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Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06


aIone. We felt pretty BIZ about onr sue
cess. Tho flrst day, whom W we're about q
mile from the village. one OF the party ex-
claimed:
WHIT till shoot that dandy little
squirrel on the wall thereg
Up went his gun. bang. and down fell
tho squirrel Two of us ran away. but the
slayer went up to get his game. only to dis
cover that he had dangerously wounded q
polecat He then went home 10 change his
clothes and the other two of u continued
the hunt alone. We didn't get anything
We started two foxes. and how they got
away I am not certain. but one of them
probably took to q rail fence It Is vsry
clever trick. 4 hound. you know, never
secs anything but the ground beneath his
nose. He just seoots along. nose down. and
when he loses the scent he doesn't look
around 70 see where the fox has gone. but
bays dismaliy and runs around the spot
scentfng at the ground and getting confused
every moment. and allowing the fox to get
q long start OF him. Now the fox apparently
knows all about that. and II hard pressed
be makes for fence and runs along the
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06

ton of guilty aad other styles
OF stains of any savage I had
ever associated with. Ii Colorow
has gone directly to Heaven, and it be-
comes generally known, it will GER
tainly do much to discourage travel
that way next year; and salvation,
which has heretofore been entirely
Free will be placed on the list of ar
ticles requiring protection.
Colorow's death was caused by pneu-
monia directly, brought on by exposure.
1t seems that o year ago, at full-dress
ball. given at Ouray, he forgot to
bandage up his lungs when he changed
from high to low cut vest, and pneu-
monia harvested the great warrior just
as Yule-tide was coming On.
He was not ready-spoken man, and
as q lecturer and reader of his own
words he was repeatedly criticised, but
he was ruthless foe, and would rather
do that than anything else. He started
in as a young man to wipe out the
United States, and, though he did not
succeed, he has done what he could.
He did not care for publicity or press
notices. He just wanted to know that
he had the approval of his own little
smoke-tanned conscience. and then he
would take an old rag and some kero-
sene oil and clean out his old rife and
start out again. Some days he would
scare up two or three white men, and
get them all. Other days he would
have to content himself with a little
dead child. Often he played to poor
business, but he never murmured or
repined.
Colorow did not believe in industry
or open hostility. He was a conserva-
tive Jack the Ripper on his fathers
side All his ancestors were long lived
people. That is, they generally be-
ieved in living longer than those who
looked at things from different stand
point. Those who disagreed with Col
GROW fairly generally ran across each
other in better land. He was quite
like all successful murderers, and re-
minded me in many ways of old man
Bender in his more prosperous days.
Still he had an air about him which,
though favored with the past, still
commanded respect. and when he asked
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06

