Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-08-28
from Nebraska.
DEPOT ALBION, NEB.

fences, Of the past two weeks, SO
much like the shifting scenes of a
panorama, are beyond descriptive pow
ers of my pencil. Hundreds of faces
passing before me with a hearty "God
bless you" accompanying the hand
pressure, and true hearts looking their
response through eyes that are anx-
iously seeking way out of the laby-
rinths of sin, Encourage me as l wear
lily tramp on. At North Loup.I found
one church that really tries to help
God answer their own prayers on the
saloon question. The seven day Bap-
tist, with membership of over 100
and solid vote for prohibition of the
liquor traffic. Prohibition being one
OF the cardinal doctrines of the church.
They gave me full houses and l left
them with w. c. T. U. and Loyal
Temperance Legion. Their minister,
with his accomplished wife, lately
from Chicago, are shining lights. At
Burwell, in Garfield Co., L found a
crowd waiting for me both evenings
and some so women at the afternoon
meeting where we organized a Union
and L. T. l. with capable leader in the
Congregational minister who is a
member of the American Institute of
Philosophy, and one Of the grandest
young men ever met, I only wish we
could have lectures from this scholar
ly gentleman. His talented young
wife is q fit help-meet. l continued to
"swing around the circle in Valley
county until the county was aroused,
when we rounded up" IN Ord with a
mass Convention which wonder to
everyone. Among the notable, we IN
troduced an old lady who was one of
the historic 80 who were arrested and
imprisoned at Pittsburg Penn, by the
saloon-keepers, because these women
were praying on the sidewalks in
Crusade days. OF course the Chautau-
qua salute was quick to follow the in
PRODUCTION. The Convention held all
day and evening and was pronounced
a complete success. The Superintend-
ent OF public instruction, whom l
found was a comrade ct my husband
in the 9th. Army Corps and both
wounded same day at Cedar Creek, in
vited me to visit the Teachers Insti-
tute, which l did with other white
ribboners. When I was called to the
platform asked theSuperintendent to
allow me the privilege, in the name of
his dead conlrade, of pibning on his
coat a bouquet tied with the white
ribbon, explained that this ribbon
meant purity in the home and govern
ment. His eyes filled with tears at
the mention of his comrades and as
he bowed that l might fittingly decor
ate this brave man, who had Leen
elected by whiskey vote voluntarily
assured the teachers that hereafter the
Scientific Temperance Instr uction law
should be better enforced in Valley
county. With regret l left the kind
friends in ord and wended my way to
Grand Island to give my third talk in
that wicked city, and 1 felt quite at
home with my suffrage speech in the
G. A. r.. Hall festooned overhead and
all sides with the national colors, and
the womans version of "Red, white
and blue," rang out in song, with as
patriotic an air as ever was heard on
American soil.
Marching orders for Boone county
and l pick up my grip and after an all
day trip find myself in a crowd at
Albion depot where the Baptist and
NJ. E, ministers each reached out
hanu saying-"Is this Mrs. Hall? and
before could hardly realize it, l and
my numerous packages. memoran-
dums the bird cage. were safely domi-
ciled in quite home among the tress
birds and flowers and lovely old lady
and her husband to look after my
comfort. Albion is a bewitching little
CITY on Beaver river, with pralries.
hills, valleys and woodlands, making