Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1912-08-09
BERT zABRlSKIE WELCOMED
BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS
At M0NTvILLE, N. ].
Long Absence Seemingly Only
Had Made Hearts Grow Fond
er-Share of His Fathers Es-
tate Waiting for Him, With a
Welcome From the Grand
daughter He Had Never Seen.

Zabriskie's blood, and it made
Nv him fldget. He dreamed of
the wide-stretching prairies,
and the valleys lying snug and warm
1t his hSl1e here. became pitifully mar
row: he Thought Of the lofty peaks OF
the Rockies, and the wooded ridge
back OF Boonton shrunk to an ant
hill; he pictured the distant great wa
ters reaching down thousand miles
10 the sea, and the prattle Of the
Rockaway river winding in and out
among the swales above the old mill
sounded like childish lnockery.
These We're symphonic .~
All the thirty-odd years Of his life
Bert Zabriskis had lived in one neigh
borhood. There he had married.
There two daughters had been born.
But the fever reached It's height, a.
all fevers must, and he struck out
He didn't take his family with him.
Other men have struck out that way.
Boonton and Montville gossiped. 9th
Or towns have done that, too.
And this ends chapter one, except
to say that some OF our best doctors
have been trying for years to find
some sort of blood purifier that would
allay the rowing fever in country bred
boys, and they haven't hit the right
thing yet. Dosing doesn't seem to do
1t any good.
Descendant Of Patriots.
When George Washington, Father
of His Country, and consequently of
New Jersey, was In camp at Morris
town Heights and his soldiers were
ull Of patriotism but otherwise empty,
times being hard, squad Of Cont
rentals were sent down the Rockaway
riveE6Ar pick up supplies by fair means
II lie. but to get EN-.
EySSTKt that early day a Zabriskie
Kept the mill. He stood at the grain
hopper.
You may tell General Washington"
ne said. as the incident is handed
down, that so long as water runs and
wheels turn and millstones grind I'll
do all can to relieve the distress Of
the fighters for liberty"
This shows the kind Of people the
Zabriskies were. however.
One gray bearded Zabriskie after
another slipped into the hour-dusty
overalls The last was Albert James
Zabriskie, father of the rover and of
two daughters, both married.
BY hard work, long hours and Incl
dental thrift this miller Zabriskie had
already become well-to-do, as Jersey
ok measure savings. when an oppor-
tunity came to him to make some big
easy money.
Deal That Meant Wealth.
Jersey City was down In the Rocka-
way river country to establish water
system and bull great reservoir. "a
briskie owned the water rights on the
river and Jersey City had to see him
first. There's more money in water
rights than there is in grinding neigh
borhood corn Zabriskie drove
harp bargain and became rich at just
the time Of his life when he wanted to
knock of work for good. 1t looked
then as If he would live out his years
In contentment, but you never can tell
bout such things. Son Bert took the
feykR,and struck out. Months passed
and nothing was heard from him.
One day Lawyer Nelson s. Kitchell
was summoned opposite the mill. He
found the old man rather poorly and
anxious to have his worldly affairs
Get In order, for he felt that his end
vas fast approaching.
A will had been drawn dividing the
estate into three parts, but as the
rover's whereabouts was unknown, a
codlcil was added providing that Bert's
hare should be held in trust by the ad-
ministrators until his young daugh-
ter should reach the age of "a. II
the absent son should return before
that time he could claim his share;
II not the two granddaughter were to
divide it.
Done With Earthly Troubles.
This provision being set forth In
detail to his liking, the miller scratch
ed his name to the document and wit
nesses appended theirs.
There being no further call to the
grist bin, and enforced idleness having
added its burden to the weight of his
four times twenty years, the miller
fell into a rapid decline and in mid
January, four years ago, Grape nut
tered at the door Of the homestead
and the daath hush was In the spare
room.
The rover did not return for the fu-
neral. Ee sent no word. His where
abouts remained unknown to Mont
vile. Years had piled up since he had
struck out The old mans will be-
came operative.
And this brings the second chapter
- It's ccnclusson.