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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-03
OUT FOR FISH AND BROOKS.
Mrs. Helen NJ. Cougar and Rev. Thos. *.
Beccller Break Their Old Party Ties.
LDi ;lnt rllas O t'la Nninn

7k''-1S'NSS ~
ElJin, M.-Mrs. Helen II. Cougar, of
U, women who spoke for Blaine and
Logan, has repudiated the Republican
party since the Chicago convention She
made her first Prohibition party speech
i'll this city to a great audience. After
Sept. ! Mrs. Cougar will devote her
whole time to Indiana until after the
election.
E1mira. n. Y.-Rcv. Thos. x. Becchcr,
a brother OF the late Henry Ward Beechcr,
has come out for Fisk and Brooks. He
has heretofore usually been identified
with the Greenbacll party. Last fall he
headed the Greenback State ticket
A GREAT GAIN IN ILLINOIS.
Du Quoia, IW.-The recent accession OF
Rev. W. H. Boles of this place is a very
promising occurrence for the Prohibition
party. He is we'll known all over South
ern Illinois, having lec.urea in nearly
every county before gathering OF farmers
clubs. The farmers of Southern Illinois
are organized under the name OF the
Farmers Mutual Benefit Association, >"
and probably no other man has so great
an influence among the members OF this
ASSOCIATION as Rev. Mr.. Boies. There was
a strong effort made few months ago to
induce him to become the Republican
candidate fo- Congress in the Twentieth
District.
THREE KANSAS PREACHERS COME OVER.
iIurcl:, han.-At the Fisk and Brooks
ratification for Spring Valley Township
there was present the largest audience
since st. John was here, two years ago.
Three ministers, Baptist, Christian, aud
United Brethren, publicly announced, for
the first time, their allegiance to the Poo
hibition party. Each made rousing
speech.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-03

light duty; just give him a dose =. |
and put him on guard duty 's's sal
We'll, we captured the ao..
soldier had hold of each leo "o a,l,
hold of each arm, and an ., ana %
head; and he was brought in o ~ \
was terribly wounded, WHOM ~ i
Doonan rushed up and said. az r.. tr4
look at your tongue" al, IL, Let 4
time feeling his pulse), ana SAL; .lie SAP
geant,. this soldier can stand Light dS 81
just give him a dose of salts a an autl
him on guard duty" a''a pl
-. All this was 5. great fun for the bo.)
n shsy ts 9no wnn, II d too and in like
the popularity Of every Office saA !! Of
army. This SNOWFALL battle IL IN tY
bered, and pleasantly remem lo rsl9el|
every old soldier that served t ths,
the war. 'stous|
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-03
Buraette Oh Woman Suffrage,

"Why am / woman suffragist q"
shouts Bob Burdettc. And no one else
rising to answer the query, the genial
hnmorist himself solves the riddle.
Because, quoth he, because / am.
Because woman has more good. hard,
common sense than man. Because
she won't give q dollar and half for
all article that she can get for seventy
five cents. Because she does not
stalk loitily away from the counter
without her change il the robber
behind it is little reluctant about
counting it out. Because she is
too independent to pay the land
lord two dollars and a quarter for
her dinner. and then pay the head
waiter one dollar TO send her {, wait
er who will bring it to her for tifty
cents. Because she will hold her none,
tightly i'll her own good little right
hand Ior two hours, until she gets a
receipt for it from the fellow who made
her husband pay the same bill three
times last year. Not any Gust give
you credit for it" for her. Because one
day Pullman porter complained 10
me, No money on this trip: TOO many
women aboard. Don't never get nothin
out OF woman 'cepting just her legu-
lar fare" [ had just paid him twenty
five cents Tor backing one OF my boots
and losing the other: and when lly SAT-,
that, when | saw for myself the heroic
tlrmness OF those women, travelling
alone, paying their fare ana refusing TO
pay the salaries of the employees Of
wealthy corporation, I said: "These
women have q right to vote. 70 vote?
BY all that is brave and self-reliant
and sensible, they have right to run
the Government. :"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-03

WISELY and tenderly has George Eliot
written 8 It is with men as with trees; if
you lop off their finest branches, into which
they were pouring their young life juice,
the wounds will be healed over by some
rough boss, some odd excrescence. and
what might have been grand tree, ex-.
banding into liberal shade is but whin-
steal, misshapen trunk Many an irritat-
ing fault, many an unlovely oddity, has
come OF hard sorrow, which has crushed
and manned the nature just when it was
expanding into plenteous beauty; and the
trivial, erring life which we visit widh
our harsh blame may be but the mn
steady motion Of man whose best limb
is withered."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-03

