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Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-20
Plants and Religious spirit.

The names of many of our plants
show how dominant the religious spirit
was during the middle ages, and how
closely everyday life was connected
with divine things, says the Chicago
Herald. The snowdrop was formerly
called the aFair Maid of February, ,
on account Of blooming on Candlemas,
the day celebrated as that on which the
Virgin first carried the infant Savior
to the temple.
Most Of the saints have o flower
bearing their name. st. James wort.
st. Peters wreath, ST. Andrews cross,
St. GATHERINGS flower are only few OF
those that might be mentioned, while
the number referring to the Virgin is
almost unlimited. Lady's slipper, lady's
mantle, lady's hair, virgins bower
speak of the love for the Virgin
mother. In many Of our botanies the
word is degraded by writing it in the
plural, @ladies." In this case the orr.
gin Of the name is lost, and with it the
poetic association.
Judas has his tree, although there il
some dispute as to the particular one.
Some claim that he hanged himself OF
the red bud, others TINT it was thu
elder, and that in consequence OF this
the elder became famous medicine
| for the cure Of qninsies, sore threats
| and strangulati0ns.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-20


living frEoe. I'M this hemisphere until
their estates shall have been restored TO.
them.
And, speaking OF tho children OF noble.
lineage, here in the last illustration
you'll find d little Lady Fontlareine, q
most picturesque and sympathetic little
parsonage, wearing black velvet doc
tors hat set coquettishly upon her thick
tresses of golden hair. She Is dressed for
what the French call a promenade in a
carriage" and wears an extremely be.
coming cloak with wide sleeves, corde-
&lier's girdla and capuchon embroidered
with scallop shells, in token that her an
cestors followed Ceur de Leon to the
Orient and fought against the infidel.
This cloak reminds me that very pretty
cloaks and frocks, too, may be made
from the beautiful printed fannels now
so fashionable, and cheap withal Some
of them have the ground in a very light
beige, only a shade or two lighter than
ecru, with the patterns printed In red
and white. saw child's dress made
up from this material the other day and
it struck me as being extremely stylish
and original. The skirt was pleated and
the waist was made with blouse front
draped to the shoulders, opening low
over the blouse and falling in q loose bag
over the ribbon sash. The blouse was of
surah, pleated on one side and plain on
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-20
so,,,a Pacul,ar People.

There are some peculiar folks in the
world. AS soon as some men learn to
shave themselves they begin work OH
other people, trying to make them give
up the barber. With strip OF court
plaster on one cheek and q raw place
under his chin, one of these men will
tell what nice thing it is for man to
shave himself. He will say that it is
good exercise, and that he never cuts
himself except by accident, though
from the regularity with which he
wears court-plaster one would think
that he had some design in mutilating
himself. Akin to this fiend is the one
who takes constitutionals before break
fast. He is an early riser, says he
can't sleep after Q. M, and that that
is the proper time to get up. His con-
stitutional gives him an appetite, he
says, and he proves it by breakfasting
on oatmeal, sliced cucumbers, cold
Goldfish balls and dried apple pie, after
which he takes mild cigar and q glas:
of beer. He does this three times Q
week, and is sick the other four. He
is nervous and dyspeptic, but attrib
utes this to intellectual activity. al
thirty-fve he goes into museum as I
living skeleton. but continues his con
stitutionals to keep up his muscle.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-20

with many "reminiscences constitute a
programme that is quite interesting.
None present more highly appreciate the
fair than those who by reason of their
own exertion have done so much. toward
bringing the county toward its present
state of perfection. Most of these have
spent their allotted time here, and Faith
er Time is fast leaving his impress on
their once strong but now delicate frame,
and the day will soon come when such
gatherings will not be honOred by their
presence.
Perfection in county fairs as in many
other ventures has not yet been attained.
But does this signify they are not sue
cess? We appreciate the varieties of
taste and refrain from making sugges-
tions, but believe that improvements
could be made in even the best of our
county fairs. Already such rapid ad-
vancements have been made as to sur,
pass the expectations of the most san
guine. Let the good work go on until
the people of every county are SO aroused
and impressed as to be stimulated to
more earnest endeavors toward making
their fair an ideal one and booming
success. HIRAM w. THOMAS.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-20
The Prai lie Ehiol5csf.

