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Clinton New Era, 1893-08-04, Page 31115 Feud Township it was certainly a first-rate feud,'and w source of •much pride to the settlers in and. about Hiekey Township,just en a haunted house, or a murder nays', tery, or 'a on lived scandal might have been ---only the feud was much More ss.tisfe,otory; because it had been Ott for years, and Hardly a Month had passed;'during all that tinter that had not witnessed scale new episode us the affair, slid each One seemedrnore start- ling than its predecessor, And so it wail that thegood, people of Dickey Township held their heads Lusk little higher than their less fortunate friends who reside in; mere •peaceful,,portions of the country, It—the feud :all started on account of a yearling calf --than which, per - suit me (a stock -raiser of . limited but fruitful- experience) to interpolate, there never was nor can there ever be a creature more hopelessly, unreason- ably "ornery," and one more produc- tive of sinful language and display of sultry temper do the part of its keep- ers. Yearling calves have caused the recording angel more trouble, broken up more old friendships, produced more family jars, and, in the form of veal, begotten more indigestion and the insomnia resultant therefrom, than—but this is not an essay on the sinful, sportive steerlet and his short- comings, The Walkers and the Boned icts had been old neighbors for years, "back in Ioway " In fact, the elder Walkers and the elder Benedicts had been mar- ried about the same time, at the''be- ginning of the war, and had just set- tled on adjoining homesteads when the first gun was fired on Sumter. The men enlisted in the same com- pany, fought side by side, ate and slept and suffered together; and at home their young wives waited and wept • together. When: the little Walkers and the little Benedicts grew large enough to run about, they were playmates and boon companions; the children of one family felt as much at liberty in the home of the other as they did in their own—for twenty- eight years the two families had lived in peace and amity, and then that miserable calf precipitated an irrepar- able row. It was too bad, all the neighbors said, but it is a noticeable fact that none of them tried to patch up a peace—life in Hickey Township .and at Hickey Corners would have been dull, indeed, but for the feud; so everybody sat by and watched each new Phase of the affair with nervous, morbid interest, and commented thereon, but not in a manner likely to prove conducive to a truce on the part of the disputants. It was this way: The Benedict and 'Walker houses had been built on ad- jacent corners of the homestead rquar- ters,and were quite close together;, in fact, one well, sunk on the quarter -sec- tion line between the two homesteads, had furnished water for both families for the first four years after coming to Dakota, and it was only a short dis- tance from either house. But it came to pass that on the Walker domain there was born, and grew, and waxed fat and "sassy," a brindle calf, with a right smart chance of white in its eye and a plethora of deep-dyed mischief in its soul—and he ----(for-it w e>i young. _gentleman "crit- ter") while yet of ter • age but tough nTerecord, engendered the feud. He had wandered away the day before, and when he returned at night to the gatelof the calf -pen it was shut against Lim, and in the morning when Papa Benedict arose from post -breakfast, family prayers, and, followed by the younger male Benedicts, hied him to- ward the stable, he beheld his neigh- bor's incipient steer nipping in the bud sundry young and toothsome cab- bages, and kicking out of the earth, in his bovine abandon, all he could not eat. Then was Papa Benedict wroth, and thereupon did he give way to naughty, profane words, while the young Bene- dicts surrounded the offending calf and brought him up for judgment. Now, Papa Benedict was a man of hasty temper, but easily calmed; so, when the calf was tendered him at the end of a long picket -rope, his wrath had decreased several degrees, and he wound the rope around his hand and started to lead the calf home. It was while he was pondering on what to say to the calf's owner that the calf suddenly remember a previous engagement, and started, in some haste, to keep, heading directly across the croquet ground. Papa Benedict wished to follow with more dignity than the calf desired; and presently his feet were scraped from under him by a wicket, and