South. It started soon in the morn
ing, and before night the Generals and
Colonels and Captains, and all the
officers were engaged IN it. Some
Generals were fighting in the rank. and
many high privates We're commanders
ln-chlef OF corps and divisions and bri-
gades. They snow-balled old Joe
Johnston and ran him out of his tent
and captured him; and made him ticlt
in the ranks
Generals Leonilas Polk, Harlee
Kirby Smith, BRECKENRIDGE, Bate
Cheatham, Cleburne, Wheeler, Forrest
and, in fact, all the big Generals were
INTO 1t as we'll as the boys.
Gen: Pat Clehurne was noted for his
strict discipline, and when he CAUGHT a
straggler from any other regiment in
the army, he would have him arrested
and 'Aahe HIM carry fence rail-
Wen, the boys captured ''old Pat" as
he was called. They had no sooner
captured him than some fellow yelled
out, "A1'rest that soldier and make
A12a carry a fence rail-"
Our surgeon was one of those calm.
even-tempered, steady old fellows, and
at sick call every morning there wonld
be e lot of whining fellows report ON
the sick list. The doctor would looll
at his tongue and feel Of his pulse and
say Sergeant, this soldier can stand
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-03

The guards around the railroad sbpl
had been withdrawn to the forts on IN
hilltop, at the right and left Of the rail
road. The first artillery practice trod
the fort on the left of the railroad
facing Atlanta, resulted in dismeuntnl
Il Confederate batteryman and batter
planted near the railroad by the Johu
MES; then the bloody work Of the daj
began.
I do not wonder why the battle i
Allatoona has not been written up n
some one of the survivors of lid
dreadful carnage which lasted trod
dawn till four o'clock in the afed
noon. The great mistake Of Generl
Hood in attacking Allatoona is this: III
Confederate scouts reported to Hoo|
that there were but two or three red
ments guarding the place and the mill
ion rations stored there, whereas then
were two brigades of the best troopsii
the field that had quietly arrived in til
night before the battle, and nobly did
they resist the onward charges OF It'd
Southern hosts and storming parties
until the leading Confederate oaicer|
We're fully convinced that instead d
two or three regiments whole armyol
Union troops had, in some mvstelior|
manner, suddenly come to the reseu|1
Of Allatoona and the rations. The tac1
was, that the troops coming from
Rome, by order of General Sherman
for the defense of Allatoona just fooled
Hood and the officers under him, and 4
was another George Washington mill
tary movement. The foresight OF GEM
Sherman in ordering plenty of men 4
defend Allatoona proved one Of tld
greatest gains to his success "throas1
Georgia. "
And though the people of this a5A
may never realize the importance Of M
defense Of Allatoona, Georgia, lam SIM
the troops engaged in that defense VII
fully sustain me in the statement tha1
had Gen. Corse surrendered on accola1
Of the useless effusion of blood, \
Gen. Hood expressed it, the ''ma!t1
through Georgia would have been ds1
layed many moons.
do not profess to be accurate IN ny
opinion, but 1 do say that some llisi]
testimonial is due Gen. Corse, now
postmaster Of Boston, for his deteTm!a1
ed defense, and also the noble soldeI11
who sustained him in his bravery II
is said that Gen. Sherman remaEAssa|
as he passed by the fortitications '!l'|
the place was miserably fortified, al y
nothing but the determined brayer',T,1
the troops under Gen. Corse saved Az
latoona.
I always admired General Sherman !,
and saw at once as I gazed at nm ~
the first time that he meant b'lsll!1s'
and what little of warrior | ever 1'+|
i'll my makeup was inspired IN NE !;
General W. L. Sherman; for coA'a
cred him all that man could desire ~ ;.
soldier, and a man desperately uT so1
mined to do all in his power to s snr
to the world that the American atr w.,
was not pack of bloodhoun1s, ~, ns
gentle and kind in peace, and, III S he
furious and unrevengeful. lha' c M
whole Southern army, navy, and : ~. ,s
federate States were deceived II A?a
ing the Government of the . .;l ]
States is exemplifed in the Term II,
carnage Of Allatoona. The troop sr
der Hood were shamefully decelveu linz
there were too many troops de deem Il
the place, as they bitterly realIze'
the time.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-03

