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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-12-19

leave enough land to produce all the other
principal crops of the Union. A large
part Of Dakota is still unoccupied. 1t
could contain the present population of
the United States and not be as crowded
as Belgium.
Few persons realize the immense size
of the Territories along the northern
boundary Of the Republic-Dakota,M Mon
tana. Idaho and Washington. each an en-
pire ia asta and wonderful in variety of
resources of field, forest and mine. Any
one OF these four Territories is larger than
all of New England, and far more richly
endowed by nature. The continuous line
Of settlement to the Pacific is to be
through these soon to be Northwestern
States, the conditions being against con-
slant growth along any other route across
the continent. Tho altitude of the valleys
and table lands in the highest section
Of this northern route, Montana, is on an
average 2, 200 feet lower than the plains of
Wyoming. Colorado, and Utah, the North
err Pacific Railroad, in its long run from
st. Paul to Puget Sound, nowhere reach
ing the height Of Denver There is dip
or depression in the Rocky Mountain sys-
tenn in Montana which admits the warm
winds from the Pacific, even far into Da.
kota, giving oil the region much milder
and more uniform climate and better aQri-
cultural and stock privileges than in the
more elevated regions to the south, where
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-12-19

While traveling.in the south of Ire
land tourist was RECALLED by q car
driver with the tale of how Paddy
Murphy had his brooches let out It
was thus told:
well, sor, Paddy Murphy, who
lives in o cabin close by, wanted pair
OF brooches. So he goes down to Peter
MICHIGAN, the tailor, who lives in the
valley below, and says, says he, Peter,
want you to make me o pair OF
bree ches.'
"'stand by says Peter, 'and will
measure you
$50 the breaches were made, and
when sent home they were SO small
that Paddy could not get into them.
Back he took them, and told Peter how
vexed he was with them.
You've made my breeches too
small, he says. You must let them
out
We'll says Peter, leave them with
me, and will do that same for YOU
$50 Pat left them to be let out.
Time went by, and Peter did not send
them back. So Paddy went down to
the valley to see why he did not gel
them. As soon as he got to the house
he saw the tailor digging up some pota-
toes, and he shouted out to him, Peter,
have you let my breeches out?'
Faith and / have says Peter;
I've let them out for q shilling o week
ever since you left them
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-12-19

in use upon the Western prairies. where
the intellects of the sons have been quick
ened and broadened by the yastpess of
their domain, where the soil is fertile to
productivity, and whe the bracinp mir.
good water and healthy food develop the
highest types of physical life. II ID the
yigor born of frost that makes the north
temperate zone the only one Of Importance
in the world Between the 4Oth and 5Oth
parallels of north latitude in the United
States will be found the largest cities, the
greatest wealth, the finest h.. tn condi-
tons, the most enterpri~ing people and
the widest diffusion of intelligence and
comfort in the world The center of
this belt of power is Minnesota and Da-
kota, where not only the best wheat is
grown but the best -four is made. Under
the old grinding process winter wheat was
considered the best, but since the flour
made OF Dakota spring wheat has become
favorite among bakers all over the world
there has been much speculation WHY
this wheat, which is ready for the thresher
III four months from the planting has its
peculiar hard quality and makes -four of
such strength and purity rs to give the
baker 300 pounds of nutritious bread from
l96-pound barrel of flour, or Is to 30
more loayes than he can get from an equal
amount OF the winter wheat product. The
conclusion Of scientific investigation is
that the long and ontinuous sunlight in
the pure air of the Northwest is the i'm
portant factor in not only perfecting the
wheat but all the other cereal crops. The
valley of the Red River of the North is the
most productive grain-growing section of
the country. Bayard Taylor called it
the Nile of America Seven counties on
the Dakota side in 1887 produced 20, COO
600 bushels Of wheat, II ,OO0, 900 bushels
of oats, aud 1900, 600 bushels of barley.
The entire wheat crop of the United
States could be grown in Dakota and then
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-12-19

