
t6at me c 40 nets leave II IT,
ANY man can plead business" the
Judge replied. ,ua;
ness is not so pressing as mine IS. tell
YOU that no one but myself can attend
to it,"
"Well, ! will excuse you"
The man went away-went a fishing.
The next day a bench warrant was Is
sued for him.
az can make no defense, your honor,
except that 1 told the truth. No one
but myself can do my fishing. If any
one else were to do it I would not enjoy
it in the least. There are times when
a man has to fsh-got to do it. Bass
and pike are striking now. Yesterday,
after trying minnows without success, l
tried a troll. Well, sir, a tive-pound
bass nabbed it before it had touched the
water. He was so large, and pulled so
hard, that I had to play him. Never
saw anything like it. He dashed the
water into foam. Never saw such
capers."
ibid you get him?" the judge ex'
citedly asked. .
well, sir, he broke my troll, and
sWhat!"
eyes, snapped it off like a pipe stem.
I was determined to catch him, so
caught a grasshopper, stuck it on q
Limerick and put it under his nose,
He wouldn't even smell of it. I hadn't
another troll, so I decided to shoot the
beauty. I drew my pistol, leaned ovel
the water, and, just as l was in the act
of pulling the trigger, the bass jumped
and grabbed the barrel of my pistol"
"What!"
eyes, sir, and held on to it,"
$50 you got him?"
"Yes, sir, and the prints of his teeth
are in that pistol barrel now"
"You don't tell me 500"
eyes, SIR"
"Mr. Clerk" said the Judge, center
up a fine of one hundred dollars against
the defendant"
"What, a hundred dollars fine just
because l misrepresented-"
"Oh, no." said the Judge; II don't
fine you because you told a lie, but be.
cause you did not tell me that you were
going fishing. l would have adjourned
court and gone with you."-Arkansaw
IraUeleJ.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-13
How He Gained His Point.

Jane wanted to go to the circus and
John wanted to go to the theatre.
"We a go to the theatre any time"
she said, "but the circus is here for
only a week, and we have not always
the chance of going to it..
"Well, as you like" said John, "but
allow me to say this-I will not be re-
sponsible for the consequences"
"Nhat Consequences" asked Jane,
in surprise.
@These consequences" answered
John, gravely: Suppose one of the
lions should break out of his cage while
We are there it's all over with you"
Cali over with me-"
Certainly. The lions amt blind, are
they?'
"N-no-but what has that to do
with me?"
"Just this: If you look to me to be
sweet enough to eat, how will you look
to a raging, roaring. hungry lion. He
will think you q delicious morsel and
you are gone"
But, John, there will be other girls
there besides me-"
II know it, but you will be the sweet
est one there"
Every we'll, John dear, I think we'd
better go to the theatre. "-Bostou
Courier.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-13
Mr.. Gould's Manner of Exercising.

They tell q story in his office about
Mr.. Gould's resolving, on the advice of
his physician two years ago, to take ex-
ercise.
Il don't wish you to exercise violent
ly," said the doctor; "all you need to
do is to practice mild calisthenics an
hour every day"
"All right" said Gould; "show me
exactly what to do"
Thereupon the medical man in
structed the millionaire in a variety of
movements, such as fiexing and extend
ing the arms and legs, initiating the
lungs and slowly excluding the air,
beating the chest with tho hands, and
bending the body sideways and back
ward. Next day. when his brokerage
partners, Conner and Morosini, looked
into his private Office, where he sat at
his desk reading letters from the morn.
ing's mail, they were astounded at the
sight. Gould was going through q
series of contortions that indicated
nothing less than raving madness. His
eyes on the manuscript of q long
epistle, and he seemed to be ~intently
perusing it; but his puny physique was
undergoing the strangest motions-his
arms and legs extending one after an.
other in all directions, and his body
doing more genudections than were
ever conceived of a ritualist. Was he
having a fit? No; his calm face indi'
Gated no agony or illness. Had he gone
crazy? That was likely, the two part
ners thought.
"What is the matter, Mr.. Gould q
said Conner, approaching rather eau
tiously.
"Is there something bad in the let
ter?" said Morosini.
mo, no." replied Gould, setting ar
arm revolving like a wheel with ON
spoke and no rim: "Im exercising
without loss of ime."-Cincinnat
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-13
Doubly Poignant.

TITS awful-awful," groaned Smith,
with despair in his voice; mote due to-
morrow-$3OO-can't pay it. What on
earth | am to do is more than I know. !"
why not let the other fellow walk ?"
inquired Brown.
"Let the other fellow walk?"
Certainly. Why not?"
"Why not?" repeated Smith, striding
up and down in great excite.
ment: HE is walking. I am the 9th
er fellow."-Puck.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-13
Sharpers Who Get Left.

