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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-24

marched to that tune away from me.
Why do they keep on playin' it,
Don't they know il makes me see
Benjie right before me now. with his
soldier things on-the handsomest
boy that marched away? And, then
%. why don't they remember? Why
don't they remember that Benjic
never marched back to me again''
The tree geranium was we'll along
in years, as geraniums grow old. and
its history was infinitely told in Dian
tha's diary. Just the number Of
blossom. it had had last year-and
the year before-was set down there
with auxiliary remarks.
''Twentythree's the most it, ever
had to one time-or, let me see, was it
25 it had last spring? l declare, I'm
losin' m, memory, and that'll be some
thin new for a Berry
The diaries We're piled in neat row
on a shelf over the table. The year of
each was printed in careful figures OH a
bit OF white paper on the back. 1t was
easy to find the right one at o--ce. She
opensd it and read aloud. monot'
onously:
april IN IN. that ain I it. 1t
was higher the last OF April it bloomeo
last year. April 12-l3---l7.'- here
It's. April 20. The tree geranium'
all bloomed out splendidly. 1t looks
handsome. turned he best side out
so the soldiers could see it, goin' past
Isaw Little Benjie looking S dread
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-24

Ny heart is achin' for her. She's feelin'
the way | would have if they'd brought
my boy home TO me dead, wearin' his
worn-out soldier clothes. ! know how
Leah feels-poor Leah I'm goin
acrost TO comfort her-l've got to.
can't help it. You wouldn', eXpect a
quarrel TO hold good When Little Ben
iic was layin' dead?"
The NEXT days entry was short
enough. Hurt pride and sensi,ivene IS
lurked between the lines OF il.
81 couldn't make up my mind to go.
unlimited. and so ! KEEP waitin' for
Leah to send acrost for me. made
certain she would. but when she
didn't. even then ] couldn't give it
up. l was so sorry for Leah, and
my heart was so sore to look at Lit
tie Benjie's face again. | couldn' t
STAN it. so ! wrote a note to Leah.
askin' if | could come--if she'd for
get the quarrel as ! would. and let
us begin again beside Little Beniie.
Oh. the Lord in Heaven knows l tried
to say it right. He knows l warn t
uppish mite nor anything but hum
BILE and sorrowin'. | said Forgive
me. Leah. and not word about my
forgiyim' her-not a word. though
'twasn't me began the quarrel. Well
sent the note aerost by Mis- Dag
gets little boy. I've been waitn' all
day for an answer. 1t hasn't come
vet but | haven't give up
The little room was quiet save for
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-24

seem to guard the silent battle lines;
Der ali the land, from sea to sea, the gar
lands softly fall
On those who sleep upon the pam or on
the mountain wall;
The gentle ringdoVe softly cooes where
once the :SraSS was red,
And tears AID blossoms mingle Ger the
Nations sacred dead.
I'or them no more tho stirring fight, for
them no chargers neigh,
The blades they drew where Death was
king a Nation Wreathes to-day:
The bushes in Virginia. wales wave Ger
them fair and free,
And SeraphS guard their biVouac from At
l2nta 10 the sea;
A common country hastes to pay its trib-
ute fair of iiowrs,
For May for them hnr treasures yields
from all her fragrant bowrs,
The Southland and the Northland meet be
side the crystal rill
Beneath the flag that Won the day on grim
San Juans Hill.
Columbia's heart beats fast to-day DER
every silent line
AS she mingles the palmetto with the
branches of the pine;
She looks and in a vision sees marching
line of gray
And on each flank dash of blue, end then
she turns away;
"My children." cries Columbia. See! In
bonds of love they come,
hear again their martial tread, hear the
mut,ied drum
No North. NO South, One Union meath
the flag that made US free.
They crown their hero conn dos sleeping
now twiXt sea and sea.
The ocean sings a requiem 10 the lands i'm
mortal brave.
The rose of peace blooms sweety upon
every sacred graNe
They fought and died beneath our flag
from SacramentoS pines
To where the War-cloud lowered n'cr Ma
nila'ss battle linrs:
They sleep the soldiers ,lrca MISS sleep
where clear the rivers rum
Through lands of peace and plenty to the
mighty seas of sun;
The blue-ioird ,rlls hCr matchless lays
from out the lannon's mouth
Which guarded grirn!.' long ago the gate
way of the South.
In peace they rest this holy dal-"olun-
bia gallant dead.
For them again the banners WAN :, for
them the tear is shed;
Their canptires burn longer on tho
mountain and the plain.
But where they sleep beneath the flag the
blossoms fall like rain:
TO them the Nations boundIess love goes
out from shore to shore.
They fought the fight. they kept the faith:
they're ours forevermorc:
\ grateful Nation bows her head beneath
tho skies of May.
And Columbia strews her sarlands on he!
own Memorial Day.
II. c. uarbaush, in Ledger Monthly.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-24
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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-24

