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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18
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An awkward young countryman from
Vermont some years ago entered u Bos-
ton warehouse and asked for employ
ment. He could do any kind OF
chores he said, and boosted Of his
strength.
"Stout as you are" said one of the
clerks, "lll give you ten dollars if you
carry that bag of salt twice across the
store and never lay it down."
The Vermonter stood for q moment,
thoughtfully eying the bag, and then
shouldered it easily enough. carried it
twice backward and forward, walked up
to q rope with a hook at it's end, which
hung through a s~cuttle. and hung the
bag on the hook.
Mister" said he, II guess I'll trou-
BILE ycp for hat air ten. Ididn't lay il
down. hung it upi'
The clerk rather unwillingly joined in
the laugh which followed and handed
over the ten dollars.
that's better than chopping logs"
the young man remarked, a. he depos-
tied the money in his wallet.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18
Two H~oustonians Each 81, 800 Ahead.

While making his usual rounds yesterday
q Post representative happened In Sam
met In some time the onvei 50 ion ut last
drifted to Sans good fortune in holding
one-twentieth of ticket No. $3.50, which
drew the $50 900 prize In the Louisiana State
Lottery. Naturally, Of course. Sam seemed
much pleased at having held the winning
number, but in his conversation and from
outward appearance there was nothing to
Indicate any change in his usual business
routine. but on the contrary he assured the
Post man that he would continue his bust
dess on the same scale and devote his per-
sonal attention to his trade as formerly. In
reply to the question as to whether he had
any trouble IN getting the money from the
lottery company he said that Uncle Joe
Baldwin. who held another twentieth Of the
same ticket. and he both sent their tickets
through the Wells Fargo Express company
and promptly received the money through
the same company. The Post man then
said good-day and started in search OF
Uncle Joe Baldwin. but failed to find him.
Houston. Ter.. Post. Nov. /.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward fol-
any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
taking Halls Catsrrh Cure.
r. J. CHENEY h CO.. Props. Toledo. o.
We the undersigned. have known F. J.
Cheney for b last Is years. and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tons. and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
West 4 TRuAx. Wholesale Druggists. To-
ledo, O.
WALDINo. KNNAN & NAnvu, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo. 0.
+. H: VAN HoEsEN. Cashier. Toledo Ma
tional Bak. Toledo. q.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally.
acting directly upon tho blood and mucus
surfaces OF the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price TIC. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18

he had vosked % ! t13n "a S01nlnes
and fall: ths kind of work that Shases :
man out OF bed before the sun has begun
business for the day and keeps him tear
ing at his muscles and straining his bones
until it Is almost time for him to get up
for the next days grinding toll. All this
he had gone through for $40 . month and
found" Then with his savings, for he
was a thrifty man. he came to the busting
city. He thought o little recreation hal
been earned and he proceeded to recreate
sitter the orthodox fashion. While feeling
that bubbling sportiyeness within him
that follows q liberal dose Of "budge," he
wandered into o faro layout and placed his
all on the ace. lie lost. He gazed at his
all disappearing from him forever. Easy
come, easy go!" was oil he sald.-Phila-
delphia Enquirer.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18

IT'S sad to see . woman growing old before her
time,
All broken down and hopeless when life should
hold It's prime;
She feels herself . burden when q blessing she
should be,
And longs for death to bring her release from
misery.
II these poor. discouraged women who
oliy know that health could be regulned by
the use OF DR.. ri, rce's Favorite Presciip-
ton. how eagerly they would hasten to avail
thems Ives OF 1t. They ought to know It,.
and try it. Every wo nan who Is still healthy
ought to be told about the wonderful virtue
IN this me licine. and understand that 1t Ia
q safeguard axaiust the terrible diseases
common to her sex. It Is guaranteed to
give salts action. or money paid for it will
be refunded.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18

The uperstitious belief that human
beings should sleep with their heads to the
north is now believed to be based upon O
scientific principle. The French Academy
of Sciences has made experiments upon
the body of a guillotined man which so to
prove III It each i.uman body is in i self an
electric battery, n electrode being repre-
sented by the head and the other Ly the
feet. Toe body Of the subject upon which
experiments were made was taken immedi-
atel,y after death and placed upon a pivot
free to A4ove in any direction. After some
vacilation the head turned toward the
north. the pivot board remaining station
ary. One Of the professors turned it half
way around, but it soon regained a posi-
ton with the head piece to the north, and
the same results were repeatedly obtained
until organic movement ceased,
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18

