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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-21
s,pax. amenities.

Frank Foster and Charles Dean were
classmates in the high school. They
shared the same DOM at college, and
entered m architects Office together
soon after their graduation.
They were always good friends, but
Charles found it difficult to understand
why Frank was met everywhere with
hearty goodwill and cordially, while
people invariably chilled a little in man
ner when speaking with him. They
received a good many pleasant social
invitations, and Charles vent everv-
where that Frank went, but never man
aged to enjoy himself as well, owing to
the lack Of full friendliness which he
encountered.
The young men met one day down
town a lady whose home was a center of
social life in the little city where they
lived.
Il am glad I met you, young gentle
men," said Mrs. Carroll, after the first
greeting. 1--WE expect a few young
people at our house tonight to see my
niece Julia, whom you both know. She
rs staying over for a day with my
daughter, quite unexpectedly, on her
way to New York. 1 hope you Will both
come"
"Thank you!" said Charles Dean.
c~arelessly, although lie was secretelv
pleased. Eth see about it."
You are yesy kind, Mrs. Carrolli'
replied Frank. 81 shall certainly come
if l can be excused by nay mother. I
have made o Encouragement with her
to be at home this evening, if some old
friends of hers, who are coming from a
distance. get here by to-day's train"
There was q little more chat. then the
young mel lifted their hats and passed
on.
I'm going" said Charles. "Ill let
the drawings I VAS going to make for
my father Tonight wait over"
On reaching home, Frank found that
his mothers friende had arrived. He
SEMI a'ote ut once to Mrs. Carroll to
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-21
Il RESE.

A Napa County man arrived in town
not long ago and went to a hotel. the
name Of which shall be undivulged.
In the evening he handed the clerk a
500 bill for s~afe-keeping, saying: Il
am going out to have a look at the ele.
plant tonight, and don't want to carry
much money around with me-" There
happened to be only that one clerk in
the Office as he took the bill. put it in
an envelope, and apparently stuck it in
the safe.
Two days later the visitor sauntered
into the hotel Office looking rather
sheepish and detected. Waiting until
he saw the clerk alone he sided up and
said: Il will trouble you for that $50.
please"
What fifty dollars?. asked the Off
cial coolly.
The guest recalled the incident of his
handing over the money for safe-keep-
ing. but in spite Of his insistence the
clerk denied all knowledge of the mat.
ter. Whereupon the man of Napa
County consulted q lawyer.
Procure another tifty.dollar bill"
SAID the lawyer; take a friend with
you, and go to the clerk again. Say
you lind you were mistaken, and that
you discovered the bill in your pocket.
Ask him, in your friends nresanoo ;f
he will keep it in the safe until YOU
need it. Then come back to me for in
structions."
Ihe visitor did as he was bid, and re-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-21
Ned Hoye's L"ch.

Lucky Ned Hoyt" was the popular
sobriquet Of the magnate.
"A man." his associates would tell
you, 'of only moderate talents. born
in poverty, with no family or social in
fuence, yet he had mounted the ladder
of success rapidly and. steadily. Moth
ing to help him but luck-blind luck!"
Let us look a little at the steps Of
this ladder up which Ned climbed SO
fast. He was the son Of a poor woman,
who gave him a few years schooling,
and then found him a place as "eleva-
tor boy" in q hotel. Ned had one aim:
to find work on a railroad, and there
to make his way up. He stuck to that
one idea: he never changed it, he
never forgot it. The men who used
the elevator daily, found the boy always
clean, always polite and eager to be of
use. He became q favorite, especially
with one, a stationmaster on a railway
leading out of the. city. To him Ned,
choosing o moment when he was in a
good humor, frankly told his story and
his hope. "Can you give me work." he
asked.
YES the man said, "in the yard;
but it will be hard and poorly paid.
Better stay where you are"
You never can rise in an elevator,
above the fifth story" retorted Ned,
laughing.
He was set at handling freight on the
platform. In a month he attracted the
attention of all the men in the ward by
his unfailing promptness, energy and
good-humored courtesy. His eyes and
ears We're always open, and he was
eager to learn the business and meth
DDS of the road.
One day the freight-master needed a
temporary helper in his Office, as one of
the clerks was absent-suddenly i'll. He
applied to the yard-master for a sub
s%titute, IF you've got a wide-awake
young fellow, not afraid to work.
Here's your mani" said the yard
master, tapping Ned on the back.
what luck Hoyt has," said his COM
panions. she went into the Office.
At the end of the week the sick man
returned, but Ned had made himself
too useful to be dismissed from the
Office. A year later a small road APP
piled to the larger one for a man COM
petent to surerintend its freight de-
partment. Nobody was surprised when
Hoyt was chosen.
Ned threw himself into the interests
of the new road with zeal, and intro
duced into its management the methods
of the older systems. At last
he saw an opportunity for a
grand icomp by which to insure the sue
cess of the road, and his w as we'll.
By building a short branch, it would
tap the trade of a productive region.
He urgedt this action upon the directors;
the road was built. In a few years two
great railways saw the vast advantages
held by the smaller line, and bid high
for them against each other. The short
road was at last incorporated in one Of
the larger ones. and Hoyt was taken
into its board Of management.
Blind luck'7 cried the men whom he
had left behind.
But as years passed and Hoyt, always
cheerful: energetic and good humored,
steadily rose to the chief control of the
road, never failing to sec and secure an
opening for its advancement or his own,
his comrades began to suspect that
there wa some secret in his sue
cess rather han that Of luck.
Can u boy readers explain it?-
Youths Companion.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-21
BESIN Is BUSINESS

