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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-08
Disposition of: Old Letters.

1t is trouble, not good, that Uses
from old letters. A package has ',en
into my care, to be disposed OF IS L
thought best. Ii contains letter., Ills,
receipts, some papers of value, and
others worthless. In order to sort the
chaff from the wheat, they must be-
carefully examined. All, what I'M,
thought-of secrets they disclose. Fam.
lily troubles of which the world never.
dreamed;. bitter heartaches where we
thought all was serene; love-letters,
sacred for their time and place, ridicu-
lous now; whispered suspicion of
SANDER upon name We thought was
pure as snow, and we are left to
wonder whether it is true or false.
Old letters! What can they be good
for? Their mission is ended.
II may like to read them while re-,
covering from an Illness" says some.
one.
Pshaw! as if these would be the tonic.
you needed at such time! Better far
breath of pure air. Weare all prone
to brood too much at such times, and
need no such help in that direction.
Let this plea for the burning of letters
NE SIrOnB one. business 1eICerB
should be filed and labeled. Have q
blank book in which to copy such dates
or extracts as may be of value in the
future for reference. This can be done
when letters are answered. Then burn
and see the ashes. 1t is the sorrows
instead of the joys that most letters
contain. They are the safety-valve for
deep feeling, from friend to friend,
good in their time, but sometimes
worse than useless in the future. Every
day brings new experiences. We are.
constantly changing, and in many cases
would be'ashamed Of our letters writ
ten ten years ago. So
: Garfield said: "When you pitch your
tent let it be among the living, not
among the dead. "-Sarah NJ. Bailey,
in the HOuSeEeeDer
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-08
.1r DRUMMER AND ms GRIP.
nv F. M. GILBERT

u,o,,, the rain and sleet are falling,
Tnous1.h s roads are awful muddy"
An" ali men hard times are bawling,
Thoughh fellows nose gets rudy.
~ the rivers may be frozen,
n and the frosts may bite and nip,
,,,av can never stop the advent
~ ri the drummer and his grip.
,-,,,,,,, the trains may all be smashing,
1n 1Shanef the horses all go lame,
-,la thinner, like the bedbug,
! ne Vii n GET there just the same. .
,,,d wRen his time is over,
AV Viii come smiling from his trip.
par he always makes connection,
I'd Does , tho drummer with his grip.
A., no teaches us q lesson,
AL Win his energy and grit,
r,,;,as that "paralyze" most people
1I nnn't astonish him bit.
"a In he's ever bright and cheerful,
az md smile is on his lip;
Vas daisy from away back,
Is the drummer with his grip.
,;ro him a kind word always,
@i uo'll give you back the same;
,,lr the doings of some BLACK sheep"
f9 mo MI give the whole tribe blame.
~ down, clear down to Hades.
re some so-calle1 good men, slip,
Vile along the road to heaven
Goes the drummer with his grip.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-08
A Full Charge.

whats your name, prisoner"
Hope, SIR"
Hope, eh?"
eyes, sir. "Hope, you know, is the
banker of the soul, and have such
hankering after rum!"
whats your business?"
can ex-spurt. .
Expert at what?"
can ex- spurt-a fireman"
"Oh! Officer, what was he charged
WITH"
whisky, your Honor, and lots.
of it!"-ChicaQ0 Ledger.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-08
How Women Rest.

How differently men and women in
dulge themselves in what is called a
resting spell. II guess TIL sit down
and mend these stockings and rest
awhile" says the wife, but her hus-
band throws himself upon the easy
lounge or sits back in his armchair,
with his hands at rest and feet placed
horizontally upon another chair. The
result is that his whole body gains
full benefit of the half hour he allows
himself from work, and the wife only
receives that indirect help which comes
from change of occupation. A physi-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-08
Dcstroyers Of the Fruit Pest.

The parasites recently imported
from Australia by the California State
Board of Horticulture to destroy the
fruit pest known as the white cottony
cushion scale, survived the long voyage
and are now thriving in their new home
in San Mateo County. These parasites,
which propagate with great rapidity,
dig into the back of the scale bug and
finally kill it Chicago Herald.; -
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-08

about an inch from the floor.
In rising allow the toes to be the
last part Of the foot to leave the floor.
When descending let them be the
first to touch.
Endeavor to keep the feet at right
angle at all times.
These can only be suggestions;
gracefulness of motion must be learned
from example.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-08
MORsELs OF HUMOR.
A,guTuRE state-Dakota.

