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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-16
In All Four Ways.

could I get a little information
from you?" asked a farmer-lookine
man at the Third Street Depot of OF.
ficer Button the other day.
"Yes, sir"
well, I want to know how these
confidence men work"
SIN various ways. Sometimes they
borrow money and give worthless
check on bank"
"They do, Ell? gasped the man
with a sudden start.
Eyes; and again they borrow money
and turn over check to a trunk.
When you go to look at the trunk it is
not to be found"
by George!" muttered the man.
"Then, again, they'll sell you a
bogus bond or borrow money on it."
"Sakes alive!"
And they sometimes hire the victim
to boss mill or factory somewhere,
and then borrow money to pay a
freight bill"
"Four different ways!" shouted
the man, as he jumped clear off the
floor.
Eyes"
"And I'll be hanged if I haven't
been taken in on every one Of them in
ride of hundred miles! Say, come
down and shcw me the river-the
deepest spot in the river-the place
where I can drop in and nobody can
fish up my dough-headed cadaver!"-
Detroit FTess Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-16

they Judge Il man by his waltz movement.
Inc exquisite master of ceremonies" is
more OF a success with the ladies' than a
United States Senator would be- il he didn't
Know how to balance to corners You see,
that is another popularity about the sea-
shore. Skilled limbs outclass IL trained in
tellect. bald. fat man doing the polka in
good torn would be more admiringly scru-
unlzed by the females than would a soulful
poet with the head of u Byron. The artist
might obtain shocks here but the worldly.
red FLOODED pleasure.seeker moves in the
good natured crowd. gets smiled at. smiles
back. and says to himself. Il like it." The
reasons for liking it are many and are sub
stantla! enough for summer weather. The
people here are such as the cititied worker
mas not been accustomed to dealing
WIN, win; at l least; they are all playing dif-
in last win term ' Mose M than saw them
them come from Canada. lending a fas.i'
mating sort OF foreign atmcsph to ths
place with their parody on the French Ian.
gua@e. their rand ways. and their remIrk.
aple togEery: 1t seems as if the noble did
State OF Maine surrounded the place win
out having the proprietorship Of il. Tha
good neople OF the State do not seem :hie
to utilize the pleasures here except in q
single eScitlnG dose. consisting of a bath.
we find the names of the residents Of NJ
t'eai. ottawa, and Quebec. not those Of tha
leading t0Wnsmen OF Saccarappa Amant;
Gus. and Fryeburg. ' TA'hen'i-
= Still. the girls get the very newes st wbims
OF behavior. The hand-touch is ono ' rs
longer do these up-to- date bellies ki as N. no
other in public. nor gush at ali, bnt sin u"un
touch fingers in SO quick and casnal a, ply
that IT cannot be called even IA Ii and. sbs way
1t Is the newest freak Of stylish manners
Filtration has been brought to the hi.:.
est degree OF culture at old 0 o. che nleh.
young man from New York arrived 1 hsrs "A a
noon time one day this weel ana nere t. az
setting his baggage into his room b he s aa.eF
ing down fG9S pS 1sz and
dotted sea. with its low-lyinc shnsss Q! saal;
with ioam To the beach. from tb Is e Sa{ei
it Is an unobstructed half mile .n Iis note,,
t Tsf assst from the hotel steps *
that sharp little o sr y o} Han
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-16

spoke many solicitous words os :.
finally drawing q chair up near ~
sitting down himself. 1t was Nh, t''s
hour. and the hotel was practira1i,
ed. SO these two sat chatting ANY,
sprained ankles and liniments" !
crowd began coming back from n
All the girls looked with enyions
the little fairy who had turned h :!
and wondered who the stylish yon]
she was talking with could he
time came. and suddenly the rirl
up from her chair: Oh
Il must go now and have my hal
for dinner" said she. I will
again. shall I not?" And She ca,
him Il look of fiattering hone that n
not forsake her.
Il sincerely hope I shall have ths,
ure." he replied.
Then the jade went prancine d
manner that showed that her ankl
in perfect condition. Recovering h
ence Of mind at the door. she turpe,
mischievous and coquettish look
the astonished young man. and lin
OF sight. struggling her shoulder:
went.
At these seaside places eating is
from q science to u business. It
to a delicate dude the first time
with q girl who has acquired an
chard appetite.
What shall order?- asked one
as he aimed his eye -glass at bill 0
We'll. l usually have it all broug
replied, and not half of it gets away
In this dining-room crowded soil
eaters. observe that the clergyman
ipates his neighbor on the last
bread in sight, that the poet explo
chow chow jar with tremendous
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-16
"Tollable. lis tollable, Miss Dodd :