he was being handled the way the vaqueros in South Ameri- ca are supposed to make butter—at the end of the lasso. He did not look very neat when, a few minutes later, he reached the Walker residence and called his neighbor out. He was hola- ing the calf up short, but his temper had slipped its tether and caused him to say bad words, to which Papa Walk- er replied in kind—whereat Papa Bene- dict seized a convenient neck -yoke and killed the cause of the trouble. Of course there was a fight and con- siderable ill -chosen language; then, as soon as possible, Papa Benedict sued Papa Walker for the damage of his cabbages, and Papa Walker sued Papa Benedict for the value ofthe calf. After that, they prosecuted each other for assault and battery; the younger mem- bers of both houses "sassed" each other at every available opportunity; Mrs Walker and Mrs Benedict did no more "neighborin';" and Mort Benedict and Nellie Walker "busted up" with each other. That is, Nellie broke with Mort, who, for his part, had a wholesome contempt for feuds and such nonsense, and would fain have ignored the state of affairs, so far as Nellie was concern- ed, except for the opposition any over- tures from him would have received on all sides. and especially from Nellie, So he had to grin and bear it, leaving, however, all hostilities to others, and speaking pleasantly to any of the Walkers he chanced to meet. But, finally, through, a rash act of s own, he was forced into the feud. '1 here was a husking -bee, of the good old-fashioned sort, at Thompson's one night, and the younger members of the hostile houses attended. During the evening Mort found a red ear in bis pile, and—he never knew what im- pelled him to do it, unless it was that Nellie looked so ptretty and tempting he took his former sweetheart in his arms and kissed her, not once, but three times. w d s soon as it, could be done without the iris knows g of it, 'Bud Walks and arvey I reg. invited Melt. and Pei ,itorner out into .the maanilt pasture, where Bud insisted on "having It,out." Mort demurred, but in vain, and; much to his reg. ret,' Was forced to "leek" to a etandstIU,.,not only the roan he' hoped some da to call his brother in. law, but the. Tatter's ' eectn a d :Welt; el; le et Horner being' a PriPP e mid .nab to aecomnlodate'i'Cee, who was' Jlirtin on account, of his principal de eat. That .,settled it. Thereafter, even tender-hearted Mrs Walker -who, like Mrs`Benediet, sincerely but silently re• netted the trouble that kept her';nppart rata herOld-time, friends these four long years; and who had always had a' pleasant greeting for all the family, especially for Mort, who was a great favorite of hers—cut him ,.dead when she happened to meet him, and even the frigid inclination of the head with which Nellie had been wont to recog- nize his presence on those rare occa- sions on which they met was now de- nied him All this cut Mort deeply, but he was made of too tough fibre to show it; so till the end of the feud, he tried to act as though he did not care—just as did Nellie, who, however, was obliged to confess to herself, once in a while, that she did care, "lots," The -spring of 188—is a memorable one in the history of many portions of the Dakotas. The amount of rain in the fall, and the sncw-fall of the win- ter preceding, had been very slight in- deed, and there were no spring rains to encourage the farmers. The creek - beds and coules were dry; the lake - beds and sloughs were as innocent of water as powder magazines; and the matted grasses and reeds standing in theta were as dry as was the grass on the prairies. Everything invited the fire -fiend, whose work on the plains is so swift and thorough—and he accept- ed the invitation. From the wheat regions up north came tales of his deadly work—of counties almost entirely laid waste, of hundreds made homeless and penni- less, with nothing left, even wherewith to wring their bread out of the soil. In C—County and its neighbors, however, all felt secure; the fires were far north of there, and being gradual- ly exterminated. Besides, they were in the Jim River Valley; it is curious how much confidence the proximity of a river will give to the settler who is threatened by prairie -fires. Mort Benedict and his father were returning from the county town one day, having been in to leave "mother" for a two days' visit, and to have the breaking plow repaired. For a day or two there had been rumors of fires only twenty miles or so to the north, and they were