I won't try ter describe Their over
land journey, nor what we suffered.
Others hev done SO, time an erg'in. an
our experience warn't much different
from theirn. All I've got ter say erbout
it is that it's lucky that any Nv us ever
reached our destination erlive.
I did we'll. In three years I had
made er fortune, ur what in them days
wuz considered one; but hated ter
60 home then, when ] wuz maxim
money SO fast, an SO I concluded
ter stay ernother year. Mercy had
allus been er poor correspondent, an ]
hadn't heard from her in most er year:
an I begun ter think that / didn't care
so much fur her ez I had thought
did, an that she warn't jest ther sort
nv er gal that / wanted fur er wife.
I wuz only 20 year old when asked
her ter marry me, an couldn't be ex-
pected ter know my own mind at that
age.
Ernother year went by, an, ez I wuz
|makin' money Eastern ever, wuz more
loath ter go home than I had been Their
year before. I hadn't heard er word
from Mercy in all that time, nm tho I
knew / didn't love her, an never had,
i intended ter go home some time an
fulfil my engagement with her. @I'm
only "a I thought, "an' thar's plenty
nv time.
Six months later thar wuz er new
errival at our camp. He wuz er sickly
lookin, middle-aged man named How
ard. He brought his daughter, err
pretty, blue-eyed, golden-hared little
gal nv sixteen, with him; an he must
hev been ignorant NV what er rough
place Californy WIZ then, ur he
wouldn't hev brought her thar. But
Their boys IN our camp warn't er bad
lot, an most of EN- almost worshipped
Nora Howard; an it would hev been ez
much ez ones life wuz worth ter hey
insuited her.
Ez far me, knew that Nora How
ard wuz Their only gal that had ever
loved mr. that ever could love; but /
couldn't ask her ter be my wife nor
tell her how I loved her, when / wuz
promised ter somebody else. WIZ
sure that she cared fur me. Love may
be blind, but 1t knows, without being
told, when it's returned.
Wal, my fifth year at ther mines
passed, an still didn't go home. fur /
couldn't tear myself arway from Nora
Their climate didn't seem ter agree with
her father, an jest er year arter he
come ter Their mines we buried him
in Their pine grove near his cabin.
When Nora let MS hev his gold ter dis
pose nv fur her, we found that 1t wuz
only er few hundred dollars not suffi-
<,sas1k tar es1t1s,ork her two vanra Ga5
ther boys all Clipped in and made her
up 81 Moe little fortune, an she never
knew but what 1t wuz her fathers
sarnins that we paid over ter her. Nv
course ther camp wuz no place fur her
ter stay in when her father warnt thar
30 an one nv Their other miners, er
old, gray-hasred Teller, escorted her ter
Frisco an found her az suitable board
in-place.
4her camp seemed dreadful lonesome
after she went crway an. ez couldn't
boar ter stay thar, l missed her 50,
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with somewhat prosaic spirit. looking
more to Kidding themselves OF Reynard's
depredaions than to gratifying love for
sport. The fun comes when tho swell young
men OF New York or Boston or more dis
tant cities take run down east for fort
nights shooting. They may be ever SO
good marksmen. and may know all about
killing deer. but If they have not studied
the fox they are liable to get more amnse-
ment than pelts out of the experience. One
Of party OF three young men who have
just returned from the vicinity Of Bangor
gave the writer an account OF the trip that
was at once instructive and comical. He is
backward about allowing his name to be
used. but that need not matter. The hunt
ers may as well be called Smith. Brown and
Jones. They are all weli-to-do and stirred
with high ideal of the noble sport. and to
mako everything au fait. they rugged them
selves in the nobbiest of hunting suits. and
procured the best outfit OF arms that could
be obtained in the city. 1t seems that their
appearance when ready for the fox was
quite enough to startie the Maine men.
Smith and Brown are near-sighted. and
their eyeglasses topped off their picturesque
outfit with suggestion of anything but
skill In shooting. They are good fellows.
though. and when they accidentally killed
their guides dogs they paid good price to
recompense the owners for their losses.
Smith told the story.
The fox" he said -is reputed to be
very clever animal, but nobody has yet
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06

man of the table to please pass the
butter. that man would drop every-
thing else he had ON hand and pass the
butter.
Color Nv once jumped one of my
mines, but / forgive him now that he Is
dead. did not criticise him at the
time, for the day he jumped the mine
] jum;sed the country, and so / thought
| would say nothing more about it. /
had just been down the guIch little
way, AMI was returning. As strolled
on up tho little trail burst forth into
song My soul was full, and Just
seemed to swell up in one of the most
joyous little pianos that ever jolted the
geological formation of Colorado.
It was at this time that Colorow and
We're thrown together. / knew him
by his SCARED and powder-burned face.
From what he said could see that We
would never be happy together. There
could be nothing in common between
two men of such entirely opposite
tastes. He was a thick set, hairy man
with an immediate gun; "a tall, 1.-THE,
blonde person, less hairy than he, and
ill-iitted for assassination.
Whether the mine will now revert to
me. together with the sixty-fiye feet of
water and assessments, ] wot not. ]
would not wot If wanted to. only
know that Colorow is dead, and that,
knowing him as / do, would advise
the angelic host TO conceal its crowns.
every night. also to see that the aged
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case of horse or COW in some convenient
Held. and then waiting at night for the
foxes to come up to it. There Is not much
fun in it usually. but on, is pretty certain
to secure a good deal OF game. One man
wc met in Maine. however. got fun out OF
it. He placed a carcass near his barn and
then connected it by wire under the snow
with bell in his bedroom. A fox could
not do vigorous work on that piece of meat
without ringing the bell, whereat the
schemer would wake up and go forth to the
slaughter. When we left he had killed
twenty-five foxes by that device during the
winter" TRRpsIcHoRE.
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people more eSpeclaliy Dy DIS
patient and efficient methods of untiring
homicide. He did not care for the
pomp and circumstance OF war, the
blare of bugles, the neighing of red
nostriled chargers, or the gaudy trap
pings and paraphernalia OF combat.
He preferred the quiet of the bosky
dell, the silent night, the sough of the
pine or any other sougherer, SO that he
was not included himself, the quiet OF
the forest, the deep hush of the lonely
gulch, with none but the Great Spirit
and the regular army to watch him.
Then, with steady aim and the click
of his approved Winchester the echoes
and the lonely prospector died away
together. The stream moved gently
on. Then Colorows own specinl buzz
gard descended from the crest OF the
hills and began his inquest. The mod
est chieftain robbed the dead and then
went on. He did not ask to be ban
quoted on his return. He scorned the
popular approval and asked for no rec
ognition other than the consciousness
of duty well done. That was Colorows
style.
Do / not know him? Have we not
roamed over the North Park and
Muddy Pass and along Owl Greek and
over Independence Mountain together,
or nearly so, / being only two or three
mountains in advance?
But he is game. Colorow celebrated
his Christmas by sitting around the
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06
Typhoid Fever.

