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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11
THE FARMERS ALLIANCE.
Interest On Money"

If tins following is untrue or not
supported by facts let any Banker or
money loaner in Jerauld answer.
There is no good reasons why IN
terest on money, if we'll secured,
should be four or tive times higher
than cost OF issue, every dollar thus
paid costs the one who earns and pays
it as much as the dollar earned and paid
for bread These unn ecessary rates
of interest makes owners of a little
land afraid to build houses or maxi
needed Improvements on credit, lest
the interest eat them out Of land ana
home.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11
Land Office Notes.

In the list of names to whom final
homestead patents are now ready for
delivery; we notice the names of
65O7 VIM. S. Probart,
65l2 Michael. Molumsby.
G5o3 Thomas. j. Walsh
$3.50 Benz. +. Chapman.
$3.50 Winfield. S. Russell.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11

A farmer gives us the following
experience with corn and weeds IN
1887. / plowed in April about 90 acres
Of ground which had had two crops
raised on it. Planted corn about May
10th, narrowed the field Immediately
and narrowed every week afterward
until four weeks had passed, the last
time crosswise at which time the corn
| was about six inches high. My neigh
bors told NE the corn was ruined and
in fact it dld look quite ragged, at
this stage however the ground was as
clear Of weeds as it was Immediately
after planting the corn. The corn
grew very fast and as the ground was
perfectly level and mellow had no
trouble in cultivating. The corn be-
ing drilled the tending now had to be
done all one way, l cultivated only
twice ana never saw nicer corn in any
country. The yield for the field was
50 bushels per acre. This shows that
the harrow is an important factor In
raising corn.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11
2, M. Church.

services are held at the Seminary, each Sab
|a,h as follows: Bible Reading at 3 o'clock 7.
4 Ircaching Services at I 200 z NJ Everybody
E1vited. Prayer Meeting Wednesday evenings.
Professor j X treeland, Principal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11

Owns and operates nearly 5O65 miles of thor
oughly equipped road in Illinois, Wisconsin
Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota and Dakota.
1t is che Best Direct Route between
all principal points i'm the North
west, Southwest and Far west.
For maps, time tables, rates OF passage and
freight, etc, apply to the nearest station agent
of the Chicago, milwaukee, e. St. Paul
Railway, or to any Railroad Agentanywhere
in the World.
r.. Miller, a ". II. Carpenter,
General Manager. Genl Pass and lkt. Agt.
y. r. tucker, Geo. II, fleaffofd,
Asst Gen'l Manager. Asst Genl Pass
and Tiki Agt.
MILWAUKEE. WISCONSIN.
gE7sFor information in rrference TO lands and
t"a.e ,tanl oN tGr CiifrAGH. MilWAIkEE q
iiAG.,.A4, Land Commissioners. Milwaukee, Hl'-
cousin
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11
Racers, Cherry, co,,o,h Sym,

Beggs' Cherry Cough Syrup.
IS warranted for all that the label
calls for, and if it does not relieve your
cough you can call at our store and the
nonev will he refunded TO YOU. 1t acts
fgaaeapsi g.a 81, parts Of tl3t 3vs-
a, yAeIpI . lag no BAD results.
oct. rs JIM a. NJ. Matthias, Druggist
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11

Hawkeye Democrats at Dubuque en-
dorse the administration of President
Cleveland and send a solid delegation
for him to the National convention at
st. Louis. The 4th resolution adopted
indicates vesy pointedly the direction
of their material support.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11
4. O. o. F.

|was,inrton springs Lodge No. 81, Meets every
E.s5 j hight Brothers of the order, from
|her lodges are cordially invited to attend: ,
|C. L. llackett - q Ca Va
n " Thomas wv.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Theological Institute to be held
at Y ankton will commence june 12tK
and last twelve days, An able corps
oflecturers has been engaged and the
institute promises to be entertaining
and Instructive.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11

Considerable is said these days con-
corning secular education. But one
thing should be needed by every pro-
testant voter Of this country. The
Catholic church with persistent ard
insiduous effort is succeeding in its
schools more than in any other place in
teaching the principles Of religious
and political monopoly. is gaining
a great leverage upon American poll
tics through this medium. Secular
schools will not serve their purpose.
Will they serve Ours Not until de-
nominations agree in doctrine; never
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11