A HANGING garden of sponge is I, very
pretty novelty. Take q White sponge Of
large size and sow it full of rice, hemp.
canary, grass, and other seeds, then place
it in shallow dish, in which little water
is constantly kept, and as the sponge will
absorb the moisture the seeds will !ecin
to sprout before many days. When this
has fairly taken place the sponge NAV be
suspended by means of cords in the win
dow where the sun will enter 1t will thus
become mass Of green foliage, and
should be refreshed with water daily so as
to be kept moist.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-03
at Tunica Bend.
BY WEBER Il. WEBER.


q was customary for
the Federal posts,
after the occupation
OF the Lower Missis-
sippi, to send out
foraging expeditions
in. all directions. AS
they extended their
lines up the river to
Baton Rouge, and
- 1c1H
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-03

EVERY attempt to make others happy,
every sin left behind, every temptation
trampled under foot, every step forward
III the cause of what is good, is step
nearer to heaven.-De0'e Stanley
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-03

DR.. RENK, of Munich, has been o,sc.
perimenting on the utility OF the 1,o;nt.
trio light, from a sanitary stanuPH h
in the National Theater OF M1lnle', r1lr
found that the electric light had ia. ;sS, d
any influence on the deterlofasl al The
the air, whereas the gaslight rals and tbe
temperature Of the room, deprn,e;t ;a'
air OF its oxygen, and renders"; add,
furious by increasing the carbon
especially il tho higher regions
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-03
IT'S ONLY CATNIP TEA.

General Fisk's Opinion OF the Republican
Temperance Plank.
If we could only lift this cause up
where the people would look at it regard
less of politics, believe it would be the
grandest elimination of our modern civ
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-03

He who steals little steals with the
same wish as he who steals much, hut
with less power, Plato, B. C. 427.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-03
Auatoona.
BY CORPORAL suFF1coo.,,

'HE morning of Oct,
Der 5, 1863, dawn
brightly. The Col
federate army unls
Hood had advance
} to the picket line.
and firing along ID
outposts warned Al
latoona's tlefenle,
that deadly work wa
in store for thou
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-03
BULLETS AND BAYoNETs.
Stormy Scenes, Amusing Anecdotes, and
Interesting Incidents OF the
Late War.
Bloody Battles Buzzing Bullets, Bright
Bayonets and Buggy
Beds
fredericksburg.
By j. II. WHITNEY.

AY by day VIC watched
the cnrthworks tina t
rose above tho town,
.And said the rebs We're
building for us to but
ter down;
Little dreaming we were
waiting till their works
wero all complete,
And then be h urle d
against them to terri
bic defeat!
From the cover of the
city came the deadly
rifles crack,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-03
A Snowfall Battle.

L Dalton, Ga, some
time in February,
1854, q tremendous
storm Of snow fell to
the depth OF ten or
twelve inches, and
all the boys got into
o regular old-fash-
Toned SNOWFALL bat
tie, writes S. r. Wat
1-1,,r =, ~, S'
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-03

While our guns above the river with thor thun-
der answered back;
A thousand men crossed over, and fought from
street to street.
Until beyond the city the fos was in retreat.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-07-25
KANAWHA PROHIBITIONlSTS
Send Fifty Delegates to the
State Convention.

At a meeting of the Kanawha
county Prohibitionists, held at
Charleston July 81, fifty delegates
were duly appointed to the State
Convention at Park ersburg July 81,
as follows:
John II. Davis, Eli Rose, Rev,
Kersey, d. N. Burditt, Owen V.
Jarrett, Preston Chandler, Benz.
Slack, Rev. Mccormick, J. &. Hans
ford, c. f. Frazier, E. M. McYey,
A. M. Stewart, R. 4. Putney, W. G.
Henson, John Dearier, j. G. Cline,
J, W. Moore, Capt. Sam Christey,
Wilson Hoover, P. w. Morgan, J,
G. Poe, T. F. Holt, w. s. Wintz, L.
A. Beckwith, Rev. J. Cooke, John
Lavender, Jr., B. K. Sheperd, John
Sheperd, G. W. Jenkins, A. F.
Boggs, c. w. Guthrie, &. Workman,
J. e. Middleton, w. L. Burditt, G.
A. Porter, J. D. Baines, J. E. Thay-
or, w. P. Campbell, J. E. Cox, K.
M. Handley, t. G. johnson, T. K.
Perry, Joseph Ryan, Geo. Belcher,
J. w. circuit, Sam Harkiss, Tom
Swinburn, D. G. Lovett, VIM. Jack
son, W. L. Moore, B. r. Burt.
On motion, any other mem bers
of the Prohibition party of Kama
wha county attending the conven-
ton were authorized to act as dele
gates.
J. f. MIDDLETON, Gu man.
b. r. BURT, Secretary.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-07-25