MUflOElNo VI HO MUM. .a9.1
4!
ONE of the "has beans"-an old Bos.
ton girl.
The red cheek of king or queen is
royal flush.
II HACKS your parding" says the En-
glish cabby.
A MISFORTUNE much sought by
young men-a young heiress.
Two HEADS are better than one-es.
pecially if q person is going to depend
on dime museum for living.
GARcoN-Monsieur has given me
counterfeit Is CENTS Monsieur-Is that
SO? Well, keep it for your honesty.
HELLO, Moses, volts the matter wild
YEP" Indigestion. "How's dat?"
"Hain't had nothin' to digest lately"
AN OLD salt who saw an incubator
work for the first time, said it was the
most wonderful hatchway that he ever
saw.
clay silver bridge for flying
enemy" This doesn't mean that you
furnish him with silver to escape to
Canada.
J1NKs Cat Mrs. Tiptop's reception
I'm in luck for once. know the host
ess. Blinks Gntent on the good things
of hfe)-I'm in greater luck. know
the waiter.
Mrs. PoPINJAY never uses slang, but
she came very near it the other day,
when she caught her lazy chambermaid
sitting at ease in the parlor, and ex-
claimed: "Now you get up and dust!"
BRowN-Green is an intellectual man
what they call man of large grasp
Black-A man Of large grasp! I should
think he was. Why, when he dances
in a waltz he can put his arms around
"the whirled." i-'2-
"AH!" exclaimed the matter-of-fa fact
man joyfully, as he saw the heading in
the newspaper, "Trials of Authors"
$50 they've arrested some of those con-
founded poets at last, have they?
Wouldn't I like to be on the jury?"
PEDDLER-I have some beautifully
printed Heaven Bless Our Home,
! notices which I should like to show
the lady of the house. Servant-WelI
I'll call her down just as quick as she
gets through ickin' the children and
clawin' her husband.
OLD Philadelphia (out for the morn
ing air, kindly)-Well, my young wom-,
an, see you're scrubbing down the
steps. Young woman-Yis, sir aside
to her companion): "Do yez MONDE
that, Bridget; he axes if we be a-scrub-
bin down the steps; do you s'pose
the old broadbrim thinks we be a-sayin,
av our prayers2"
YOUNG wife-How the world moves!
There's Bessy Gray, an old chum of
mine, q graduate of the Normal School,
has just entered o medical college. She
will soon be able to write NJ. d. after
her name. Women are coming to
the trout, I tell you. Formerly girls
were taught nothing but housekeeping.
Young husband-Yes, and now they're
taught everything but housekeeping.
ONE STEP.
One step at time
| Ia the way wo must climb,
| II ever We get to the top
" fortunes steep height;
| Then climb with your might,
Nor loiter, and finger, and stop.
Success" is the word,
Once uttered, once heard,
Will nerve us to work ut our best;
| Ono step every day
| And the long, weary way
Is over. and then we can rest.
Wen dare to do right,
Then fearleBsly fight
Whoever has face to oppose;
! The world cries, Well done."
| When success has been Won
And the victor stands over his foes.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-08

IT is mistake to assert that it was
pneumonia which killed the chief of
the Southern Utes. More likely it was
q case of Colorow morbus.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-08
Germans in France.

It seems that there ARE now only
100000 Germans in France-less than
half the number that lived there be-
tore the Franco Prussian war. More
than one third OF these are quarteraa
IN Paris
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-08

, HE proper attitude
I'm u S t always be
maintained.
Disguise all eff
fort.
An extended leg
must not be bent.
Bend only the
knee from which a
motion is made.
When N owing
the feet let the
heels pass close to-
gether.
Keep the heels
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-08