According to reports from Demo-
cratic conventions the party pretty
generally believes Cleveland to be the
anchor of the Democracy.-The Labor
party IN convention at Little Rock
Arkansas. comes out with so many
planks for their platform and those of
such queer shape that we're afraid
they can't work enough of them in
to stand on during the campaign.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11

On. May End 1883 Republicans met in
convention at Desmolnes La. and passed
numerous resolutions satisfactory to
The spirit of the party; and also leaning
toward Standardization, as their proba
BILE candidate in, the coming campaign.
A mention of the name of James G.
B laine however, brought loud and pro-
longed cheers.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11
j. C. w. e. r. u.

The Jerauld County w. Z. T. meets when
E.lled Ivy Executive Committee.
Mrs n. c. Hall, CWcssington Springs. Pres.
Mrs. j.. II. Blank Cor. Sec
Mrs. Matte Binford. Lynndale, Rec: Sec.
Mrs, Totliemire, WEISS. Springs, Treas.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11
G. A. r,
A. F.. g. a. NJ.
FRONTIER LODGE, No. 81.

,,.o1 Communications. Friday evenings on
sl 1iSre The full moon Visiting brethren fra
rpally invited to be present; w M.
, pvpr GuKDERsoN, Secretary.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11
nj. E Church.

|sorvices are held each Sabbath as follows:
Endav school at 10 o'clock a. m. Preaching
\ il 10 O'Clock a. NJ. and Class Meeting follow
~ CHARLES VeSSey 80. faslor.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11

Harmony Farmers Alliance met in
regular aegsion Thursday evening May
3rd O.G. Woodruff was expected to
speak on Alpena warehouse but failed
to appear. Our latchstring is still hang
ing out for him. BY vote the purchas-
ing agent was authorized to ord er of
Farmers Allianc Co. one barrel Of oil
The voice Of the meeting was to stand
by the Incorporated Co. This is the
farmers Co. and if he stands for it
at all hazards he will be proud Ct his
record in the near future.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11

So high interest means fewer houses,
higher rents, want of employment, and
poor markets, and hard times except
for favored few getting high wages
or assured incomes. Can any one i'm
agine the revolution in society if
freight and passenger rates were re-
duced to about cost, like postage
However this will be the case when
the great body of voters learn how to
unitedly demand it. That is if this
government is to be really Of, Tor, and
by the people.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11
w. c. T. u.
]. c. F. A.

Tie Jcraud County Farmers Alliance holds
|tsmeetings ut the court House i'll Washington
Springs.
Wesley Brownell :. :. :. 49,. President
E.y. Miles vice, p =, 81! en'.
{. V. Martin :. -. . :. County Lecturer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11
j. C. A. &. T. S.

rho principal place of business of the ,Jerauld
bounty Agricultural s. Industrial Society, is
Washington Springs.
j. w. Thomas. -. :. . Secretary,
B. e. CummlpgS Treasurer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11

Be sure and take stock in either the
Alpena or Woonsocket elevator, Stock
holders only can receive the benefit of
these institutions.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11

A split among the delegates to
Watertown took place prior to the
opening Of the convention. Disagree
ment in the central committee as to
who should vote in the temporary
organization caused the rupture and
two separate conventions were held
electlng two sets of delegates to the
National convention at st. Louis
Church delegates were generally in
in the majority while Bangs is with
the Day faction, which adopted reso-
buttons looking toward the lmpeach-
ment of the Governor and doing away
| with carpet haggers."
:, The colored people of this country
will celebrate the twenty-fifth ami
versary of their emancipation from
slavery, at Atlanta Georgia beginning
| November 18th 1888 and lasting till
| February 18th 1889. The celebration
will consist Of exhibitions, showing
the progress they have made during
1
The quarter-century they have been a
free people. Though twenty-five years
| is barely time to recover from such a
depression yet, we may expect very
creditable showing. With such men
as Fred Douglass II. r, Reyels, James
L, Rapier, John r. Lynch, B. X. Bruce
and j. II. Rainey, as statesmen and
leaders they need not be ashamed,
Ofsuch efforts to settle upon land OF
| their own and govern themselves as
was shown in the exodus few years
| ago they may well beproud. In educa-
| tional matters they have eylnced q DIS
nosition which their most sangulne
supporters could approve OF. All IN all
| thav have made such Advancement, as
we predict for the race now enslaVed
afaaeyranca villa the .4..t
a1g hea O gil
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11

