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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01

through the kindness of a Texas CORE
spondent, we are enabled to supply
the coveted information. Mr.. Ernest
Wyatt, of Dallas, in that State, sends
us the annexed excerpt from an old
scrap book, which embraces circum-
stantial narrative of the historic cpl
sode:
A great many years ago the Governor of
North Carolina received a friendly visit
from the Governor of South Carolina. AZ.
ter a real North Carolina dinner Of bacon
sat in the shade of the back yeranda with a
demijohn of real North Carolina corn
whisky. copper distilled. within easy reach.
There is nothing stuck up about those
Governors" says q North Carolina State
historian. in the homely but vigorous Ian
and smoked. and sot and smoked. every
once and awhile taking a mutual pull at
the demijohn with the aid of the gourd.
which they used as democratic goblet.
The conversation between the two Gov
ernors was on the subject Of turpentine and
sice. the staples Of their respective States,
and the further they got into the subject
the lower down they got into the jug. and
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01

SAYS the New York Medical Jour-
nal: "In an experimental observation
of thirty-eight boys Of all classes of
society and of average health who had
been using tobacco for periods ranging
from two months to two years, twenty
seven showed severe injury to the con-
stitution and insufficient growth,
thirty-two showed the existence of IT.
regularity of the hearts action, dis
ordered stomachs, coughs, and crav-
ing for alcohol, thirteen had intermit-
tency of the pulse, and one had con :
sumption. After they had abandoned
the use Of tobacco within six months
one-half were free from all their former
symptoms, and the remainder had re-
covered by the end Of the year."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01

WILLIAM EUsroN, who died in
Charleston nearly fifty years ago, left
sum of money to be used in establish
ing home for aged and INDECENT per-
sons, something like the institution at
Canterbury, England, Mr.. Customs
native place. 1t was only about nine
years ago that the trustees took hold of
the matter and began operations with
the 100000 in their hands. About
twenty cottages were built, and sixty
persons were moved into them. About
twenty more buildings will be put up,
and there will be room for some 200
inmates. The Euston Home will be
one of the largest and most interesting
benevolent institutions in the South.
The building are of brick and granite,
and surrounded by gardens and fields
for cultivation, while the inmates have
fuel, lights and water provided, and
pensions for personal expenses.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01
There Is a Difference.

There is tremendous difference De-
tween holding truth and letting it
hold YOU: between doctrine merely
recoynized and doctrine that impels
Won to demand recognition for it from
ali the world. In one case you have a
dead in the other living, truth. Re
lioion to be effective demands live
wood, not dead lumber. A great deal
Of What is called popular antipathy to
ralioion is simply indifference to its
dead elements. A living faith that is
translated into action and makes one
@entler. broader and nobler, developing
;ntaoritv and probity, will never arouse
=, iiffarence.-Je,cish Messenger.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01

WANDA, Baroness Oertzen, is the
sister Superior of the German Hos
pltal in Philadelphia. The Baroness
Is a stout, motherly looking woman,
with chestnut brown hair parted and
combed smoothly back, and earnest,
kindly eyes. She has served under
some of the most noted German sur
geons, and has seen active service in
the Holy Land. Although Baroness
oertzen only came to this country last
May she has an excellent command of
the English language.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01

ACCORDING to published statistics
prepared by Wells, Fargo & Co., the
gross product of the gold. silver, cop
per and lead mines west of the Mis-
souri, River in 1888 was $114, 341, 592.
divided as follows: Gold, $50, 46s, O52;
silver, $54, 34s, 400; copper, SIS, 261,-
49O; lead, $11, 263,63O Montana Ter
ritory was the largest producer of these
metals (s32, 376,O0o, and Colorado
next (s26. 755, 500. CALIFORNIA; output
for the year was $12, O63, 46s; Nevada's,
sl2,3O5, SOB; Idaho's, S., 6S5, 900; Utah's,
s7,557, 241; Arizona's, S., 123, 1868; New
Mexico's, $3,2O9,279.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01

