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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09
principle of prohibition with which to meet

principle of prohibition with which to meet
the liquor traffic.
There was a warm fight on this, and a
motion to table it stood 81 for and 80
time, and on the next day the following
compromise resolution was adopted:
Resolved. That while unquestionably the
license system was originated and has been
maintained for the purpose of restricting
the common law right. for the sale of intox-
icating drinks. in view Of the fact that un-
dor it the State must be morally responsible
for the evils of the traffic, and the public are
involved i'll completely with it. and that at
best the system is only IL very slight re-
straint, we believe the philanthropist and
the Christian should be satisfied with moth
| ing but entire prohibition.
It is long step in advance of the reso-
buttons of last year, and marks plainly the
forward movement of the tide Of prohibi-
ton Wisconsin, Prohibitiomist.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09
A QUESTION ANSWERED.
What Would Farmers Do with Tlei
In

What Would Farmers Do with Their
Grain?
That question is sometimes put as
poser, when one talks of Prohibition. Is
there anything i'll it? Let us see.
The distilleries of the land consumed
last year $4,000, 900 bushels of grain
corn and rye. The breweries consumed
26,O00,O00 bushels more, chiefly barley.
The total amount of grain consumed,
therefore, in all branches of the liquor
traffic, was 5000, 900 bushels.
How does this compare with the total
crop of grainy
The American Almanac" gives the
crops of rye, barley and corn in this coun-
try for 1886 us follows: Corn, 1865 AL
600 bushels; barley, 10000, 600 bushels;
rye, &c. 900. 900 bushels. (The figures for
1887 are not given, except i'll the case of
corn.) The total crop of the country in
those three grains i'll 1856 was, therefore,
as much as was consumed in the manu-
facture of liquor.
Only one bushel therefore out Of every
forty produced was purchased by the
makers of liquor.
For the products made out of this grain
by the distillers and brewers-that is for
the beer, whisky, etc.--thc retail dealers
received, ut the lowest estimat, we have
seen made, 500, 1000, 900. OF this sum,
about $2O, OOO, 900 reached the farmers for
the grain products used. That is, fol
;every thilty-five dollars received by the
.saloon-keeper the farmer received one
dollar as his share for furnishing the ma
terials used i'll making the liquor.
One dollar out of every thirty-fve! Does
it pay?
Suppose the saloons were all closed
where would the $500, OOO. 900 now spent
in them 90? Let Atlanta answer that
question Six months after the saloons
of that city were closed, the Secretary Of
the Chamber OF Commerce wrote lis thai
every retail business in the city had in.
creased from Is to 40 per cent. Why;
Because the thousands Of dollars that hai
| hitherto gone to the saloons were thel
being spent for bread and meat, boots ant
shoes, Hour, potatoes, eggs, and all man,
| ner of provisions. coal and clothing ant
carpets. If such q change We're to come
to this whole country, there would b.
such u boom in the produce markets in.
side Of six months that it would make the
farmers head fairly swim. And instead
of receiving, as now, one dollar out Of
thirty-ive spent for products Of the farm
| his proportion would be nearer ton time!
| that amount.
Then, too, the thousands of distillery
! fed cattle that now come into direct and
| ruinous competition with farm-fed cattl'
would he removed, at the same time will
the increased demand for beef.
What, then, would the farmer do will
his grain in the event of prohibition
He would do with thirty mine out of fort
bushels Just what he is doing now, an
/ Tho other one hnshel woull ha callel ia
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09

South as Of the North. 1t originated
in this way: The late Edward A. Pol
lard-one Of Virginia's prominent liter
ary men-after the war wrote his
tory of it, of course from the Southern
standpoint. He wrote before his death
in an artiAle in Appleto1s's Magasiaae.
that he offered his proposed history to
a New York publisher who thought
we'll Of it, but objected to the title,
History OF the War;" etc. The
work thus entitled might be con-
founded with some other in
ferior memories of the war which the
writer had already composed, mere an
nals-"First Year of the War;" etc.
Gould not some title be found more
unique and captivating, and not quite
so heavy?" The writer promised to
think of such title. The next day he
presented himself to the publisher and
said: have thought Of name for
the work I design: it is ',The Lost
Cause You see the bulk of the people
in the South were persuaded that we
really commended for something that
had the dignity and importance of a
cause.-the cause of constitutional lib
erty. 1 think there is something OF
proper dignity in the word Cause; ;
then The Lost Cause is an advertise
ment of something valuable that is
gone; besides, the associations of the
title are tender and reverential- there
is strain of mourning in it. How dc
you like it?" "Excellently WE'LL" re.
piled the publisher; at is just the
thing" The title proved an instant
success, and the phrase has since be-
come national.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09

