Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-04-24
TOPICS.
CUE WON'T TONE UP ON
Y rock AND RYE.

mt w. ,;out to Have Intoxicating Stimu-
Ger fa r.,np,rance Lecture with q |
ants "A
,oraL ,. mo to 90 To nuss;,, /
"lHd w. I'm glad I'm not needed in that
pam' .ro nv hands full here at home.
be a fnl]ow was hurt by bank Gavin
yoNll!s, while diggin' on a side hill,
on nun brought him to me. KNOWN I'm
ID the" LAD to be able to arm an honest
lu' S'"" stay at home. The comply
" n az q" give him tonics. and somethin'
"'!'o ,'onin.? Yes'm, does
rea Eo,Iye heard rock an rye was a
~ V ',ronsthener Um-ycs. Not
Fea' ,bn ryc has that pore boy tasted
BOY % ha has ben in my hands, but he
ic '',. 20 all the rock he wants, an if he
IN Ia .,voct tooth that'll be considerable
aortors an me have scrmmaged
lr ,hc rye. but beat em an they had
bod their wrath:
''es ,ock an rye. ] haint allus been
OWE , w. lived in a little house, havin' to
or y. tycly for daily bread; as, once
oIN Good husband an four promisn'
S0 ,.bn kept me real comfortable.
W. .,,mption took off my husband,
f"nn The oldest boy, soon followed
,Y, YOU wouldn't blame me for try
IN nav. am every remedy ever heerd of
,a +,' Willie an Eddy took cough.
o1 did port. with Il raw egg beaten in
pou' had for Willie, then another sort
zine, with raw beef chopped in it,
.n,n next: an, ma'am, l was so foolish
'" - think the red flush on his check
.Mt the honest red bclongin' to re-
urnin health. so l kept givin' it to
~, keepin' the poor boy half drunk
. ,..h wine. | had to give him up. Oh,
nas. were bitter times! l felt that God
aG ,or.alicn me in my darkest hours
S,.t qypcrience hadn't taught me to
Irow away such dcceivn' medicine, so
I.eau 10 dose Eddy with brandy an
"a, sugar. taiin great pains to get APP
n" ar peach brandy of great age and
rnri,y' ~ which cost more than was
Mo- ia nay. One thing comforts me:
rd1y never learned to like it. All
E1rongh his sickness he hated it, never
Lr,tc1 it up of his own accord, as did
John and Willie.
.you can guess what a sore heart l
carried when / was forced to see Eddy,
Inst turned seventeen, fadin' away.
Ever day he grow a little weaker and
thinner, bat was always patient an
ovin. The priceless ca brandy didn't
save him. an one winter morning there
was a fourth grave dug under the row
Of rrdarS that my mothers hands had
n,an1cd long ago in old Mount Zion
chlrchyard.
.! made an idol of Gilbert, the last
one eft No it wasn't right, but did
il iecliu rebclliouS when the thought
would come, he'll go the same way the
Others have watched him carefully,
thankful that he seemed strong in body.
His limbs were straight, and he had a
handsome face My Gilbert. the baby,
was winnin' lad. Oh. the pity, the
1ty.' And the large, almost masculine
icare for the moment swayed with emo
lion,
We looked about us and saw that bare
aud poor as the small room was, it was
very, very neat and clean. though Aunt
MAJ hadn't an over-supply of time to
Way from her "washin' ironin' and
@lN@in engagements to spend in
N0Elhg after her own home.
Gilbert" she resumed, LEARNED fast,
aid cot to be a telegraph operator, and
his otice was in little depot just across
the way: you can see it from the east
window. But his work was night work,
az lis wcarin' on a young boy to be up
half the night. He was looliin' to get
the day Job. When he began to get
peaked and thin-faced. / fixed up the
most temptin' lunches / knew how &c
get up. but he kept losin' appetite an
flesh. an one mornin' he fell faintin' al
my feet Somebody said, Get him rock
and rye that is the very best medicine
prepared for debilitatcd folks. The rye
Will brace them up, the glycerine and
rock candy is soothin' to the cough
got the rock and rye. Gilbert liked it.
| had no trouble to get him to swallow
his medicine
Its dom me good, mother; car
work all night and not get tired said
lie, and began to hope that there
wouldn't be a fifth grave soon dug under
the cedars That bottle had to be re
filled right away: we hadn't the money
TO get it as often as Gilbert wanted it
and then he was angry with me for be
M so stingy. / was frightened when i
was too late, but my pleadin's were il
YAM and one day he came in at the door
discharged from, his position. 'Fol
what, son?' asked, and thrill of pain
shot through my heart as l read in the
s'perintendent's letter that somebod.
mad complained, He was no longer tt
be trusted, an telegraph operator:
should be sober and trustworthy
After that he wasn't long in fallin' t,
the lowest notch. How fast he went
and couldn't stay his course one littl,
moment, though my heart was breakin'
soon he became known as that 'good-for
nothing Gilbert Wade, ready to do any
lhlng for drink of liquor. One morn
N There was an unusual crowd gathered
al the depot waitin' for an excursion
lfaln, and l sat at the window watchin
hilbert with a great fear in my heart
ne was just drunk enough to be insultin
ana abusive, and there were others Their
VINO were not themselves. Some on
sad something Gilbert did not like, an
ne struck out his clenched hand, an
.efe before my eyes, oh-ma am, l can
Don't try" said we. trying to sooth
me poor soul, who soon wiped away tn
binding tears, and managed to tell Il
heF hoy was murdered While she sa
there
Its not only the misery of havin' tn
10Y die in ch-such-oh-it's-
own wickedness-in puttin'-the-cu
-to-his-lips-that's troubin me. Say
-&ln-l-the-mu nv boo