Life Insurance Agent (out West
What did Mr.. Newcomer say?
!Assistant-He wouldn't talk to me at
all; said he was too busy to think about
life insurance.
WELL. I'll hang around his house to.
night and shoot holes through his win.
dows and when he comes down town in
the morning you be behind a fence in
some vacant lot and put a few balls
through the top Of his hat. Then when
he reaches the Office I'll dropin and talk
life insurance again.-New York
WeeElU.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-21
GET 1T THE FACTS FIRST

An elderly man was walking s
down Second avenue the other day
a boy turned q corner and
"Hello?" loud enough to be heard
blocks.
Want to scare him to death?' qu
a man who was passing.
No, sir"
Then why do you yell so loud?
"Gotter. / know him."
What difference does that make
"A heap. He's my father and de
a stone"
All! Excuse me-
Yes, sir, but next time don't
Jump on a boy till you investigate
Detroit Free Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-21
THE
Some Pleasant Stories for the
Amusement of Our JuUe-
nile Readers.
JUST LIKE OLIVER TWIST.
.! Homeless and Friendless Boy Who Has
Had a Hard Tme-Ned Hoyt's
Luck-SmaN Amenities.
Course

Big brothers know a good deal, but
now and then one of them finds himself
unexpectedly anticipated by his little
sister.
Marion" said Henry, proud of his
newly acquired knowledge, do you
know that the earth turns round?"
"Of tes it does!!' answered Marion.
That's the reason l tumbles out of
bed"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-21
4 GOOD LFYytG

Ponsby--Creme, you have had ex.
perience and ought to be able to most
me. I'm thinking of getting married,
What car a young married man live on
Adolphus Creme--W'ell, he q live
on his wife's fatl,- that is-er-well, saw
five thousand q year.-Drnhc's Maoa.
zine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-21

turned to his legal ADVISER the next
day. Now, 90 back to the hotel alone
and when YOU find your clerk olsen
! gagged ask him for your money
This the visitor did, and the money
was forthcoming.
Now said the man OF law, when the
client applied for further orders, take
the friend who was a witness to your
handing wei the second ~tifty-dollar
bill, go with him to the clerk, and ask
for your bank note again.
The ruse was entirely successful.
The clerk. finding that his victim had a
witness to the transfer of his money
and that a denial would be useless,
stepped behind the desk, dug the orig
inal fifty-dollar bill from his pocket,
thrust it into All envelope, stepped to
the safe and, pretending to take it out,
handed back his booty. -Son Fran
cisco Bulletin.
nov POSTAGE STAMPS 70 MADE.
Some years ago a gang OF swindlers
made a great deal Of money by adver-
Using "a tinely-executed steel engrav-
ing of George Washington for % cents"
and sending to the eager purchaser a3-
cent stamp. 1t was a "fnely-eAecuted
steel engraving" as are all the heads
on the postage stamps issued by the
government. Small and cheap al they
are, as much care and skill are EN-.
plpyed in making postage stamps as
one-hundred.d dollar bills.
The design of the stamp is engraved
on steel, and, in printing, plates are
used on which 200 stamps have been
engraved, Two men are kept busy at
work covering these with colored inks:
and passing them to a man and a girl,
who are equally busy printing them
with large rolling hand presses. Three
of these little squads are employed all
the time.
After the small sheets Of paper con-
tanning 200 printed stamps have dried
enough, they are sent into another room
and gummed. The gum used for this
purpose is a peculiar composition, made
Of the powder Of dried p%ototoes and
other vegetables, mixed with water. .
After having been again dried, this
time on little racks famed by steam
power, for about an hour, they are put
between sheets Of pasteboard and
pressed in hydraulic presses under a
weight Of 200 tons.
The text thing is to cut the sheets in
two, each sheet, of course, when cut
contains 100 stamps. This is done by q
girl with a large pair Of shears, cutting
by hand being preferred to that by ma
chinery, which would destroy too many
stamps.
They are her passed to another
squad of workers who perforate the
paper between the stamps. Next they
are pressed once more, and then packed
and labeled and slowed away to be sent
out to the various offices when Or.
dered.
If a single stamp is torn or in any
way mntilated, the whole sheet of 100
stamps is burned. Notices. than 500, 600
are said to be burned every week from
this cause.
The greatest care is taken in counting
the sheets of stamps, to guard against
pilfering by the employees; and it is
said that during the past twenty years
not a single sheet has been lost in this
way. During the process of manufact-
uring, the sheets are counted eleven
times.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-02-21
4 TONY