HENRY CLEws tells contrastive
truth sometimes. He says: "The
constructed road, mostly all new, in
that State Kansas] is 5000 miles,
while the population is about 1900, 900.
New York, with population of over
100000 of people, has but 1000
miles of railroad. The comparison
will serve to show the recklessness, if
not criminality, of railroad building on
the part of the managers of the differ
ent corporations during the last few
years." There would be some apology
for it if the business had been hon
estly done, simply with the motive OF
occupying territory few years in adj
vance Of the necessity therefor. But
when it is known that much of this
work was done for the purpose of plac-
ing securities on an already inflated
market at far above their real value,
the promoters are subject to severe
blame. 1t is even open to question ii
they ought not to be held pecuniarily
responsible for the losses entailed by
innocent investors in the chromos
which ultimately filter through the
fingers of the spectators and into the
hands of those unable to judge of val
ues. A considerable part of the rail
road stock and bond capital of the
country is held in small sums by women
out of business, practically unable to
earn money for the replacing of such
losses.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01
Cold Bathing.

The mean temperature Of t,e cold " water ter
is 70 deg, and the temperature OF me ne
an'',v o s,,tticient to produce q healthy
saappt;on In winter the bath should
i be- brought up to summer tempe nature
by by the adding of hot water. K. 1 1oway
ana a runtn, but it is doubtful whether
.,aI era henefted by it, and after md
die life lower tempel'''ul '
nositiyelv I'M urlous.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01
Anecdote of Coleridge.

There is story told of Coleridge, the
poet, to the effect that seeing particu-
larly wise-looking man at a dinner
party, he waited anxiously to hear
some pearls of wisdom drop from the
strangers lips. He waited for long
time until the dumplings we're brought
on, and the wise man exclaimed. cha!
them's the fellers for mel" The ladies
of New England town who gave a
dinner to Harriet Beecher Stowe some
years ago had a somewhat similar ex-
perience. They were all prepared to be
delighted and entertained, and the only
thing she said was, "Pass me the bread,
If YOU please"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01


@It's very strange we can't catch that
mouse" said mamma.
CRY some poison" said Aunt Har-
riet.
"Oh," said mamma, "I'm afraid to
have any poison about, for fear some
of these two-legged little mice might
get hold of it. +"
"Set trap" said grandmother.
Give tried that, but the mouse is too
cunning to be caught. It takes nib
BILE at the bread and cheese and pies.
and don't seem to care for the bait in
the trap"
eff you have all the eatables carried
out of the pantry, maybe it would,
said grandmother.
give tried that, too. But mousie
seems to have learned what q trap is,
and must have gone without his supper
last night rather than try the trap"
"I'm sure, mamma" said little Nan,
who felt sorry for the mouse, there's
enough pie and cheese and things for
all of us and for the mouse too. 1t only
wants little bit.
eyes, DEAR" said mamma, laughing;
"but he won't take that little bit just
as would like him to-"
"Your little kitten will soon be big
enough to catch mice, Nannie," said
grandma.
II don't believe she'll ever do any
thing so cruel. grandma, said Mamie,
looking very sober. eff she did [
wouldn't want her for my kitty any
longer" .
"Pooh! what else are cats good for?"
said Johnny. y
"Good to purr and roll marbles and
be nice and cunning" said Nan, hug
ging her kitty very fondly. "Kitty, :"
she added, "if you ever do such thing
as eat up poor little mouse, I'll never
love you again in the world-never,
neverw
Kitty poked up her pretty white
head, and gave Iher mistress little face
rub; and Nan felt sure she under
stood every word.
Johnny went out to see where the
mouse had nibbled q hole in the
cracker-box. and presently called back /:
."Nan, oh, Nan! Don't you want to
make some molasses candy?"
eyes, indeed" said Nan, putting
down her kitten, and running to him.
"Are you going too"
eyes. May we. mammal"
"What if I should say no?" said
mamma, smiling.
ooh, but you never do; you're such
good mamma"
"Then suppose I must say yes"
"Get the saucepan, Nan"
Mamma poured out the molasses,
and johnny carried it to the kitchen
and put it on the stove.
II know one thing about making
molasses candy" he said; "you always
boil it. But you put things in it, too,
and I've forgotten what they are"
Mamma" he cried, running in to
where she was sitting, "what do they
put into candy to make it good?"
"Well, said mamma, "there are differ.
ent ways of making candy. Some make
it one way, and some another. I al
ways used to put in little butter"
Anything else?"
"Nuts, if happened to have any,"
"That's good. Where's grand
mother?"
"Gone up to her ROOM"
The next moment Johnny was
knocking at grandma's door.
Grandma" he cried, without wait
ing for her to say, "Come in, " chow do
you make molasses candy?"
"Well, said grandma, taking off her
glasses so she could think better; cts
so long since have made any that ]
don't remember very we'll. But be-
lieve We always put in little vinegar
for one thing"
Anything else?"
Sometimes we used to put in little
essence of wintergreen or peppermint,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01