The pinnatcd grouse or. rs y ~ COM
monty called, the prairie chickens IS
queer bird, Shy, and cften difficult to
approach, il still loves to be In the
vicinity III hunan habitations, writes
Walter MI. Wolf in tie September Ont
ing. Il. has followed The farmer from
tho Western REESE ye To the ptairies OF
Illinois, across the Mississippi, and it is
VOW beginning 10 be abundant In the
western counties OF Kansas and
Nebraska and In eastern Colorado.
Before it has fled the prairie sharp.
tailed grouse, that formerly was found
in the upland OF Iowa, Nebraska and
Dakota. Followingit is the quail or
Bob White the bird of the underbrush
and timber. as the prairie chicken is of
cornfields and stubble. 1t has come
with the homesteader and with the,
meadow lark, and welcomes the rob
bins, blue birds and warbters that ar
rive only when orchards are set out and
timber claims are well under way.
In some respects the game bird Of the
plains changes his habits with his
habitat. Especially is this noticeable
during the breeding season. The prairie
chicken in Illinois will lay its eggs and
rear its young in the same field where
it will be hunted later in the season.
But in the Platt valley in Nebraska, it
makes its nest on the islands. These
islands are low, fringed with brush and
covered with luxuriant grasses that are
not cut until late in the autumn. Here
there is absolutely no Danger Of moe sta
ton from man, and prairie fires are COM
| paritiveiy unknown. Late fires cook
probably one-third of the eggs that are
laid on the uplands.
The booming by the river has stop
ped. The male birds are already on
the uplands. Amid the carex and wild
grass, under plum brush and beside the
osiers the young birds are getting fat.
Their mothers teach them to exercise
their wings, and their eyes are suffi-.
GENTLY bright to detect grasshopper.
or butterfly many yards away. But,
this kind of life cannot last forever. Tic,
is early in July. The click of the,
mower floats down from the rolling
prairies above the river. Oats are ripen-.
| ing, and the wheat will soon be ready
for the reaper. The river grass is dry
ing. 1t is time for fight 1t seems as
though this migration is preconcerted-
Early in July the females bring their
broods together, and for a couple Of
days there is an incessant flight to the
| North and South. Then the islands are
deserted until the next spring.
The hunting season should not begin
before the middle of August, aud
farmers as rule comply with the regu-
lations of the game law. But every town
has few self-styled sportsmen, who
commence tte destroy chickens aud quail
before the young birds have their power
of flight fully developed. This makes
harder work and longer trips for those
who shoot only in the open season.
Still such state of affairs cannot be
helped until the West makes provisions
for the rigid enforcement of the game
laws already enacted, but which are
practically dead letter. Were sports
mems clubs and institution west as well
as east of the Mississippi, the matter
would soon rectify itself.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-20

Z "
his best bib and tucker, and, with his faui-
lily dressed In their Sunday raiment, and
with big, well-filled lunch basket, is
Esoon IN the family conveyance and of
to the fair.
The journey is made, and tho fun be-
gins. Each pays his money and takes
his choice. Amusements are there to
suit the wants of all, regardless Of age,
/, race, creed, or color, For the verdant
youth who for the first time is released
from his mothers apron strings, and is
permitted to roam at his own sweet will,
many are the things that will tickle his
! fancy. He covets everything no sees.
Gladly would he surrender his ticket for
| the next world rather than miss the fair.
Pleasure untold, however, is not his lot
till he has invested his shekels in red
balloons, hot taffy, and forms a partner
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-20

ship with "White Mule & Co." for an ex-
cursion on the merry go-round.
Oh, what grand time! AS for the
merry maiden, she does not materially
differ from the youth of the opposite sex
except where thoughtful mothers keep
watchful eye and interfere with such
boy-like proceedings. The juveniles do
not alone enjoy the fair The young
dudelet, just out of short Jackets, with
little fuzz gathering on his upper lip,
with his first paper collar, and the young
miss, as she energies from the nursery
and abbreviated frocks, playing the role
of sweetheart for the first time, they are
there. In the meanderings of this cou-
pie many strange things come to their
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-20