THE OLD WAY OF CROSSING THE PLAINS.
the land is lifted into the dome Of the
continent. This accounts for the existence
Of more arabic land than is found south,
the Northern Pacific alone having more
land capabls of utilization along its route
than all the other transcontinental lines
combined. The presence of great navi-
gable rivers-the Missouri, Yellowstone,
Snake, Columbia, and numerous tributa-
ries-is evidence Of the fact.
The development of the Northwest is
going on at rapid rate, progress TO be
accelerated the coming year by the GER
tainty Of statehood and self government
by these great Territories. Land is the
basis Of wealth, agriculture is the basis
Of civilization, and diversified industries
the key that retains wealth in . commu-
nifty. Examine these Territories on this
hypothesis. They have countless acres
Of timber, mineral, gazing and farming
land. The land will produce all that is
needed for the support Of human and AMI
NAL life. The forests comprise every va
riety Of wood necessary for the wants Of a
rips civilization. In the mountains.
crowned with forests and enlivened with
cooling streams, afe 20 be- found nearly
every precious and base metal known 10
nan; III III mstaliic snd mineral sarths
nd eisnanas ussd n nsdicins, shsmis-
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-12-19

down upon the Eighth Corps, demoral-
ixing IL. The right OF the Union army
and the center maintained their integ-
rity, but the left was badly broken.
Some months before. /, who was a
member OF the Eighth Corps, had the
good fortune to capture . thorough
bred Virginia mare-A marc which bore
within her veins right royalty the
bluest blood of both continents She
was thoroughbred racing mare, high
tempered, vicious, full of energy, power
and speed. The Captain found her so
ugly he could do moth ag with her. and
he said: Hoard, you can hive her, il
you can take care OF her. And went
q il under the Rarey system, snd final
" established an understanding be-
tween the little girl and myself. used
to call her Little Girl. The day of
the battle came / was ordered to re.
move the secoad sectionof the battery
I thought knew my ground / thought
il was easy for me to jump fence and
take abort cut and do my duty. But
] got lost; the confusion was such .
character that / did not know where
i was, and finally ! jumped the fence
into 4 dirt road about one hundred
rods from the pike, when / was aaluted
with the remark: Surrender. you
Yankee SON Of immortal descent.
I bethOught me . did young Loo him
NJ. They viii have fleet steeds Who
fellow. And / thought 70 myself.
sAetzide ~ two thousand years Of
eni9At 1peciAc breeding, and suxren-
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-12-19
TIE H. ia I 8 EXT
A WONDERFUL EMANCIPATION AP,
PREACHING THE MIRACULOUS.

rho Great Northwest Now = Thrivfuw Gar.
den ~ Hoantiful Husbandry -PsIat n
Edihces and Popu.oas CItiss supp,ant
the lntl'an Tepes and vilIaxc--Graphfc
Descriptions with Apt Iliu$srations.
An exploring party sent out BY the Gen
erai Court of Massachusetts Bay Colony
In 1856 reported that the interior Of the
country was most desolate," and that to
extend settlement more than twenty miles
from the coast would be useless. as the
land was rocky and like the desert" This
scarecrow Of the desert has always stood
III the way of the westward movement Of
population. The adult reader Of this will
remember that his school geography nut
the limit OF the agricultural area at the
Mississippi River; all beyond was the
Great American Desert" and the un-
trave' ed citizen Of the East has not I'M
learned this lesson of his youth. Cross
ing the Mississippi and then the Missouri,
the advance guard Of civilization found,
not the desert, but grassy meadow lands
the remote past had, with its massive
harrow Of ice, pulverized the rock
in;o soils perfect in chemical proportions
for the growth Of vegetation. Everywhere
the plowshare moved through the soil like
the keel through the water, and countless
acres were added to the food producing
area Of the republic. The discovery Of
tn SO untitled fields, the gardens of the
desert, settled the question Of more and
better met and bread for the hungry mil
lions of earth. New appliances we're
needed upon land where the pillow could
move for miles without meeting an OBJ
stacle, and SO the gang pillow was invented
and substituted for the single one. Sow
ing grain by hand was too slow, aud SO the
seeding machine was called into use. The
sickle, the scythe and the cradle disap-
peared before the reaper and mo yer, and
the latter in turn went down before
the self-bindiug harvester. and the
steam thresher naturally followed,
capable of doing the wo,k of an
army Of men with fails. The cramped
valleys OF the East would never have de-
veloped the labor-saving implements now
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-12-19