year before the first rail,osa1
through, four of US San Franz
sengers on the overland STAGE y
in front of the Occidental
(built of logs.) With pants ra,'
tucked in his boots, and detsss1
fastened to his waist with :
which was a vehement revolvo,'
shirt and SLOUGH hat, poetical]s
ear, the atfable host came out
a hound off the step, to receive
size commanded respect.
"Gentlemen," said he, as ls
hands with each of us, ALLOW
welcome you to this hospitable h,
The bridge is gone at the rive,
and you can't get over till It;
some time tomorrow. You will
with me and [ with you, and
we'll share and share alike in Al
got if we have to cut o pumpkin
are far out, but you shan't ind
of. Step right up this port !
(slab PLATFORM and don't stop to
scraper; follow me through this
slab door, to which the latchst
never out of fix, unless it happen
drown in; step right up to this
counter (board on two barrels an
your royal names upon this acd
dating register Ga medical memor
book while l call our caterers
ton (Sal, get grub for four on dj
Now, me lords. please step
the lavatory (the whole wide wor
proceed to perform Your ablutiop
contaminated water dipped ird
creek in vessels Of the purest
ware (tin basins, and there
frescoed napkins (pieces of formej
cloth) on that rack wooden plug|
please walk in. There is the
northeast cornero Of small lookiud
and comb {too shy to show its led
sit up here by the register, |
(stove clear out of doors) for the q
zephyrs are chilly, and take ID
out OF your feet. But first, gentj
into the bar-rocm (dry goods bo|
take a supper invigorator (md
avalanche1. What, water? CID
take all the taste out!
THE gong spoon raped onl
sounds; your rejection is ready
over into the dining-room (so}
corner of room) and take chairs
off logs at the table de hote (tw|
on trestles}. Excuse our menl
not printed yet: but you see befd
the bill Of fare {old bacon, cornl
hominy. maekerel and ohicory
the terrapin and oysters havel
here to be IN season yet. No
| gentlemen, are permitted at the
YOU must adjourn to the bar fol
and the speeches. Gents, don't
ing with the napkins {our ls
chiefs, they seem to be plentiful
Later on as We were tired "
mated a desire to retire early. S
landlord, Watt till i light the chs
(tallow candle in a block Of We
the gas IS all out. Now come
elevator bladder in corner): don
bic and fall up stairs. Select yo
rooms. gentlemen beds all in on.
divided by chalk marks, and don
balance yourselves and fall aeai7
partition or you'll disturb your nei
Repair to your downy co1iches
ticks on planks): just mauipula|
electric annunciator on the floor 4
Dry club or telephone down til
trap door, if you want anythin
don't make a n,isstep and tumbl
with the message. Good night
The next morning we found til
lord was a great reader Of high
low priced novels and had got on
swing.
At 8 o'clock we got of with GU
a. ". Be:lam. in the Detro,
Press.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1890-04-25
PER ANNU
WHEREAS, default ha. been made in the con,,,.