MILE. DUMAS is the President of an
association of Protestant ladies who
visit Systematically the women's prison
Of St. Lazare, in Paris. When she was
81 years of age (she is now $50, she
learned to speak Spanish, that she
might speak words of comfort to q
Young Andalusian who did not under
stand French.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01

both children brought a teaspoon and
dropped little Of the candy into cold
water.
cit ought to turn into little hard
Jumps" said Johnny.
But it did not. It travelled about in
the water, giving it very disagree
able, muddy look.
They waited and waited, and tried
and tried; but the candy did not harden
into Jumps. The only difference they
could see was that the water became
darker and muddier as they tried more
of it.
I'm tired of waiting" said Johnny,
at last getting quite out patience. "It's
getting dark. We can't pull it to-
night. But I know IT'LL be hard before
morning, Nan. That'll give it such a
good long time to COOL"
Nan agreed, as she always did: and
Johnny got his buttered dish and
poured the candy into it.
"Do you think it tastes so very
good?" asked Nan, as the two took a
little on a teaspoon to taste.
"Of course it does," said Johnny, in
stantly. II put in all the good things
that anybody ever heard Of putting in
to candy, and plenty Of 'em. too; and
how can it help being good?"
Before his bedtime, Johnny went
several times to try if his candy were
hardening.
"No; it's as sticky as it can be" he
said, as Nan looked at him when he
came back to the sitting-room. we'll
have to boil it more tomorrow"
AS soon as he had his clothes on the
next morning, Johnny bounced down
to the pantry. Nora, the girl, laughed
as he ran through the kitchen.
whats that?" he said, as he went
up to the dish The pantry was not
very light, and he could not see very
distinctly, but he heard a queer little
sound.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak" it went.
He was just about to put his finger
into the candy, when he gave jump
backward, crying out:
ooh! oh! Mamma grandma! auntie!
Moral Mani"
"What is the matter?" asked his
mother, hurrying to the pantry.
"I've caught the mouse!"
Johnny pointed to his dish of candy.
There, just inside the edge of the dish,
was the poor little trembling creature
caught fast in the sticky molasses
candy.
"Poor little thing" said Nan, as they
all came to laugh. And she rubbed
her blue eyes, as mamma told Nora to
take the mouse out and give it to old
Moses, the great striped cat that lived
in the barn.
"The candy's all good but just where
the mouse was" said johnny. MAN;
ma" he said, going to her with a taste
of it, "what more do you think we
ought to put into this to make it hard,
and-to make it taste just right?"
Mamma tasted it, and made rather
queer face.
What have you put into it already,
Johnny?"
ooh, all the things folks told me-"
what were they?"
Butter and chocolate and vinegar
and nuts"
"And egg and Vanilla" said mamma.
"And soda and cream of TARTAR" said
Johnny.
"And peppermint, said Nan.
"Well," said mamma, "Idon't believe
it ever will get hard.
"Never mind, Johnny" said Aunt
Harriet. eff you can't make molasses
candy, you are brilliant success on
mouse-traps."
Johnny took good mouthful of the
candy. Then he carried it to the
kitchen, and put it where Nora washed
the dishes, saying to himself:
II don't care a bit if it never gets
hard"
Turn +:41o &c Tho now coffee houSe
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01