out 81 here immediately. Susan re-
sponded. The Lieutenant who COM
mandod the squad was nearly - well
mounted q myself. Down the pike We
went laundering, the thirteen men
shooting ct me with carbines, and
every moment / expected bullet to go
blowing up my back. or my mare to be
killed, but the strange provide nee that
attends the soldier, whereby it takes
$50 rounds to kill one Of them, attend
cd me. After me they rushed, yelling,
Surrender, D. You, surrender!
And says, Susan, get out u here. >
Oh, thought to myself then: Thank
God that somebody had sense enough
not 10 make hash OF breeding: some
body has been wise for Hoard's sake. >
Down that pike we went, they shooting
and / running. Finally / became so
excited in sc eng that wonderful stride,
that tremendous fire, that wonderful
reaching for the ground in front, that
tremendous hurting away Of IL in the
rear, that condensation Of the heredity
OF 1000 years laid into that little body,
] became SO inspired with it that /
reached back aud motioned the Lieu
tenant to come on. He responded with
shot from his revolver. Zip went the
bullets past my ear, but / paid no
attention TO them. 80 intent was
I in watching the little mare
do her duty. BY and by I began to
see the gap widen between us, and
then came this wonderful quality
called endurance. Suppose her line Of
heredity had failed in one particular?
She would have laid down by the road
and Hoard would have gone to Libby
Prison. II his life had been spared.
Zone o'clock came, and with 1t Sheri-
dan from Winchester, twenty miles
away. Who knows to-day how much
the Union cause is indebted to the men
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-12-19
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The Latest Idlet1o Slang Phrase From the
E0sss East.
man whose appearance bstoksneA him
to DO commercial traveller sat in the ho-
tel Cadillac office last night, tipped back in
an armchair, contentsdly conversing
with that glibness peculiar to his profess
sion.
In addition TO selling the best line Of
goods in America" he said, with benign
smile, am introducing in tho uncultured
west new slang phrase that is running
wild in the mouths Of eastern people, par
ticularly residents Of New York city.
What is it?"
1t is 'in the SOUP I've been in Detroit
two days but haven't heard it used. In
the east everything is Sin the soup'-Cleve-
land and the democratic party, for in
stance. II man has little hard luck or
meets with misfortune of any kind. of
his base and kindred phrases are tabooed,
and in the soup describes his predica-
ment.
Unlike most slang phrases, its origin is
unknown. Last spring when Kilrain.. the
pugilist, returned from Europe on the Gu
nard steamer Etruria, his friends in New
York prepared to give him grand recep-
ton. The vessel arrived in the evening
and lay OF quarantine waiting for daylight
to come into port. A party Of Kilruins
friends, considerably the worse for liquor,
procured q tug and went out to take their
hero of and bring him ashore, but the CAP
tain swore the drunken crowd should not
come near. AID they did not. While cruis-
ing around the steamer one of the tugs
passengers, man named Johnston, in
leaning over its side, fell overheard. One
OF his companions who witnessed his fall,
but was too drunk to throw him rope or
offer other assistance, contented himself
with calling out:
"Ho! Johnston's fell in the soup!"
Comparing the Atlantic ocean to . plate
OF soup was SO supremely ridiculous that
when the incident was related in New York
papers the expression struck the popular
fancy and is now destined for run. De
troit Tribune.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-12-19
:, farming, or the arts, either esist 8

try, farming, or the arts, either exist -
natural productions or can b pro-
duced. A single county in Northern
Idaho, with four years Of Development,
Is producing quarter Of the entire lead
output OF the Union. In seeming COM
pensstion for ronghness few acres Of
mountain land in rich district will give
employment to large population aud
produce more treasure than many thousand
acres of farm land. A trip through this
northern region is one of surprising inter-
terest; everywhere instruction for the In
telligent observer, and opportunity for cap
ital. In the Yellowstone Park nature
seems to have taken holiday and in .
mad frolic made the wonder region of the
world. Montana produces more mineral
wealth than all the other Territories COM
bined. making Helena the richest city per
capita in the United States, an honor
Spokane Falls will some day contest A
trip of 1000 miles is nothing to do now.
Times have changed since the days
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-12-19