full, with some knack for tracing
causes to their legitimate effects
they resent the political plans of
the Prohibitionists and decline to
cooperate with them in any way.
This is not true of all Republicans,
but it is of some.
The Iateliioencer has no know
ledge of the persistent conspiracy
OF silence regarding the measure
ON the part of the Republican
press and leaders" 1t is true that
Prohibitionists have had the field
of discussion almost entirely to
themselves: which is to be account
ed for in part by the natural timid-
ity of the average politician; in
part ty the fact that some news
papers do not like to have it said
that they "have been bought up
by the rum power" and again be-.
cause there are newspaper editors
and politicians in the Republican
party who, though not favoring the
pr nciple of Prohibition or fear
ing that it might operate no bet
ter here than in other States, have
been willing to see the experiment
made, and so have offered no op-
position. We venture to predict
this last class will not be 20 numer-
GUS as the summer wears on.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-07-25
MariOn's Delegates to the State
Convention.

MANNINGToN, w. VA, July II.
EDITOR FREEMAN:
At very interesting and profit
able meeting of our County Com
mittee held at this place yesterday,
the following were appointed dele.
gates to State Convention
Isigh Hawkins, WV. Campbell,
N B. Sandy, Asby Stevens, David
Boggess, U. A. Clayton, Frank
Burt, Dr.L. L. Carr, Henry Tetrick,
VIM. P. Burt, E. w. Shurtleff, Jno.
Veach, o. jerks, Jr., Doc. P. E.
Shuman, Henry W. Stephens, L.
R. Phillips, John s. Robinson, D.
R. Tenant, John Stums, S. N.
Burke, and other Prohibitionists
rom this county who may be pres
ent at the Convention.
The County Convention will be
held at Fairmont, Tuesday, Aug.
81 at 10 a. m. FRANK BURT,
Chairman Com.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-07-25

The Amendment must stand or
fall, on Its own merits, regardless of
parties. Every one Of US, however,
will be found working and voting,
for its. Other must do as their free
untrammeAed consciences dictate.
If it is defeated, it will not be our
fault, but the responsibility must
rest with these who are hostile to
it.
There has beer a persistent con.
spiracy Of silence regarding the
measure, by the Republican pr ess
and the leaders for months. If it
is now to be broken in the direct
ion Indicated by the leading Be-
publicans of Cabeh county, the
sooner We know it the better.
So far as the Amendment cam
paign is concerned, nearly ell the
speakers in the field are party
Plohibitionists. But they have
adhered strictly tothe nonpartisan
text in all their addresses. While
on the contrary the few old party
speakers who have done any work
have almost without exception
spent more energy in fighting the
Third party" than they have
fighting for the Amendment. It
is about time they should quit
their meanness.
DAVE D. JOHNSON.
Parkersburg ". Va, July 16.
(INTELLIGENJER EDIToRIAL)
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-07-25
WOOD AMENDMENT CLUB.
Wants Freemans and Literature.

WOOD, FAYETTE Co., w. VA.
EDITOR FREEMAN:
We organized Prohibition
Amendment League over a year
ago, and we have not reported but
once. We are alive yet and have
done some valuable work and hope
to do more before the election. Rev,
S. l.. Weeks will give US speech
soon; he is an able speaker and we
will receive shower of good things
from him.
Please send some FREEMAN's and
any other literature you wish and
l will scatter it among the friends
of the Amendment, and will try to
get some subscribers.
Yours for Prohibition.
N. w. RAMSEY.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-07-25
shiloh Amendment Club.