Mary was poetic material; Burns made
the material into poetry. The Lady of
the Lake was poetic; SCOTS poem of
that name is poetry.
A man who can make that artistic
thing called poem is q poet; while
the man who can think or create po-
etc thought, but who cannot give it
artistic form, is not a poet; he is only
a poetic writer or thinker. Can Mr..
Browning make poem? He seldom
does make one. If he possesses the
ability, it is latent.
But you meet the Prince at the board,
I'm Queen myself at bals-pare,
I've married a rich old lord,
land you're dubbed knight and an r. A.
In architecture TINS last line would
make window, having one short side;
or in music it would make a hymn in
which the singer would have to make
one syllable out of Jerusalem or
Mesopotamia. It would seem as though
the sense would have been satisfied had
this line stood thus:
You'remy knight and my good r. A.,
and particularly might this have been
done in stanza that was not carryidg
sense enough to make the poetic feet
unimportant. It was not incumbent
upon Mr.. Browning to allude to the
process of clubbing" To save the
verse he might have assumed that the
Knight had been dubbed" on the way
to his Office.
The candid incline to surmise OF late
That the Christian faith may be falee, 1 find,
T2oojr %rt OH <1o vNyp1,1 10 ind
! And Colenso's words have weight.
STILL to suppose it true, for my part,
See reasons and reasons; this, to begin
TITS tho faith thutlaunches pont-blank her dart
| At tho head of a lie-taught original sir
| The corruption of mans heart.
What law is there that must compel
the ordinary citizen to call such lines
poetry and the author of them poet
If lot of men should rent music
hall and assemble us for concert, and
should then offer us a din made Of pans,
horse-fddles, and campaign horns, are
we compelled to call those men musi-
clans and their combination an orches-
ira? What, in the name of art and
reason, is II find" doing in the second
line? Unless the world was impatient
about the Immediate appearance of
Gold Hair, why did not the poetic
man hold back his work until he could
have found substitute for II find %
How does Mr.. Browning like to see a
cottage window with an old hat acting
for pane of glass? Such is the office
of Il find" In prose the phrase is bad
enough; in poetry it ranks along with
Don't you know"
But no sooner does the reader pass
beyond that dead spot than he comes
upon another in the shape of "for my
part" He suddenly seems to be read
ing in the Congressional Globe, or else
listening to the old ladies of a church
social, who seem to say, "Now, for my
part, I think too much candy amt
good for q small child" just imagine
that Milton had said: II find now that
my eyesight is poor, and that, for my
part, the holy light does not shine in
like it did, but still 1 suppose that I
should not find fault"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-08
MUSIC HATH CHARMS.
BY BILL ARP.

he piano and violin
and flute are all blend
ing the sweet harmo-
MES together in our
parlor tonight, and I
am sitti ng by til e
cheerful fire in q sweet
dream of peace, and
thanking the good
Lord for His blessings.
One poet writes beau
tiful thoughts about
the mu sic Of tn e
spheres, as though the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-08

EVERYBODY smiled when the fat
woman at the dime museum said she
was going to take couple of rooms
for light housekeeping.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-08
IS BROWNING A POET,
BY PROF. DAVID SWING.
OLE RIDGE

OLE RlDGE
divided the po-
etc substance
pinto two parts
poetry a n d
tpoetic. The po-
!etic is the ma
terial out Of
which poetry is
Pm a d e. Th Q
ocean contains
m q n y poetic
qualities; and
Lord Byron
worked up that
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-08
Rules for Walters.

HE proper attitude
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The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-07-18
cRAYsPoRT DOTS.

Last week.
The charming and beautiful Miss
LOula Holman, OF Duck Hill, has
Just returned home from a pleasant
trip to her sweet little friend, Miss
Maud Mays, Of this place.
1t rains. 1t rains, it rains every day
sure and sometimes oftener.
Crop prospects are very flattering,
with ali those who have plowed by
reason Of the heat. Hence some Of
our farmers complain of over album
dance Of grass. The corn and cotton
however, are looking we'll.
Our merchants and doctors are all
busy, feeding tue we'll and treating
the sick.
A large stock Of nice, cheap, first
class goods, with an increasing pat.
ronage have moved the Parker Bros.
to have their already spacious store
house extended to 80 by 100 feet.
Our people are in love with the
GAZETTE. Long may your paper
circulate over ''the land ofthe free.n
10 our substitution cut, If SO, we
mxst pull the ears Of our lost pocket
hook. p. w.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-07-18