4
and how's you'uns?"
"We'uns is all we'll, 'cept me. I've
bee a-feelin sort O puny sence mornin' /.
/ upset the salt=cillar at breakfuss, an
I've been a-pinin' an a-trimlin' all day
bout hit, fer hits certain sign O
death er trouble o. some kind Ell
mother"
With that she brought out snuff
bottle, and, after passing it to Mrs.
Maxwell, she helped herself, and the
conversation proceeded.
81 lowed I'd stop by" said Mrs.
Maxwell. "an' see if yo' knowed what
wus a-detainin' O. the boys. John, he
reckoned he'd be back by one, an hits
now pressin' on half-past five"
"Hain't yer son John came back
fun the still yit?'
"No; IS Dave"
"No; but: he lowed he'd go on ter
Liberty fore he got back, an haint
a-lookin' fer him tell to-morry. But
I'm tibet Uneasy bout him all the time,
Mis- Maxwell, 1 'clar l CANT rest, fer
them ar rev'noo officers is a scourin'
roun' through DeKalb County, an I
heerd to-day they'd struck Buffalo
Valley"
Eyes, Mis- MAXWELL" cried keen
voice from an adjoining room, can they
say tibet they's a-s'picionin' Loves Val
ley, too, an heerd Bob Wilkinson say
he seed"
Mandy Ann Manar!" screamed the
widow, wrathfully, didn't I tell y to
keep yer mouth shet bout what Bob
Wilkinson said he seed? This drouths
jis' a-blisterin' my corn, Mis- Maxwell,
continued the widow in lower key.
"I'm feared hit'l done ruin the 'cademy
t Cookeville, fer the neighbors say t
they CANT ford ter send thar childering
up thar eff tn craps is poorly. Boards
six bits, y see, an they's a-threat'nin'
t make hit eight. Hits pline-blank
shame, SO hit is, for Lige Smith-he
ez married jeff son LIS darter t Win
der Cliffs-told me t he on'y charged
five bits, an washin' throwed in, an
made money t thet."
Mrs. Maxwell was restless. She had
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-16
ankle in order to become acquain''N
good-looking New York man aa.,rs, ~ mol

TELEGRAPH poles are pre 1slos
Norway by making an anger l!o'' y
two feet from the ground IL ,,,r1
four ounces or five ounces OF ~"
of copper in coarse crystals 81 ai ;s rr1
and plugged in. The chemlcai ,,nti1
ally absorbed by the WOOD a
whole outer surface turns gro
hue. The sulphate requires no a. !
sional renewal, and is SAID 10 ~ has
feet preseryative. This note ,' n
round the world, and will pein" .thoI
turn up usefully before some ONE c c
about to put posts into 'ne .on %
We do not know how the ''N
effected.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-16
vi.


The miracle touch of spring was
resurrecting the dead world to new
and beautiful life. The stony slopes
of the Cumberland Mountains were
garlanded with green. The sunlight
through the budding trees was sitting
down like silver rain. The songs OF
the black peasantry rang from planta-
ton to plantation down the green
sweep of Loves Valley, in grand.
weird slaves, while over all there hung
sky of violet splendor as vivid as ever
bent above the glorified gardens Of
Italy.
And through the light and color and
melody of the waking Morld, funera,
procession wound it's way to the mount
ain churchyard, and Dix Maxwell was
left forever with her dead.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-16