The following aphorisms concerning
the typical filth disease are collected
from q circular issued by the Illinois
State Board of Health:
|. For sanitary purposes, typhoid
fever is contagious disease Its spe-
cific poison will produce the same dis
ease if introduced into the system of a
susceptible healthy individual.
2. Like smallpox, scarlet fever, and
many other contagious diseases, one
attack OF typhoid fever, as a rule, pro-
tects from subse luent attacks.
3. The specific poison of typhoid
fever is contained in the diarrheal
discharges lard, possibly, in other ex-
cretions and the exalations) Of the pa
tient. Ii these obtain access to a
water supply. or to articles of food or
drink, an outbreak of typhoid will
follow among those partaking of such
water or food. Repeated instances of
this kind have been traced to the use
of water from On infected we'll and to
infected milk.
4. The diarrheal discharges, when
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06
THE WHITE HOUSE HOME.
BIZ FRANC L. STONE.

Ez1zz!..8!4 Ii pl6h5bHt 30 recall,
i ! ] ! !, / 6
now that all eyes are
liz 4[fI6 turned to ward the
White House, that III
- q ol has always been o pure
HE Shome, devoid of the in
BIZ Htrigues which charac-
- Hterize so many foreign.
= = courts. Abigail Adams,
the wife Of the second President, was
its first mistress, and it has never been
re;gned over by an ADLER one. The
mansion was not yet completed when
Mrs. Adams, the mother of another
President, by the way, occupied it, and
her letters, still exfant, in relation,
thereto, are pithy and humorous.
| Next came Jefferson's matronly
daughter, Madison's beaming wife, and
The quiet family of Monroe. Next,
John Quincy Adams brought his Nary
land bred wife to do honors OF the ma
TONS capital, with that magic grace
she had exercised in her fathers home
when he was q foreign minister.
Andrew jackson then, freshly widow
ed, took his seat with the family of his
nephew and adopted son in the White!
House, followed by Van Buren, and his
gentle, manly, but motherless boys.
Tyler wept over his dying wife,
and received his pure bride in
the old building, and Mrs. Polk,
childless, but with the rare grace she
still preserves, even in her tottering
old age, presided there; and there
Zachary Taylor took the domestic
honor of q soldier with none of the
habits of the camp. Lincoln saw his
favorite son, @Tad, die in the White
House, and shed tears which conse-
Grated the spot to household honor.
Grants wife never withdrew from him
the love she gave him in his Younger days
when he was unknown to fame. Mrs.
Hayes beauty and Christian endeayor
made her one of the famed ladies of the
White House. In the old mansion, too,
Mrs. Garfield received her husband
wounded to death, which, with his
mother waiting and watching from
afar, presents picture of the divine
ness of home. General Arthur, sur
rounded by the beauty and grace of
our nation, lived true to the memory of
his wife, and thus added honor to the
sanctity of family ties. Mrs. Cleveland
brought youthful grace and beauty,
coupled with good judgment rare in
one of her years, to the old mansion
where she became bride. Mrs. Har1
rison is middle-aged lady, and has
always been companion and true
helpmate to her husband. She is
rather large, fine-looking, with some
thing of hauteur in the expression of
her face which commands respect at
the same time it forbids familiarity.
1t is notable fact that the wives of our
Presidents, almost without exception,
have survived their husbands, and uni
versally remained loyal to the memo
ries of their girlhood's choice, even
through long years of widowhood.-
Chicago Ledger.
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determined ter go home an marry
Mercy Pitcher, an try ter furgit Nora.
I'll never furgit how Nora turned
pale an trembled when. i told her that
i wuz goin home, an had come ter bid
her good-by.
4Ar'nt yer ever comm back erg'in Z"
said she.
7 don't know said 7. @Mebbe 7
shall, sometime
I couldn't hey told her that wuz
goin' home ter git married ter hev
saved my life. I had long since given
up writin' ter Mercy, ez she didn't
answer my letters; but I had promised
ter marry her, an 7 couldn't back out.
Nobody recognized me when i errived
ct my native village, an no wonder; !
had growed er heavy beard, an I
weighed most er hundred pounds
more'n did when went erway. !
entered ther tavern, on wuz met by er
pale, faded-lookin' woman, with two
small children clingin' ter her skirts
an er baby in her arms.
Mercy Pitcherp I exclaimed.
She recognized my voice, tho she
hadn't recognized me. She turned red
in Their face, an hung her head fur er
minute; then she looked up an said:
@I'm not Mercy Pitcher any more. /
an Henry Morse hev been married
goin on four year.
stayed er half-hour, an talked over
old times with her, tho not er word
erbout our engagement wuz said by
either nv us. Then Invent an deposited
my money in Their bank, an lost no time
in gettin' back ter Californy an Nora.
! an Nora wuz married in Frisco, an
l brought her home ter ole Missoury
with me; an Tn sure no other woman
in, ther world could make me ez good
er wife ez she does. Y
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depot of the Great
Hence. Philanthro-
pists tell us he has
gone directly to
Heaven. Ihope not.
That is, I hope he
has not gone direct
~ there. / trust
that he had a chance
to stop somewhere
on the road and
wash away his guilty
stains. When 1 saw
him buried in the
North Park I no
ticed that he had
tho 1oruact oo11oo
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06
What Saved Him.

