Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-03-09

%favorite day dream, being the production
OF a new series OF primary school readers
on an entirely original system, and de-
signed to Obviate notable defects IN those
then in use. That plan was not carried
ent got married, and that we are tolkd, is
the end. perhaps the chief end, of feminine
existence. Certain it is that after that, not |
another line of that illustrated series was |
ever written, for which the youth of |
should be &devoutly thankful; all |
the more from having been kept so long in
Ignorance Of the affection they SO narrowly !
escaped. But recent events nave decided
me to resume work on the long abandoned
project. and L herewith present the open;
ing lesson.
THE DOLLY WARDEN SERIES.
EASY LESSONS FOR BEGINNERS.
Lesson First.
Here follows a pencil sketch Of a log
CABIN, which we cannot repreduce.-Ed.
Pioneer.
s'This house is DR.. Burleigh's. He rents
it to the government, and the government
lets Mrs. Dolly Warden live in it. 1t is a
log house and has two large rooms in it. 1t
has a nice dirt roof Oh top of it, too. Now,
once upon a time Mrs. Dolly Warden was
sick, and lay abed all day. She was sick
because she had been soldering a long
time in q tent Just big enough for a play
house. She was lying on the bed, hum
Thatched One" etc., and looking straight
up at the roof, trying to count how many
logs there was in the matching that were
SO crooked they couldn't lie still, when
whop! whack! down fel a large lump Of
dirt, as large as your hand, and hit Mrs.
Dolly Warden right between the two eyes,
and nearly put them out. Mrs. Dolly Var
den felt very cross, and said she thought
the government ought to give her a house
to live in that didn't have a mud cover to
it. You wouldn't be so ungrateful it you
could get to live in a nice log house with
q dirt roof, would you s" = = + + r i
A lucrative business during the early
years of Bismarck was the sale of Missouri
water, which was hauled about the streets
in wagons constructed for the purpose and
retailed at Is cents per barrel. AS it sell
dom rained then, water had to be pur-
chased for all purposes, cooking and wash
ing, as well as drinking.
The provisions that were then kept for
sale, were of an inferior quality, and
owing to the cost Of transportation they
were sold at yeXOrbitant prices and those
dependent upon the local stores for their
ouEpl1Co u1uSU udtC SullClCu luuCus AS Ul1o
household supplies for Camp Hancock
were obtained from the %commissary de-
partment at Fort Mexican, which was sup
piled with every delicacy, we had no cause
for complaint on that score, but the poor
quality of the food with which the citizens
had to be content, must have been a severe
deprivation to those who had come from
luxurious homes IN tho east.
Food however was abundant and none
were allowed to su ffer, such was the gen
erous spirit Of the people. Many of the
saloons had free lunch Kitchens, from
whence the poor were fed, and those of us
who had abundant tables regularly sup
piled several poor families. Among the
hotelkeepers, Mr.. Thomas MCGOWAN Of
the Dakota House was noted for the num-
Der of poor people who were generously
fed by his bounty. At this time all had
plenty of money and everybody carried
their purses with the strings loose. There
was also a fraternal feeling among the
people, and a spirit of good will extant,
that prompted each to help the other
while all worked together for the UP build
ing of the town. Like shipwrecked mari
ners upon a desert shore, the pioneers who
were stranded in the dreary spot were sus.
tanned and encouraged by the genial in
f1uence of mutual sympathy and mutual
help.
At length there came a day when we
stood with rejoicing hearts beside the rail
road track where iron rails were being
laid by the dextrous hands of brawny
workmen, and looked with fearful eyes
upon the cars that followed after, and
heard with joy u~nspeakable the whistle Of
the locomotive that told us our long iso-
lation was an END. The Northern Pacific
railroad was completed to Edwinton! the
first construction cars had come, and the
days of danger, of fear and of ~privation
the days of real pioneering in Bismarck
were at an end for ever.
On June 5, 1873, the first passenger train
reached Bismarck, an event that will long
live in the memories of the old settlers.
We had heard from it from day to day, as
it slowly moved from station to station.
stopping for a time at each siding, as the
stations were called, Menoken being 18th
siding, Bismarck the 18Th.
At length the train reached Apple Creek
and almost the entire population Of the
town went out to meet it. Every vehicle
and horse in the town were pressed into
service, many ran OH foot. It was a joy
GUS, exultant crowd that Joined in the
grand rush to welcome the first train to
Bismarck. DR.. Slaughter, Mrs. Emmons
and I went On horseback. Having good
horses we were soon in the van of the
shouting procession of happy citizens.
The train had stopped to take water
and the passengers stood on the prairie
waving their hats and cheering.
At their head was a smiling pleasant
faced gentleman who came to me with
hand 0utstretched and introduced himself
as Mr.. John Davidson Of Brainerd, and
who afterwards so long and faithfully filed
the post of freight agent, in Bismarck.
With others oflthe passengers he greeted
me as an old acquaintance. My newspapers
letters had been extensively read in Min
nes0ta, and all knew ethe doctors wife,"
nv that 0masE WAC infrn6n mood II had hnon