very little regard for crops OF the cost
of board at Cookeville at that particu-
lar moment. She wanted to know
what Bob Wilkinson had seen, and
when the widow left the room to look
after the welfare of roast in the brick
furnace out in the back yard, she rose
and passed into the room where Aman-
da was working at rickety old loom
in the corner.
"Hit's tiresome to buddy-weavin'
is" vouchsafed Mrs. Maxwell.
Eyes, was the reply. Il lowed tibet
I'd rest aspell, an walk up t. yer house
bimeby."
3d." said Mrs. Maxwell. "Come
up and stay with we 'uns till to-morry
Dix s lonesome like, an she'll be ire
menus tickled t see ye."
Half an hour later, after inviting the
widow to Sunday dinner and bidding
her, with sly wink, to "perk up with
an extry feather, fer Deacon Tracy d
be thar" Mrs. Maxwell started for
home, accompanied by Amanda.
"What wus hit tibet Bob Wilkinson
seed 2" ventured Mrs. Maxwell as soon
as they were out of hearing.
"Y' won't tell nary one?"
"No.".
"Hope-y'!may-die-y'-won't?"
Eyes"
20, wall, he seed Bert Rollins It
Bloomington las week, a-talkin' with
the rev'noo man; an he an an officer
went to Leb'non on the stage together,
an the officer come back yistiddy, an
he n a passed. O. his men started off fer
Dekalb County t s'arch fer stills; and
Bob lows that Bert done gwine Direct
ed ,em ter go t Loves Valley"
Il don't b'lieve nary word O. hit,
exclaimed Mrs. Maxwell, emphatically.
Mary word. Bob's the illest dog in
these mountings. Ny gal give him the
mitten, an he's jealous cause he thinks
Bert an Dix III make match O. hit,
an I b'lieve he'd do anythin' t. ruin us,
he's tibet hongry fer revenge"
The dead boy had been borne to his
grave in the grim Businesses of the
mountains.
Mrs. Maxwell sat by his vacant
chair, paralyzed and dumb, in the
presence OF the calamity that had
fallen upon her house.
Dix pursued the daily rounds of her
home life, and, Judging from her calm
and passionless manner, she had be-
come reconciled to her brothers. death
and Bert's desertion, for her lover
had left the valley at the same hour
that the corpse Of John was being
carried over the mountains to the
home that he had left in the flush and
vigor and beauty of young manhood
a few brief hours before.
Dix had found letter in the pocket
Of her dead brother-a letter which he
had written to his cousin at Cooke
vile on the day he was shot and had
not had the time to mail. In this let
ter was the following passage:
i think that Bob Wilkinsonis up to some
deyilment. He has been at Bloomington
with the officers. He hates Dix now as
much as he once pretended to love her, and
II ne can swamp us all. believe he will
try it.
Dix had read this, and had heard
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-16

s'piscioned thar WIS moonshihin' in
yer family. But 1 want y to- under
stand tn hull story. I limited laik t.
Bert thet, bein' a deestrick officer, hit
wus his july to enform tn rev'noo men
t Bloomington jis' whar tn wildcat
ters hid forth. He wanted t. know
who run TIL still. I toll him hit WIS a
rascal named Welsh-one O. them al
Welshes what've been givin' tn guv'-
ment officers heap @ trouble in these
mountings. So Bert he bit t tn bait,
an went to Bloomington, an give yer
brother dead away, fhinkin' hit WIS a
Welsh he wus trappin', don't y see?"
"Now, God have pity on mel" sobbed
the poor girl, sinking prone on the
floor.
Bert laughed low, cruel laugh, and
went on.
"An' when Bert seed hit wus yer
brother he'd split on, he jes' lit squar
out fer Texas. But l low he'll come
back, an Yer welcome to him, if v kin
ferglt whose blood hit is thet's on his
hands,"
".
The days went on, and Dix was sell
dom seen. She lived in the strictest
retirement - returning no calls and
avoiding her former associates as far
as was possible in a country commu-
nifty.
Mrs. Maxwell died and was laid be-
side her dead boy under the Cumber-
land pines.
A few weeks later Rollins returned
to Loves Valley. He was pale and
haggard, and his face was disfigured
by dark, struggling beard. His most
Intimate acquaintance hardly knew
him for the rollicking. handsome, rosy
checked young man who had been the
life of the valley only half year be-
fore.
He went straight to see Dix. She
was making her home with the Widow
Dodd. What conversation passed be-
tween the lovers at that mournful
meeting was never known; but as the
dusk crept up the Cumberland height,
he babe her good-by, and galloped off
to the Valley store where Bob Wilkin-
son made his headquarters.
Throwing his bride over post. he
went in.
Bob was sitting by the store his feet
cooked up on the back of chair, q
cigar in his mouth, and newspaper
spread open on his knees.
A brace of young mountain boys
were sitting on the counter, chewing
tobacco and swapping smut.
bob Wilkinson" said Rollins. strid-
ing straight up to the rufiian, "Iunder-
stand that you insulted Miss Maxwell
in my absence"
Il low that you refer to the night /
rode up thar on my nag an tor her a
few little fac'e," replied Bob. coolly
laying down his paper, IAN eff fac's is
insults low I insulted her."
DRAW, curse you" shouted Rollins,
leveling his revolver at Bob. "Draw,
you cowardly dog!"
20, thet's the kind O a circus hits to
be, is hit?" responded Bob, turning =
handspring over the counter. "Wull,
II! be ready fer y in fash"
With that he drew pistol from the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-16
OLD NELL.
By rLonENcE JOSEPHINE noYcR.

