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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

FROM an anecdotal and personal
article on Gen. Lee After the War"
by Mrs. Margaret j. Preston, in the
Century, is taken the following: "He
had the gentlest possible way of giving
counsel and administering rebuke. I
remember hearing him say, in pres
ence where such testimony was worth
more than dozen temperance lectures:
Men need no stimulant. It is some
thing, am persuaded, that they can do
without. When l went into the field.
at the beginning of the war, good lady
friend of mine gave me two sealed
bottles of very superb French brandy.
L carried them with me through the en-
tire campaign, and VIXEN 1 met my
friend again, after all was over, I gave
her back both her bottles of brandy
with the seals unbroken. 1t may have
been some comfort to me to know that
L had them in case of sudden emer-
gency, but the moment never came
when [ needed to use Them"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26
A CHURCH member was nnexnected11

A CHURCH member was unexpectedly
called upon to lead an evening meeting.
For five minutes he spoke smoothly,
fiuently and aptly, and then, all of a
sudden, by some queer caper of his
memory forgot all Of his discourse, but
the subject itself. He paused to collect
his thoughts, but they would not be
collected. Then he beckoned to worthy
brother in the front pew. When the
brother came the speaker whispered in
his ear: do you remember what I
have been talking about?' "No I do
not, said the worthy brother scratching
his head in perplexed way. Here was
a pickle sure enough. Then the leader of
the meeting called up another member
and made the same inquiry but this mem
Der was as ignorant Of the matter as the
first one, and the speaker in desperation
renewed his remarks, touching on an
entirely different line Of thought, as he
afterward remembered, and his audi
ence never knew the difference.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

promise The census Of Utah for 1890
': WI, \, oe affected by this migration; but
, III ehe polygamous Mormons will
nave 'he grace to pick themselves up
aao leave, the population of that Terri
tory Will DO 100000 within five wears
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26
"A Strange War Romance.

HE experience Of
Enoch Arden has
had many repe-
titions, but few
are more thrill
ing than the one
narrated below.
In June, 1862,
says a Detroit
dispatch to the
st. Louis Globe
Democrat, AL
fred Cummings,
a contractor and
builder of Chi
cnpo and tho
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26
And darkness reigns supreme

Her engine fires now brighter burn,
Her mammoth wheels now fnster turn,
Her dipping paddles lightly spurn
Inc river S ioaming crest;
And drowsy Memphis, lost to sight,
Now fninter shows her beacon light
AS SultnllA steains i'll the dead of night
And the Union soldiers rest.
The sleeping soldiers dream of home,
To them the long-sought day had come,
No more in prison pens to moan,
Or guarded by the gray;
At last the changing flutes of war
Had swung their prison "gntes AIR."
And laurel wreaths" from the North afar
Await their browning day.
For Peace has raised her magic hand,
The Stars and Stripes wave DER the land,
The conquered foeman now disband,
AS melts the morning dew"
And mothers wear their wonted smile
And aged siros the hour beguile
And plighted love awaits the while
The coming OF the blue.
On sails the steamer through the gloom,
On sleep the soldiers to their doom,
And deaths dark angel-oh! SO soon
Calls loud the lnuSter-roll.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. fly,
misunderstanding to the sky,
Observation-Disclosures but-to die
Commend to God their souls
Out from the flames encircling fold
Like mighty rush of warriors bold,
They leap to the river dark and cold,
Ard search for the hidden shore.
In the cabins, Observation-Disclosures
Amid-the-smoke-an d-tire-and-glar
The-awful-wnil- of-death' s-despair
Is heard above the roar.
Out on the rivers rolling tide,
Out from the steamer burning side,
Ont where the circle GROWING vida
They battle with the waves.
And drowning men each other clasp,
And writhing in DEATH closing grasp
They struggle bravely, but ut last
Sink to watery graves.
Oh! for the stars bright silver light!
Oh for q moon to dispel the night!
Oh! for the hand that should guide ari ght
The way to the distant land!
Cinsing to driftwood and floating down,
Caught i'll the eddies and whrlny around,
Washed 10 the flooded banks are found
The survivors OF that band.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

|oryG woman complains through
4 the New York papers that she
ride in any Of the cars on the ele-
road in that city without being
i by rude men who sit next to her
Ed up in front OF her. If she will
in the disguise of an old or ex-
Ugly plain woman, she will be safe
the nudgings Of the chivalrous
Workers.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

y HAT most took the Shah's eye on
occasion of his visit to the Gear
the superb uniform of the 400 I'M
PAL Horse Guards who surmounted
hussian ruler when he received his
NOR IN person at the railway station.
70 uniform consists of a spotless
NE coat, top boots reaching above
Knees, and helmet of what looks
pure gold, surmounted by an enor-
JUS eagle of silver.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