There is a sharper's game which has
been played for the last hundred years,
and as the turning point is avarice the
game works forty-nine times where it
fails once. Two sharpers set out a few
weeks ago to play it on a Wayne Coun-
ty farmer. One Of them came along
n day and wanted to buy the farm.
AS the farmer wanted to sell, it was
quite easy to strike a bargain. The
price was to be 81, 1000 in cash, and the
man handed over $3.50 to bind the bar
gain. Within two days q second
stranger came along and wanted the
farm. He wanted it so bad that he
couldn't stand still. He found indica-
lions of coal, natural gas and coal oil,
and he was willing to give IS, 500 for
the place. The idea was: of course,
that the farmer would be awful sick of
his first sale and seek to buy the man
off. It would pay him to offer the man
81 1900 to release him.
The second stranger was only out of
sight when the first IL turned up
again. His mouth watered over the
prospect, but not for long. The farmer
explained that he had been offered
$500 more, and added:
But I don't care for money. The
1000 is enough for me, and it's all the
old farm is worth. When you are
ready to pay the balance Well make out
the papers,"
The purchaser offered to release him
for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., but the
farmer didn't want to be released. He
hung to the bargain-money. and he's
got it yet, while the pair of sharpers
rave and gnash their teeth every time
they think Of the thickness of his
skull.-Deiroit Free Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-13
COllegiate.

Talented STANDARDIZATION me, Miss
Budd, is it true that you are engaged
to my classmate, Charley Howard?"
Miss B.-"That's rather a pointed
question"
T. S.-"Excuse my asking, but I am
historian for our class, and am getting
all the grinds on the fellows 1 car. -.
Life.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-13

You will often gain more knowledge
from a shrewd though illiterate man
than from a pedantic scholar; there is
generally more nourishment in O mess
of oatmeal porridge than in a costly
pudding.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-13
SNGu1ARLY enough, while the Gov

SNGuLARLY enough, while the Gov
eminent is active in its suppression of
polygamy, it has not yet taken notice
of the fact that for years Sitting Bull,
the redoubtable Sioux chief, has lived
with two wives. They are both shape
ly, good-looking squaws, and seem to
be utterly free from jealousy, being
jointly proud of their lord and mas
ter. The chiefs children are petted
just as much by one wife as the other.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-13
An Editor Who Sympathizes Anyway,
In the District of Columbia there ara

2O,OOO more women than men,:
Forty thousand peachblow checks.
Forty thousand lovely eyes.
Twenty thousand waiting henrts.
Forty million tender signs.
Forty thousand dimpled hands,
Fcrty thousand duinty feet,
twenty thousand noses fine, .
Twenty thousand voices sweet,
Forty thousand graceful arms.
Forty thousand pink white eurs. .
Forty Thousand ripe, red lips,
Twenty thousand lonesome deors.
Twenty Thousand willing souls.
Twenty thousand willing slaves.
twenty Thousand subjects for
twenty thousand maiden graves.
+. SITS pretty tough, girls, but
Senator Edmunds and Colonel KaIs
Field are down on polygamy. and wa
don't see how We can ameiiorate thu
very. sad and lonely condition ;nto
which these two great reformers havs
placed you. You have our heartfelt
sympathy, but we must draw the linz
q, that Washington Critic,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-13


The Tictoria Colonist says that one
of the most terrible scenes at the burn
ing of the town Of Vancouver was wit
messed at the opening Of the Jail by
those in charge, followed by a rush of
the prisoners into saloons, Of which
they took complete charge. Becoming
crazed with liquor, they rushed through
the streets, doing all the mischief they
could, and t~errorized everybody with
whom they came in contact. 1t was a
veritable carnival of crime, which, add
ed to the other indescribable horrors,
made the scene a horrible and revolt
ing one.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-13

DANIEL r. ARNOLD is the station
agent at Pawtucket. Recently the
clerks and freight hands went to his
Office in q body, and the spokesman
began a speech about the strikes out
West and the relations of employers
and employed, and was going IN when
Mr.. Arnold very sternly and impa-
tiently said: Estate your grievance"
The next moment he felt the cheapest
of any mar in New England, for the
spokesman said the boys had come to
make him a present or his t~ifty-seventh
birthday. It was a nice present, but
Mr.. Arnold could hardly say "thank
you," he was so surprised.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-13

The envious love nothing pu'
Gead, and them they only parao''
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-13

A STATISTICAL expert calculates that
if 1000, 900 babies started together in
the race of life, 100000 would drop out
in the first year, $4,000 in the second,
and %, 1000 in the third year. At the
end of forty-tive years about half of
them would be still in the race. Sixty
years would see $40, 600 gray heads
still at it. At the end of eighty years
there would be 81, 200 remaining on the
track; fifteen years later the number
would be reduced to 233, and the win
ner would quit the track forever at the
age of los.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-13

The Los Angeles Herald mentions
a plant which is said to be a sure cure
for snake bites. The plant is called
the Spider lily" and displays a beau
tiful flower that makes it a fine orna-
ment for yards and gardens. The
leaves can be dried and preserved for
years. When needed for a sting or q
bite they can be moistened and applied
in the form of a poultice to the wound.
If used when green there is no necessity
for m%oistening the plant, as all that is
necessary is to bru:se the leaves and
apply them to the wound.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-13