Yes, stranger the old horse is dead sir,
And we incurred for to part with our Nell
Since she's served us for many year, sir,
Since she's labored SO long and SO we'll.
Be sure, she was not very young, sir,
Nor us handsome us many u one;
But look for a more faithful beast, sir,
And I'll guarantee you will find none
How gentle she was to us all, sir,
Ayl twas seldom you'd see one more kind
And tho years had come and had gone, sir,
Tho her eyes were becoming quite blind;
When the little girls went to the stall, sir,
Where their faithful old Nellie was tied,
She would look from her patient brown eyes,
sir,
And seem to invite them to ride.
And they knew very we'll what she said, sir
Or what she WAS TRYING to say;
For do think she used to converse sir,
Tho, of course, in her own silent way.
And once to a man of renown, sir,
This very same Nellie WAS sold,
And taken away from the town, sir,
For thousand bright dollars in gold.
But that was in days passed away, sir,
All, yes! q much earlier date
And then she was prancing and gay, sir,
Two-fOrty she went with a mate.
But old age will come at some time sir,
And death will appear, at the best;
So we'll just remember old Nell, sir,
And think she is calmly at rest.
Two shoes from her patient old feet, sir,
Hang high on the sitting-room WALL
They're gilded all over quite neat, sir
Her story we tell unto all
But you think there's no home for horse, sir,
Thereafter she's put in the ground,
Excepting the place where she lies, sir
Excepting the grass-covered mound?
Well, we'll I and perhaps you are right, sir,
Perhaps that your way is as we'll;
But if heaven there is for a horse. sir,
There be bright spot for old Nell.
WAIIsFIELD, VT.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-16
desk, and the two men fired at the same

desk, and the two men fired at the same
second.
Rollins bounded in the air and drop
ped dead on the floor, with a bullet
through his heart.
Bob surveyed the bleeding body for
a moment, then, placing his pistol in
his hip pocket and taking roll OF
money from his drawer, he hurried out
of the house, sprang on the horse that
Rollins had ridden, and vanished from
Loves Valley forever.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-16

WINGED of the pertidy of her former
lover.
1t was wet and windy night in No
vember, 1879, full three months after
the tragedy at the still.
Dix was knitting before the fire.
Mrs. Maxwell lay in dull stupor on
the bed. She seldom spoke now-sel-
dom seemed to comprehend what was
said or done in her presence.
There came a rap at the door-a
sharp, quick rap-and Dix opened it to
find herself confronted by Bob Wilkin-
son.
"Howdy, Dix? i wus passin' on
hossback, an ez hits pow'ful dark, I
lowed I'd stop by an borry a lantern,
Eff
"Bob Wilkinsonw cried Dix, leave
this house, an if y ever come nigh hit
agin 1 won't answer fer what hap
pens!"
She looked magnificent as she stood
there in the red freight, her raven
tresses falling in Grip curls over her
shoulders, her large, liquid eyes
flashing with resentment, her 1.-the
form quivering with the intensity of
her rage.
aLord-ee!" sneered Bob; you'd
make a fust-rate play woman, like them
ar seed up t. tn Nashville theayter,
las winter wus year." =
Dix slammed the doorin his face.
He opened it fiercely, and strobe
raving into the middle O. the room.
Course you, Dix Maxvell!" he cried,
in palsy of passion. "You cast me
off for thet devil-whelpof Bert Rol-
Inns, an I swore I'd git even with y fer
hit, an I want y to inow tibet I've
WIS a still in Loves Valley, an I toll
him precisely whar hit vus located"
Bert knowed hit without y tellin'
him" said Dix, detiantly
"No, he didn't, my d.rlin' Thet's
jis' whur y are mistaken. Bert nary
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-16


s ssss & :? II n sgss.s sas7 Is: s..
She walked straight un II half a Il
eyes fixed on him, and ! aa ,wals1
ne discovered that She - n she d
line hae look, looking creature w WIKI Was a l
a anu ni as s eyes. He followed ' ~
wore wore as s sns % af led, up tie ste ~
mouth as she steadily r'l rae, Oh h,
When she reached the ',nufinel
sank down on one knee wiz. middle
pain. The young man sn,n a ii't
vice. 'oulo be Of
I have turned my ankle
On! 1t hurts SO! Can vow sad
please? Thanks. ~ you take ,
And with the assistance o,a
the fair creature limped Nm " ..hheyo
sank into the first chair ,b. me
OF course the young man n's was
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-16