WHEREAS. default has been made In the condf-
t'ns OF q mortgage. containing power Of sale.
ated April 10th. I'D, ,ss1. and duly recorded
the Office Of the Register Of Deeds OF riggs county
1kota Territory. now Grtggs county, State q
iorth Dakota. April 21st, A. d. 1854. O'Clock
M, in book ortga ges, pa ges 507 50s whereby
Sarl 2. vangen (unmarried), mortgRgeOr. mort
saged to d. s. b. Johnston Land Mortgage CON-
any, q corporation duly organized and existing
snder the laws OF the state of Minnesota. mort
sageet the northeast quarter (NEMb Of section
twelve ll2) In township one hundred forty.sevsA
t147). Of range sixty-one (6lG containing ~
.cres, more or less, according to the government
,urvev thereof in Griggs county, Dakota Terri
tory, now GrigRs county. State Of North Dakota.
by which default satd power Of sale has becons
operative. and no action or proceeding at lAW
has been Instituted to recover the debt remalD-
ing secured thereby or any part thereof. an1
there IL claimed to be due and isdue said most
gage at the date hereof ]l7.26.
Now. notice b hereby given. that BY virtue a
said power sald mortgage will be foreclosed oDA
said premises sold at public auction by the shesa
oe said county or his deputy. an by STATUTE pre-
vided. May 10th, A. D. 1890 at O'Clock P. n. at
the front door Of the ofice Of the Regstss q
Deeds for said county. ut Co0perstown. In saaA
county. to pay said debt. interest and attornay'a
sse OF 93s, - stipulated In said mortgage, ana
the disbursements allowed by law.
Dated March l7th. 1880
p. 8. B. JOHNSTON LAND MosraAaE co.srAxy;
HERMAN WNrERER, Mortgages.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1890-04-25
President Muir of the Alliance hs

President Muir of the Alliance has
a new scheme for raising wheat. He
proposes planting it in drills 22 inches
apart and cultivating it the same as
corn-with cultivator designed for
the purpose, drawn by a team and
which works the ground between two
or three rows at time. Mr.. Muir
claims that the method has been tried
in this country, is practical and a
success; and mentioned = number Of
leading farmers of the state who
would cultivate good sized field in
this way, himself among the number
He asserts that double the yield will
be had on the same ground, over the
old way, and with no more labor re-
quired, as the cultivating takes the
place Of plowing. In the tall the
stubble is to be left long. It will
catch the snow and give more moist
ure to the ground when it melts in
the spring. Then the stubble is to
be burned, and in sowing. the drills
shifted so that they will come between
the rows of the previous year. A
half bushel of seed to the acre is sufi-
cient, ond should yield 40 bushels in
good!season. plowing, and con.
sequently no stubble turned under, to
form cushion through which the
moisture will raise. This method is
success in England and trials here
have proved successful. What dc
you think of it brother farmers?-
Minto Journal.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1890-04-25
WHEREAS, default has been made in tn. con.

WHEREAS. default has been made in the coz
ditions Oi u mortgage, containing power o2
sale. dated April 23r, A. d. 1854. aud duly record
ed in the Office Of the Register Of Deeds Of GrgKo
county. Dakota Territory, now Griggs county,
State OF North Dakota. April 28th. 4. d. lS6s,
at 920 O'Clock. AN lin book Of mortgages, pa8a
40. whereby Artemas D. Ellis and Lizzie A. Ellis.
his wife. mortgageors mortYaKcd to u. =. B. john,
ston. Charles J.. Johnston and Horace Hanre CO.
partners as d. s. Il. Johnston, Sou 4 Hance.
mortgagees, the northwest quarter (NWN), ol
section f0rr (ll. aud the sou,h henst quarter
tSE1.) OF the northeast quarter (NEAl Of section.
five t5l, all In township ono hundred forty. eight
(14Sli, Of range sixty (G0). containing l61 acrea.
according to the government survey thereof, IN
Griggs county, Dakota Territory, now Grisga
county. State OF North Dakota. by which defaults
sati power of sale has become operative, and
no action or proceeding at law has been instituted
to recover the debt remaining secured thereby or
and fs due on said mortgage at the date hereoe
S67O
! Now. notice fs hereby given. that by virtue OF
said power said mortgage will be foreclosed and
said premises sold at publlcnuctiOn by the Sheriff
Of said county or his deputy. rs by statute pro-
vidsd. May 18TH. A. D. $780, at O'Clock. p. NJ. at
tho front door Of the Office Of the Register q
Deeds for said county mt Cooperate In said coun-
ty, to pay said debt. interest, and attorneys ieo
Of $a5 90. az stipulated in said mortgage, and tho
Disbursements allowed by law.
Dated March 18th, 1890.
d. 8. n. JOHNSTON. CHARLES Il. JOHNSTON, HORACR,
HANCE, co-pnrtners as u. 8. 3. JOHNSTON, Son d
HANcE, Mortgages.
HERMAN WlNTERER. Attorney for Mortgages.
Valley City. N. d.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1890-04-25