| One Christmas morning, many years
ago, young reporter on daily paper
had occasion to call with message at
the Office of one of the foremost editors
and publishers in the country.
The younger man was sickly coun-
try lad of keen sensibility and nervous
temperament, who, finding himself
homeless and friendless in a great city,
had yielded to temptation, and had
fallen into the h4bit of drinking and
gambling. The publisher, as he list
ened to the message, noted the lines
which dissipation had already left on
the boys face. He was man who
made it his work in the world to help
others. No man touched his hand in
passing who did not gain from him new
courage and hope in life.
He answered the message which the
reporter brought, and then, holding
out his hand cordially, said, "Let me
wish you merry Christmas, my lad"
He took from a shelf book, contain
ing sketches of the lives of the greatest
English, French and German authors,
with extracts from their works.
Here" said he, @are some friends
for the new year. When you spend az
hour with them, you will have noble
company" !
The surprise of the gift and the un.
expected kindness from the man whom
he regarded with awe had powerful
effect upon the lad. He spent all of his
leisure porting over the book. 1t kim
died his latent scholarly tastes. He
saved his money to buy the complete
works first OF this author, and then OF
that; he worked harder to earn more
money to buy them. After a few years
he began to gather and to study rare
and curious books, and to write short
papers upon obscure literary subjects.
Men OF similar tastes sought him out;
he numbered soma of the foremost
scholars and thinkers of the country
among his friends. but he never forgot
the lonely, friendless lad who had been
sinking into gambler and drunkard
until kind hand drew him back, and
he in his turn sought out other lonely,
friendless boys in the gr. at city, and
gave them helpful hand ont of the
gulf
So, year by year, his life widened
and deepened in.o strong current,
from which many drew comfort and
help.
He died last winter. The sale Of his
library gathered all the collectors Of
rare books in the seaboard cities. Dur.
ing his illness. the newspapers spoke
of him with sudden appreciation OF
the worth which had SO long been hid
in obscurity.
"a profound scholar, with the hear.
of q child" "a journalist who never
wrote word to subserye base end,
they said. He read these eu,ogies with
a quiet smile. The actor who has left
the stage forever carea little for the
faint plaudits Of the crowd in the dis I
lance,
One day he put into the hands of
friend an old, dingy volume. when /
am gone" he said, take this to Mr..
-, and tell him whatever of good or
usefulness there has been in my life I
owe to him, and this Christmas gift of
his thirty years ago.
The little story is alb olutaly true.
We venture to tell it because there is
no one living whom it can hunt, while
there are many whom it may help to
hold out friendly hands to their broth
BIS who have stumbled into darker
paths In life than they. Youths Com
Daajon.
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WRIT1Na is puzzling to savages, In
South America, ON one occasion, o ma
tive was sent by missionary toa friend
with note and four loayes of bread.
The native ate one on the way, and was
amazed to find that the note discovered
his theft. On the next occasion that
he was sent with four loayes. be sat on
tue note while eating one of them. In
North America writing was considered
a charm. Sir John Lubbock.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06