after the battle of South Mountain,
and before the splendid, terrible and
disappointing day of Antietam.
South Mountain! The histories of
the war have never said half enough
about it. Our Confederate friends
say that they were immensely outnum-
bered all through that campaign: Per-
haps it was so; vet it is certainly true
that at the actual point Of fighting
they managed to have as many men
on hand as We did. And in those
fierce attacks and obstinate defenses on
the slopes of the mountains, in the sue
cessful efforts of our troops to possess
Turner's and Champions Gaps, there
was the most resolute bravery dis
PLAYED on both sides "a bravery
worthy of the American soldier. The
enemy fought stubbornly, but were
slowly dislodged and driven back from
the cover of stone walls and fences and
pressed up the hills and through the
gaps. There was some artillery used,
but it was mainly square infantry
fight. and when the field was lett to US
it was sadly Uttered with the slam ana
wounded OF both sides. Then it was
certain that the first invasion OF Mary
land was over; the Confederate army
was put between the mountains ana
the Potomac, and Lee might just as
we'll have retreated into Virginia again
without another battle as with one. 1t
is strange to think Of it, but perfectiy
true, that the battle OF Antletam,
where more men were in one day killed
and mangled than in any other slhg!e
day Of the war, settled nothing ~h 1:.
unless it was the pow
ical question of issuing the Em ~
cipation Proclamation, and that inc
campaien of 1862 in MARYLAND would
have ended as certainly without it as II
did with it.
But all this is part Of the sorrowfq =!
and painful history Of that tlme' II
has not much to do with the curious III
cident that / set out to tell.
As has been said, I had Leisure oe
tween the time Of these two battles t !,
look over the rough ground on a Wilt
the first of them had been ioasns
Hundreds of men lay there '1n 49 ,eol1,
in the winding roads, BEHIND Tue e,s m
and fences. and out OH the slopes;
Hundreds? Yes; almost TWO !nou .,,arl
soldiers of both sides were buried tnc :ls
on the field. A farmer OF the ylc. s.,a,;
had a contract. as / understand 1t, IRON
hea,lonarters to bury all the dead, ano
suppose it was done as decen;a'a On,
as carefully as such work ever rs uva'
after o battle. Many Of the. nnlol 1 .hsr'
brave who had soldiers pulla H. :,
were afterward exhumed ana taken anu y
tender interment at Northern ~ ,nn
southern homes, and some other 1a nun ras
dreds Of them lie to-day in the vas
national cemetery at sharps ,t.1 gs;;,.rr,
Of Ra rc0s.n pfc s 50 horrible, 80 sick
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09
The "Lost Cause

L is interesting to
trace the origin, and
hear the story, OF
some phrase that has
become most popu-
lar, though those
who use it may not
have even a remote
idea how it origin
ated. Take for in
stance the expression
y now most familiar
by the people of the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09
His Name Is Berdari.

The man who turned the tide OF bat
tie at Gettysburg, and made history
what it is, has been found. his name
is Berdan. General Longstreet has
admitted that Berdan and his sharp
Shoppers did the business for his corps
on the morning Of July 9, 1863.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09
The New Grand Army Commander.