without great care you'll destroy It's
beauty In framing it.
If the tiny maid in the second illustra-
ton should face about, we should dis
cover how charmingiy becoming a stu
dents cap Is at times to little heads
wreathed in thick tresses, no matter
whether Ginning with the gold Of autumn
leaves or black as the velvet pansies OF
early spring.
Pleated skirts, capes, bodices, chemi-
settles, ETC., are all extremely becoming
for children, more especially for those
spritelike figures which fit about US
with such graceful velocity that we in
voluntarily glance at their shoulders In
search Of wings.
aCan't yon sit still for single moment,
Flossie, darling?"
II cen, but don't want to-" was the
quick answer. =
In the picturesque representation OF
this unwillingnesS to come to stand
still, as setforth in the third illustration,
there will be noticed number Of pleated
effects, all very graceful and pretty.
The felt and velvet hats, too, are de-
serving of attention, particularly the
beef-eater. One Is coquettishly tied un-
der the chin, and two have flarlng brims.
Children's hats should never be over
loaded with trimming. Don't smother q
rosebud under handful of feathers nor
weight a lily with cabbage Of velvet.
All feather effects should be light and
airy, oftentimes only two quill feathers
being used to set off Tam O. Shanter,
Scotch cap, or Tyrolean felt.
In some of the modish cloth costumes
for children the cape is made of the same
| material, accordion pleated and set on a
square velvet yoke, back and front, The
dress itself is close-ftting and worn with
velvet waist belt, and the back Of the
skirt is double-box pleated. A very pretty
effect is attained by making use Of a nut
meg-brown cloth with chocolate-browr
velvet. The skirt and cuffs have q
stylish finish given them by two rows oil
velvet in the darker hue. With this al
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-20

Elkanah Watson. Rapidly has it grown
in popularity until to-day statistics show
that more than half of the 1850 counties
of the Union annually hold agricultural
exhibits of some kind.
Fairs, however, were held across the
water long before such was ever known
in this country. But the term here and
there are by no means synonymous. In
the United States it implies variety Of
exhibits, especially of stock and agricul-
turai products, together with good racing
and other attractive features, while in
Europe it signifies place for the sale or
purchase of various things-such as some
new-fashioned article, provisions, the
sale of cattle, lambs, wool or the annual
produce. Owing to defective. commune
cation such fairs were very popular in
the old world. Rome, Leipsic, Frank
fort, Dublin, Greenwich and Glasgow
each in their day was fam
Gus market place, and buyers and
sellers from all over the continent were
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-20
BROKE OFF THE ENGAGEMENT

A Young American Recants Her Promise
to Marry an English Barrister.
The English friends of Miss Nettie
Carpenter, the young American violin
list, are much put out over the manner
in which she has upset the plans which
they had been instrumental in making
for her marriage to barrister named
Thrushfeld, who moves in high social
circles, and has been regarded as quite
q catch. But it appears that Miss Net
tie has ideas of the old-fashioned kind,
that the sentiment of love should pre-
cede the exchange of marriage VOWS,
and at almost the last moment she
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-20
He Wanted Twenty five Millions.

"Please give bearer my $25, 500, GOO"
This was the startling note which was
handed to the clerk in the Victoria
Hotel by district messenger boy yes
terday. The note was signed Charles
Howard, and was written on sheet of
fine note paper, After the c'erk had
questioned the boy and learned that the.
writer of the note was waiting outside,
of the hotel for his money.
"Tell Mr.. Howard he will have Co
call for the money himself" said Che
clerk. The messenger boy did So and
in q few minutes well-dressed man
with wild look in his eyes entered the
hotel and going up to the clerk, rubbed
his hands together, and said: "Ah,
ali! I see you didn't recognize my sig
nature. Hurry up and give me my
money. There's $25, 500, 900 in valise,
in the safe. Don't keep me waiting.
man. must catch train in half ana
hour"
The clerk saw that he had an insane
man to deal with and sent one of the
hall-boys for an officer. While the bov
was gone the clerk humored Mr.. How
ard by pretending to look for the
money. "The money has been depos-
tied in the bank" said the clerk, as
Officer Connors, of the Nineteenth Pre-.
cinct, appeared. "You go with this'
gentleman and he will get it for you"
Mr.. Howard accompanied Officer,
Conner to the Jefferson Market Coert,
where he was charged with insanity.
As the officer was signing his affidavit
Mr.. Howard leaned over his shoulder
and asked, will you sign for the money
or will IL"
"I'll sign for it" replied the officer,
pleasantly. Justice German committed
Howard for examination as to his
sanity.-N Y. Tribune.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-20

