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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23
GOOD SPRING PROSPECTS.
South Dakota Counties. Anticipate
Great Activity In Few Months.

South Dakota Counties. Anticipate
Great Activity In Few Months.
The food tide Of immigration will
strike South Dakota this spring. The
region west of the Missouri will be
the scene of the greatest activity
The settlers have taken advantage of
the open winter to push out to the
land, and filling has been going on
rapidly at Pierre and Chamberlain.
Ali available lands in Lyman and
Stanley counties are being picked up
rapidly.
New towns are building and others
projected. Presho. on the Milwaukee
extension, has grown from nothing to
1000 in a year. Midland, on the sur
veyed line of the Northwestern, con
the spring. The town Will be plated
and lots put on sale in March. Let.
ters from prospective residents arc
pouring in from all parts of the coun-
try inquiring for definite statements
as to the future of the town.
Work in the cuts ald on bridges
is being pushed by the Northwestern
during the winter months. The tenn
porary bridge across the Missouri at
Pierre can only be used during the
winter months, and will have to be
rebuilt next winter. The permanent
bridge Will not he ready for use be-
fore 1907 The Gregory county Inter-
state Telephone company has been or
ganized at BoneSteel and is pushing
its lines west alcng the extension OF
the Milwaukee.
VIII the soil produce crops? Some
stockmen smile and say the land will
soon be for sale after patented. 9th
ers declare that as good crops can be
raised here as east of the river Ii
vegetation can be taken as an indica-
ton, the soil should be good. The
grass is better here than east of the
river. There is no rock on the land
and no sand. 1t is believed by many
of the ranchmen who have been long
on the ground and have experimental
with tn esoil that the land will be suf-
ficiently productive to make excellent
homes for the settlers. Their eXpe-
rience shows that there is an increase
of moisture retaining with each year
of cultivation.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

der now called Oratory rock, where
she loved to retire and pray for her
beloved son during the troublous days
OF the revolution.
The mourning was general all over
the country, press and pulpit made
note of the event. Members of Con
sress wore crepe for thirty days as
for distinguished official. Congress
passed resolution to erect monu-
ment to the mother Of Washington,
and to that resolution Gen. Washing
ton responded in a note of thanks,
adding:
attribute all my success in life
to the moral, intellectual and physical
education which 1 received from nv
MOTHER
How the government fulfilled this
resolution may be seen when one re-
calls that hundred years interviewed
between the passage of the resolution
and the building of the monument by
private subscription. In truth, the
work of forming new republic was
no small task. Washington's admins
trations were hampered by the Indian
wars. the whisky instruction and
Shay's rebellion; Adams term was
taken up with the French troubles
and the threatened war with the direc-
tory; Jefferson's administration was
filled with the wars with the pirates
of Tripoli. Lewis and Clarll's marvel
Gus march to the Pacific, the Louis
lana purchase and Aaron Burr's con-
spiracy. During Madison's admins
trations Congress could, of course,
think of nothing but the second war
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

If the farmers Of Minnesota could
be brought to an understanding of the
value to them of their market towns
the mail order houses would go out of
business in less than sixty days. The
building up of strong market town in
value to every farm, to every head of
stock, to every bushel produced on
the farm; it means the satisfying of
the natural desire Of the young peo-
pie to see something Of life and to ac-
quire something of culture without
leaving the farm home to seek for it.
Cannon Falls Beacon.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

ing that an organization be formed
having for its object the erection of
a monument over the grave of George
Washington's mother and concluding
with these lines: will the women
of this republic respond to this APP
peal? Are they not willing to under
take the patriotic work."
Of course, they were. and the Ma
tional Mary Washington Memorial as
ISOLATION was started in each state
and the money flowed in. The monu-
ment that towers over the grave to-
day was dedicated May 10, 1894. Pres
ldent Cleveland delivered an address,
Senator Daniel spoke, and among 9TH
ers taking part in the ceremonies
were Vice-President and Mrs Steven
son, Gov. and Mrs. OFerrall, Secre-
tary Gresham, Secretary Carlisle,
Secretary Lamont, Secretary Morton,
Chief Justice Fuller and Mr.. Justice
Harlan.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