talking of this as they cross- ed the bridge, four miles from home. As they reached the top of the hill on the west side of the river, Mort glanced at the northern horizon, which was not distant, on account of a range of hills running east and west, and— Did his eyes deceive him, or was that smoke, just rolling up above the line of hills? "Look, father!" Startled, the elder man did so. "Good God, Mort ! She's a-comin', an' comin' t' beat h-1, too! We got t' race, t' save anything!" And race they did, but tine fire was racing too; and when they drove their panting 1 orsesintadhe__dnor-yardr.the flames were only a few miles away and coming down at lightning speed. While Tom and Roy ,rsaddled their ponies and rounded up their live -stock, Mr Benedict and the three elder boys and Bessie, in an incredibly short space of time, put into the two wagons everything that it was possible to save, after which Hal and George saddled their ponies, joined Tom and Roy with the herd, and. the whole procession, headed by two wagons, dri ven by Mort and his father, moved off at a rapid pace toward the river. Then, and only then. did Mort notice that there was no sign of human life about the Walker place. His heart gave a leap. "Bess!" he said sharply; "did—did they git away? Did ye notice 'em mourn 'round?' The girl's eyes opened wide. "0, Mort 1 I haven't heard or seen a sign of 'em all day! "Take them reins. I'm goin' back an' see." He leaped from the wagon and ran back, noting as he did so, how hot the air had become and how near the big wave of smoke was. Mrs Walker, singing softly aslshe bust- led about the kitchen, was a bit start- led to see who her unannounced visit- or was. "Mis' Walker, where's all your men- folk? No. I didn't come fer trouble— only th's a prairie -fire only a little ways off, an' comin' down like mad!" Mrs Walker sank into a chair. "Oh, heavens! An' father sick a -bed an' all th' boys over t' Berry's on a breakin'- bee!" "Good Lord! Ain't I glad I come back! Where's th' hosses?' "O, Mort! They're all loose in the pasture!" "Git what things ye wantuh save t'gether real quick! They ain't no spare time." And Mort tore out of the house like a madman, and down to the pasture, not noticing that Nellie had entered the kitchen and was star- ing at him, open-eyed. Both Mr Walker's wagon -teams were composed of animals usually as docile as lambs; but, to -day, bunched together in a corner of the pasture, they sniffed the corning flames, and it seemed to put wild imps into their lumbering carcasses, and it was a long, trying time before Mort could catch two of them, swear, try as he might— and the great fire rolled swiftly near- er. The wind had shifted from north- east to north-west. Mort saw, with a sinking at his heart, that there was an even chance of getting cut off from the river. Mr Walker was on a feather -bed on the floor of the wagon, and Mrs Walk- er crouched beside him. Nellie ran back into the house for the family Bible, then climbed up beside Mort. { "Git upl Clk!" the heavy whip came down hard on the horses flanks and the race was begun. Fast came the flames; the billow of smoke rolled over them, now and then dropping feathery grass cinders as it passed; they could hear the roar of the fire and feel its hot breath when- ever the wind increased in velocity -- and Jim River so far away! 'Nearer came the great wave of flame; the air was dense and suffocating. Mort, in his frenzy, lashed the now Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria, dinning horses, ltrce ntly, 'cooing, pp�r&y'in , aaytng' he knew not wha 154re Walker 'wept .and prayed; Mr Walker. now and then gave a. teeble' moan; Nellie, On the, seat' beside Mort, kept her lips tight closed and.�said no thing, only clinging to the seat more deSiterately as tne wa n oraced arid Mort looked at her,her silence anger, ed him, "Olt off 'n th' seat!" he roared, "$ow d'ye think I c'n drive, with you sitars.' thar?" The girl obeyed, and fell, rather tban climbed, back into the box, !!Mort Benedict's recollections of what occurred after that are very dim. He remembers driving deeper and deeper into the terrible heat and smoke, of tearing through a volume of flame that seemed endless --flame that burn- ed his eyes, his nostrils, bis throat, and scorched bis hair and eyebrows -- then, with a final leap, the horses dashed down the slope into the shal- low river, and he knew no more. When Mort awoke he could not for some time realize where he was, and lay for some minutes trying to remem- ber. Oh, yes; he was in Will Berry's room; He remembered the antlers on the wall and the white curtains at the windows. Someone. came in soft- ly from the next room. "Who is it?" he asked. It was Nellie, and she came and lean- ed over him. "It's me, Mort. I've been here all the time. I thought ye knew me sometimes. You've b'en sick." "Are ye here t' stay, Nell—always, I Mean?" She sat down on the edge of the bed and put her hands on his shoulders. "If ye want me to, Mort." He drew ner face down to his, but put her at arm's length presently. "Bat how about the feud, Nell?" "They ain't no more feud Mort."