EVERYBODY familiar with Ayers Almanac
knows that it is much more than mere
vehicle for advertising the STANDARD Fami-
~ Medicines Of DR.. ]. C. Aver Il Co., of
Lowell, Mass. Its reliable astronomical
tables, historical data, fresh and whole
some jokes, not to mention its weather
predictions, make it one Of the most well
come and valued of ANNALS. And now we
have to acknowledge the receipt Of neat :
ly bound presentation volume Of the Al
manac for 1889, containing copies of the
various editions in English and nine other
languages, also srecimen pages Of pamph-
let's issued by the company in eleven I'D
ditional tongues--in all, twenty-one Ian.
euages. From the preface to this interest
ing book, we learn that between thirteen
and fourteen million almanacs are issued
by the company annually, consuming
about twenty five miles Of paper day.
Surely, with all this advertising, to saw
nothing of the newspapers and posters, Il
would be inexcusable in any one not to
know that Ayers Sarssparilla. Cherry Pee
toral, PILLS, Hair vigor and ARue Cure are
superior to all other preparations of tho
kind in the world. Ayers Almanac for
1889, In its usual attractive form, is now
ready at the drug stores,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-12-19
Epperor Williams Income.

William Ii. has no fixed salary as EN-.
peror of Germany, but there is about &
million dollars he can use if necessary
As King OF Prussia, however, he has q
civil list amounting to SO, 1850, 600; but the
taste for travel and other expenses incurred
in the interest of the empire necessitates
1t appers, an increase of revenue. Sc
when the Reichstag reassembles proposal
will be made to add several millions Of
marks to the imperial civil list. The EN-.
perors recent visit to Vienna and Rome
cost about $200,000. Among the presents
that he distributed along his route wers
eighty diamond rings, thirty diamond ant
emerald necklaces, fifty scarf pins, thirty
gold watches and chains, six sabres stud
ded with diamonds and emeralds, and
hundred boxes of cigars.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-12-19

- nj \ A IsutsaAst
!. ~ ss "a NE
paus3y ia. - = % 7 always aoldiers
/ syS in1 q f1i lnins II those
6assL "a Trank A - diinculty in
/ enfhesing up hal1 1p5sn Who agreed
- etnnd ~ him y ~ - explained the
tuaktpn y thsns ~ t0ok posses-
| - Of tho suspocl ~ oonveysd him to
Ca1np Chsas. nsar Colnmbus. There
- 1As positivsay nissd BY many
paSo.ed psisop1Yo No had sesn him ct
AndexscnvilIe and etker Confederate
Hpsisons. H 49, Lieutenant Davis.
Frsnk Bsvsrstoek bslOnged TO tho
Third VEST Virginia Cavalry, and is
nov dead. Congress neyer gave him
nsdal Tor this exploit, but il should
havo done 70.
Dsvi. ~ thoroughly searched. and
appers found IN the lining Of his coat
concluaiyely estsblished his character.
They wese dispatches and instructions
frOm the Richmond government TO
prominent Confederates il Canada, and
related TO the Northern raids.
He was promptly tried s spy, con-
victed, and sentenced 10 be hung. He
was sent to Johnsor's Island for the
exeCntion Of the sentence.
Nov occurred the strAngest part Of
this business,
VI It II known that : man who was per-
mitted TO visit Davis after his con-
domination told him 70 make himself
4
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-12-19
The Ghost Of y Chance

"Materialtzes" and becomes . vexitable reality
when health, will-o-ths- wisp often chased In
vain, 10 sought by the nervous, dyspeptie
bilious invalid through the agency Of Hostettsr'a
Stomach Bitters. Looming In the distance Al
first, it is surely drawn toward the sufferer by
the Bitters potent influence. 1t incorporates
itself with his being. 1t 10 seen reelected In the
hue OF the countenancs, the animation Of the eye
1t Ia felt in Q sense OF renewed vigor, in the
restoration Of nerve tranquility and digestion
and undisturbed nightly repose. What person
suffering from any Of the maladies to which thu
Bitters are adapted, will postpone the means Of
cure knowing it can be relied upon3 Dyspepsia
constipation. malarial disorders, rheumatism
biiousness, kidney inactivity are certainly
conquered by 1t,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-12-19
An Agitation In France.

