Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-04

"Well, father. have had enough of q
time to last me tho rest of my life. Will
you take back your prodigal7 have
brought calf with me-" To which the
old man replied, 81 see two calves, my
son; but let that pass. Ineed another
hired III, man. and if You win keep straigh.
I'll take you on" "By gum, yer q
white man, dad" replied the son, and be
immediate went to work to show that he
had reformed. As for the calf, it was
decided not to kill It, as it was of blooded
stock, and when raised will be valuable
COW.
TIE Boston Transcript tells story Of
ON American gentleman who recently
visited Tennyson. During the CONVEX
sation tho old poet, in his rapid and
somewhat free and easy style Of speech,
broke in with, There! I've caught you
in On Americanism. hate that word
'awfully;' they might us we'll say bloody
ut once; they mean the same" GLOW
would it do comments The Transcript,
''for girls and boys, both in England and
America, to form Anti-Awfully Socie-
ties take the language pledge, 80 to
speak, imposing one-cent fines for every
case Of violation Of tho pledge not to in
dulge in ridiculous hyperbole spoech2"
CAPTAIN WEBER, of the schooner j. G.
Craig of Portland, Me-, tells remark
able cat story. The cut in question be-
longed to the vessel, and, though petted
by the captain, was disliked by some of
the crew. Ono day recently, while the
vessel wes between Monhegan and Penn
aquid Point, one Of the men threw tho
cat overheard and every body supposed
that was the last Of poor pussy. A week
afterwards, however when Captain Web
Der arrived home, the cat came purring
down the garden walk to meet him. The
captain can't explain how the cat got
ashore, but knows that she is ashore and
US good us new.
A BAru (Me.) mans belief in "pre-
sentiments" was increased by recent
occurrence. He felt as if something was
wrong at his stable one night and per-
sisted in getting up and going down in
spite Of his wifo's circumstances. He
had hardly reached tho place before q
section of sill of the building gave
way, letting down the flooring and pitoh-
ing forward three of the horses in such o
way that they hung up by their halters
and must have died had not help been at
hand-
AFTER being speechless for nearly
seventeen years, Otto Wirthner, we'll
known German of Youngstown, Ohio,
surprised himself and his friends by con-
versing huently in both English and Ger
man. When eighteen years old he was
stricken with illness and upon recovering
he was mute. Since W::--..Anor was in
duced to try electricity, and upon q
battery being applied, his speech sud
denly returned. He has learned the
English language by hearing it spoken,
and converscs us freely us though it was
his mother tongue.
IT is said that one Of the electric light
ing companies has adopted an ingenious
scheme for carrying its wires through
underground conduits, A small terrier
has been so trained tina: when q light
cord is attached to him he runs through
the tube to the next outlet, and is, in
country. After each performance he is
treated to some favoritc morsel, and thus
he hos come to look on his work as q
most enjoyabl. pastimo.
| SUPERINTENDENT McLAREa Of Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, received
recently by express from San Bcrnardino
county, Cal, 1t feathered irank, which
has been added to the collection Of
bipeds in the byinry ut the park. The
newcomer is nothing less thnn \ four
legged rooster of breed that is u cross
between bantam and a Brahma. The
age of tho phenomenon is stated to be IA
months. tpossesses two backbones and
con grow two tails.
| A PLY caused the death of man at
Vionna. Hottie man-was walking
the street when the insect suddenly took
position on his forehead. As soon as
it left, swelling appeared which soon
after gave tho man such pain that he
went to physician. The doctors said
blood poisoning had set in and tried some
remedies to avert the danger of death
but they we're of no avail, as the unfor-
tunate expired the same night.
FARMER HALL, of Clay county, Ala.
| luo AoLuuA Auullly. 1Ao 10 VI otg1s
of age and has never tasted liquor no,
chewed tobacco. He has been married
twice and he is the father Of twenty.
seven children-sixtecn, eight boys md
eight girls, by his first wife, and eleven
six boys and five girls, by his second
wife. Sixteen of the children are living
Twins wcro born to him twice, tho first
boys and the second girls.
ONE of the most noticeable things ir
Mme. PATHS new homo in Wales is the
curious system of burglar protection tia,
pervadcs the whole Of her mansion
Unless u certain lever is raised, it is i'm
possible to open window at night with.
out causing the ringing Of innumcrablt
alarms in the cottages Of the gardeners
and in the stables, while ON especially
ingenious continuance is tho release of q
large dog from his kennel.
IT is well-known fact that the nervous
condition has marked effect upon th.
salivary glands. An Oriental method Of
detecting crime is to take several pe1sons
suspected Of the offensc and require them