Following resolutions were adopted
by Co Farmers Alliance May 5th '38.
Whereas: We deem it Of the great
est Importance that farmers should
so organize asTto ship their own pro-
duets and buy their own necessarics
at lowest possible price. Therefore
be it resolved that we commend the
work Of Franklin and Liberty Alliance
in their Woonsocket warehouse and
ask all farmers to take stock in their
house or in the Alpena Elevator and
in this way nd q most worthy enter
nrisn
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11

If there comes three or four raiuy
driZzly days together don't forget
yourself find fault with the country
be contented, be thankful for
the blessing you now enjoy
"NIore rain more rest" better crops
more grass and better days for Dakota
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-11

Proceedings Of the last Territorial
Farmers Alliance and the annual adj
dress of Territorial President II L
Louck are being sent to all local AL
liances whose dues are paid any who
have not paid should do SO at once and
get the latest information as to our
organization attainable.
, 1888-09-15
The Chair Bearers of China.

One of the most amusing adventures l
ever had with chair bearers was the fol-
lowing: | hired two men to carry me in
q mountain chair" to a district city about
eighteen miles off. Our route ley over
some very rough granite hills to n tiny
village, where l was to meet some Chris
tian brethren for an hour or two. Reach
ing this place about 10 o'clock in the
morning. my friends, who wished to do
me honor, extended their faaors to my
hired men, and unfortunately brought out
the sanshoo, a strong liquor generally re-
served for feasts and special occasions.
Of this was quite unaware when left
the village. We had not gone far before
one of the men showed signs of a collapse.
Two o. three times he fell on his knees,
but always declared there was nothing
the matter with him. Another mile, and
both had succumbed. We were now upon
sandy plain, stretching along for several
miles, with nothing to break the line of
view.
Pausing here until one of the men had
partially recovered, l made him take the
chair upon his back and follow me-; and
the other stuck up against q rock to fend
for himself. My companions endeavor to
carry that chair properly would have
made the most sober temperance lecturer
lose his gravity. BY the time we reached
an eating house on the farther side of the
plain we saw No. 2 on the far horizon,
doing his utmost to make up for lost
time, and an hour suficed to bring him
up moderately sober. When we arrived
at the city l paid them their stipulated
fare, contenting myself with adding a
little t~eetotal discourse; but they amazed
me by asking for more. "Whatl' l said,
you dare to ask an extra fee after com
pelling me to walk for miles and delaying
me for several hoursl" "But think, sir"
one of them said, with q broad grin,
think what a trouble we have had to get
| you alongl"-Cor. Boston Bulletin.
, 1888-09-15
Tenants of a Scotch Laird.

The Highlands and Hebrides are the
home of romance. There is a legend for
almost every step you take. But the cruel
est of these are not so cruel as, and none
have the pathos of, the tales of their W
and their fathers wrongs and wretched-
ness which the people tell today. The old
stories of the battle field, and of clan
meeting clan in deadly duel, nave given
way to stories of the clearing of the land
that the laird or the stranger might have
his shooting and fishing as well as his
crops. AT first the people could
not understand it. The evicted went
to the laird, as they would nave gone
of old, and asked for a new home.
And what was his answer II am
not the father of your family"
And then, when frightened women ran
and hid themselves at his coming, he
broke the kettles they left by the well, or
tore into shreds the clothes bleaching on
the heather, And, as the people them
selves nave it, I'm these and similar ways
he succeeded too well in clearing the
island of it's once numerous inhabitants,
scattering them over the face of the
globe" There must have been cruelty
indeed before the Western Islander, who
once loved his chief better than his own
life, could tell such tales as these, even in
his hunger and despair. Elizabeth Robins
Pennel in Harper's Magazine.
, 1888-09-15