the soft rustic when Diantha Berry
turned a leaf. At the top of the new
page she began again:
1--we give up. Leah amt gon' to
answer my letter. It's most night
now. and / sent it acrost yesterday
mornin' when Mis- Daggett's little
boy went past to school. She don't
want me to come overland tomor-
row mornin' they'll bury Little Ben
jie. | shan't ever see his face again"
1t was like a cry of pain. in little
neat set letters. there on the page
1t seemed to echo through the room.
The diary slipped to the floor with
a gentle thud. 1t lay there. unno-
ticcd Il long while. The twilight
dmmcd tonight while Diantha Ber
ry sat mnsing The darkness crept
about her like soft mantle and
wrapped her in. The low creal1 of
her chair. as she rocked monotonous-
ly. was the only sound in the room
After awhile she began to talk again
aloud. as lonely women Go.
"Tueslay's Decoration days. 90,
80. yes. Tuesday. To-day's the 9th
O. May. Well, I'm goin' to cut Off
some o my geranium tree blooms and
carry 'e,n down to Little Rentie Tues
day They'll look so hcau.ful-and
Benje was dreadful fond o pink flow
ers There'll be enough 10 make Il
great wreath at his head guess l
can spare lot of them 10 Little
Reniie, I shall have him all 10 my
self Leah's got a spell of rheumatism
| t 'twarn't for that. | couldn't go at
ALL"
She experienced a fierce Joy. and the
sound of it was in her voice. She was
glad that Little Beniie's mother was
sick Across the yard there was no
elimmer of light. Little Benjie's
mother sat in the dark. too. and
unused. y faint remnant OF daylight
| iShed.
lie was such little mite Of boy
! Reniie was. when | put him into
pants" her thoughts kept on. with
relentless cruelty. and sent him
over to Diantha' $ to show EN- to her
When he came back. all his little
| pockets We're full O goodies | car
see just how he looked, struttin
acrost the yard. taHin' long steps like
man. And | can hear how Dian1h5
laughed. She couldn't have beer
much fonder of Little Henjie-she al
ways called him Little Renic-if he6
have been her own boy. But after
ward-af terward. when he laid still
and cold. in his blue clothes. she for
got she'd ever loved him. She forgo'
then. If he'd been her own boy
would she have forgot? Would sh.
have kept away from him then be
cause of a little foolish quarrel?'
In the bitterness of her son'. Leal
Swallow flung out her arms and criet
out sharply. The rough motion tor
turcd her pain-racked body. but sh,
scarcely felt it.
"Ecniie Reniie!" she mocned
"Benj ie- mot hers boy, why didn't
hold you back? l need You so. VIII.
did let you 90? Weren't there othe
; boys enough? Weren't there boy
whose mot hers had other boys a
home? And YOU We're all | had. Ben
lie. We thought it was so fine. dear
the soldier clothes and the sound c
) the band playin' the Red. White ant
Blue and the glory OF settn' Cub;
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-24

