Milford chronicle., 1892-01-29
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~, II May 0ccaslonAiy -
-. II ~ s'srIy Settled PARTS -
ing 5- - 49, who go about telling peo'
but -.,,assa ,,4g wells are quite numer-
Nd ,,s..,. 4, Z and are always called ~sDef
W. ke seen lots Of them.
'fi6ss ahey doit;n asked the reporter:
LET tell you about one Of them ana
then v fifknow. I'll pick out one whohi
saw iligel ZEN years ago when ! was oue
in the farin1'g OF Dakota; /" Rous ''''i1
TO e sne counsrs tnnn that 10 to say
in q towfH no had been laid out on map
into streeye1 auares and sites for churches.
public sch s, opera houses and hundred
thousane ollar hotels Two hundred doi
lars " have put up all the buildings
| IN 3 ~ There wasn't drop Of water
tC p sd9W all the town. The nearest wen
1at least half a mile away.
AThsre were lots Of big holes about the
Rlace that had been dug by thirsty people
a but they were all waterless.
s''We've got to do suthin right away
said the oldest inhabitant (he'd been there
Six months). Pm in favor Of holdin Il mass
meetin
sT acouiesced, and the others who were
spoken to were willing, and 30 the mass
meeting was called. About twenty came
] all TneFE WERE anu was AAA.AAN ~As---
Of the meeting. There were remarks from
several persons, and then up got the oldest
inhabitant and moved that we hire water
witch. The motion was seconded, and be
fore knew it / had declared 1t carried
Then somebody passed round the hat foi
money Being the chairman Of the meet
ing, 1 felt that must chipi in literally ana
I did. l didn't know nor care what water
witch was. ] proposed to show my new
friends that they had made no mistake IN
sizing me up as a 6t man to preside at one
of their important meetings. Besides,
hadn't had bath for week, and felt
desperate.
"The second day after the meeting the
water witch came to tOwn-a grizzly, beard
ed fellow mufied up in what looked IKE
fur lined duster, blue woolen comforter
tied about his neck, with the ends mapping
In the wind "a.
ssHe had a T-shaped piece Of willow with
him. the arms six inches long, the Other
part, say. eighteen inches long.
"sWell, Mr. Loring, said the oldest IN
: babitant. ADDRESSING me, what kind OF
trade shall we maker The water witch OF
fers to witch for us and not guarantee fol
r ten dollars. He'll guarantee for five dol
! lars extra.
? "iGuaranteer exclaimed.
ayes; guarantee us water.
WsBv all means, let him guarantee, | an
svvered decisively. we need water 81
badly that five dollars isn't worth looking
at
E ''The witch took his fifteen dollars an'
set himself to work. He grasped tn
T-shaped willow by the arms, an arm II
< each hand, and held it so that the lonl
! piece stuck straight out in front of him
a Then in the solemnest manner imaglhaDl
{ he began making tracks across the prairie
!. Wherever he went the crowd tollowe'
close at his heels.
"Suddenly he stopped, and, turning t
the Oldest inhabitant, said mournfully
i 'Fraid / shant find no water here
+ "'Keep on, old man. shouted. Don
a give it up
g pHe rested awhile and then started ou
again. Suddenly his stick turned in ni
hand and pointed to the ground.
"'Dig here he said, an I'll guarantee
you'll find all the water you want
g sWhat'd ! tell yeT exclaimed the oic
< est inhabitant exultingly.
II s'The next day the digging began"
5, "And what came of it?' asked the n
k porter
c "a hole eight feet in diameter and
IS hundred feet deep, as dry as dust from to
a to bottom"
"And what about the guarantorW
= "Hed sloped when we sent man to ca
d him to account. New York Times,