been compelled to pay in advance sew
eral weeks All l ask is that you pay
me now as soon as you have the goods.
That l must have or the goods will
stay here"
He agreed then to do this and wrote
his check for $76.50 willingly, as it
was learned later that the catalogue
house price was $3.50, and started
out of the store.
Tie merchant called him back and
asked him if he was perfectly satisfied
the man that he was, and then-the
merchant had his say
He told the customer that he had
paid just $3.50 more to him than the
regular retail price of the goods, and
as evidence he showed him credit
sales of each of the articles and show
ed him the total.
The customer did not know what to
say as he had told the merchant he
was perfectly satisfied with tho deal
and he could not demand his money
refunded. The merchant then showed
the man wherein the catalogue house
had quoted a lower price than he could
on standard article. while on the
ones which We're not standard he had
raised the price several dollars.
AS an evidence of his businesslike
principles, the merchant made the
price right and the customer went
away we'll satisfied, but the merchant
has the assurance that in the future
he will have the entire trade of one
man who made an effort to beat him
self.
The man is now liberal patron Of
the store and the honest profit on the
sales which the merchant will make
, to the man in the course of year
will be far greater than the amount
he refunded, which the catalogue
houses would have defrauded him out
of this one deal.-Red Wing Repub-
lican.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

with England. 1t took long time for
the country to recover from that war.
and so it happened that nothing but
a little headstone marked the grave
of Mary Washington when Lafayette
visited this country in 1928"
Agitation in behalf of q monument
to Mary Washington crystallized in
1880, when the people of Fredericks-
burg raised $4,000 by subscription,
and We're proceeding with the collec-
ton of the necessary sum, when Silas
E. Burroughs, New York banker.
wrote to Thomas Goodwin mayor OF
Fredericksburg, and asked the honor
of being allowed to build the monu.
ment, saying in part:
II feel a great interest that the
ashes of this good American mother
should remain where they are, and |
wish to be allowed the honor of indi-
vidually erecting the monument
which. l assure you. sir. shall be in
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

Historic Memories Cluster Thick
Around Old Town of Fredericksburg

There are many intimate ties be-
tween the national capital and the
quaint city of Fredericksburg; be-
tween the majestic city of the Poto-
mac and the ancient and distinguished
city OF the Rappahannock. In the
haste Of the period and the careless.
ness of most persons toward things
historic the ties between Washington
and Fredericksburg are often over
looked. II was the master spirit of
the revolution who gave his name to
the capical of the republic he helped
to create The debt of the city OF
Washington to George Washington is
manifold, says the Washington Star
Close by Washington are a score of
places also identified with the father
of his country. There is Mount Ver-
non, the home and tomb of Washing.
ton and a place rich of memories Of
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

shaded by heavy oak trees. 1t was
shady place il the days of Mrs.
Washington, and the trees that shield
ed her from the sun survived till 1862,
when they We're torn to death by the
storm of shot that rolled over the
grave of the mother of the country's
father.
Susan Riviere Hetzel in her His
tory of the Mary Washington Asso-
ciation." following very closely Marion
Rarland's "Story of Mary Washing
ton" writes of the funeral as follows:
Business was suspended in the city
of fredericksburg; crepe hung from
the houses. The church was thronged
With her friends and neighbors. Her
body was followed by her loving
daughter and grandchildren to the
place chosen by herself for her last
resting place. near the granite bowl
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

Several years ago a rather laugh
able incident came under the writer's
notice A gentleman sent to a cata-
logue house for suit of Clothes The
cash went with the order. In due time
the suit came and was entirely too
large The gentleman took the suit
to local clothier and wanted 10
Swap it for one which he could wear
Needless to say he was not accommo-
dated.-EX.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23
DR.. Barnardo's Boy.

