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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-09-08
The Irascible Father-ln-LaW.

''Nlv first introduction to the lady
who became my wife was not calculat-
ed to impress her tavorably," said j.
H. Hartzell, II was with Sherman in
MS famous march through Georgia,
and was placed in charge OF scouting
party. One day we pulled up at a
:aa-ra house OF considerable preten-
-io1= and :oun? the owner testy old
fellow, whose religion was to hate
Tlrtees with his whole heart. We
aske,i :o- dinner, and were ordered off
-l!e place II no very gentle language.
". -ts.,- our horses and went in. The
ct..:-c,s had al gone, and the old gen.
7ie:r-an and his daughter lived alone.
Tie young lady disliked Yankees as
1-Ech a. did her father, and as we en-
7ere,i the house she locked both pan
~ and cellar. and declared that the
:r.'.r1-,=s CE aer country would receive
70 c=ir=s ..E2en-s there. We had no
,,-=;s ssiiGa--, and it was now late in the
.ai-:ruoon. Hunger knows no law and
forced --= GoOrs. One OF my men
ve5 IN excellent cook. and we soon
ca2- & r1=a. that would tempt an cpl
.r-r=- The Old man raved about what
- was PLEASED 70 cal. the damnable
tac<== outrage. and the young lady
c=-a-si=ti Is with silent scorn. I told
-.=-- simply shat We were furnishing
and HIS have :ood, il not with their
permission then without. When
.=acg 20 depart laid a SO bill on
~ -a5-: and me old gentleman seized
= ana -or= i UP. Five Years later I
- io-r'jl0c=d 10 the young lady in
"e-.- --1--0G, and succeeded in winning
--r -ood will. bit her father never for
cav TLe.-S-. Louis Globe Demo.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-09-08
Hens as Gold Miners

J. A. McConviilc. who lives in Mon
tana street, killed one Of his chickens
Tor dinner, ard on cleaning it was
surprised to find q quantity OF gold
nuggets in the crop and gizzard
Having about thirty more chickens
on hand, he began killing and exam.
ing them. In each of them he found
a pro rata OF nuggets, the total
amount gathered from the thirty
hens being. s3s7.5O, an average Of
$3.50, a head. The gold was sold
to the State national bank, and was
pronounced l8 karats fire. Mr.. Me-.
Conville bought fifty more chickens
and turned them out in the yicinitv
OF the hencoop. Recently, as an ex.
pertinent, one OF them was killed. and
$3.50 of gold taken from it's inside
works-the result of four davis run
Mr: Conville has a virtual BONANZA
and expects to be g. miilionare. before
spring If the chickens hold out.-Butte
MON. Miner. ''s
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-09-08
AGAINST BROTHER.

H.. ona Longed for Revenge anu
at the Last Moment Hes'ea'eo'
ofou the sad tales of civil war;
Anclayic can produce one OF the SAD
dest.
Not far from Standing Rock ls'an
ia dosorted house where once lived
the Welcome family, composed OF inc
old mother and her two sons franA
and George, Frank having fallen IN
love with a Southern girl, went South
and soon obtained possession OF a
large plantation.
The great civil war soon commenceu'
Frank Welcome Joined the Confeo'
crate forces, and his brother george
after much begging, got PERMISSION "
enlist in the Union Army.
It was after the battle OF Fair Oakes
that George received the news OF the
death of his mother, which was caused
BY a broken heart, and the enlistment
of Frank in the Confederate Army.
George felt much hurt by his brothers
action, and longed for revenge which
soon came.
A short time after his mothers
death. he was transferred, his regl-
ment being ordered to storm part OF
q Confederate breastwork. Ihere
was some smart skirmishins, and q
hot contest; but the Union forces
gained the parapet. George was one
OF the first to get on it. Already two
Southerners had met their death by
his bayonet, and he was about TO
bayonet the third.
lie hesitated. \ wild gleam OF Joy,
mingled with madness, lit up his eyes,
and for moment he stood still. :,
The rebel had drawn his pistol and
was about to fire when he also stopp.
ed. Something uncomfortable seemed
to prevent the one from firing and the
other from sending his bayonet
through him. :,
Suddenly a stray bullet entered
Georges heart, and he dropped his
gun. The bayonet wounded the South
erner, and the next instant George
fell in his brothers arms.
The next morning the two brothers
were found dead close beside each
other.-N. Y. Recorder.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-09-08
Nz1.=G Something LESS Dancer.
Gus.