The following adventure is told by Null
ready, the artist: One bright moonlight
night, in my student days, l was walking
in a street IN the outskirts of London,
little better than a country lane, when a
man came out of the shadow thrown by q
large tree, and producing a pistol. ad-
dressed me in the usual robber fashion
with:
Your watch and money, pleasel'
81 am a poor artist" said l. "See,
these are my drawings. l have no watch;
| have never been able to buy one"
Your money. then, and be quickl"
All this time / was watching the fell
lows face; it was very white, and | think
he was more frightened than l was. 1
gave him all the silver l had about me-;
he said Good night" civilly enough, and
started off towards London.
made the best of my way home, and
before | went to bed l drew the mans
face very carefully. The next morning l
went to Bow street with my drawing,
hoping it might be recognized by the Off
GERS there, but mol The face, they said,
was new to them.
"If you will leave the likeness here,
sir" said the chief detective, I'VE may,
perhaps, come across the person it repre-
SCENTS" That very soon happened; q
fortnight had scarcely passed before 1
was called on to identify the man who
had robbed me. He had been arrested
for murder and was easily convicted
Youths Companion
, 1888-09-15

The origin of the great proboscidian
race in general, and of the mammoth and
elephant group in particular. like the
early history of 1eames de la Pluche, is
''wrop in obscurity." All we can say
about them with any confidence is that
they form a comparatively late order of
mammals, whose earliest recognizable
representative in geological time is the
monstrous deinotherium, an aquatic ami
NAL with a long trunk and with two i'm
mense curved tusks, projecting down
ward pa~radoxically from his lower instead
of his upper jaw. The deinotherium
makes his first appearance upon this or
any other stage in the miocene period;
but as he couldn't, of course nave ap-
peared there Qike Aphrodite and Topsy)
without any parents, and as he was then
already a fairly specialized and highly
developed animal, we must take it for
granted that his earlier ancestry, though
ancient and respectable in its own time,
had long passed away, leaving not q
wrack behind, so far as yet known, in the
matter of tangible geological vouchers.
These unknown ancestors, in all proba-
bility, gave birth during their earlier and
more plastic stage-for species, like indi-
viduals, are most readily nodded in their
green youth-to three main family
branches. The senior branch produced
LIZ NSlLiObhNA I'LL Il dob bAAbOf IL AlluE
ing the world too full to hold him, about
the close of the tertiary period, demised
suddenly without issue, leaving the honors
of the family in subsequent ages to the
junior members. The second branch pro-
duced the mastodons-huge creatures of
elephantie outline and majestic tread,
most of them with tusks both in the
upper and lower jaws, though the under
pair were always the smallest. The third
branch produced the true elephants, in
Guiding both our modern Indian and Afri-
can species. US well as the mammoth him
self, and many other extinct congeners.
All the elephants proper nave but one
solitary pair of tusks. and that pair is
quite correctly located in the upper jaw
instead of the under one. Thus is evolu
ton justified of all her children. The
true elephants made their first appear
ance, so far as known, in the Pliocene
period, that is to say, the epoch immedi-
ately preceding the Great Ice age in Eu-
rope and America They blossomed out
at once, with all the usual impetuosity of
youth, into an alarming number of dis
tinct species. -Cornhill Magazine.
, 1888-09-15
war rIme C1othes in the south.

A Raleigh gentleman has collected and
preserved an interesting souvenir of war
times down south, in the shape of a scrap
book filed with samples of home made
cloth of every description. The sight of
these goods forcibly carries one back to
the days when the old time spinning
wheel and loom were to be heard in every
house. Every grade and color of fabric
is represented. from the c~oarsest copperas
checked to the finest ''silk mixed" which
was made by carding minute bits of old
silk of any kind with cotton, about half
and half, and then weaving the cloth as
fine as possible on a rough hand loom. 1t
now looks strange that persons of wealth,
taste and culture could ever have worn
such clothing, but there was no help for
it. We did wear it and were proud of our
independence. Most of these specimens
have a family history of their own, hav-
ing been preserved by his sisters, cousins
and aunts and presented to the gentleman
who placed them in the scrap book for
future generations to see.-Raleigh News
, 1888-09-15
~NNFOUNDED FEARS.