A New ZEALAND paper reports some
thing entirely new in the sporting line.
At horse race the course lay across
the sands at Okaroa bay, and, through
delay, the tide rose so high that the
horses had to swim some distance be-
foressthe. winning post was reached.
The result was that one of the ami
mails, which would otherwise have
been beaten, came off victorious, on &C.
count of superior natatorial powers.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-20

the other. The collar was of the pleated
surah and so was the lower part of the
sleeve between the long puff and re-
versed cuffs. All in all, it was very
charming little costume.
Another pretty costume for young
girl was chinchilla gray wooden, en-
broidered with little light embroidery
in black silk, marking the deep hem of
the skirt, which was mounted with gath
ers at the waist. The bodice was formed
by crossing the material over gray
velvet plastron. The collar and deep
cuffs were also of the velvet. There
were also three rosette bows Of gray
faille ribbon, one at the waist and two
lower down, all three in line with each
other.
Plaids Of all kinds, in wool, silk and
silk and wool mixtures, will also be IA
vorite materials for children's dresses
this fall and winter. The plan is usually
to cut them on the bias and fit them
with some sort of blouse front, pleated
chemisette, velvet plastron, or embroi-
dered vest, which as a general thing is
framed by revers of velvet in harmonious
tint, or by sort OF velvet bertha open
in front and at the back, and made upon
a stiff lining SO as to rise well above the
shoulders. I have already mentioned
the prevailing taste for deep square vel
vet yoke in children's garments, the ma
terial being mounted across the front
and back of the yoke in fluted gathers.
Plain, full bodices, simply gathered at
the neck and wrist, may be set off by
brace ornaments in black velvet, caught
together on the shoulders under bow
and ending ON each side of the waist
under similar bows. In some cases the
dress waists are entirely of velvet on
one side, the material being made to
cross the figure in diagonal folds on the
other.
Broad sashes in soft silk are much af-
fected, being extended across the figure
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-20

DRIVEN nearly to insanity by the
cruelty of her wealthy husband, Frau
Augusta Shley, the wife of promi-
nent Berliner, drowned herself and her
15-year-old daughter in a river near
Berlin the other day. Before leaping
into the water the mother and child
wept bitterly, thenkissed and embraced
and died locked in each others arms,
having struggled fiercely with the fish
erfnen who strove to rescue them.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-20

in great style. He might be . free
man now. only lie went to the house Of
q colored woman in Birmingham the
other day and got into trouble. He
told the woman that pot Of gold was
buried in her garden, but said it could
not be found unless hs had gold in his
hands. She gave him q pair of gold
earrings to hold, when he decamped.
She promptly had him arrested.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-20

lOKE, OCGODeT, lSSU.
HAT the child is father
of the man is no doubt
a very wise saying, but
T should rather be
tempted TO phrase it in
this way: Tho girl is
mother of the woman.
For boys are very un-
Certain creatures, as
'all the world knows,
while as to the girls
t h ere are certain
things which one may
predict Of them with
perfect confidence, and
among these is the fol-
1nwinU. AS 1iff1n Uir1a
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-20
and besides will have surplus enough t.


furnish feed for the stock gratis.
No other attraction than the fair can
cause the rural people to attend so nearly
en- masse. The old, the young, the rich,
the poor prepare to turn from the busy
cares Of life and enjoy themselves. The
interest in the county fair continues to
increase year by year. Divers reasons
can be assigned for the associations
reaching this successful stage, among
which are efficient officers, prohibiting
gambling and drinking, and last, but not
least, the people taking an interest and
offering liberal patronage. Competition
can in no way be better encouraged than
by q prosperous fair. The county can
conceive no means, to better advertise
her resources. Find county with a
poor county fair and you find o locality
that does not extend cordial welcome
to capital or labor.
The gala day arrives, and the farmer.
giving his horses an extra rubbing, dons
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-20
Death-Blow to Love.