DR.. Douglas Hyde, the leader of the
Gaelic revival in Ireland, was talking
about accents to Philadelphian.
Coming to the British accent, be said:
"The leading characteristic of the
British accent is, of course, the drop
ping of the h The dropping of the
h is very unfortunate. 1t causes in
Vulnerable embarrassments.
"a friend of mine is bald. He is a
scientist. One night he lectured upon
the atmosphere to some Of DR.. Bernar-
dos boys in London.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

the style and execution to please the
of the United States. Let her sleep
upon the bosom of her mother earth
where she selected her pillow, and
let the willow of Mount Vernon from
the tomb of her son be transplanted
to wave through time over the moth
er's grave"
The design adopted for this monu-
ment was a square pedestal inscribed
Mary, the Mother of Washington"
There were two Grecian columns on
each side, each surmounted by an
eagle, and between the columns rose
an obelisk, topped with a bust Of
Washington, and perched on top Of
the bust was an eagle with out
stretched wings.
The corner stone OF this monument
was set May /, 1888, by President An
drew Jackson, who delivered one of
the most elaborate and impressive dis
courses of his career.
Soon after this ceremony Mr.. Bur
roughS sustained financial misfor.
tunes and the work was suspended.
The pedestal was in place and the
obelisk had been hauled to the grave,
but was not erected. Some desultory
efforts were made appropriately to
mark the grave, but without success,
and the approach Of the Civil War
turned peoples thoughts away from
such tender memories as those Of
Mary Washington
A writer who visited the grave Of
Mary Washington in the sos wrote
the following, which appeared in the
New York Times:
The monument was commenced
long before the great war, but never
finished. For four years it lay be.
tween two armies and battle surged
around it. The marbles are peck.
marked with bullets fired in that sad
time. 1t was within sight Of this mon.
ument that occurred the terrible
slaughter of our troops on that awful
December day, 1862. But ten miles
lway in the following May the rout
II Charlottesville took place, and in
May, 1864, within fifteen miles, was
The bloody wilderness, in whose tan.
giles SO many men went down in bat.
tie or were burned in the forest fires
lindled Within ten miles was the
slaughter of Spottsylvania courthouse.
So it may be said that within sound
If that spot died over $4,000 brave
men,"
1t was in 1889 that strong impetus
to
nent. The city of Washington and
The whole country were wrought up
over the approaching inauguration Of
President Harrison, when there ap-
peared in one of the Washington pa.
pers, under the name of local auc.
tioneer, this sensational advertise
ment:
The grave of Mary, the mother Of
Gen. George Washington, to be sold
at public auction, to the ladies attend.
ing the Inauguration of President
Harrison, on Tuesday, March 5, 1889:
At 2 O'Clock m. we will offer at pub.
lie outcry, at the capital of the United
States of America, twelve acres Of
land, embracing the grave and mate.
rial of the unfinished monument OF
Mary, the mother of Gen. George
Washington.
This advertisement created the ex.
element it was designed TO produce.
Mrs. Frances R. Goolrick, of Fred.
ericksburg, a descendant of George
Mason, of Gunston Hall, issued an
appeal through the press in October
1889. reviewing the history of the
grave of Mrs. Washington and propos-
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23
Made Briaadier General.

Washington. Feb. 16. = President
Roosevelt has decided. to promote
Maj. William p. Duvall, of the artil-
lery corps, to fill the vacancy, in the
grade of brigadier generals. Maj.
Duvall is a native of Maryland
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23
carneuie Offers Helm.