We love to welcome aspiring young
men who come from abroad or who are
born and reared here and qualify them
selves for business in any venue Of
life. Mr.. w. M. Mitchell is to the
manor born and from boyhood days
has been the subject of much favor
able comment as to his future. En-
'uo"ou 1y na.-lI with talents of the
highest order, and a heart that pull
safes with the purest moral feelings, it
was not difficult those who knew his
early training to surround his future
with the brightest promise of q noble
manhood, and graduating fourth in a
large law class in the University real
ICES at once a part of their cherished
hopes. Connecting himself with all
able lawyer and heightened gentleman,
Mr.. w. c. Mclean, is another earnest
of what may be the outcome of years
yet hid in the womb of time. That he
may realize his highest expectations is
surely the earnest wish of the GA
ZETTl,
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-07-18
NEWSPAPER LAWS.

i Suhcribers who DO not giveex
press notice to the contrary are con-
sidered wishing to continue their
subscription.
= If subscribers order the disc0n-
tinuance of their periodical, the pub
lishers may continue to send them
until all arrears are paid.
8 Subscribers neglect or refuse t.
take their periodicals from the office t.
which they are directed, tn ) arr
held responsible until they haze set
tied their bills and ordered the dis.
continued.
A If subscribers move to other
places without informing the pub,
Usher, and the paperarc sent ~ the
former direction, they are held res
pOnsibIc.
> The court have decided tina
refusing to take periodical! from tn
office, or removing and leaving then
uncalled for, il prima f4cie evidence
Of Intentional fraud.
& ANY person who receives
newspaper and makes u-e Of il
whether he has ordered it or net, i
held in law a subscriber.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-07-18
THE STATE coHyEaTica,

Having attended the great ingather-
ing OF the Democratic clans from every
part ofthe State at Jackson OH the 10th,
we propose TO present our own views
Of the matter without borrowing from
any thoughts Oh language from any
source whatever. For nearly a half
century we have had SOME personal
knowledge of all the great political AS
semblies of our State, and We are nos"
prepared 10 say that this grand rally
OF Mississippi Democracy exceeded any
previous conyOcation of the same poll
teal elements that eve met al q given
time or place within the limits Of the
common wealth. 1t seems that every
county sent up their best types Of
moral, physical and intellectual man
hood. The true, brave, honest yeo-
many Of the country was there in full
force and whenever any great assem-
blage of our people shall convene any
where without them, it calls for serious
thinking by Il great leaders. Yes,
''wooi hats were there dressed up in
neatly fitting store clothes, with clean
straw, soft felt and even plug hats III
some cases, feeling as independent as
Alexander Selkirk or Robinson Crusoe
on his lonely island, Monarch of all
he surveyed" but the veritable wool
hats, single gallows, hickory shirt,
striped trousers, and heavy brogans
were left at home, not far from the pillow
handles, ready to be substituted for
the best "bib and tucker that now
adorned their hardy sunburnt persons.
Besides there were men of brains and
courage that would be a power i'll any
deliberative body of citizens, no mat
ter when or where called together for
patriotic purposes. Such is a brief
outline of the brave ingenious demo-
cracy assembled to select State officers
for our people on Tuesday last, and We
could but wish that President Harri-
son and his Cabinet could see them as
we did, in order that they might see
what ace and color We're entitled to
the reins Of government in the sover-
eign State of Mississippi, and who will,
as sure as the laws Of supremacy are
right and proper when brought to bear
in great issues of government between
the superiors and inferior.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-07-18
ANAouhc EMENT.

We are authorized to announc Hon.
Joseph ]. Evans, Of Monroe County, as
candidate for the office of State Treasurer.
ofCapt, Robt. II. Turner as a cadidate for
the ehice OF County Treasurer subject to the
act Of the Democrtic party.
/ hereby III myself as q candidate
or reelection to the office of County
Treasurer subject to the action of the Demo-
cratic Convention.
r. W. N. PASS.
We ore npthorized to announce the name
OF G. R.JQNES as a candidate for r~e-elect-
ion to the Office of Sheriff OF Grenada Coun-
ty, subject to the action Of the Democratic
patty.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-07-18
Duncan y Wright.