French women are agitating for their
right not to wear trousers or vote for pres
ident, because being the most practical OF
all women in the world they do not care
about these things, but they want to be
allowed to vote for judges who sit in
judgment in cases which they bring
against men, ard who, they declare, are
often influenced by the fact that the male
defendants are voters while they are not.
In France, where women take more act
i've part in business affairs than in any
other country, the laws of the land hamper
them most outrageously, and their object,
which has found champions in De Fevre
and $50 other deputies, is simply to help
tradeswomen paying licenses to get ON the
same business basis as tradesmen in tibet,
particular lines. 1t is likely that they will
attain their end.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-12-19

The historian OF the First Maine
Cavalry writes: For half an hour or
90, skirmish WAS kept up by
the enemy, their bullets whistling
loudly and angrily through the still
night air directly over the heads OF the
boys in the road, and striking the trees
and fences behind them. But the men
made the best Of it, and joked and
laughed quite freely.
While the bullets were whistling
their crossest, one of the tallest SER
geants in the regiment, who was at the
head of his company, noticed large
persimmon-tree standing near him, and
quietly remarked:
@There's persimmon-tree, boys. 1
wish those rebs would load their mus
kets with persimmon, and quicker up
their muzzles."
Whoever has eaten half-ripe persim-
mons will appreciate the remark, and
it is needless to say that for the mo-
ment the danger was forgotten.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-12-19

q -
this oil for identifying the hair. II
imparts peculiarly bright, glossy APP
pearance. and besides, it never con-
geals, even in the coolest weather.
And we made our ink, too. For this
We used the balls Of red oak, which we
crushed and boiled, and the liquid thus
obtained was strained and set with
copperas, thus making raven black
indelible ink. The manufacture OF
paper was beyond our capacity; SO we
wrote on any kind that came to hand
newspaper. wrapping paper, wall paper,
and indeed anything that could be
utilized for the purpose. All old let
tiers and papers were examined in
search Of blank sheets. remember
once writing letter on . Confeder-
ate bill, making the envelope of q
blank sheet torn from an old letter,
sealing it with the white OF an egg,
and writing the superscription with
oak-ball ink.
The article Of wearing apparel that
tried mems souls most severely, and
women's, too, was shoes. There were
no tan-yards in our neighborhood, and
il there had been there was NO material
to work on. The cattle were all driven
~ - .ns uine,sn. csMPs 40. ~ iulnlsi'
looa iuI .ns soiuleIs' sna :no noi ~
welo p1's1Mgu: a ln.o sno sels,o su u IN; sas
couns'y aos anu l, a.a % M M Alnus
welT scare co I ~ .nis par,
~ .ae 1ou'n' nealu ~ 9 n,an 1lo
sscIlHcel an en1.re psc. u !ucAiess
uoss ana coLseIsea .ae,l sains l.'o
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In Funds.

Smith So you've got pretty little
boy.
Jones-Yes.
S.--Named him yet?
J.--Yee. Called him William.
S.--Pretty expensive business, isn't
it, having babies?
You just bet! Cost me for the
whole thing, announcement, chris en-
ing, ETC., an even one hundred dollars.
s. Well, you are nothing out.
j. How's that?
S.-Youve got your One-hundred-
dollar Bill still. Boston Courier
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Minnesota. The great mills of Minneapolis,
which grind every day enough flour to feed
fourth of the people Of the Union.
gave additional cause of wonderment to
our judicial friends. The two cities but
index the growth of the mighty tributary
region west to the ocean. New York,
Buffalo, Chicago, Duluth, st. Paul. and
Minneapolis, a chain of cities along the
northern zone of power, each with thou
sand industries in hand, but none more
important than the grain trade. with steam
cars and boats, bustling Wharves, vast
warehouses, elevators, and mills, and
swarming life in many score avenues Of
traffic, in the perpleKity Of which is seen
the evolution Of commerce from mere bar
ter to the precision. of science. A new
claimant is asking place among the grain
cities, in Tacoma, the city of Puget Sound,
wheat of Washington Territory This
hard like that of Dakota. Is larger
grained, and often exceeds the legal
bushel from to pounds, making it the
heaviest wheat in the world and its yield
is marvellous, so bushels not being un-
common for whole farms. A popularity
Of Pacific grain growing is the volunteer
ing of crops, as high as 30 bushels having
been gathered from a field tho third year
without reseeding. There are more than
800 varieties of wheat known to man, but
those grown IN Northwestern America lead
the world in purity, quantity and quality
of -four. The advance in civilization
seems to have been in exact proportions
with the improvement in bread food and its
general use among the masses. The Bible
mentions bread, but it was not the deli
cate and nutritious compound known to
the American household. Tho countries
left behind in the race of civilization have
rever gotten beyond the sim"'e hand-mill
o. sto-es. line roller process oil Hour
making in the Northwest differs AZ much
from the old burr-mill as it differs from