Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-09-20

no;ohborhood row that is transmitted
from generation to generation arises from
the most trivial sources. om'1hs oo5
chases one of Johnsor's hens; johnson
stones Smiths dog; Smith killed one
of Johnson's hens; Mrs. johnson
refuses to lend Mrs. Smith a mess
of tea; Mrs. Smith tells about the
neiohborhood that Mrs. johnson is no
better than she should be; Mrs. john
son denounces Mrs. Smith in the sew
ing circle; the Church discusses the
matter next Sunday; the minister Is
drawn into the row: the local village
paper takes up the scandal and parades
it before the ewes of all its readers; Ii
becomes subject for the leers OF the
unsanctitied; the church falls into dis
repute; the minister resigns; Dea.
Jones and large contingent OF his fol-
lowers secede from the church and es-
tablish rival society of their own; re-
ports of the row reach neighboring
towns and give the neighborhood an I'M
savory reputation; property decreases
in value; the young men move away to
more congenial and prosperous locali-
ties; of course, the young ladies follow ;
the neighborhood falls into decay and
general air of neglect and ruin per-
vades the whole locality.
In the meantime Smiths dog and
Johnson's hen have long since passed
away, and no one remembers that they
We're the innocent cause of the long
continued trouble. -l'a1lhce Blade.
CANON BILL CLIPPERS.
Captain Meredith, John Ritchie, and
George Shields, known as cold HOSES"
and "old timers" sat around in the
Press club one afternoon recently and
talked about the times of the war and
told of the funny capers that cannon
balls and musket balls cut. Capt.
Meredith said he once found dead
rebel behind q tree The dead man
was resting on one knee, in a position to
shoot. His musket was in his hands,
the butt of the gun was against his
shoulder, and one eye was open, squirt
ing along the gun barrel. There wasn't
mark on the body, but the man was
stone dead. There was a ten pound
cannon ball buried in the tree. The
man had been killed by the concus-
sion.
Mr.. Shields said that he saw can.
non ball go into the ground about two
hundred. yards in front of where he was
standing He thought that was the end
of the matter, but in about three seconds
the ball came out of the ground fifty
yards beyond the place it struck. II
then in its fight struck a stump, car
romed off, broke a soldiers leg and,
rolling on few yards further, upset q
camp kettle and scalded mans hands.
John Richie said he saw man hit
with spent" cannon ball. He walked
over to where the man lay to see what
he could do for him-give him drink
out Of his canteen, or a chew of to-
bacco, or something-but all that was
visible was mass of about 100 pounds
of flesh and blue cloth, mixed up like
sausage, with an eye and two teeth
sticking out on top.
Capt. Meredith said that, speaking Of
cannon balls, one OF the most novel
sights he witnessed during the war was
cannon ball about as big as foul
barrel going through a horse length
wise that is, lengthwise of the horse.
There was left of the horse its head, its
| foar feet and the lower six inches of its
tail. The Captain SAID he could always
tell the body of rebel from a North.
ern man on battle field, because when,
ever rebel was wounded corn bread
ooZed out. When it reached this stage
saw that there was Ia disposition tc
break down the ropes and let everybody
take hand in the lying, so got away
before Twas crippled. Chicago Mail.
TO c. INSTRUCT Il COMPISS.
A very good compass may be easily
constructed as follows:
Get from a druggist common paste
board pillbox of about Il inches in di-
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