THERE is something wrong in the
division of time when woman will
spend two hours in putting up her hair
and only one minute in snatching her
husband bald headed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-16

from the Widow Dodd herself Of the
remarks that Bob Wilkinson had made
concerning Bert, but while her faith in
the latter was shaken, she was con-
WINGED of the pertidy of her former
lover.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-16

and. with dash of Narragansett and one
portion OF Glen Island thrown in. 1t has
it's rounds its tent h SHOWS; . and
crude. from the kissing. rafting railroad
that cleaves it in two up to the biggest.
barniest and SWEETEST hotel that it contains.
Whole carloads of raw eXcursionists are
being constantly emptied out of open cars;
cts are forever batting tennis ball over
net to beefy girl in a white jer-
sey: sort OF Chinese orchestra
plays operas on string instruments which
the damp atmosphere has taken the heart
out of. But the beach-ah there is grand
eur enough about this beach to make up
for world of conventional disagreeabili-
ties. 1t is ten miles long. and affords as
good driving as the average racetrack.
waterfalls. tipping the gay-iegged bathers
upside down. and freezing the beauty out
of pretty face as quickly as will sleigh
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-16
OLD ORCHARD BEACH.
orr CORRESPONDENT AWAY DOWN
on THE MAINE COAST.
The Many Attractions Which Old Orchard
Presents to the TOurist-The Splendid
S+,etch of Beach and Its Long Drive
Rathinc and Other Recreattons.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
AL coRREsPONDENCE.l

HIS place is no new
invention in tn
way of a summer
resort. but it is u
luminous example
OF what most New
Workers think they
have a monopoly OF
- the vertigo-pro-
d u C | n G, ave-
washed woodpiles.
where it requires
diplomacy. wealth
and brute force to
get a dinner placed
before you. Old Or
chard is a slightly
diluted Coney ISL
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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-08-16
RAIDING INCONSISTENCIES
In the Cumberland Mountains.
BY WILL HUBBARD HERMAN

RS. M A X W ELL
stood in her doorway
looking down the
-highroad that winds
|. through Loves Val
>ley to the waters of
Caney Fork.
Pears to me 'zif
John WIS stayin'
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Wichita eagle., 1889-08-17
Il Quarter of q Century,

What great changes quarter Of century
brings about Nearly twenty-five years ago
the waters Of Mobile bay were the scene of
one of the hercest naval encounters of mod
ern times, and the city itself was shut of by
strong defenses from the approach of vessels
bearing the United States flag. Today we
welcome officers wearing the uniform of the
United States as friends and brothers, and it
is one Of our dearest hopes that Uncle Sans
war vessels win often steam past our wherves
Or anchor in front Of our city, and that a
navy yard for the construction and repair of
such vessels VIII Be located at Mount Vernon.
Twenty-Five years ago the nag Of the
United States was the ensign OF an enemy
today it is the flag We love-the emblem to US
of defeuse and protection, Of development Of
our resources and improvement OF our natu-
raj advantages When It's silken folds are
spread to the breese It tells Us Of restored
and indissoluble Union Of indestructible
states. 1t Is our fag, 1t is our navy, just as
much as they belong TO other portions Of our
country.
Over the waters Of hampton roads, where
once the Merrimac and Monitor waged ter
rife conflict that revofutmized modern naval
warfare, United States war vessels now
steam on their wey to the navy yard at Nor
folk. Their presence there is not only sign
of national power, but also Of national benef-
cehce We trust that the same may be the
case in Mobile bay, where tie waves chant a
monody to the memory Of Farragut and Blu
chanan, and each glowing sunset Is rehec-
ton Of their glory. For the reocwn Of the
bravo men of our civa war, Federal and Con-
federase, Is the common properly Of q re-
united people, and the peace and prosperity
~e now enjoy the result Of a restored Union.
Mobile tAla.l Register.