(oGs, when carried away in blind
FED Or drugged condition, find their
home oyer distances from five to
hundred miles; and in one case,
En- adog was taken off along the two
Is OF triangle, he came home by the
I'd side. The exquisitely trained in
let of the flying pigeon, and simila,
of most animals, show the
At Importance of this unerring in
lct
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

LIE Hell Gate Tower ought to be
owed to stand as permanent school
instruction to American engineers
u bridge builders. The contractors
We not been able to pull it down, and
mantle has been tried upon it three
lles In vain. They now propose to
Nc 1t down just as it was built, piece
ea .1 1t is a sacrilege, however, to
wi such masterpiece of engineering,
peelally as it is as graceful as it is
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26
Shooting the Confederates.

N old Con-
federate vet
eran tells the
following: If
you had been
around j u s t
after the lout
at Nashville
you. W o u l d
have thought
t h e re were
ten thousand
eleph a n t $
loose in the
country. The
ground W a $
covered with
snow, and, as
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

FE foreman in the Office of the Ari-
tombstone put the head " Horrible
fier,* which was intended for a
|oad accident, over a wedding no.
and got the editor shot in conse-
pee; and it has been question in
Territory ever since whether the
man really made mistake or is q
Fert to the Mona Card doctrine
marriage is q failure"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

|EeE is big sensation on hand at
|i,a, Kansas, where supposed sui
las recovered enough to tell that
Id of attempting to take his own
he was shot by a man who owed
money. The man who shot him
the person who pronounced the
ting a case Of suicide, and gave as
NJ for it that his victim was finan-
: embarrassed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

lave the Mormons plural Moses?
,ooAs little that way. They are
['paflng for a plural exodus, having
NSenased large bodies of land in Mex
" allo also in the Dominion of Canada,
~ hundreds of families have already
' r.e'' possession Of their new homes in
''D 'he northern and southern lands OF
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

While in charge of Fort Thomas
(Gallatin, Tenn, George Butler was
found in town one day considerably un-
der the influence of applejack. He was
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

. ,,ean decided that the minimum
British Foot Guards shall be
"a i've feet seven inches in the
,,el under 20 years Of age.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

-p,1r of Gen. Butler is to be
~ the rotunda of the New
;-e Capitol opposite that OF
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

rage generally is a failure, the
~, be found in the fact that so
,,nIe who go into it are not a
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26
BLOODY BATTLE-FIELDs
ENTERTAINING "REMINISCENCES OF
THE REBELLION.

Graphic Accounts of tho Stirring Scenes
Witnessed en- the Battlefield ana in
Campbell Comrades Rccite Experiences
of a Thrilling Nature.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26
Ina Selection Of Inter
esting Items.

:. , man in Hart County, Ca,
=. his entire name with two
RIB Bobo.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26
Home, Sweet Home.
BY STEWART WALLACE.

URING the
period that
Hooker and
Lee lay con-
# TO IL t i n g
each other
on the banks
Of the Poto-
/ m &C, t Il e
whole coun-
try mean
time listen
ing anxious
ly for some
news from
the seat Of
war, the lol'i-
Yates of the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

, TEcrMsEH'' SHERMAN is au-
for the statement that every
e girls at West Point get pref
n that such has been the case for
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

y VIRGINIA has a new industry,
king of Spanish cedar cigar
nit of poplar. dyed with an ex-
,ats gives the proper color and
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

.>,s has invented o cork bon
). made wholly of the bark of
;. .rne and is very light.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

ilyEEE BoURKE, of the British
t-war Calliope, the only vessel
escaped from Apia harbor during
.eat storm there, has been pro-
10 be fleet engineer as a reward
services in enabling the vessel to
OIL. Of the harbor.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

Port Hope Guide, a Canadian
prints Il list of 400 young men
I've lately left Port Hope to take
IL residence in the United States.
ives to be added that they are
nix cashiers.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

,oapISG to the Evangelist, out of
i, 1879 American Presbyterian
hes reported pastorless last year,
we less than fifty members apiece
y have 10 to l.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26
The Burning of the sultana.
BY WIN. H. NORTON, COMPANY c, 18TH OHIO.

I d N 1 G H t. s
dreary no u r
has past,
The mists of night
are falling fast,
Sultana ound 8
| her farewell
! blast,
! And braves the
III i g Ii t y
stream;
The swollen l.iv-
er's b u IL k 8
o'erhow,
The lenden clouds
are hanging
low
And wells the
stars bright
S:1var u1pyy
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26
THOSE WHO INVOKE THE LAW.