full fond o flowers. His mot herd got
a cactus blossom pinned onto his coat,
among tie brass buttons. can't bear
a cactus blossom. If things hadn't
been Just so. I'D have sent Little Ben
.iie off TO war With plenty O my pink
yeranilms on his soldier coat.
Diantha Berry 5 voice came to
stop with jolt. She had forgotten to
see how many blooms the tree gera-
MUM had last, spring when Little Ben
lie went to war. Little Reniie. she
had a clear vision OF him before her
eyes; Little BenJie in his brand-new
soldier suit, with his brown, curly head
up in the air, tramping away like a
veteran. How plainly she saw him.
The way the morning sunshine had
PLAYED with his brass buttons--how
plainly she saw that. Was il the daz-
zle of it in her eyes that made them
water, Diantha Berry was oldif 60
years is old-and lonely and grim.
There had been few shadows-or sun
fashes-n her life Little Beniie had
been more to her than. in her heart.
she would confess. He had been to her
almost what her own son might have
been.
She sat back in her chair now. rock
ing iiercely. and remembered many
things Little Denjie was in them all.
They fled before her mind in steady,
relentless succession-,h he time when
Little Beniie put on his first bits of
trousers and stumpcd across the yard
to show her the pockets in thenl--thc
time when he first Went to school and
she tucked pair of his beloved straw
berry tarts. unno1iced. into his lunch
basket. for Il surprise-and the time
Diautha Berry drew in her breath
sharply. with the pain OF remember
inw-,he time when. in his brave sol
dier clothes. he marched away To war,
10 The tune of the Red. White and
Blue" That memory hurt her. She
wondered. in dull misery. if mothers
could feel worse than that. If Little
Rcnjie:S mot her-but she would not
| finish that thought out Her thin
lips clenched What had she to do
with Little Beniie's motherH 1t was
only Little Benjie that mattered tc
| her.
but I'd pity her-l'd do that. ii
'twarn't for the way she treated me
when they brought home Ben.iie's body
Id have forgot all the rest then
wasn't | ready to? Wasn't | the first
one to give in? Do YOU suppose ii
have let miserable little quarre
stan between us then. when Little Ben
jie lay dead in the house? But Leaf
felt different She wouldn't make VI
even then-then. If 'twarn't for that
Id pity her. settin acrost there. al
alone. Id be sorry for the mother o
Little Hen.ie. I'd 90 acrost and see how
her rheumatism was. and I'd run dow
the street where the bands practicin
and make EN- stop goin over that tune
of Little Ben,iie's. I'll tell EN- to hav'
PITY. hurts his mother so to hea
it. But now
She turned the pages Of the dar,
in her hand. searching for something
1t was not thereof course not. /
was in the next little book furthe
along in he rom. She took it down AM
found the page she wanted.
"They brought little Beniie home
dead. to-day. Little Ben.iie dead!
saw EN- take the box out of the hears
and carry it in to Leah-poor Leah
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-24
FOR LITTLE
@BENJlEy
Decoration Day Story.

ght--,hirty-nine! Dian,ha Berry
cried. delightedly The level rays Of
the late afternoon sunshine sifted
through the close branches of the
great tree geraniunn and made an ec-
centric tracery in lines Of light on
her plain face. The splendid plant
stood head and shoulders above her.
and its topmost leaves swept the
whjtcwashed ceiling. Its clusters OF
rosy pink petals pceped out blushing
~. all over it.
Across n narrow space Of yard little
Leah Swallow put on her glasses and
tried to count the blossoms. too. Her
pale. lean face was wiStful with long
ing. On her own winGow-Sill a pot of
slunted cactus grew.
1t was late May. and the tiny village
"bunu'' down the street a little way
was practicng,he"St Span@lrd Ban
Nor" amhitiously. 1t was hired to 90
to Il little distant town TO play on
Memorial day. There WAS only one
soldiers grave al home. and he peo-
pie bad never made any observance
OF the dag there. 1t was of that one
soldiers grave that little Leah Swal-
low was ,hinling-and Diantha Der
ry. across The yard. But it was Leah
who WAS CRYING.
by and by he great tree @Aranunn $
petting ended; Diantha wen: back to
her sewing at the other window.
81 declare. believe can smell lini-
ment." She said aloud. LEANS got
nnoth e- Of her spells of rheumatism.
guess. She uses dreadful smelly
inimcnt and the winds this way !
can smell il as sure as | live"
4 sudden memory made her grim
features relax into Il smile. She was
thinking how Leah used to suy--whcn
they were bits. nec-high-that she
could smell Mis- Job Daege1t's boiled
dinner round two corners Her talent
for smelling had developed early.
The band struck up the Red, White
and Blue. and the faint rhythm of the
music set Diantha Berry's feet tap
ping. Across the strip Of brown
grass. i: sent Leah Swallows hea(
down into her open hands.
Not that can't let 'e,n pla,
that" she sobbcd. dcsolatcly "'rha
was Heniic's tune 1t don't seem a.
if anybody else had any right to i
but Hen.iie. He used to sing it whe1
he wasn't but Il spccll Of knee higl
boy and played soldier Then. after
ward. when-when it wasn't play, h
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-24
curio.itx sayc.Lifc.