—R. L. Ketchum, in the Argonaut. THE SPARHAM CASE. Keon'ry LLL, July 24. Much, interest, is felt by residents of this place in the case of Mr F. Sparham, of Ottawa, to whom refer- ence was made in an Ottawa despatch a few days ago, as a sufferer delivered from kidney disease by the use of Dodd's kidney pills. Mr Sparham was born and brought up here, and is well known and universally popular. his friends here lead heard 'of his illness and his failure to obtain relief from all the medicines he tried before tak- ing the pills. Their wonderful effect in his o case will make the remedy more popular in this vicinity, for all now are fully aware of its good properties. CRISP AND CASUAL. France has ;650,000 farm owners who hire 11,794,000 laborers. ` In 1627 the New York price of a cow was $150 of a yokeof oxen, $300. Minard's Liniment cures LaGrippe. There are 49,605,000 dwelling houses in Europe and 11,400,000 in the United States. France has more persons over 60 years of age than any other country; Ireland comes next. Engel considers that a child of 10 years represents an outlay of $400; a youth of 15, $700. Minard'eLinimeiil-best-Hair Restorer:— There are more deaths annuallyfroat hydrophobia in Sweeden than in any other country. Cuvier's brain weighed 64 ounces; Byron's, 79; Cromwell's, 90, but was found to be diseased. Nearly one-half the total number of suicides take place between the hours of 6 a. m. and noon. "Be sure you get Ayer's" is an import- ant caption to all in search of a thoroughly. reliable blood -purifier, Ayer's Sarsaparilla being the one on which there can be no manner of doubt. It has stood the test for nearly half a century, and has long been considered the standard. Murderer Taylor was eleotrobuted at Auburn prison Thursday twice. Some- thing went wrong in the first attempt, and the man came to life again. Then the city electric light apparatus was called into play. Best Cure For All disorders of the Throat and Lungs is Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. It has no equal as a cough -cure. Bronchitis " When I was a boy, I had a bronchial trouble of such a persistent and stub- born character, that the doctor pro- nounced it incurable with ordinary remedies, but recommended me to try Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I did so, and one bottle cured me. For the last fifteen years, I have used this preparation with good effect whenever I take a bad cold, and I know of numbers of people who keep it in the house all the time, not considering it safe to be without it."— J. C. Woodson, P.M., Forest Hill, W. Va. Cough " For more than twenty-five years, I was a sufferer from lung trouble, at- tended with coughing so severe at times as to cause hemorrhage, the paroxysms frequently lasting three or four hours. I was induced to try Ayer's Cherry Pec- toral, and after taking four bottles, was thoroughly cured."— Franz Hoffman, Clay Centre, Kans. La Grippe " Last spring I was taken down with la grippe. At times I was completely prostrated, and so difficult was my breathing that my breast seemed as if confined in an iron cage. I procured a bottle of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and no sooner had I began taking it than relief followed. I could not believe that the effect would be so rapid and the cure so complete."