General William Warner, of Kansas
City, Mo-, the new Commander of the
Grand Army of the Republic, was born
on the spot where that city now stands
in the year 1841, but he was raised and
educated in Wisconsin. His studies
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09

The Prohibition party believes in a
liberal pension policy. That has become
the established policy of our nation, and
no party We know of dares to make an
issue on that question. The cd soldiers
have no better friend in the land than our
candidate, General Clinton b. Fisk.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09

WHILE the Republican papers North
are assailing our candidate for Vice
President, DR.. John A. Brooks. charging
him with having been REBEL" d slave
holder" etc., Democratic papers South.
like the Richmond Dispatch, are assailing
our candidate for President, Gen. Clinton
B. Fisk, for having been Union soldier
and having helped to free the slaves. Go
it, yon delnagogues! All you are proving
is that neither old party can conduct a
| campaign on anything but war issues.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09

SEVEN HUNDRED cases and not Il death
yet, is the report of the National Temper
ance Hospital. at Chicago, in which alco-
hol is not used even as u medicine. That
institution is likely to open o good many
eyes, and it ought to open q good many
pocket-bOoks.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09

A SOLID South aud solid North twen-
ty-three years after the war, and this
because Of that war. is shortsighted, blum
dering craftsmanship, pregnant with dan
party will end that: the old parties can
not end it.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09
AROUND THE CAMPFIRE
-, y SOLDIERS TALK OVER EXPERT.
VIZ ENCEs AND SPIN YARNS.
MIN Blue and the Gray Revive Incident.
=. the Late War, and in a Graphic and
interesting Manner Tell of Camp, March.
d Rattles
The Old Canteen.
By VIRGINIA FRAZER BOYLE.

Is q treasure from out
-, the old cedar chest
That a brave wife sa-
credly keeps,
All hidden away meath
the bullet-plowed hat,
Where the battered Old
gray coat sleeps;
And the years drift soft.
-, ~ and silently down,
The spider has woven he.
sheen.
A mantle Of peace-like
a halo OF rest
Round the heart of the
Old Canteen.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09

FARMERS, do you say The saloon must
go?" Then, help make it go, by voting
the only Prohibition ticket in the field
the one for Fisk for President and
Brooks for Vice President. Let no one
deceive you by false talk and by false
promises. Don't believe campaign lies
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09
and Battle

n was battered and bent in the storm of war
Where the hurtling grape shot fell
And it breathes ia it's sleep the mystical tale
THAT the Southland must know so we'll
OF the clashing Of steel, Of the carnage of death
Rnt tenderer tale than the pale stars knew
Lies asleep with tho Old Canteen.
The battle was done. and the fash of the guns
Had ceased in the warm bloody rills,
And the night. Ikea pail Of the dead dropped
On tn. grim field Of Chaplin Hills.
And he lay In the lines between
And, weary and Thirsty. he measured the drops
That were left in the Old Canteen
There wore dying and dead upon every side,
But the darkness concealed. nor would not reveal
The face Of friend or = foe;
And he thought, as he lay by his arms, of home
OF love and its tenderest scene,
And he pillowed his head with its throbbing pain
On the breast Of the Old Canteen
But the chilling winds sighed and a gurglins
Crept on through the darkening mist
And the words Of distress woke the slumberins
heart
That the bright dream Of home had kissed.
He tenderly lifted the shattered young form,
With the veil of the night between
The heart of the soldier beat earnest and true
Beneath the old battered Canteen.
friend or q fOo--ahl what matter it then
Union blue, or the C. s. A.?
With piteous need in the jacket OF blue,t
Humanity heed in the gray.t
And the message was breathed to q stranger
heart
In the ear of the foe unseen
md the quivering lips felt the cooling drip
From the depths of the Old Canteen.
"Tell my sisters died for my country's CALL
Tint my end was soldiers end
And tell them, oh, comrade'-a gasp and {
pause
II died in t:le arms of friend!'
Through the shivering mist, like the white rush
lights,
The pale stars struggled between,
With the deep silence cleft by the gurgling sigl
That rose from the Old Canteen.
I.'ENVOI.
Yes lay 1t away in the old cedar chest
With its tale of days that have been
And light be the dreams, i'll the stiffness o
peace,
That may rest on the Old Canteen.
sPe,ryville lTenth Ohio fifth Confederate
--HaYpeys Weekly.
The Coward of South 1lOuntaius
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09
Hurrah for otection!-Hurrah for
Free Trade!

