Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-10-25
SOLDIERS HOME NOTES.


ster and the coal bins will always be
full while he is in the occurring tower
of the big wagon.
Andy Mathews returned from visit
with friends near Hermosa. It seems
little unnatural not to see "Uncle
Andy" about the house.
John Tennis hove into port for the
winter one day last week. He has
been rusticating on ranch near Prin-
gle since July. He is patriotic as ever
but little more cautious about when
he eXplodes cannon crackers.
Jerry Nowlin, of Rapid City, re-
turned from furlough last week. He
is the same good natured old comrade
as ever. He is past three score and
ten years, but active as most men at
fifty.
Col. Pattee is putting up taxider-
mist's shop near the Gillespie hotel.
Whether or not it is a wise or profit
able move remains to be proved. The
colonel can't be satisfied sitting about
the Home idle.
About $50 men present and not a
sick man on the list, except a dozen or
so of chronic cases of one kind and an
other, and none of them particularly
dangerous. What remarkable state
of health among so many men whose
average age is over 65 years.
Joseph Stalcup returned Sunday
from Rawhide Buttes, Wyo., where he
went on furlough to look after some
copper mines he has. Joe has full
faith in the value of his mines and ex-
poets some day they will rival the Ana
conda in richness and quantity.
The Home finished putting in the
winter supply of potatoes Saturday.
They we're bought of Mrs. Wolf, of
Pringle, and we hear it said are the
best lot ever put in for winter, since
the Home was opened, and they cost
twice as much per bushel. The
amount was 27,5O0 or 45S busheld.
Frank Limpo, of Vernon, which is
located in the extreme northeast part
of the state, arrived Sunday morning
to take up his residence at the Home
His town is located SO near the corner
of the state that rifle shot from the
center of the town might kill chicken
l ia
De Lanzern Franklin arrived at the
Home Saturday from Sisseton, Roberts
county, which is the northeast corner
county as Fall River is the southwest
one, SO he travelled over 1000 miles tt
reach the Home in his own state. AZ
ter getting his second wind he said, 81
could have reached New York easier
than this place."
A Bible class of about 90 members
met Tuesday evening in the privat,
parlor of the Home and spent AN hou
studying the Sunday school lesson
This was the first meeting for the clas
which your reporter is informed will
be continued during the fall and win
ter Tuesday evening of each week.
Levi Scheckler, of Miner county
came in last week to make his hom
with us. He is past IS. A couple O
months ago his aged wife died leavin
him childless and alone. He sold ou
all his property and wisely came here
Comrade Scheckler was member @
the ODD Illinois infantry. He was on
of the solid and reliable men of Mine
county.
We are all tip toe for the oyster sur
per Saturday evening, and anxious t
help the colonel pay the freight on th
two Parrott cannon which will b
placed on the grounds as guards to th
flag and staff, but we insist that ou
payments shall be prefixed by dif
of "selects" with proper trimming
Some of the boys are dieting SO as I
form a vacuum in which to store ava
J numerous bivalves. Come up, 20
hungry printers, and see us do it.
Eugene West, of whom mention wa
made in these notes last week, We
taken before the board of insane con
missioners who found him wildly OF
of his mind. His illusion is that thel
is band of men in the Home conspi
ing to do him great injury if not tai
! his life. The board decided instead
, sending him to Yankton to send hi
to his daughters home in Cody, Mel
a where it is believed quiet and rest wi
a restore him to his normal conditio
a He left on Sunday evenings train.
4 1t is wonderful what an interest Il
s Herald man takes in us old soldier
4 His latest effort to show his love (?)f
o us is really the drubings of scol
i The board criticised the commando
J. for not enforcing the rule requiril
the members to wear the regulate
blue. Every man who is in the Hor
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