The bitter opposition of the Republican
bosses to the establishment of a third vot-
ing precinct in this city can only be as.
cribed to two motives: either tho Repub-
licans do not trust the people of the south
side in this matter or the formation of
the new precinct will interfere with the
working of some OF their private schemes.
We have heard it ascribed to the for
mor motive. 1t was alleged at the time
that one Republican manager had pub
licly expressed the belief that it would be
impossible to obtain u fair count in a pre-
cinct south of the track. This of course
is the rankest nonsense and was probably
only a blind to cover another motive which
is not so apparent.
For several years every disinterested
voter in this city has recognized the neces
sity for more polling places. The count
is usually not ended for four days. This
of itself furnishes sufficient reason why
increased facilities are needed, but in addi-
ton many people are forced to come
great distances to the polls and those on
the south side are subjected to additional
inconvenience by passing and standing
trains. No objection to the establish
ment of the new precinct comes from the
of the south side and Hone would have
come from the Sun if the political com
plexion of the people living in that section
was different from what it is.
The Republican managers may rest as
sured that everything will be conducted at
the south side precinct with as much hon
esty as is elsewhere displayed in the city.
, 1888-09-15

Mr.. Hunnawed gives some interesting
glimpses of social life in Charlestown,
Mass, in the history of that town. He
says: Drinking habits, in varying de-
gree, continued some time into the pres.
ent century, so that it was hardly civil to
receive q call even from a minister with
out u offer of q glass Of something-to
the minister it would be wine. AS late
as 1918, a church council of eighty-four
persons had at their dinner 0 decanters
of brandy, 40 bottles of wine, and IA
cigars, besides pipes" Concerning dress,
he says: The fashion followed those of
town life in Europe. a few of the earlier
prominent men must have had an impos-
ing look. d y = Thomas Russell,
nearly six feet high, appeared on Change
in hair powdered and tied, q cooked hat,
and sable lined silk great coat from Rus
sia,' while he carried "a gold headed India
cane "-Magazine of American History.
, 1888-09-15

JoHNsoN's UNIVERSAL CYoLopEDIA
is a whole library of universal knowledge
from the pens of the ablest scholars in
America and Europe. 1t is accepted as
high authority in our leading colleges.
It is not for the few, like Appleton's, the
Britannica. or the International, but for
all. 1t has Just been thoroughly re used
at a cost of over sec. 900 and three years
labor by forty editors, and over 1000 re-
nowned contributors. 1t is in eight con-
venient sized volumes. No father can
give to his child at school or his son and
daughter Just entering the arena of life,
anything that will be of more permanent
benefit. 1t is an education supplement
tary 20 that of the schools. JoEnson's is
now the latest by more than ten years.
Address for particulars and terms,
A. j. JOHNSON & Co,
II Great Jones Street,
New York.
, 1888-09-15

According to the Omaha Herald 7. n.
Shepard, the man arrested on the west
bound train Lere Tuesday evening, is a
constituencies swindler. In that city he
purchased large bills of goods for myth
cal firms, borrowed money, received cash
for worthless checks and traded in horses
and buggies without any capital. He OPP
Grated there under the name of C. F..
Winton and claimed to have hailed from
St. Joseph, Mo.
, 1888-09-15

Austria is the finest sporting country
in Europe. The number of preserves, not
counting those in Hungary, is stated at
Is, 764. and on these there were shot in
1887 80 bears, 118 wolves, "a lynxes, 9,490
stays, 60,252 roebucks, 7,709 channels,
2,99S wild boars, 26,41t foxes, 8, 729 pole
cats, 1,055 offers, 2,672 badgers, 1888 mar
mots and no fewer than 1,439, 1874 hares.
grouse, 1 300 wild geese, 102, 745 pleas
ants, 1886, 934 cartridges, 84.448 quails,
10, 652 woodcock. 1914 snipe and 2S,91l
wild ducks. The birds of prey shot were
561 eagles. 89, 610 owls. 1855 horned owls
and 106, 1858 hawks, kestrels, kites and
vultures.-New York Sun.