A package marked qu.nine was secretly
sent TO a bright woman, but beng curious
she took i; 10 4 druggist who sad Ii was not
qmniEe. but arsenlc. y hike inquiry INTO
some ot the medicines offered WIN certainly
detect the Ease from the true. For hal a
century llostetter's Stomach Bltters has
been curing .nG !gestlon. constipation. dys-
pepsa, liver and kidney troubles and has
never once failed Try i. Il you lee. weak
and tired
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-24
Morning
TH-ehf1eSS

Is a serious complaint. Is warning that
should be needed. 1t is different from an
honest tired feeling. 1t IS a sure sign OF
poor blood. You can cure 1t by making
your hood rich and pure with HOOD Sar.
sapar.la. That Is what other peop.e do
thousands OF them Take few bottles OF
this medicine now and YOU Will not only
get rid oi that weak langu.d exhausted
feeling, but 1t WI make You feel We. all
through the summer.
Tired Feeling Il had that tired feel
ing and did not have lie or ambition to ac-
compllsh my usual amount of household
work. Hoods sarsapariila gave nae relief
and also cured scroiu,a tendency Mrs.
r. Merritt, Dowagiac, Mich.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-24
hinder Irvine MT Low Prices.

Ii you wan. a special INSIDE price on hind
er twine. eithe, Si>al. Standard or Manila,
cut this notice on, and mail il To Sears. Roe
buck \ Co Binder Twiue Department.. CHI
cago. stating about how much ,w,Le You Will
require and how soon YOU Will want IT, and
they WI save you money by quoting you d
price that viii either secure Your order or
compel the party who supplies You 10 cell TO
You a: a lower price than Ae otherMise
would
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-24
A Di1eren, Dccl.,n,,on.

"She is very proud OF the fac: that she
OF the Declaration OF Independence p"
That nothing 10 be proud OF. There's
divorce in our family, too. ''-Phi.adepaia
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-24
@<1 A1lgJ 4 & 4
(0LUMBlkS
MEMORIAL DAN

HERE stately trees
beneath the sun
I n q ir emerald
foliage spread
And the rivers seek
the ocean, sleep
Columbia'S hero
dead;
No bugle blast awakes
them now, no war;
cry shakes the
pines.
y x,,s
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-24
n3or 4 Years an Independencels Assured

lfyuu take ny your homes
in Western Canada. tho
land Of plenty. las
trated pamphlets, giving
experience OF farmers
who have becOmeweaithv
inH growing wheat, reports
OF delegates. etc and fun
information as nreduced
railway rates can be had
ON ont,lication to the
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-24

"How was Admiral Dewey's naval rank
reduced when he got marrle,i:' He be.
came Mrs. Dewey second mate. -Argo-
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-24

Fortune keeps up such >ee->aw tina: the
man for whom a town is named Is liable 10
be found in the poorhouse 70 years later
Atehisnn Globe
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-24

Droisy treated free by DR. n II. Green :
Sons, OF Atlanta. Ga Tie greatest ,l,ops>
Specialists Ia the world Read their a,.ver
tiscmeut IN another column OF this paper.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-24

II yon fed that You must occasionally
yield u the temptation To tell he tel! one
- big that no one Will believe lt-A, chlson
1 ,iDl,a
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-24

Il i a fatal detect o; many Old saws that
they are hope.e>>ly dull, Indianapolis
News.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-24

I am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my HE three Years ago.-Mrs. IDoS
Robbins. Map.e Street, Norwich, \. y.
Feb l.. 1900.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-24

1t is said that doctors never take their ow
medicines Yet they usually profit by the.
own advice. Chicago DAILY News.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-24

Al! goods are alike to PUTNAM FApEIEss
DYES. rs they color all 1ibers at one boiling
Sold by all druggists.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1900-05-24

An old bachelor says that when man
hasn't enough worry he should marry
Chicago Daily News.
The Newtown bee., 1900-11-16
STEPNEY.

! EVERYBODY WENT TO BRIDGEPORT ON MONDAY. A large number of Stepney people at. tended the Centennial celebration in Bridgeport, Monday. One hundred and forty nine tickets were sold at Stepney station for Bridgeport that day.
 The youngest child of MT and Mrs John Porter has been quite sick.
 Mrs Perry, who has been ill for some time, is improving.
 MT and Mrs Jerome Morgan of Plum. trees visited at John Benedict's, the first of the week. They were on their way home from Bridgeport where they were guests of Mrs M0rgan's sister, Dr. Bene- dict, for few days.
 MT and Mrs Lemuel o ,borne are visit- ing friends in Bridgeport.
 Rev and Mrs F. F. Braman were among those wbo attended the Sunday school convention in Bridgeport, this week.
 Mrs Samuel Clark and Mrs Emily Derickson of Marpledale spent Monday at the Tashua rectory.
 MT and Mrs c. Fl. Hawley spent Sun. day with friends in East Norwalk.
 MT and Mrs George Platt of Bridge. port and Mr and Mrs Bigelow of Brook yn, N. r., were recent guests at An. drew Curtiss'.
 Mrs Elizabeth Beard .ley, with her sis- ter, Mrs Curtis, went, Monday, to Pas sale, N. J., where Mrs Curtis is to spend the winter. Mrs Beardsley intends to spend some time with her.
 Mrs John Benedict is the owner of an old fashioned tall eight day clock which formerly belonged to Mrs Benedict's grandfather. Mrs Benedict thinks . great deal of it as such pieces of furni- ture are very rare and hard to fad.
The Newtown bee., 1900-11-16
OUR NE1GHBORS.
LONG HILL.