Tile Servian Constitutional Con-
lon there are 36s peasants, who
al N the dress Of country people,
VI 'hem wearing sandals on their
ana all of them, without excep-
naSing a long knife either dang
a' 'helr side or stuck in the girdle.
" a' OF this weapon is the his
ois'lnctlon Of a freeman in Ser
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01

As SOON as an article becomes I'M
common, it's value as work of art rises
to surprising degree. Buffalo robes,
which have become scarce, are now
fashionable floor rugs. Any one pos
sessing buffalo robe should take it
from his sleigh and spread it among
the rugs of Oriental manufacture.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01

ILLINOIS census returns show that
outside of the cities the population is
decreasing. The school census Of 1888
shows that in July last there were in
1.-The State s43, 976 males under 81 years
|of age. In 1880 there were 789, 1915.
This is gain Of 54,3O0, but the gain
; in Cook County was 1927, SO that the
loss in the rest of the State was 28,917.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01

1E.sDER BURNETT, full-blooded
indian. is teaching public school in
Redmond, Emmett County, Mich, and
ia doing excellent work. This is one of
tbo few instances of an Indian being
amploved regularly in the instruction
os white children.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01

IL a late case on trial in Chicago the
1ndse said: eff I found private de-
tective following me I should do my
best to fix him SO that he could never
follow any one else. There should be
\ law to punish any one employing
those ghouls, who would swear a soul
AWAY for 500"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01
From the Chicago Ledger. ]

ORE than one
subscriber to The
LEDGER has writ
ten us within the
last few months
for information
as to the circum-,
stance or occasion
which elicit Q d
from the Govern
or OF South Caro-
lima the famous
AOdAaAh, doN4Coo
cd to the Gov
ernor of North
Carolina: cts q
long tim e be-
tween drink 8. {"
Hi the rto we
have been unable
to satisfy their GU
riositv. b,1t now.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01

The title of the new coffee house
company in Berlin is "Volks kaffee-
Speischallen- Gesellschaft. 1t is hailed
with much delight as a marvellous IN
stitutiOn.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01
The Navajo Indians of Arizona ar

The Navajo Indians of Arizona are
very successful in raising stock. Ac-
Fording to the figures of the reserva-
ion agent, they own 245,0OO horses
Pnl ponies, 300 mules, $500 cattle,
100000 goats, and 500 burros. The
Fool clipped for the year amounted to
100000 pounds, and they also sold
100000 sheep pelts and 100000 goat
Skins
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01

THE corner stone of hotel for
dies has recently been laid in Lon
an 1t is proposed to allow the occu-
onts to do their own cooking and
.,,sework, and the rent of rooms will
orv from $1.25 to So. SO per week.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01

dick" ROCHE, of st. Louis, one of
Pie best-known sporting characters of
|he country, is the thirteenth child of
family of thirteen children, and was
PORN on the 18th of the month. Gin
pite of that. handicap" said he, GIVE
|ad my share of good luck, and so 1
pink thirteen q lucky number. :"
Foche is reported to be worth over a
quarter of million,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01
ORIGIN OF A SAYING.
WHAT ONE GOVERNOR SAID TO AN
OTHER.