I"@ 1a,oon vas tugging at theropes
-la- A=.d i, as j: eager to bound up.
ward into the trackless depth OF
spa.
Ia= a@conaur. pale but self-possess-
81, a:6od a. the side OF the basket
eiTiE. his final directions to the men
i. Charge 0; the ropes.
As NJ vas preparing to take his
plac: in the trail vessel in which he
"as about TO navigate the air, an ex-
cl-ed young man, with hunted look
IN MS eyesrushed up and asked him
hur-ied!y: 'A
menu ~ WV
ut WILL replied the aeronaut.
two?" AoA
"Yes."
Then want to make the trip with
young man, do you know anv.
thing about the dangers of balloon
voyage:" on
"No, sir; but Pm not afraid Of
them: o VI
"Do you see that it is getting cloudy
IN the west, that the wind is rais;n1
and storm is coming up and NAV
carry US 300 miles from here befora
we come down." .
That's all right. 1t doesn't scaro
me a cents worth: I'd rather 90 than
stay, and I'm ready to climb in r;oht
now" AL ilsh1
-, M WI, your business, young
, I'm a newspaper, reporter"
the thing up?" " "'4'e
"No?' said the young man, wildly
I'm trying to dodge the citv ea,tns,,
hes looking for a reporter to send I ~
t;nne up a woman suffrage conyen.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-09-08
Sna Broke rs I--

4 C:es-s-, E2-- .--y .a= :l:- COM
TO a very- sensible Commission Il q
t2ceac:. 0: promise Q: zaa--:a:= cas-
where liz p.t.s.Tif vas = E-oGc-- :z-1y .-
er. The ta;- defendant. a:-=- Il co--:-
ship ex.snlin- TWO o. -..-== -=a-=.
SEEMS TO have d:scc~=-=. -s.a- ST.
was too good :o- & :..--a=c: III -
ana chen s:.= in=in@z-=<i -aa :.=c .o7=-
wished to marry a=- :o- ~ -oo.=-.
S,un- by o@.3- flied IN 1@-.z1z--= sub.
as this, AIr. Aba. T.rara:= :7v.-:.-
that rriress w..ica : . o:-=a g.ve- 20
the other Sc. TIL .GG-= IL summing
up said ne Knew ONO r=asc.. ray =
man should not ser; and i3= entitled
TO the same redress s. g. woEcan II
these cases. He thought -n= -o-ay
man mad acted wise: ami =--a;sh-:or-
ward!y. The publ: who attended ne
hearing though tta- all -!:=T would
nave 70 co vas TO OPEN Inei- mouths
and glsg!e; he cid not see wt.Y this
should be. 1t was serious roa-ter
TO the plaintiff, VINO wasted Years
over this girl, to be cast aside like an
old shoe. a sympathetic iurr award .
ed nm $50 damages. Apparently the
lady promise to marry the p.aintiff
vas never denied, for she had paid the
sum OF 4Ds. into thecourr a. sufficient
TO console him Cor finding tnat the
woman that he had loved for wears
haG been trlfiing with his affections.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-09-08

1--WE know you Aaron Arama,' said the
Judge land we viii hear you. Say on:
For the law is Just and the Gar mighty"
THUS, then do say continued Ar
anna; these who have testified against the
,,r;c1,r or l,a1.a horne fol witness y
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-09-08
A Question Of Good

hlcks-Do you believe there's such
a thing as a haunted house?
Weeks-Oh. yes, indeed; but il do
} RsnGs a goo good dea! upon how good asl
1Re osta!g the girls is who lives in ;t'M
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-09-08

pitiless, and betrays me-"
THIS little story is not romance, but
fact-stern. terrible fact, and the incident
happened in 'civilized" and christian"
Russia. Whether the poor fellow lived to
reach the living tomb again. tits impossible
TO say. (To BE Continued
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-09-08
Rf.JE.nVoooe~.

s'Noshka, my beloved be of good cheer,
for God is good, and mans wickedness
endureth not for ever
But her father had babe her to be dumb,
and she spoke not; for she was Jewish
maiden, and her fathers commands were
law.
At last came the point in the trial when
the presiding Judge was to deliver sentence.
Then up rose Aaron Arama, looking like
patriarchal pro het, as his white beard flow
ed over his breast and his long white locks
fell upon his shoulders and raising his
thin white hand as if to claim attention
and command silence, he exclaimed in a
voice that sounded rich and mellow as
flute
''Oh, wise Judge, hear me. am Aaron
Arama an humble and loyal citizen of the
all powerful Car. And l would speak in
favor of the prisoner, even as the law OF
thiS land pernitS"
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-12-22