—W. H. Williams, Cook City, S. Dak. - • AY ER'S CHERRY PECTORAL Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co„ Lowell. Mass. Sold by all Druggists. Prics $o ; sot battka. =g. Prompt to acct, sure to cure IMOVI DIF'EBZNO STANPPO NT$. It does not matter how mash a man respect 9 teachers and rulers, if he can - net respect ,hilnsplf. bo is utt a good citizen, 4. prayer book was found the other day in the stomach of an ostrich that was dissected' in London. This w,iuld indicate that the big bird is a beast of pray, 1*oh, Mange and Seratohes of every kind on human or animals, cured in 00 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary 'Mien. wide never fails, Sold by Watt's & 0o, Druggist, Early rising is talked about as some- thing to make a man healthy, wealthy and wise, and Anklet sort of thing; but it is known that the dog-catcher rises with the lark, and he is simply go- ing to the dogs, A letter Mailed inLondon the seventh of April and remailed in Hong Kong made the circuit of the world in the fast time of sixty-two days. In one of the Sunday schools at Olympia,Oregon, is,a little Chinese boy who takes great interest in all the proceedings. 'When impressed with the propriety of bringing a nickel to put in the contribution box, he promptly responded, but as he parted with it he asked: "What fo'?' The kind teacher replied: "It's forJesus,my dear." The second Sunday the same question and the same answer. The third Sunday the same, but now the little Celestial's eyes opened with earnestness as he further asked:,•'Jesus ailus bloke?" The reply of the teacher is not recorded, English Spavin Liniment removes all bard, soft or calloused . Lumps and Blem- ishes from horses, Blood Spavin, Curbs, Splints, Ring Bone, Sweeney, Stifles, Sprains, Sore and Swollen Throat, Coughs etc. Save $60 by use of one bottle. War- ranted the most wonderful Blemish Once ever known. Sold by Watt's & Oo. Drug- gist. ' A very remarkable answer to prayer, or a very startling coincidence, as one may please to look at it is reported from Jefremoff, Russia. The country has been suffering from a prolonged and disastrous drought, and a few days since the bishop of the region gathered his clergy and a great congregation of people in the fields for an open air supplication for rain. The day was excessively hot and the sky disappoint- ingly clear, but hardly were the pray- ers concluded when heavy clouds gath- ered, and in a few minutes a tremend- ous thunderstorm was drenching the earth with the longed -for and welcome rain. With one accord, the Bishop and people, in dripping garments; hur- ried off to the church to hold a service of praise and thanksgiving. Of course. there are plenty of people who will say that it was a mere coincidence, but it certainly was a most remarkable one. Consumption is oftentimes absolutely cured in its earliest stages by the use of that won- derful Food Medicine Scott's Emulsion which is now in high repute the world over. *a CAUTION."—Beware of substitutes Genuine prepared by Scott at Bowne, Belleville. Bold by all druggist.. 60c. and $1.00. Mr. A. K. Cameron, for many yearsiT efficient and obliging deputy -postmaster of Wingham, died the other day at the home of his parents, Beaverton, Ont. "The woman who works, and is tired, will find a special help in Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Perfectly harmless in any condition of the female system. It pro- motes all the natural functions, and builds up, strengthens, regulates, and cares. For woman approaching confinment, nursing mothers, and every weak, run-down, deli- cate tromon, it is an invigorating, support- ing tonic that's peculiarly adapted to their needs. But it's more than that, too. It's the only guaranteed remedy for all the func- tional disturbances, painful disorders, and chronic weaknesses of womanhood. In "female complaints" of every kind, period- ical pains, bearing -down sensations, inter- nal inflammation,and kindred ailments,if it ever fails to benefit or cure, you have your money bank. In Graves County, Kentucky, on Thurs- day, at a wheat threshing, a negro and a white -man got into a fight and the former cut the latter on the hand. The use of a knife enraged the white spectators. They caught the negro and threw him into the threshing machine and killed him. Among the speotators to this horrible scene was a son to the negro, who, to defend his father, picked up a pitchfork and attacked the crowd, sticking the fork into one of the men and killing him. The crowd then turned upon the boy, but be ran and escaped. For the cure of female weaknesses, sup- pressions, nervousness, bearing down pains and all these peculiar ailments that make woman's life almost unbearable, Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills are an unfailing cure. They build up the blood, restore the nerves, and bring a glow of health to sallow cheeks. All dealers, or by mail postpaid on re- ceipt of price (50o. a box or 6 boxes for $2.50). Dr. Williams Med. Co., Brockville, Ont. The London Advertiser tells a touching story of cruel