Father 30 you think our daughter
has fallen in love with that young man
Mother She is perfectly infatuated
with him.
Father What do yon propose to do z
Mother That feeling Of undying love-
which she has must be turned to aver
sion, or she may elope with him in spite,
of us. Wemust do it at once.
Father But how?
Mother We must try to give her the
impression that none OF the other girls.
want him. IN. z. WeekJy.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-20

A NUMBER of Sfax fishermen, near
Tunis, were sitting the other day
round fire which they had kindled on
the shore, when suddenly there was a
terrible explosion from the heart of the
burning mass, one person being killed
and several seriously wounded. 1t was
subsequently found to be the explosion
of shell which had lain under the
sand since the French bombardment
in 1881.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-20

THEY tell this little story of Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, with needless
apology based upon her age and men
tai infrmity. Walking in friends
garden one day, she asked the garden
er: Have you ever read Uncle Toms
Cabin?'' The perplexed fellow slowly
unbent himself. He was unwilling to
wound the sensibilities Of Mrs. Stowe,
and he wished to say the most for him
self. And so he felt himself getting
very red as he stammered: "Well. not
exactly, ma'am. Not as you might say
read it, but I've tried to, ma'am."
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-20

frequent visitors. Gradually have those
fairs ceased to be of value, and are ex-
tinct or changed to scenes of merriment
to attract the masses. Various amuse-
ments accordingly are furnished there
foot ball, wrestling, yawning, sack races,
grinning through horse-collar, creased
pig, wheelbarrow races, etc.-resembling
in some particulars some of the features
of a fair of the present time in this
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-20
THE Indians near Elk Rapids, Mich

THE Indians near Elk Rapids, Mich,
cannot be persuaded to cross Bass
Lake in winter or summer, and al
though it is full of the best fish they
never will cast in it's waters. They
have legend that many moons ago,
while fishing in the lake, one of their
number was seized and borne beneath
it's dark waters by a great, big, horrid
monster, just like the one claimed to
have been seen this season by several
parties.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-20

A RICH find Of tilyer is reported to
have been made in Calhoun County,
Alabama, in what appears to be mine
formerly worked by Indians. The. ore is
said to assay go per cent. of pure silver.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-20
Cornering the Old Lady on the MIX CUES.

Judging from the favor of this
milk, I should say it was of the vintage
of TO-" remarked q Harlem girl who
enjoys the distinction of being what is
known as sweet girl graduate.
"You may know q good deal, Sarah,
but you seem to have neglected to
learn that milk doesn't belong to vint.
age Vintage refers to something that
is taken from the vine"
aWhy, mother returned the girl,
didn't you know that milk was taken
from vine?"
II did't know anything OF the kind,
said the mother.
@Bnt it's true, insisted Sarah.
aOh, nonsense!" interjected mater
familias, awhat vine r"
"Bovine!" replied the girl. and thu
old lady was so fnstered that she pu
pepper on her Charlotte Russo.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-11-20

from the right shoulder to the left hip,
the ends, which are usually fringed,
falling to the edge Of the dress. These
sashes are either drawn up closely under
bow or buckle on the shoulder, or else
they are spread out so as to cover all the
lower part Of the waist AS 1t is now
quite the correct thing to have little
children act as bridesmaids at fashion
able weddings, always, of course, with
the single exception Of the chief brides
maid, it may not be uninteresting to
hear how these little people were dressed
at recent swell wedding. Their cos
tunes consisted of cream satin mer-
veilleux "smocks," with yokes and
sleeves Of cream lace. They wore cream
lace hats with white ostrich tips, and
carried posies Of yellow and white mar
guerite daisies with yellow and white
streamers. Dart, i1e Chicago Led
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broke off the engagement. Miss Car
penter has resumed her musical studies,
and for the time the god of love has
been banished from her presence. She
has been for two years in England
studying the violin, and has made
commendable progress. The young
lady is twenty-three years of age. Her
real name is Storey.