CAPT. DRAKE. q prominent farmer OF
Marlboro county, South Carolina, has
beaten the worlds record for raising the
most corn per acre upon his land. He
raised $50 bushels and 40 pounds from one
acre, and is competing for a $40 prize
offered by the national department Of ag-
riculture for the greatest yiel :.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18

M

F U8s IL WUUt0Us AU OoS
all sections Of the world
.or rare specimens and collect
lers as the general stock needs
Jnishing.
among ~taxidermal curiosities is .
objection made by the late Henry
Bergh to emphasize his stand against
cruelty to animals. By stuffed speci-
mems, the sufferipgs Of the dumb
brute from various forms OF mans bru.
tally is reproduced. A number Of
celebrated horses have had their skins
made subjects OF the 9taxidermist's
art. Rienzi, ridden by Sheridan to
winchester, twenty miles away" had
his hide stuffed, and it is now at Gov
ernor's Island. Sherman's Tecumseh,
that carried the General from Atlanta
to the sea, can be g at the Madison
University. Robert E. Lees war
horse, Traveller, is in the Lee Univcr-
sity, of Virginia, while famous trotting
and running horses have in several in
stances also been thus honored.
II am called on a good DEAL" said
the taxidermist interrogated, ito stuff
dead canaries. They have been house,
hold pets, but gone the way OF all
flesh, and the women of the family
think it would be nice to keep ome
thing that looks as they did when alive.
I always ask for a deposit in advance
for such jobs, as it is a tedious bit Of
work, and often by the time it is done
the loss Of the bird has been partially
forgotten. There is a parrot on the
shelf there o cried over when
she left the body, but got over her
mourning so much in q week as to re-
fuse to pay for the lob"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18

WILLIAM X. VANDERBILT, who has
somehow been classed by the public as the
head of the Vanderbilt family, though his
brother il the more important financial
figure, looks almost like q boy. He moves
about town briskly and amiably. and his
popularity among people Of all sorts is
very great. There is none Of the ~ostenta-
ton about him that most rich men DISPLAY.
He is of medium height, rudy. checked,
bright-eyed, and has an endless fund of
good humOr.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18

When Baby was sick. we gave her Castoria.
Whom she was . Child, she cried for Castoris.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Cs!ldren. she gave them Castoris.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18
Un,ucky Friday.

Robinson Crusoe ito his servant)-
What makes you SO down-in-the mouth.
Fridsy2
Fiiday-Just discovered q mole on
my shoulder. That il very unlncky.
"Why is it unlucky? ?"
Because | was born on Friday
Teras Sifiings.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18

A GIRL at Reading. Penn. postponed
her wedding because she was unable to Sc
eur the white horses owned by IL certain
livery man for the date she had fixed. The
animals were in great demand for we'd
dings, and are said to bring luck to the
hriIa
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18
Not That Kind Oh CIent.

Lawyer for the Prisoner-May Il
please -FOUR Honor, we have shown by
the evidence Of the barkeeper that on
the day this offense was committed my
client drank forty-seyen whisky
straights. Under the circumstances,
therefore, my client was too far gone to
know what he was doing.
Prisoner Dumping TO his feet) Hold
mp. there! By Cad. sab, whisky had
no sttect on me. TIM from Kentucky,
sshi-1asas SifttnoA
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18
For Ricketts,, Marasmus, and all Vast.
Ing Disorders Of Children

Scots Emulsion Of Pure God Lirer OIL.
tnith Hypophosphites. is unequaled. The
rapidity with which children gain flesh and
strength upon it is very wonderful. Il have
used Scots Emulsion in cases Of Ricketts,
and Marasmus OF long standing. In every
case the Improvement was m~arked."-J. NJ,
MAIN. NJ. D.. New York. Sold by all Drug.
FISTS.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18

The Oldest daughter Of Senator Allen,
of the new state Of Washington, is Is years
of age, yet she is an expert typewriter, and
has for sometime acted as private secre-
tary to her father.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18

PROF. Won GNEIsT. the we'll known
wri er on English constitutional law and
kindred subjects, recently celebrated the
5Uth anniversary of his connection as
teacher with the University of Berlin.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18

QUEEN VICTORIA is breaking down rap
idly. She is lame from rheumatism, and
her mind is not as bright as it was. Since
she la rned that the Prince of Wales has
an incurable disease she has failed rapidly.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18

A REGION whore buffalos are increas.
ing. and that At q rapid rate. IL n rth
Australia. Srecimens Of the Wild buffalo
were introduced in 1929, and vast herds
are said to DO now wandering over the
n
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18