Kingfsher, Okla, Feb 16.-Andrew
Carnegie has offered to give $4,000
to Kingfisher Congregational college
provided the college will raise an ad-
ditional $4,000. The announcement
was made yesterday.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23
INCREASE THE LAND VALUES

The proximity of good towns gives
an added value of from $40 to $40 per
acre to all farms tributary to them.
A farmer may say that he doesn't care
a continental whether there is town
near him or not when he buys of n
catalogue house, but when he sells his
farm he credits the town with quite a
large sum.-EX.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

The man, or the woman either, who
gets his or her support out of town
and its people, who depends on them
for living, but who, when buying, pa
tronizes outsiders instead of the local
retailers, is a constant injury to all
residents of the community which is
so unfortunate as to shelter such a
person. Buy at home should be adopt
ed as the retailers cry. The buy at
home idea must win out.-Ex
A man over in Jackson county who
patronizes the mail order houses al
lows his children to play with the big
catalogues. One morning the nurse
came out and told them there was a
new baby in the house. who brought
it?" asked the children The nurse
replied that it had just come. ooh, /
know" cried a little tot. it's mail
order baby, and III bet it's adulterated
just like the pepper and the strawber-
ry jam was, and papa will have to
keep it because the money was sent in
advance. '-EXchange.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23
A Feminine lab.

I'm told" said Miss Knox, that
your husband, under the influence of
wine at the dinner the other night,
declared he had married beauty and
brains.'"
We'll, WE'LL" exclaimed Mrs.
Blidey; "how nice,"
Nice? Aren't you going to investi-
gate? Evidently he's bigamist"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23

My bald friend. lecturing on, hap
pened to say:
1T is impossible to live without
air If
But from the back of the hall came
an interruption in shrill treble
voice:
low about yerself, guv'nor?"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-02-23
Mixed Metanhor

Pat-An' how did your children turn
out, Lawd save this?
Mike-Begobs, not worth the paper
they're writ on.-Puck.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-11-07
Prisoners of War.

treatment accorded to prisoners Of
war in the early part of the nineteenth
century would not be endured for a
moment ih the twentieth century" says
an English writer ITO say that we
starved our captives Is untrue; that we
stinted them OF necessarles Is a fact
French prisoners were kept in durance
on board hulks at Portsmouth and
Bishops Waltham. Cases are on rec
ord Of the dogs of British officers pay
ing a call on board being decoyed be-
low, where they were killed and con-
verted into outlets, while the masters
were chatting on the deck. Rats In
the hold were fished for with hooks
baited with ration beef and, when
caught and cooked, were eagerly de-
voured. The French prisoners to kill
monotony gambied. The counters wer'
rations. One man at Portchester los
his rations for eight days running and
died of starvation"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-11-07

AT Anglesea a voting machine was
used for the first time, being moved
from Lower township.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-11-07
NORTH WILDW0OD'S
BUDGET OF NEWS
Bio Catch OF Crabs Off Nummy's
Island. Other AngleSea
News Notes