A number of our citizens have
been reviving the question Of having
an incorporated cemetery. 1t does
seem as though Cooperstown should
have burying ground set apart
solely for this purpose. There are
two ways in which cemetery could
be secured. First, someone could
donate about two acres of land and
let it be managed by trustees who
could sell the lots to those who need
them, the proceeds to be used in
fencing and fixing up the cemetery.
Secondly, let someone purchase two
acres of land and sell the lots. A
neat fence could be put around it at
very little cost and then it would be
safe from stray cattle, etc. If this
were done and trees planted and
looked after, in few years we could
have very pretty little cemetery be-
longing to the town.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1890-04-25
WHEREAS, default has been made in

WHEREAS, default has been made in the con-
tltfOns Of O mortgage. containing power of snle
date1 June 12th A. d. 1884, and duly recorded in
the office Of the register Of deeds Of Griggs county
Dakota Territory. (now Griggs county, State OF
North Dakota,) June 18th, A. D. 1884, at go
O'Clock, p. NJ. in book L OF mortgages, page ass.
whereby John S. Imsland and Eliza Imsland, his
wife, mortgageors. mOrtSaged to D. S. b. Johnston.
Cherries L. Johnston and Horace Hnnce co-part-
ners ns D.. s. b. Johnston. Son & Hance. mort
gagees, the north half Mo OF the northess st
i the northeast quarter IN ~ and the northeass
quarter (NEN) OF the southeast quarter (SEKl
OF section thrty-twO (32), in township one hun
dred and foriy-eight ll4S). Of range sixty (6Ol.
containing l6O acres. according to the govern
ment survey thereof. in Griggs county, Dakota
Territory (nOw Griggs county, State OF North
Dokota).by which default said power of sale has
become operative. and no action or proceeding Al
law has been instituted to recover the debt re-
naming secured thereby or any part thereof. and
there Is claimed to be due, and is due on said
mortgage ct the date hereof. $3.50.
Now. notice - hereby given. that by virtue Of
said power said mortgage will be foreclosed and
said premises sold at public auction by the sheriff
o. % SAID county Or big deputy. as BY statute pro.
vtded. May 18th. a. D. 1880. at O'Clock ?. n. at
the front door Of the oce OF the register Of deeds
for said county. at Cooperstown. in said county.
to pay said debt. interest. and attorneys tee OF
$500. % stipulated in said mortgage. and the
disbursements allowed BY Law.
Dated March II. 1890.
D. 8. B. JOHNSTON. CHARLHsL. JOHNSTON. HORACE
HANcE. co-pastnsrs - D. 8. B. JoHxsToN. Sou 4
HANcE, Mortgages.
HERNAN WNTERER, AttornAy for Mortgages.
Valley City. n. D.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1890-04-25
WHEREAS, deianlt has been made 1,

WHEREAS, default hns bcen made In the con-,
litions of u mortgage. containing power Of snle.
datel May 10th, A. d. lSsj. and duly recorded in
he office Of the register Of deeds Of Griggs county.
Dakota Territory (nOw Griggs county, State Of
North DakOta,) May 2Bth. A. D. 1856. at ::S0
o'clock, p. NJ, In book r Of mOrtgages. page 521.
whereby Rollei Berg and Maria Berg. his wife,
mortgageors. mortgaged to d. =. b. Johneton.
Charles H. Johnston and Horace Hnncs, co-part-
ners IN ID. s. D. Johnston. Son & H,nce, mort
gagees. the northwest quarter (NWNl, OF section,
thirty (3U). in township Que hundred and forty
eight (1ls). Of range hfty.elght lsSl. containing
l48 acres. according to the govsFnment survey
thereof. IN GriEgs county, Dakota Territory
(n0w 0riggs county. State oi North DakotA).
By which default said power Of. sale hao:
become operative. and no action or proceeding at
law has bssn instituted 10 recover the debt r.
naming secured thereby or Any part thereof. and
there 10 claimed to be due and 70 due ON said
mortgage ct the date hsre0l. 99o.03
Now, notice 10 hsrsby 9ivsn. that By virtue o1
saii power said mortgage will b. foserlosed ana
said premises sold ct public auction By the shsfiR
Of said county or bis deputy. - BY statute pro-
vidsd. Nay 18th. 4. d. 1aDe. ct os2osk ?. H.. %
the front door 0S the once Of the register Of deedo
tor said county. ct Cooperstown. in said county,
to pay said debt. interest. and attorneys fec %
e2B.0A - stipulated IL said mortgage. and Tho,
disburssmsnts allowed By Law.
Dated March II. 1890.
D. 8. B. JoHNsToN. CsARLBs L. JouNs7oS. HOsAc1
HA1oB. 0o.partnsrs - D. Q. d. JoHHsTos. Sox 4
HAHcs. Mortgages.
Valley CITY, \, D.