Perhaps no two young men ii
town, ever started in business
higher mems of success than NJ
Duncan & Wright. Trained fro'
cradle to moral honesty, they or
manhood, exemplary specimill,
the men to be trusted. Placing t
solved under the guidance and
agement of that stern represer
os truth and commercial succr
John Grifls, they began the
as business men. Feeling tt
ultimately we'll qualified to
yard stick and ledger, they
mess on their own account.
When we learned that
boys, for such they were t
building q good brick house
with q little money they hi
while rtill clerking, we the
any prescience or gift ofprol
these young men would gu
every year since has demon
aptness of the remark. No
chants in the State stand fir
commercial circles than the
only a question Of time whe
retire with a competency a
intelligence and industry,
alton which they can trans.
positively without a blusi
both Of them can always be
their headquarters, between,
and the ~post-office, where tb
low figures all sorts of goods
line.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-07-18

From our lady friend, Mrs. Mary
Wood, we received a basket of the
largest and most delicious peaches
that we have seen for years. fall of
the good old widows Of Grenada
would be as thoughtful Of our happi-
ness, we would not feel 50 bereft ut
times Of womanly sympathy, without
which neither the old or the young
man can live at ease. God bless the
good ladies Of Grenada, young and
old, married and single, for better live
nowhere on Gods spherical footstool.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-07-18

Ladies if you want the most perfect
fitting and easiest wearing shoe on
the face Of the earth, get A.. J. John
SOL g. Co.'S Rochester make. For sale
by A.. Summerfield & Bro.
Now that DR.. McSwine Is out of the
rae for Representative, who is before
the people as next choice? We have
heard several names mentioned in con-
nection with the place, some Of whom
have legislative experience and ought
to know their duties. Let aspiranta
come forth boldly and place their
names before the people.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-07-18

Just ut night fall last evening, a
posse Of men, white and black, armed
with gums were Q approaching the
jail proceeded by an open wagon, In
which were five prisoners charged
with the murder Of u negro named
Light. We will give full and reliable
information next week. The names
Of the parties involved in 1t, are,
James Lam0n, M. J. Cheathanl, CO.
nelious Robinson, Lee Irwin, and Jake
Irwin.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-07-18

The report that DR.. J. B. Gage was
to get up a mob and hang the persons
charged with the murder of Henry
Tillman (col.) near G%rsysport, is Of
fabulous as the one-eyed Cyc1ops o.
ancient mythology. DR.. Gage is a
heightened, christian gentleman, and
nothing could be further from his de.
sire, or even thought, than leading q
mob any where OF for any purpose.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-07-18

In The absence of Mayor B. C.
Adams this week, who was in at
tendance upon the State Convention
at Jackson as a delegate from this
county. Mr.. Jas. G.. Weeks was
mayor protein aud at the head of the
city affairs, sustained himself as the
worthy man thai his life as a citizen
of our community tor years past has
led US to esteem him.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-07-18
Soy,rrvo CONTRACTORS.

The Board Of Supervisors Of Grsn-
ada county, Mississippi, wall 'e' ="
The lowest bidder the c"htract lot
buildinc al iron fence around court
House yard and grading ss'a con-
to be let on first Mohoay
urust 1889. The BOARD lese''
the right to reject all bid.
}. Y. THOMAS.
o,lIeuo Clerk
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-07-18

We feel very deeply indebted to
Mr.. J. w. Buchanan, Of the Sentinel,
for his prompt kindness, in rendering
us the use of his large power press last
week, when the melting of our rollers
on account of the intense heat and
imperfect composition, we were labor
ing under great difficulties.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-07-18

1t is useless for us to make COM
ment upon the brilliant speech of
Hon. w. G. Mclean before the State
Concentration, seconding the nomi-
nation of Hon. John r. Cameron for
Governor, as 1t speaks for itself in
words that breath and thoughts that
burn,n
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-07-18
"Johnson'sn 81 so Ladies' Shoe ev-
cry pair warranted by A. Summer
field Il Bro.


Ars. " DtsLow's SoorHINa syaup should AWAY
Be used when children are cutting teeth. 1t re-
lieves the little sutIererat once; itproduoesn atus a,
quiet sleep, and the little cl,erub awakesas ''bright
" y button" Il is very pleasant to taste. It
regulates the bowels, and 10 the best now remedy
for disrrhosa, whether arising from tecthiny j
tther causes. Twenty-Five cents q bottle.