a compact made to give and receive
presents of less cost than heretofore.
and to use any balance of money, that
might otherwise have been expended,
in some way that shall add real value to
the life of those who are unable to give
gifts at all?
The money that is unwisely spent in
many families of not very large in
comes for things that are presently
laid by and forgotten, if put together
in one sum would provide a southern
winter for an invalid who would die in
the north, or a journey in the hills next
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-12-22

of gifts whose value was chiefly in their
handiwork. Now we are in danger of
allowing curiosity and acquisitiveness
to drown out all the simple and sacred
feelings belonging to the day. For
gradually the increase of wealth
has brought about an unwise in.
crease in the cost of gifts for
special and recurring occasions; and
the storekeepers, quick to take hint,
set the world afame every year with
their advertisements, as if it were a
matter Of course that things of price
should be bought, till the custom has
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-12-22

year for tired needlewoman; or would
give young girl, with talent for pen
Gil or piano, the beginning of the educa-
ton in art she ought to have; or send a
poor boy through one year Of college;
or stock little haberdashery for some
one who cannot work, and to beg who
is ashamed; or procure surgery, cloth
ing and countless comforts and turn the
dreariness of poverty-stricken homes
into sunshine. Is this not really some
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-12-22

become a bu{den, and no one of merely
moderate means can maintain it with
out serious self-denial. So it has come
to pass that many give what they really
cannot afford, and what no one wants;
and receive what they never should
have bought for themselves, and what
frequently entails increased expense by
demanding other things to correspond.
Would it not be an experiment worth
trying, if in every household there were
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-12-22

refreshments, and everything indicated
that he was expected and was to be
grandly entertained.
He was. He found the ladies charm
ing takers, and he was much in
terested, thinking every minute they
would breach the matter for which they
wanted a reporter.
Not word on the subject came, how
ever, and at length Mr.. Roberts was
obliged to ask for the information.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-12-22


Echoed forth the rapturous song
Welcomed in the holy ray
OF the first glad Christmas day.
Joyful let us greet it now,
With light hearts and cheerful brow,
Bright warm hearths and mirthful bands,
Kindly eyes and clasping hands:
Greetings frank and words of cheer.
To the friends and kindred near.
Meekly, humbly lay aside
Angry tone and look of pride,
Memory Of wrong or woe
Treacherous friend or cruel foe
AL that chillS the heart below.
And round cheerful board and hearth,
Midst words of Joy and songs of mirth,
Let each grateful spirit be
Fraught with holy charity:
Nor envy, care, nor malice find
Resting-place in heart or mind
But kindly tone and open hand,
And the deed of mercy planned,
To our suffering neighbors prove
Our Christmas faith and Christmas love-
Worthy Of this solemn time,
Hallowed by His love sublime.
Who bore with patience wrong and blame,
Poverty and want and shame
All that earths poor wanderers fear
OF mortal pain and suffering here.
So with faiths best prayer and praise
Shall we hail the day of days;
So with charity benign,
Bend before its hallowed shrine,
And the hearts best tribute bring
To the altar of our King.
So with meet and harmless mirth
Gather round the social hearth,
And the spirits free from care,
And the welcome uttered there,
And the kindly glance and tone,
And the prayer for loved ones gone,
And the clasp Of friendships hand
And the greetings, frank and bland,
And the kindly word and deed
Shown the suffering in their need,
Shall be pleasing in His eyes,
Whose dear human sympathies,
From His throne beyond the skies,
Reacheth, in their JOY or woe,
All His creatures here below.
IN. Y. Ledger. =
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-12-22
WORTH CONSIDERING.

Is Christmas Degenerating Into Mere
Festival for the Storekeepers?
Our Christmas of to-day makes me
sometimes fear that the Christmas of
our youth is degenerating into festi-
val of the store-keepers. Once there
was merry-making at home, trimming
of the church with evergreens, listen
ing for the bells of Christmas eve peal
ing through the frosty air, interchange
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-12-22
thing for many of us to consider Har-
riet Prescott Spoford, in Ladies Home
Journal "
Encouraging.

Miss Lovina Cottedge Oh, Mr.. Squeer,
l am so pleased with your beautiful
Christmas gift!
Madison Squeer-1 am very glad you
liked it. Thinking of his rival Er-r-r,
did you get anything from Shipper
Clarke?
Miss Cottedge-No; told him that he
had better save the money.-Puck.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-12-22
THE REPORTERS CALL,
The Ladies Enjoyed 1t, But the News
paper Man Didn't.