CHURCH AND PERSONAL MENTION.
 There Is to be flne entertainment in the Methodist church, next month. Let every one come If they want to hear good speaking and singing.
 The Misses Lena and Sarah Beers spent Saturday and Sunday with their sister in Bridgeport.
 A. l.. Stanton has the cellar for his new house, nearly completed. Will Coles furnished the stone.
 Miss Emily Burroughs and Miss Hat. tie Waller and nephew will sail for Ger. many, next week, to visit former pu. wish them pleasant voyage.
 Mrs George Sherman has visited her daughter, who Is pupil as Aoody's school in Northdeld, Mass. Miss May Mallette attends Miss Mary Burroughs school for young ladies in this place.
 Mrs E. M. Beardsley visited her sis. ter in Yonkers, last week.
 Mrs R. O., Tousey has been suffering from lame knee for several weeks.
 Mrs c. Kuhn will spend the winter in Hartford.
 Mrs A. Apgevine and Miss Florence are visiting friends in Easton. Casper Sage's family will occupy Mrs Christine Kuhn's house, this winter. Louis Wakely nae entertained friends from Bethel, this weeks. | Mrs Harrtett Leavitt returned from a visit in Springfl field, Tuesday evening.
 Nearly every family in Long Hill wae represented at the Centennial parade in Bridgeport on Monday. Rev J. l.. Gurnsey of Sandy Hook ex. changed with Rev MT Dikeman, ,last Sun day, and was the guest of F. 8. Shelton. Charles Halls horse Is home from the hospital, but is not we'll yet. Mrs Jobes is on the sick list. Long Hill people expect to hear the wedding bells in the near future. One of those large elm trees in front of Mrs Wells' house has been cut down.
 F. s. Shelton has lost . valuable hog, leaving eight pigs two weeks old. Harry Jennings shot four grey fquir. rels one forenoon, this week. The masons are plastering the rooms at MT Hadley's.
The Newtown bee., 1900-11-16
SOUTH BRITAIN.
OF BECOME DAYS.

Frank SeeleY has moved the horse shed which has stood near his house fol great many years, to the rear of tht house, which adds very much to the ap pearance of his place. Some of the tim bers in this shed were formerly a part ot the Methodist church that stood or Georges hill many years ago. ANNUAL MEETING OF MAGAZINE CLUB
 The annual meeting of the Maga zinc club was held at Mrs G. W. Mitchell's or Tuesday evening of this week. Miss Maria Bradley was appointed general secretary for the coming year.
 MT and Mrs D. Fl. Judson are vieitins Tn New Haven.
 Miss Sadie Filley of New Haven is the guest of Miss Charlotte Mitchell.
 MT and Mrs w. K. Mitchell and Mir and Hrs A. L. Mitchell are spending the week In Bridgeport, attending the Gen. tennial and the Sunday school conven. tion.
 Miss Daniels is visiting in Bridgeport and New York.
 The Ladies'Wh club meets with Miss Charlotte Mitchell, this week Friday.
 Miss Mabel Bradley took charge of Mss Beardsley's school during her ill ness. Miss Beardslev has recovered SO as to open her school on Wednesday,.
 Samuel Barr received a call from 8 number of his old frien ends, one night re. gently. MT Barr treated all hands to cigars.
The Newtown bee., 1900-11-16
WEST CORNWALL.
THE VILLAGE AND VI

THE VILLAGE AND VICINITY.
 Mrs Charles Ltstmau is visiting with relatives in New York.
 Dr John Ives Is out of town for 8 few days.
 Miss Julia Cochrsne Ileaves, Saturday, for visit with friends in New Ke chelle, N, Y.
 Miss Ellen Cochrane Is spending a few weeks at her sisters in Lime Rock.
 Dr Robinson leaves, the last of this week, for Rhode Island, where he has 8 prospective opening in view.
 J. A. Cochrane 6 Son, the popular West Cornwall merchants, are advertise ing, this week, the Ball Brand felt boots. They have the largest stock of felt boots ever shown in their store, with price