Gentlemen of the trade, let us unite in
rejoicing that the politicians axe now
twisting the tail of some other OK than
our own. Hurrah for protection! And
then, again, with redoubled gusto, hurrah
for free trade! On with the fight, and by
all means let us probe this question to the
core.-Bontorts Wine and Spirit Circular
(IiUu0r Ofuu,.)
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09

TOBACCO free of tax, but sugar must
pay from to cents per pound? That is
the way the old parties propose to help
the nottingham.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09

The party that had done almost every
thing that was done against slavery was
the Wing party, and yet the men who
started the Republican party killed it.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09

HARLEY B d n :
NETT was q drum
ner-boy who went
,out with us from
Quincy, Ill. He slept
in q tent by himself,
but when the weather
got cold he came into
the Adiutant's quar-
tiers, asking if he
could not sleep with
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09

ARLY in 1862. dur
i ng he campaign
against Island No J
10, and New Madrid,
Mo-, the army OF
General John Pope
was supplied with
fresh beef, such as il
was; the boys chris ::
tened it "skin beef. "
Being in front OF the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09

ONLY one result will strike terror to the
saloon-a big vote for Fisk.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09

|, There h sd
el. At bis +
|hls hand wi
las fallinssI
I've, | wassI
, d !. up into |
lifetime tHSol
back agsGiJ
ANNIE in |
''ren upon |
and Shall
joys, l.esa,}
led Tor md
Flp in life /
n this nad|
Faw. the \
IN its ,naiJ
II with ali
r. | saw
Of +, the tlyya'
the l'attls
Fnhtry baptiI
But | lool
Lincoln apl
OF slavery
on, l waina|
was as N
II. !. !, living. J
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09
Campfire Stories.
HARLEY BEN

BY j. X. NJ, sEvENrY-E1GHrH ILLINOIS
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09
Buried with Military Honors.
,ARIY in 1862. dur

BY f. G. WILSON, TwESTY-s1xTH MIS-
SOURI,.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09

While from enlistment to muster
ont wars calamities were ever present,
vet on all occasions, whether grave or
gay, a funny soldier was always in sight
or hearing. On one occasion our com,
pany were guarding a battery and
sleeping on their guns, when suddenly
a shrieking shell came crashing into
our midst, and the funny man was the
first TO speak: Here's graveyard
subpoena for somebody"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09

somebody so that he might be warmer.
That same evening poor, tired con-
traband had reached camp, asking for
something to eat and place to sleep.
He had been given his supper and
shown to bed Of hay and blankets ut
the far end Of the quarters, where he
then lay fast asleep. "rhere," said the
Adiutant to Charley. "there is Tommy
Broaddus fast asleep. Go and crawl
in with him, but mind, now, don't wake
him up Tommy Broaddus was the
Majors son, and was chum with
Charley. The boy stripped and
crawled under the blankets with
the contraband, and there they both
slept locked in each others arms until
late the next morning. Charley woke
ND first, and was hugging his bedfellow
to his brea t, when he happened to see
| his face. "NIercy. Tom! What's the
matter with you? You look like a
niger" Just then the negro awoke,
and seeing himself in the close embrace
Of white boy, lie jumped from the bed,
exclaiming, with injured feelings: "Yon
! Jest ought to be ashamed OF Yourself
to sleep wild niger You amt got
any manners, you amt" 1T was also
long time before the wounded feelings
of Charley were healed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09

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STATE p
ciENl.
keokuk q,
On Saloon,
Voice
Iowa to ST
ton law :,
o liquortr,
q city Of Il
situated
t the Ststd
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09

The Coward, of south Mountain.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09

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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-09

At SET, on his yacht. with a fair lady by hi.ss
He asked for u kiss, but she chose TO deny hisn
"Not hero" cried the lady in tones full os nSs; l..
'rhaugh have not the slightest objection "a,
e.Tth."
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-02-02
LAND SALE!