A GOTHAM broker has, by taking adj
vantage of the speculative tendencies of
Congressman, made a neat pile Of
money during the present session of
Congress. Early during the session he
went to Washington and acquainted
himself with members of the Pacific
Railroad Committee. From them he
obtained accurate knowledge rs to the
time when the extension bill would be
called up in the House. Whenever
this subject was publicly agitated Pa
cifc Railroad stock fuctuated violent
~, and the young broker was able to
call the turn for his speculative Con-
gressional friends to mutual advantage.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-13

SINCE he began making up the Lin
coin memorial collection, Mr.. Isaac r.
Reyes, of Chicago, has acquired agood
deal of correspondence bearing upon
the subject of Lincoln's life. The most
remarkable letter in the lot was writ
ten by William II. Herndon, and bears
date of Springfield, Ill, April IA,
1886, from which the following is an
extract: 1 became acquainted with him
(Lincoln) in 1884, and in 1S43 MI.
Lincoln and I became partners in the
land business. Our partnership was
never legally dissolved until the night
of his assassination, but after his cleo
ton he would take none of the fees of
our land business. Mr.. Lincoln was
not appreciated in this city, nor was he
at all times the most popular man
among us. The cause OF his unpopu-
larity-rather the want of popularity
here-arose from two causes: First,
he did his own thinking; and, second,
he had the courage of his convictions,
and boldly and fearlessly expressed
them. I speak generally, and espe-
cially Of his political life. X
MI. Lincoln vas a sad man, a gloomy
man, and hence he was not very social
in his nature. He seemed to me to be
an unhappy man at times. He dearly
loved his children, but he was not the
happiest man in the world homestead
ly. AS q friend Mr.. Lincoln was true
true as steel. He thought in his life
and lived in his thought. In many
things Mr.. Lincoln was peculiar. He
did not trust any man with the secrets
Of his ambitious soul. He was a won
derful man, and his fame will grow on
the ages.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-13

Yesterday OenaCCT IuBnS SOA aITlNeu
at Council Bluffs and obtained admit
lance to his sisters house. With a
drawn revolver he advanced upon the
husband, who escaped through the
back door and came to Omaha. Young
Pugh has left for Alabama, accompa-
MED by his sister and her little girl.
The British Islands offer an almost
unlimited market for apples from
abroad, the native supply being far
from adequate to the wants of the peo-
pie, though in some of the counties the
cereals are grown between rows of apple
trees. During the last six months New
York exported about 1872, 900 barrels,
besides the large quantities shipped
from Boston. And last year was one
of poor yield in the East, while the
coming crop promises to be large, if
not an excessive one. An effort is be-
ing made by some of the agricultural
journals of the East to induce q wide
extension of the apple culture in New
England. Many thousands of acres in
those States are we'll adapted to the
raising of apples, while good for very
little to the grower of grain.
WHILE Miss Evelyn G. Smith, who
works at the LIE Jolly dye-house, on
Mathewson street, wa talking with q
gentleman named Brown, she was
stricken dumb, says a Providence (K.
- dispatch. She was looking over a
map, and asked him where Lawrence,
Mass, was. He jumped up quickly
from his chair and said "Oh!" quite
loudly, laughing at her. She laughed
aloud in return, but the laughter grad
ually died away. The girl grew pale,
and tried to speak, but she had evil
IDENTIFY lost the power of using her
tongue and vocal organs. In answer
to the question of the sensation she
wrote on a piece of paper: II feel, as
nearly as I a explain, as if I wee in
a wise" She also complained of pains
in her eyes, and a burning sensation in
the ears, and of feeling weak. Ac-
cording to the statement of her mother,
the girl is apparently possessed Of a
supervitalized temperament, which
seems to have always subjected her or
ganiZation to nervous s%utferings. About
one year ago she tainted in q thunder
storm, and on regaining consciousness
was unable to speak, and for eight
weeks her inability to talk continued.
Then gradually she uttered %articulate
sounds, whispered sentences, and grad.
ually began to speak. Her mother
seems to take this last affection as q
matter of course, and apprehends no
serious trouble from it.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-08-13

The man who probably claims the
distinction of being the northernmost
editor in the world is the printer and
Esquimau poet, L. Moller, who edits
the illustrated Esquimau paper, Atua-
gagliatit, published at Godthaab, a
Danish colony on the west coast of
Greenland, GA degrees north latitude.
This enterprising journalist joined the
exploration Of the interior of Green
land in order to be able to supply his
paper with illustrated reports Of the
journey. Nordenskiold gives a portrait
Of Molier in his recently published
work on Greenland, and the face looks
remarkably intelligent and good
natured. His sketches, too, show con-
siderable talent, being vivid and true
to nature. The Esquimau editor is
evidently an interesting man.