The Historic Meeting Between tho Execu:
dves of South and North Carolina, and
Che Famous Remark Which the One
Addressed to the Other.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01

AcpopHoB1A is a new term used to
,oscribe an exaggerated condition of
t,or when in high places.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01

CURIOUS crop is a harvest of 1000
o,onpes. It was obtained by an Aus
.r;on savant as the result of an expert
n,ont of literally sowing small parts of
living sponges in soil favorable to
+beir production.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01


OFT into u quiet sleep. while the Governor of
South Carolina continued to keep on with
his argument. holding the empty gourd in
kis hand in close contiguousness to the
demijohn. and wondering at the apparent
absent mindedness of his hitherto attentive
host. to whom, after a minute and a half Of
painful silence. he made use of but one re-
mark: Governor. don't you think it's a
long time between drinks?' The remark,
vas overheard by George. body servant Of
the Governor ofNorth Curolina. who. know;
to the woods. where he remained in seclu-
sion for three days; but the Governor Of
South Carolina, receiving no reply from the
Governor of North Carolina. mounted his
horse and rode sadly homeward, with an
irrepressble feeling at his heart that there
was coming to be u hollowness in friend
ship, and that human nature was IN danger
Of drifting into "a condition of chaotic
:oockery"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01

Il wife of Justice L. @. G. Lamar
the daughter of James Dean, q
|F''hy planter and politician of Geor-
She was considered the belle of
|,on' her native city, in her young
nood. She was married at an early
10 Judge William T. Holt, whose
one she inherited at his death. She
hot married to Justice Lamar un-
0out a year ago, which made her
0ilae OF the Cabinet circle of 1887.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01
MILAN, Paris, and London lead the

Milan, Paris, and London lead the
[orld in all that pertains to thor
fshly artistic knowledge of dancing.
Pc Royal Academy ode la dance" at
frs, founded by Louis XIV, and
|hleh is presided over at the present
me by M. de Soria, is the most fin
pea school of dancing in the world,
ID approached by none save that of
B Scala, in Milan.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01
then it tasted like wintergreen O

Then 1t tasted Ike wintergreen or pep
permint candy"
"Good!" said Johnny.
he found Aunt Harriet sitting on the
porch, and asked her:
"Aunty, how do you make candy?"
ooh, different ways" said Aunt Har-
riet.
what do you put into it?"
"Chocolate, sometimes"
ooh, yes. That makes splendid can
dy. What else?"
Cream of tartar, if it is sugar
candy"
eyes; anything else?"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01

CIVILIAN HENRY, you have the ele-
ments of greatness in you, and if you
we're not so INDECENT you might De
famous man." II don't want to be a.
famous man." "Why not?" "Well, as:
j. am now. people address me respect
fully as William Henry" eyes," sand
e were famous they would slap me
on the back and call me Bill"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01

V1a' and the fashion is followed by some
one hundred and sixty other deputies
belonging to the class of merchants
and artisans.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01
BY BLANK 3: BLANK.

= HUNDRED years ago there were
, , 5oo Roman Catholics IN America.
vow there are 100000.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01
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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01

IHE largest individual taxpayers in
IS IN are Frederick L. Ames, who
IS s4o,375.54 on $3,O13,OO of real
'ate; Eben D. Jordan, who pays
p'el2.54 on 1873, 100 of real estate
4 $4,000 of personal estate; Joshua
Sears, who pays $5O,153.52 on
|ol' 800 of real estate and $125, 900
personal estate; and Arioch Went
|rth, who pays $40, 696. SO on 81, 434,-
OF real and $4,000 of personal
|ate.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01
Wanted Them Raw.

"'Rah for mel"
"Here! keep quiet, or get out of
here!"
"'Rah for mel"
"See here, this is not a saloon. It's
IN oyster house"
well, I know it. 'Rah for mel"
"I'll call the police!"
"What for?"
Raising disturbance.
"No, I amt. I'm only giving my
order. I want some oysters, and say,
Raw for mev don't I?"-Chicago
Led0er.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01
A TRUE STORY.

How Johnny Caught the Mouse.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01

Open Winters.
O"What's that you've got?"
"a joke for the paper"
"Subject?"
"The weather. hit on tho mild
winter"
"Eh? We don't want it,"
why not?"
"This is no pun winter, you know"
Chicago Ledger.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01

DIES game-The partridge.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01

H. Maud Merrill, il. st. Nicholas.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01

ALEXANDER the Great died at Baby
Ion, B. G. 1913, at the age of thirty
three.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-01

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