A PHILOSOPHER observes that mans
conduct Is largely regulated by his en-,
yironment, This is particularly true
If his environment happens TO be the
walls OF prison.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06

Hal III Ii Vi AAsDk
sport known as fox
hunting in the snow,
although little heard
of. rs immensely
popular with those
who know abouk It,
It il generally In
vogue In henorthern
part of Maine from
Thanksgiving D ay
until April, or even
later. The natives. Of
aaurca fnf5u1Oa In n
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06

The other night horse ran of. with
his youthful guardian, o boy or ten.
hanging to his tail and vainly shouting
for the beast TO stop Was not this Q
Variable tail Of whoa?
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06

OUGHT not to allow any
further time to elapse before
paying q d eseryed tribute to
the memory Of my old friend
and comrade in arms, Colo
row, the chief of the South
ern Utes. I will now do so.
Colorow was not regarded
as q great statesman even by
his triba, but he won the
faith and approval Of his
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06
TIE DEAD CIiIETTAIN
Dill NYE PAYS A TOUCHING TIKI H.
UtE TO COL0RGyy.

The Late Z amrnsed Won Fame by Patient
ard Efiic ont Methods OF Untiring Hom-
icide--some ADVICE TO tho Angels Who
VIII Welcome Hin.
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Have q ship upon the sea?
Iwait to hail my argosy.
With treasure trove from far away
Amid the wonders Of Cathay-
Deep in the land Of silk and pearl,
Beyond the mael trom's fatal swirl
And SO tho sails that yonder shine,
Instead Of yours. may all he minel
Tho flag that fIutters at the peak
Hath ta'en the bushes from your chsek;
You turn away and with sigh
Shut out this sight OF sea and sky.
There wait with me ; the honeyed bliaa
OF hope returns with stolen kiss
Hail We the ship that's crossed the line,
It may bs yours. 1t may be minei
Al yours. I win rejoice to know
That homeward breezes gently blow;
II mine, my hands will haste to share
Its treasures, always rich and rare;
Love. let us watch upon the strand,
The hopeful breezes blow to land
There viii be love and bliss divine,
Whether the ship be yours or mine.
st. Lonss Md0dziie.
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raised his gun. and before the guide could
warn him he shot the faithful dog dead as a
nail. After that the native cast no more
doubts uponlour abilities as marksmen. but
he never got over his grief at the loss Of
his dog. He admitted that We paid him
more than the burned beast was worth.
but the manner OF his death was something
that added a sentimental interest to him.
Well. after that day we went cut mostly
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06
LIVELY WINTER SPORT.
LITTLE HEARD or. hut IMMENSELY
FOPULAR DOWN EAST.

in the woods Of Northern
Afaine-Thc Natives Have Lots Of Fun
with Dudes from the Cities Some
Amusing Incidents.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06

HOWEVER still ID water may be, you
viii always find tie ships tiller.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06

chief does not push the women and
children over tie batilements while
they are looking the other way.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06

TEA vas first introduced iato Eazopo
shout 1850.
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THE SHIP THAT CONES.
nY Z. .. IIAnBAuaH.

-.a
HE treasure ship for
which you walt,
Hath passed, you aRy,
the daydawn's gate.
And proudly cIeaves the
curling foam.
With all her white sails
Z trimmed for home.
You look you laugh
how eagerly
You watch the meet Of
sea and skyl
Ha, hal q something
mounts the Incl
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ax - HAT form Of wlnssr
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06
ave / . ship upon the sea2

Is Chat yours 2.-It may bo min