DIP you ever go within Il mile of a soap
factory2 Ii so you know what material
they make soap OF. Dobbins' Electric Soap
factory Is as free from odor as a chair fac
tory. Try 1t once. Ask your grocer for it.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18

FOR BRONCHIAL. AsrnMATIc. AND Pull
MONARY COMPLAINTS. "Brorn'S Bronchial
Iroches" have remarkable curative proper
ties. Sold only IN bores.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18

A FRUITFUL SUBJECT. The green APP
pie is deadly, but not SO deadly as the
electric currant.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18

If afflicted with Sols Eyes. use DIR, Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. &c.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18

PATTI has arrived. The question of the
surplus is settled. She will take it home
to Wales.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18

I'D rather 30 q wild turkey and live on
the prairie" said . little boy. 'than be q
tame turkey and be killed every year."
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18

A rare opportunity to make $4,000 before
Christmas. Address with rel. CAST. st. Louis.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18

A FASHIONABLE HAT.-.See, Charley,
Miss Silver is soon roming round the cor
ner. see the feathers in her hat"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18

BEST. easiest to use and cheapest. Piso's
Remedy for tatarrh. by druggists. 5Uc.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18

Old smokers prefer "Tansill's Punch"
Cigar.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18

A A ever ready to scrape M %acquaint
anco the barber.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18

Mild, equabls climate, certain and abundant
cropa Best fruit. srain. grass and stock
country In the world. Full information free.
Address the Oregon Immigration Board. Port.
land, Oregon.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18
With Head to the North.

CLEANSE the liver. sto mach. and whole
system by using DR.. Pierce's Pellets.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18
ONE ENJOYS


Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figsis taken it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, end acts
gentlyyetpromptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn ef~lectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in it's
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities COM
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug.
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA RIO SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO, cal.
LOUISVILLE. Nv. NEW Y0RK. n.y.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18
Ecc,
It stay
ever set

ok told her
.her look nf
>, told palmer
ave done, how
.her turn erfairs
1T err word nv fare
4. ur even err back
) TUX Giant Jacks arm
from ther cabin, leavin'
everything else that he had
horton.
ave mp our cabin ter Clara that
an slept in Their cabin that be-
ID ter Their fcllers that went with
.er Horizons, which wuz CLOSE TO
arm.
"The next day we-Clara, Giant
Jack and myself--took Their stage fur
Frisco; al OF soon CT We got thar,
Giant Jack and Clara wuz married.
Il don't know what ever become nv
Horton. We never heard from him
since that night We left him erlone in
his cabin at Their Californy mimi
camp.
"yes, that woman yer see Jest now
with Giant Jack John Norval, ez
he is known erbout here's his wife;
an he won her, not with err sword, nor
exactly by courtship. In PLAIN En-
glish, he won her at the old-iashioned
game uf, high, low, Jack"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18

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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18

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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1889-12-18
WRITER'S OF FICTION,
BY wM. ALEXANDER BOWEN.

A KERAY'S
g" Vanity Fair" is
u undoubtedly .
novel without q
hero. It's only
heavy villain is
Becky Sharp, if
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-11-28
SO 1T WOULp,

A saloonless Chicago is the objective
point upon which the fair delegates at
present holding forth at Battery d have
set their minds. The words have a So
nOrons ring to them, and make an invig
Grating watchword, but the point itself
is, as Dick Swiveler remarks, ''in per-
spective,' and consequently, looks a
long way off," AS far as concerns strict
ly human affairs, whatever the majority
want it is right that they should have.
Laying aside the moral aspect of the
affair, if these good ladies succeeded in
getting legislation enacted to stop the
sale OF liquor when the majority of yot-
ers still wished il, such legislation would
be. unjust. OF course the ladies, not
using much liquor Themselves, would
not see the full force of it. But they
don't use trousers. either yet law
passed by them against those useful ar.
ticles would come rather heavily on the
working majority. "-Chicdgo Mail.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-11-28
THE MAGAZINES,