Pursuant to an alias order of the Court of Com
non Pleas OF ST. yder county under~Pa tition pro
,eedings hnd ut the suit oi Catherine Blett' rs
icrederlek Reisle, ct. al, TO No. /, February H.
ls,i, IN said Court, Will expo TO Public sale
~
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-02-02
The Right Sort Of a Tenant.

oh, yes, l have all kinds OF ten
nnts." said kind faced old gentleo
man; but the one that like best Is a
Guild not more than ten years old. a
Few years ago got n chance to buy o
piece Of land over on the west side.
aud did so. ] noticed there was an
old coop OF house OH 1t, but paid
no attention to 1t. After a while a
man came to me and wanted to know
IL would rent IL to him."
"'what do you want it forr says |.
To live in, he replied.
Well l said, you can have it.
Ray me what you think It IL worth
THE first month he brought me So
and the second month a little boy
who said he was the mans son, came
with..$3. After that saw the man
once In while, but in the course OF
time the boy paid the rent regularly
Sometimes with Sc and sometimes
with %. One day asked the boy
what had become OF his father
Hes dead, sir was the reply.
is that sof' said I. How long has
II been since he diodT
'More'n a yenr.' he answered.
II took the money, but | made up
my mind that would go over and u.
vestigate, and tlfe~tH1Txt dayI drove
over there. The old shed looked
quito decent. knocked at the door
and little girl let me in. asked for
her mother. She said she didn't have
any.
Where is shef' said /.
1--WE don't know, sir. She went
away after my father died, and we've
never seen her since
Just then little girl about three
years old came in, and learned that
these three children had been keeping
house together for n year and a half,
the boy supporting the two little sis"
ters Ivy blacking boots and selling
newspapers, and the elder girl manug.
Ing the house and taking care OF the
baby. Well, just had my daughter
call on them, and we keep an eye on
them now. thought wouldnt dis
turb them while they are getting
along. The next time the boy came
with the rent talked with him lit
tie, and then I said:
"'My boy, you keep right on as
you have begun and you will never
be sorry. Keep your sisters together
and never leave them.
II showed him a ledger in which |
had entered up all the money that he
had paid me for rent, and told him
II was all his with interest. You
keep right on says and I'll be your
banker, and when this amounts to II
little moore I'll sec that you get n
house somewhere Of your own
"That's the kind Of tenant have.
Chicago Herald.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-02-02
Wonderful Cures.

W. D. Hoyt Il Co.. Wholesale
and Retail Druggists OF Rome, Ga
says Wo have been selling DR.
King's Now Discovery, Electric Bit
;crs aud Buckleu's Arnica Salve fpl
two yeas. Have never handled
remedies that sell os well, or give
such universal satisfaction. There
have been come wonGeifIl cures IF
fected by these medicines in this
city. Several cases Of pronounced
Consumption havo boon entirely
cured by use OF fcw bottles Of DR.
Kings New Discovery, taken in
connection with Electric Bitters
We guarantee them always.
Sold by G.. NJ. Shindel.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-02-02
FRAGMENTS.

Somebody asked me 20 take drink
What did l tell him What do you
thinks
1 told him-No.
somebody asked me one dav 10 play
a game Of cards and what did say
/ told him-No.
somebody laughs that will not swear,
And lie and steal but do not care
told him-No.
Somebody asked me to take n sail
On the Sabbath day; twas OF no avail
/ told him-No.
"fsinnsrs entice thee. consent thou
not"
Ny Bible said, and so on the spot
i told him-No.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-02-02
Kissed His Lifelsss Head.

A distressing accident occurred at
Pittsburg, recently at the railroad
crossing on Eighteenth street. A
workman named James Solomon
quarreled with his wife and left the
houss Ia anger. His wife followed
him, carrying her child 10 her arIns,
and their. little son ran after his faith.
er calling him to come home. Just on
the railro&d crossing Solomon paused
hooked back and was knocked down
by . passing train and his head was
cut entirely of by the car wheels.
The, woman. craxed with grief and
Horror. picked up the severed head,
kissing II wildly and implorIng for
givsnsss for quarrslling. She was
tAksn home by neighbors.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-02-02
Mason & Ham1in
Organs and Pianos.

>, The Cabinet Organ was introduced by Mason &
liamlin IN 1851. Mason g. IIamlin Organs have
having received Highest Ionors at All Great World,s
Exhibitions since 1867