A Very Ancient Case Finally Disposed Of.
The term of the circuit court at Lexing-
ton, KY, which has just closed, disposed
of one of the Oldest cases pending in Ken
lucky and one of more than ordinary in
terest, having been in the courts since 1911
and known as Wyckliffe's executors vs..
Brickenridge's heirs. The case has been
to the court Of appeals several times and at
last, after costing in the neighborhod Of
81, 100000, has been decided in favor Of
the heirs Of John Breckenridge. The suit
was originally based upon an alleged con-
tract between John Lee on the one part
olas on the other part, dated August 9th,
1895, whereby Lee sold to Nicholas and
Brec kenridge one-half of tract of land
in Clark county, KY, containing over
5000 acres, for the sum of $50 per ten
acres. Henry Clay was mixed in the case
originally. The original claim, out of
which this case arose. amounted to only
about $4,000, but the amount of land in
volvea, the present value on account of
the rich iron deposits, and the natural ten
dency of litigants to fight as long as pos
sible, have cotinued to keep this case on
the docket these many years. The record
] ID very fOAu4AAuOuS> oI4HA AA0AJ VI oA&0 pN-
pers in the case are euriosities, dating back
to the foundation of the commonwealth.
After The Standard Oil Co.
The Goodlander Mill company, of Fort
Scott, Kan, has commenced suit in the
circuit court against the Standard Oil COM
pany, on plea of trespass on the cars for
$4,000 In November. 1887, the Stand.
ard OIL company shipped tank car con-
tanning 5000 gallons Of kerosene oil to
Fort Scott, where it was placed upon 3
side track behind the extensive mills and
elevators of the Goodlander company.
Workmen, desiring to empty the car Of
its contents, unscrewed the cap of tbs out
let pipe which should have been closed on
the inside with valve. This was out Of
order. and when the cap was removed 5000
gallons of oil burst out, flooding the first
story of the mil. When the stream of oil
reached the furnace in the boiler room it
was ignited, and in an instant the mill
and elevators, valued at 100000, were in
flames and were totally destroyed. Hence
the suit.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

{ substance of the coroner's report
nd-reader Bishops case is that the
s were not to blame, but they
not to have done it. It is, like
sstern jury's verdict-"Not guilty,
mt do it again"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26
Incident of the War in Missouri.

n a sunny day in
the latter part of
September, l 8 6 3,
writes G a p t a i n
James NJ. Russell,
First Iowa Cavalry,
in t h e National
Tribune, General
Blount, with hi $
staff and headquar-
tarS band accom-.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

T N our company we had
a seventeen year -old
Il soldier, whose name
,was Judson Craker. He
seemed never to have
learned what fear meant.
III there was ever any
thing dangerous to be
done, Craker wanted to
have a hand in it. It
makes me laugh now to
think of his exploits on
the picket line in order to
get a better shot at the
enemy. One day our regi-
ment was ordered to quiet
ly pick ND our knapsacks,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26
Brave hudson Craker.

BY H. W. ROOD, TWELFTH WISCONSIN.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26
A High-Flyer.

BY LIEUT.. J. H. ROBERTSON, THIRTEENTH
INDIANA BATTERY.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26
: OF THE TIMES.