The Ladies Enjoyed 1t, But the News
paper Man Didn't.
The city editor was just giving out
the assignments. TWAS New Years day
and the reporters one and all had gone
to the office in the hope that they would
be given day off or at least some easy
task. Harold Roberts rather crowed
over his fellows, for he thought he had
Won the prize. Perhaps he had.
A request had come from a lady in
fashionable quarter of the city to have
reporter sent to her house that evening
at eight o'clock, but no hint of what
was required was given.
At the hour named, Mr.. Roberts was
at the number given and was presently
ushered into an extremely pleasant
room where sat two charming young
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-12-22

Before the first of May, q
And I'm bankrupt till the spring returns,
After each Christmas day.
I take my dearest dear ones
First on my Christmas list
My rosy, dimpled darlings,
With faces made to be kissed.
And the lovely bright-eyed mother
Wherever she sets her chair,
In the nursery or the parlor.
The center Of home is there.
For her should be spoils of jewels,
Velvet and lace galore,
Raiment to trail it's splendors
Over our homely floor
But her frown of grave discretion
Still holds my zeal in check,
And her gentle ''Dear be careful"
Is strong as monarch's beck. \
And Tom, my sturdy tirst-born,
And my roguish, manly Fred,
IT'S little to think of skates for one,
And the other must have sled.
And my dainty baby Margaret,
And my winsome maiden Ruth,
I'll see that their Christmas stockings
Are full to the brim, in sooth
Next comes a host of cousins
We are rich in kith and kin,
Their numbers muster bravely,
With the babies counted in.
Beyond these are the needy
Our Christmas feast to share,
And the worn and heavy-hearted,
Who are ever in our care.
In flock the joyous children,
Laden with fir and pine,
And the scarlet holly berries,
Their stars and wreaths to Irvine.
I sit and watch and listen
Till almost fall asleep
And over my weary senses
The drifting odors sweep
And somehow, this Christmas fading.
I am back in the long ago,
When was a jolly youngster
Trudging to school in the snow.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-12-22

"May I inquire, ladies' said he. feel
ing he was about to end most delight
full evening, ''why have been sent for.
If it is a matter of news
ooh, no; not all, . broke in one of the
girls. ssNot at all; the fact is we have
cousin who is going to marry re-
porter and we merely wanted to see
how one acted out in company
JOHN j. FULLER.
Buy your holiday presents early and
your pocketbook will avoid >the rush
later Chicago Tribune.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-12-22
Glad Christmas
z@kA1l|;a 2 !!)ay!.

1OMETH now the
sacred morn
To our spirits tired
and worn,
Bringing with the
chant and chime
Memories of that
after time
When to sinful
man was given
Pledge Of peace and
love from heaven,
And herald strain
0-1 n-~N1 {h~1-~
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-12-22

SIT AND WATCH AND LISTEN.
The dear old farmhouse kitchen
And the old brown district school
Come back like an angels vision,
Though stern thought their rule.
have lost the sweet old mother,
And the father strict and kind,
Whose word was law to the children
A law they loved to mind.
They are not on the earth for loving;
They have left the weary road,
And they hear the Christmas music
On the golden hills of God.
But I'm better for their teaching
And on to the very end
will try to walk as they did,
With the Christ for my blessed Friend.
will try to teach the children
That love is the best of creeds,
And that he who cares for his neighbor
His own cause ever pleads.
Yes, dear, it is "Merry Christmas!'
And you really should not sco]d
If man forgets at Christmas
That he is not made of gold.
: Why, saved for my Christmas presents
Quite since the first OF May,
And like to be bankrupt for awhile
After the Christmas day.
Margaret E. Sangster, in Harper's Bazaar.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-28
Mr.. AND MRS. KARL SpECHT.
Two Former wilmingtonians Create n
Sensation insAlliance, Ohio.