EDITOR FREEMAN:
The Prohibition Amendment
Club of Shiloh, Tyler Co., w. Va,
temporarily organized by Mrs. Jen-
ME McClurkin, July 5. 1888, the
Rev. J. H. Shatton being elected
Chairman protein.
Pursuant to call of the Chair
man, Club met Wednesday evening,
July 18th, to perfect permanent
organization.
A membership of twenty-five
names was enrolled from which q
full corps of officers was selected,
viz: Rev. j. H. Shatton, President;
N. H. Brown, Vice-Prest. J. &.
Morgan, Secretary; Geneva Good
rich Treasurer; G. Morris, G. M.
Brown and Lima Shingleton. Elk.
Committee; Misses Maggie STRAIT
ton, Vide Cunningham and Bertha
Goodrich, Com. on Music.
The Rev. II. II. Miles of Sisters
vile Circuit is expected to address
the Club at its next regular meet
ing, Wednesday evening, July Is. /.
Respectfully,
J. E. MORGAN, Sec.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-07-25
Preston County Delegates.
EDITOR FREEMAN:

EDITOR FREEMAN:
A Prohibition Party Convention
was held at Independence, Preston
County, July 18th, with Mr.. VIM.
Larew as Chairman and J. Ffeam,
Secretary.
The following gentlemen were
appointed delegates to the State
Convention at Petersburg, July
3lst: DR.. J.P. Shafer of Rowlesburg,
Rev. G. s. Davis, Irondale, T. M.
Clay ton, Newburg, J. Fream, Inde-
pendenee, T. FL. Shay and Martin
Ridenour of Lyons District.
1t was resolved, to adjourn to
meet again at the call of the Presi-
dent. J. FREAM. Sec.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-07-25
The ProhibitOry Amend
Inaent and the Republican
Party.

In to-day's Ir,teI!igemcer appears a
very interesting communication
from Hon. Dave %. Johnson, of Par
kersburg. the article refers to the
proposed prohibitory Amendment
and the Republican party, and de-
serves a careful reading.
We cannot agree With Mr.. John
son that when Republican de-
olares he will not support the pro-
hibitory Amendment because the
political prohibitionists persist in
their intention to put ticket in
the field, it is "a remarkable ex-
hibition of Spite" or that this de-
claration has anything to do with
the freedom of the ballot. Political
Prohibitioniets are at liberty, as
they were before, to pat up their
ticket and to solicit votes for it,
They are warned that if they do
this the result will be lcss of some
votes which Otherwise the Amend
ment would have received.
The declaration, or adBa isslon, or
if you please, threat, means that
under certain specified c:rcumstan-
oes the Amendment will not do so
we'll. If the Prohibitionists prefer
votes for their ticket to votes for the
Amendment, they will not be
moved anything that all the Re-
pub9icans in the State may say of
or against their unquestionable
right to place a ticket in the field
and to work for it as other politi-
clans work tor theil tickets.
The Intettigesacer is unable TO say
what attitude the leading Repub.
licans" are going to assume to-
wards the Amendment. The pro-
bable attitude of those Republicans
lead themselves end do the bulk
of she Repu blican voting is less
difficult TO determine. We think
that Mr.. johnson has already sent
a guess pretty close to the bulls
eve. There is belief among the
masses of publicans of West
Virginia that the Prohibition par
ty men are more concerned about
polling large vote for their hope
less ticket than they are about
carrying the Amendment; and in
this belief Republicans find them
selves strongly supported by the
grave accusations If 80 eminent a
Democrat and Prohibitionist as
Judge Ferguson, OF Kanawha.
1t is futher believed by the Re-
publicans of West Virginia that
this Ste tie in this year offers a
fair field for the triumph of the
policy of Protection to American
industries, and that nothing stands
go much in the way as the absolute
certainly that Prohibition ticket
will be in the field to help the
party OF Free Trade and Whisky
Trusts. Being human and thought
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1888-07-25
Pleasant Valley Club.
MARSHALL Co., w. Va.
EDITOR FREEMAN:

Marshall Co., w. Va.
EDITOR FREEMAN:
The Pleasant Valley Prohibition
Amendment Club met recently and
proceeded to q permanent organi-
cation, eleoting the following off,
GERS: J. M. Blair, President; Dan.
Hartley, Vioe-Prest. Ella M. Crow,
Secretary; w. P. Jones, Treasurer.
Executive Com Williams, e.
T. Riggs, T. M. Pedle. Committee
on Music-W. P. Jones, Jennie
Harris, Lizzie Gribben.
Rev. D. A. Denton addressed the
Club and D. Williams gave a short
talk after which the Club adjourn
ed.
We have roll of thirty-two
members and we hope to do grand
work for the Amendment at this
place. Hope to have more of inter-
est to say the next time.
ELLA M. Crow, Sec'y.