Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-21
A PROMPT coNrErS,o.-
President Garaner Caw.,. a
fail to Chicago MA 0... "a.e

ana ne went forward under the idea tb'
he was to be complimented bofo. 'ls
club. sh'
"Brudder Waterfall" said tho y.
ident, as the member stood beforo l le'
with his weight on his left leg. ~
in de back end of q grocery stoo, 14
mite, beatin' Kurnel Cahoots TO, str.; .s
games of checkers, when you Como y
De fust thing you inquir'd fur
white sugar, an I sot dar' an heard rs
purchase mocha coffee, current ial1
9oc. tea. Ar I k'rect, Brudder W,t ~
fall?" N'e'
"Yes, sah."
"How's de house rent?"
"a leetle behind, sah."
An de chilren's shoes an clothes,
"Purty bad Off"
can yoa's in debt to the wood.v.,
an de grocer?"
Slightly, sab, but times is poxeh
hard dis winter"
"Sartin, an who's to blame fur it,,
de rich, sab"
Exactly. If it wasn't for few re
men in dis kentry who want to show Of
their cutters we shouldn't hev an
winter. If de rich didn't own houses
rent an refuse to rent 'em for muffin v
pooh folks could get ahead. De rid
ar to blame dat you haven't got BIZ
woodpile, a cellar full of pork an tater
an dat your family am not dressedi
broadcloth. Isn't dat de way You 60
ger, Brudder Waterfalls"
"Yes, sah."
"An' you doan' argy dat white sugs|
an 80 cent tea ar too rich for the blos
of man airnin' sc or 81 . week."
"No, sab. I amt rich, but Use jps
as good as rich folks.
II see. Brudder Waterfall, pleas
step into the anteroom. If, arter
lapse of a few minutes, you conclude d
brown sugar, an apple sass, an Rio col
fee ar mo- in keeping wild a pooh man
wages please gin three raps on
doah."
The audience waited. It wasn't
minute and half before the raps ves
heard and Brother Waterfall stepw
out great deal the worse for wear. Il
closely resembled man who had bes
held by the ear and kicked by No. I
brogan. He was breathing hard AM
much excited, but he managed to say:
"My opinion have undergone com
piete change, sah."
"Werry WE'LL" quietly replied th
President. "Some folks kin be Vc
ODER by argument and odders need
sudden shock. You kin sot down
Jedge."
LIGHTNING FOR COCkRO4cHES
Years ago when Thomas A. Eds1
was telegraph operator in the offcso
the old Franklin Company on Wal
street, he was continually getting him
self into trouble by perpetrating ele
trical pranks on his brother operators
The instruments in those days TeA
placed on shelf-like desks ranged along
the walls of the operating-room and
Edison's place was in corner OF th'
room. Here he concocted all M
schemes for making life miserable'
every one and everything about him
The Office seemed to be the rendel
vous for all the cockroackes ntn1
lower part of the city, and Edison A
on novel plan to exterminate them
one by one. He rugged up a wire alo1
the wall, and then catching one of'1
insects put it to death in the shorta
painless fashion approved by Comne
dore Gerry. One by one the lnsee
were "sparked out" of existence unu
finally Edison became known to 'A
Franklin boys as "Cockroach Iom
In the cloak-room was large 'an1
generally filled with ice-water, msn
which hung tin dipper on nall IL
wall. Edison connected this nall wiz
a wire, at the other end of when Se'
100 cells of Fuller battery, s'lV'1
enough to make one think he had u r
struck by the paddle-wheel OF ala
River steamer. The future ""NaFuv
Menlo" then placed sign below
dipper requesting all to "Please fe'''
this dipper."
His request was needed. Inc 0'N
was never taken down, but there s'',
dozen or more wrenched arms II
Office in less than an hour. l.,
All this time the youthful ln'e ~,
was working on the quadrupleS ' va,
graph scheme, which he afterwalu r. r.
fected, and which is now the pfl.'; ,I
system in use by the Western go
Company.-NeW York Ieleg'""'
HE WANTED SOMEBODY ~
SORRY. ..o-1
Dying Benedict bequea'N nd
dollar to NV wife. Have you oo'