Commodore Benz. Hankins with a
crew of two, John H. and w. G.
Beecher, made a tremendous haul oi
crabs off Nummy's Island on Monday.
They were kept busy hauling in and
counting the big fellows which were
never SO thick. The entire catch num-
bered 739. On Tuesday evening num-
ber of Philadelphians were invited
down to enjoy a royal feast of boiled
crabs.
Mechanics can find q comfortable,
homelike boarding house, with ex-
cellent table at reasonable terms by
applying to Mrs. o. Hess, 18th street
near railroad station, North Wildwood.
The Ottens dredge is now at work in
the vicinity Of Beach Creek, filling in
several hundred lots for the owners,
mostly Philadelphians, besides COM
pleting the street grading contract
with the borough.
Mrs. Paul Albrecht and son, of Phil
adelphia, are spending a-few days in
their Second avenue cottage.
The steamer Frances Smith returned
to Anglesea this week to lay up for the
winter after fishing voyage to Long
Island.
Millard e. Houseman returned Mon
day from an extended visit with rela-
tives in Newark and New York.
The yacht Barbara, Capt. Peterson,
starts this week for Long Island on a
winter cod fishing expedition.
John Young and son Wilbur con-
template an extended pleasure trip
south next week.
Mrs. Edward Buck, of Sea Isle City,
and Mrs. Catharine Mcpherson, of Cape
May were the guests of Prof. and Mrs.
Frank Lloyd last week.
Capt. Buck and son Lavallette with
the yacht Queen City, started for the
Dorchester railway this week to lay up
for repairs. They will start cod fishing
in about two weeks.
John Trout. of Ocean City, visited his
wife and daughter Marion last Sunday
who are spending some time with Mrs.
Trout's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Glenn, on 18th street.
Lighthouse Keeper Hewitt Is among
the indisposed.
Miss B.ooxxie Hewitt Is confined to
her home with an attack of the quinsy.
Mrs. F. P. Downs, of Holly Beach,
is acting as substitute teacher in the
public school for Miss McGinley for a
short time.
Many of our sportsmen are eagerly
awaiting the opening Of the cunning
season next Saturday for rabbit and
quail.
Those seeking com mfortable boarding
house with home comforts and good
table can be accommodated by apply
ing to Mrs. o. Hess, 18th avenue,
North Wildwood.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-11-07
The Fool Killer

Mrs. Cleaver had an object. Her
daughter Carrie had inherited a for
tune from her father and another from
her aunt; nevertheless Mrs. Cleaver's
supreme object was to marry her
daughter to q rich man.
Mr.. Algernon Bedell was composed
of two parts, man and money. There
was very little to the man, but a great
deal to the money, which his father had
made for him out of bones. The only
notable thing Mr. Bedell had ever done
was to give dinner to dozen persons
costing 81 900 cover. He was looking
about for another opportunity to dis
tinguish himself when he met and
wooed Carrie Cleaver. She supplied
him with method for gaining new
distinction.
Mamma" said Miss Cleaver one day
after her mother had taken ten pounds
of flesh off the girl in her efforts to in
duce her to wed Mr.. Bedell. 81 will
consent on one condition. l must be
abducted"
"Abductedw exclaimed the mother.
eyes. am of romantic disposition,
and Mr.. Bedell has aspirations for dis
tinction. An elopement would set all
the world agog."
Caroline" said Mrs. Cleaver, amaz-
ed, "have you taken leave of your
senses? And she swept out of the
room.
But Mr.. Bedell, though he feared the
absence of motive would render the
plan unsuitable to his purpose, still had
a mind for 1t, and so told Mrs. Cleaver
That lady, being absorbed in the main
object, the marriage, finally consented
to allow the pair ito make fools Of
themselves II they liked"
All things must end, even engage
ment periods, and the day finally Or
rived, or, rather, the night, when Miss
Cleaver was to be abducted. She was to
sleep In wing of the house, where her
mother would not be likely to become
aware Of her fight. Miss Cleayer In
sisted on carrying out all the details
the same as In a real elopement. Mr..
Bedell was to bring ladder and a
carriage, and the fugitive was to take
only q hand bag. An address was to
be left on Miss BedelPs pincushion to
which the trunks were to be sent the
next day.
Soon after dark on the evening of the
elopement wagon drove up to the
Cleaver residence man carried lad
der Into the back yard, and the wagon
was driven away empty. Mrs. Cleaver
looked out OF the window, saw the pro-
ceeding and wondered why her daugh-
ter preferred to see q ladder carried
into the back yard to numerous costly
presents carried In at the front door.
Carrie" she called, 1.-The ladder has
come. II the fool killer should hap
pen by he might feel disposed to put It
up to your window and carry you on
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1906-11-07
Cunning Notice

We, the undersigned do hereby give
notice that all tresspassing or cunning
on our lands is prohibited and persons
SO offending will be held strictly to the
full penalty Of the law.
Signed JOSEPH LEEDOM
HENRY HI. OTTENS
J. WALTER NUNAU
1t LEvERETT NEwCoMB