A dispatch sent on Friday from Alli-
ance, Ohio, is as follows: "Mrs. Mary
Specht of Wilmington, Del, after a
laborous search Of six years located her
faithless husband near this city, and TO-
day had him arrested for adultery, aud the
woman along with him, Nina Karin. The
pair have been living together for mum
Der Of years, an illegitimate son having
been born to them. Carl Specht has been
operating bre, err near Canal Fulton,
and II has been thought all along that he
was living with his lawful wife. Both We're
taken to the county jail. accompanied by
their, 4-years-old son, occupying cell
together.
troubles and the six years chase VI her
husband: She said Specht and herself
lived happily J. Wilmington for many
years aud thai h was u brewer worth
100000 Nina Arin was a domestic in
their house. Her husband became too
intimate and the girl was discharged.
Soon after this her husband left Whining
ton and went to Towanda, Pa, where he
purchased brewery Specht wrote to his
wife and asked her to go 10 Towanda to
reside, which at last she did,
Here she again met her former servant
and again trouble WAS caused. Specht aud
Nina then pulled up stakes once more and
were next heard Of living in Buffalo rs
MIR. and Mrs. Fisher They then went to
Cleveland and from there 10 Canal Fulton,
few miles west Of here
"Mina Karin told her story in the jail
She says that all Mrs, Specht wants is
money, and that it Is unjust to blame her
for the loss Of the Wilmington property
as il went by sheriffs sale because the
building and loan association claims were
not kept up. She also SAID that Mrs.
Specht wanted her husband to so back to
her but they could not live happily to-
gether.n
Karl Specht was formerly well-known
citizen of Wilmington, member Of the
and du Pont streets. He fled from this
city several years ago, and his wife, afteg-a
long hunt, found him in Rochester, n, T..
living with another woman. They became
reconciled, but he seems to have made
another flight further west.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-28

Lllburn Chandler came into posses
sion Thursday Of the last official sigma
ture of the late Chancellor Willard
salisbury, 1t is appended to an order
appointing freeholders to partition the
estate Of the late James NJ. Winchester
colored, recently janitor at the post
office. Something unusual about this
signature is that il Is written III full"W.
salisbury, chancellor His usual GUS
tom in cases of orders of court being to
initial 'W. s, with chancellor writ.
ten underneath. The order is dated
Wilmington, March 2gth, 1892. The
last business brought before tic chan
cellor was an order dissolving the in.
junction on the Odessa 4 Middlet5wn
railroad, which, however, failed 81 sig-
nature through the chancellor's death.
The aforementioned order was made the
same day as the Winchester ono.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-28

The proposition To make Mr. Francis S.
bradley building inspector of Wilmington
is not only absurd, but insulting. Mr.. Brad
ley in his best estate is not fiji man for the
Republican party TO place in charge of the
building operations of this city. lie Is so
much interested IN politics that he would
not have time to attend to the responsible
duties Of that important office. But Mr..
bradley 4 not very often III his best estate.
lis brain is more or less soddGn with
whisky most Of the time, and too often. in
the public streets Of this city. his legs re-
fuse - perform their office. The City Coun-
Gil has had q very annoying experience re.
Gently with an officer subject to its iuris
dictlon who has been drinking his wits
away, and after this object lesson Il il not
to be bebcieved that it will have the
andaeity 70 misrcpresent the Republicans
of Wilmington, and to turn an important
public ailice into 4 shameful and injurious
larce, by placing a whisky lover IN charge
o. all tho work on the muny new build
ines which are going up in this city.
lhe present building in. pecior, MIR. Pat
rick DILLON, whose term will expire on the
first Thursday Of May, IL respectable,
sober man. But Mr. Dillon has been very
lazy, or Indifferent, so that as q building
inspector he has been about as useful rs a
bundle qI straw would be. The ltepubli-
can majority in Council should show its
capleuy aud good sense by cleeting as his
successor q capable, responsible aud active
malt--a man who. in this Responsible place.
Wall tea credit 10 tie Republican laitv,
and Who VIII give 10 The city al thnt tile
taxpayers Of both partie, pay for. namely,
~ efficient performance Of all tho duties
which tEe law LAYS upon the office ~
building inspector. III any case no drunk
| ards or drinking men ought 10 be con.
'lidered for moment rs possible candi.
dates for Tins important office.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-28

BRisroL, TENN, April 22.--News has
reached here Of a double tragedy which
occurred across the border, in the noun
tain regions of Kentucky.
Syl Harvell was a very well-to-do farmer
of that section. He had been married about
three years and had lived in comparative
happiness with his wife. A few days ago,
however, he made the startling discovery
that his wife was intimate with young
man named Alexander Brady and yehe-
mently abusel her for inlidelity
Monday night Mrs. Harvell thoroughly
saturated with kerosene the bed ON
which her husband and infant were
sleeping, and threw tirebrand thereon
and dashed out the door.
The building was soon wrapped in
flames. Among those attracted to the
scene by the fire was Brady. After look
ing on few minutes he and Mrs. Harvell
started away together across field and
were attacked by a savage bull and gored
to death. Mrs. Harvell lived few hours.
and acknowledged the facts US related
above