'' gs OF THE TIMES.
oies selection Of Inter
w.. esting Items.
'nx
''' :. man in Hart County, Ga,
a. ;, his entire name with two
g. BIB Bobo.
Al .x,n has invented cork bon
apr '' ;. made wholly of the bark of
IS, d .~ee and is very light.
nh, .,ase generally is a failure, the
In. ' ga, be found in the fact that so
ed ,nIc who go into it are not a
Slo ,-c,1r of Gen. Butler is to be
eu' u the rotunda of the New
.es hire Capitol opposite that of
Dix
ns !. hsan decided that the minimum
British Foot Guards shall be
NV ~ five feet seven inches in the
Gov rca under 20 years Of age.
,- V ,RG1N1A has a new industry,
:" ,Ijns of Spanish cedar cigar
r nit of poplar. dyed with an ex-
o o .ias gives the proper color and
~ W = TEcuMsEH" SHERMAN is au-
for the statement that every
Wa he girls at West Point get pref
" y r,j that such has been the case for
D., ears
= onpISG to the Evangelist, out of
I'd 1889 American Presbyterian
-. les reported pastorless last year,
i, i've less than fifty members apiece
FL q have 10 to l.
n' Port Hope Guide, Canadian
prints list of 400 young men
I'D ba5e lately left Port Hope to take
ia eiy residence in the United States.
al eryes to be added that they are
i .nk cashiers.
substance of the coroner's report
a1 ad-reader Bishops case is that the
=, Is were not to blame, but they
II not to have done it. 1t is, like
estern july's verdict-"Not guilty,
ont do it again"
J.. GxEEE BoURKE, of the British
4 Pt-var Calliope, the only vessel
escaped from Apia harbor during
gyeat storm there, has been pro-
10 be fleet engineer as a reward
services in enabling the vessel to
oNt Of the harbor.
DUNG woman complains through
the New York papers that she
iride in any of the cars on the ele-
road in that city without being
by rude men who sit next to her
ld up in front OF her. If she will
in the disguise of all old or ex-
lgly plain woman, she will be safe
the nudgings Of the chivalrous
Workers.
IRE is big sensation on hand at
Tia, Kansas, where supposed sui
Las recovered enough to tell that
Id of attempting to take his own
he was shot by a man who owed
money, The man who shot him
the person who pronounced the
ting case Of suicide, and gave as
bN for it that his victim was fnan-
embarrassed.
FL foreman in the office of the Ari-
tombstone put the head Horrible
hder," which was intended for a
(oad accident, over a wedding no.
and got the editor shot in conse-
bee; and it has been q question in
Territory ever since whether the
man really made a mistake or is q
Fert to the Mona Card doctrine
marriage is a failure"
'0Gs, when carried away in blind
led or drugged condition, find their
home oyer distances from five to
hundred miles; and in one case,
En- adog was taken off along the two
Is OF triangle, he came home by the
I'd side. The exquisitely trained in
pet Of the flying pigeon, and simila,
abilities of most animals, show the
AT Importance of this unerring in
bet.
WHAT most took the Shah's eye on
occasion of his visit to the Gar
the superb Uniform of the 400 I'm.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

On MAD
Ar'o'Srs,
AkorAs.
! the com,p,,
, lice c""',at|
Dakota.
in the sso,,
onvention d
was the an,
committees, d
j he var,oa,
y topic enbs
the constit,s
and ratified. !
ave nothing
cans of disge,
Introduce.
of the re,
e of the lead;
F tsti, Apps.
Sphinx. i've L.
'le' twen,,y.ao|
nd Seat Of Gov,
pi'ipu1 inast:a
'lativo-we.,s
Of Lincoln
o. =. kingsbary.
-stoddard. o =
,ny. Of Hansc5
'nds-coats,
Hall, of srnl
banking and
organisat;sal
Goddard, Of Nd
Penditures-Ei
Public Bs
ter Rights
or ,,. internal Il
OF HutchiasoI
|men-WilNs,
Davies. Of Ed
OF CodiNg,os
Oh Of the Cons
Faux.
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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-07-26

was intro3
committed
section III
lands laayl
Stature ma
I not n,crd
les, Of the1
oh lands 81
|ge and I'd
9. Of the =
aid school
leadow and
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-21
NORWEGIAN LEGENDS.
Fantastic Tales Originating With the
Norsemen of fore.

Strange legends hover over these
regions; the mountains were trolls
(giants). who at one time had been
counting. and who. when rejected or
when driven to jealousy. pursued each
ether, rolled mighty rocks upon each
other. or hurled them in each others
path. and ended by being enchanted
into stones themselves by some might
Ter trolls. These legends are immense,
As if they treated about folding the
City of New York together like ear
pet. carrying it off across the Atlantic
and unfolding ii again upon the plains
of Normandy, without Il house. a child
or cup b ing broken on the way.
These regions had at one time poet,
Peter Dass contracted from the
Scotch Dundas). who died in 17os. He
described in original verses this part
of Norway -Nordlaud and the love
and the imae nation of the people
have chung to him to such degree
that now the worthy Nordland clergy
man is to III rl rs giant OF Solomon ;
height in the tales OF the East. He tied
down the devil as you would bind and
tame "A dog. Satan was always at
his beck and call. aud had to bring
him every thing he wished for AMI to
carry him wherever he wanted tn go.
One Christmas Eve Peter Dass sailed
or milestone down TO the King of
Denmark, where he was right royalty
entertained. but next day he delivered
his Christmas sermon IN his little
parish church in the north. hundreds
of miles AWAY. In the same way that
they have endowed him. these people,
whose imagination has been reared by
the wild. weird nature around them
during several months of continuous
light, night and day. during AN equally
long period of continuous darkness,
with the wild restless rays OF the
AT rora borealis across the canopy OF
the heavens. and in the fantastic life.
at sea with the fish shoals under them
and millions Of birds hoyerin above
them. they will probably in century
o.. two similarly endow those who to-
| lav have won their love or their
hatred. Bjornstjerne Bjornson, in
| Harper's Magazine