John Habberton the author of "Helen's
Babies" Brueton 8 Bayou" ETC., con
tributes the complete novel for the De-
cember number of LippincottS Maya
zIne. 1t is a remarkable and strikIngly
original story, dealing with the life Of
an ex-convict, who while serving his
term in prison becomes converted to
Christianity. The hero does not embrace
any particular form of belief. and is a
man of limited int ligence, but he ear
neslly tries to live up to the light that is
IN him, and so is brought into sharp con-
trast with many about him who are fol
lowers of the letter rather than of the
spirit of Christianity. The moral change
wrought in the life of the ex-convict his
influence upon others, his family rela-
tions, his struggles, are described with q
graphic pen. The scene of the story is
laid in village, and iudge,a minister,
hypocritical deacon, an aguostic young
lawyer, and other village characters are
capitally portrayed. Additional interest
is lent to the story because it is founded
on fact; its leading events were known
to Henry Ward Beecher, who often
urged Mr.. Habberton to weave Them
into tale. "All He Knew" will be
read by both believers and non believers
with the keenest interest. j. B Lippin-
colt Company, Publishers, Philadelphia,
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-11-28
ALAwFuI. WIFE

The story narrated by CLARA Chester
before Justice Hogan in the Tombs Po-
lice Court shows her to be the lawful
wife Of George w. Lederer unless itean
be successfully contradicted, which does
not appear probable.
Lederer, she testified, told her that
they could marry themselves I; that nc
minister, magistrate, witness or formal
ceremony was necessary that their
own agreement to become husband and
wife and their living together as such
would constitute legal marriage. On
this representation the girl accepted the
proposal They lived together as mar.
ried couple, and he addressed, recog.
nized and introduced her as his wife f0I
nearly year before he contracted the
marriage with Miss Newcombe. Undel
the law of this State, as repeatedly held
by the courts, that constitutes as valid I
marriage as any solemnized by minister
or magistrate. Of this law Lederer can
not even plead ignorance which by th,
way, would be no defence. -.
An attempt was made to show tina
the girls character was not above re
proach at the time she accepted Lederer
That, however, even if it be true, doe
not yitiate the marriage. Yorl
Herald.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-11-28
vERMoNTER's COMING EAST.

The Windsor Journal of last week has
this item ''Torrey Everett, a junior at
Harvard, passed week of his summer
vacation in town visiting the family OF
Henry Wardner, Esq. Mr.. +, is a son
of Horace Everett, Esq, of Council
Bluffs, Iowa, who left his native town
just 60 years ago TO seek his fortune in
Alabama. Just before the breaking GU
of the civil war he removed to Iowa
where he now resides. Mr.. Everett
owns the old Everett homestead on the
Connecticut river, and has made pro-
vision for its remaining in his family as
long as possible under the Vermont laws.
In writing the journal he asks why it is
that the attachment of Vermonters to
their native home is more enduring than
that of the inhabitants of other States
Does it come from the tender memories
of youth connected with its grand noun.
tains, beautiful views and rocky brooks
If Mr.. Els health continues good he ex.
poets to come TO Vermont next season
and purchase some of the abandoned
farms as an investment. He thinks there
is no necessity of inviting the Swedes in
to eolonize these lands, for as soon as il
is known through the west that goot
farms can be had in the State at the low
prices stated by the Vermont papers
there will be stampede of many New
England families that will soon repop
ulate the State with native Vermonters
He further says Iowa is the best STATE
in the Union for rich agricultural land
and yet farming is not profitable. Thu
low price of corn-l5 to 20 cents, oati
from 10 to Is cents bushel, hay 80 Il
SO a ton, potatoes 10 to Is cents a bush
ell, good ordinary COWS at SIS eacl
and the price Of cattle controlled by tn,
beef-combine, with high rates, anC
freights on the railroads, have produced
great dependency among the farmers o
the State. 1t is Mr.. Everett's belle
that a good Industrious farmer can d.
better and make more money and liv,
much more comfortably on the IS acr,
farm in Vermont than he can on the 50
acre farm in Iowa"
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-11-28
THE NUMBER REQUIRED TO BRING
US INTO THE WORLD,

Did you ever think how many male
and female ancestors were required to
bring you into the world First, it was
necessary that you should have father
and mother-that makes two human be-
ings. Each of them must have had a
father and mother-that makes four
human beings. Again, each of them
must have had father and mother
making eight more human beings. So
we go back to the time ofJesus Christ
Sc generations. The calculation thus re-
sulting shows that 1875, 235, OH ,4s9, 534, $40
births must have taken place in order to
bring you into this world You, who
read these lines. All since the birth Of
Christ. Not since the beginning of time.
According to Proctor, if from single
pair, for 5000 years, each husband and
wife had married at 81 years OF age and
there had been no deaths, the population
Of the earth would be 2, 1895 followed
by l44 ciphers, 1t would require to no d
this population a number of worlds the
size of this, equal to 3, l66, 500 followed
by 1876 ciphers. The human mind shrinks
in contemplating such immense num-
bers.-NeiO York Press.