neglect in that oity. The inspector of the Humane Society found a man named Daniel Rice suffering from an acute form of paralysis; unable to aid him- self, was being completely neglected by his wife, Every indication was that he had lain in the same posture for a month. In another part of the room his wife was said to be sleeping off a drunken debauch. When the inspector commenced to remove the man's clothing maggots fell to the floor in hundreds. They had been germin- ated upon the unfortunate's flesh. The stench in the room was something unbear- able. Children Cry tor Pitcher's Ca,toriel. Castorin is'Dr, Samluell P'itcher's prescription for Inflnite a, sand Children. It contains neither Oplufn, Morphine nee ether Narcotic substance. It is' a harmless substitute for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor .041. It Is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' use kr Millions ofJYothers. Castoria destroys Worms and allay* feverishness. Castoria, prevents 'vomiting Sour Curds cures Diarrhoea and Wind Collo. Castoria relieves teething troubles, cures constipation and flatulency. Castoria assimilates the food, reguiatea thestomach and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Case. Coria is the Children's Panacea—the Ifiother'a Friend. Castoria. "Distorts is an excellent nredi,cino for an. dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its good effect upon their children." Dn. G. C. °saoom, Lowell, Masa. •' Castoria is the best remedy for children of which I am acquainted. I bopo the ds; is r.ot tar distant when mothers will consider the rea Interest or their children, and use Castorin. in- stead of thevariousquack nostrums -which are destroying their loved ones, by forcing. opium, morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful agents down their throats, thereby sending. them to premature graves." Da J. H'. Knicaai ot, Conway, dr' CastOria,, ' "Castoria is so *ell adapted to a ij1 tea that I recommend it assuperiortownypreacriptlai known to rue." FI. A. Aaceaa, 71f. Di, 111 So. Orford SG, Brooklyn, N. Y. \ " Our physicians iia the children's depart- ment have spoken highly of their experi- ence xperience in their outside practi•u with Caetaria, and although we only have among our medical supplies What is known as regula- products, yet we are free to confess that the merits of Castoria has won us to look with favor upon it." UNITED HOSPITAL AND DIBPEasatess Boston, Masa, ALLEN C. SraTa, FYea., Tho Centaur Company, TI Murray Street, New York City. McColl's Oils USE LARDINE MACHiNE - - OIL. - - CHAMPION GOLD MEDAL OIL OF THE DOMINION Nixon CYLINDER o 1 L will Wear twice as long as any other make. THE. FINEST HIGH GRADE ENGINE OILS ARE MANUFACTURED Bt MJC�LJ,TJRGI&cO;TORONTO . Sold by all leading dealers throughout the Country. Special Notice As an extra inducement to CASH purchasers we have made arrangements with a lea& ing firm of Toronto for a large supply of Artistic Pictures by well-known motes. all tramed and finished in first-class style, and suitable for the best class el resi- dence. Each easterner will be presented with one of these magnificent Pietism free when their oash purchases aggregate Thirty Dollars. My motto in bluntness is to supply my customers with good reliable Goode at Bottom Prices. SOAP—Although the principal Soap Manufacturers have advanced prices. 30 per cent. we will supply all Electric Soaps and the noted Sunlight add Surprise Soaps at the old fissures. Call and see those beautiful Works of Art .samples of which are on show at our store. TEAS—Our stock is replete and well selected. We offer excellent values in fine Teas including best grades in Black, Green and Japans. Try our Russian Blend and Crown Blend, the finest in the market. CHINAWARE—Examine the quality and prides of our 'Combination Dinner and Tea Sets, and be convinced that Bargain Day with• ns is every business day throughout the year. N. ROBSON, — Clinton A big stock of REDPATH'S GRANULATED SUGAR: big cut in IOA lbs. and barrel lots. Still carry the finest of BLACK HYSON and JAPAN TEA. BINDING TWINE.—We are handling a oar load of Binding Twine. Some of the best and cheapest in the market. More feet for a cent than any other twine made. C-T-iFO SWAL ,c) W, Clinton More WOOL Wanted at Clinton We 4 the highest cash price the highest trade price, and carry the hest assortment of WOOLLEN GOODS of our own manufacture, at low. est prices. itanufacturing of all kinds done with despatch. Custom Okra• Ing a apeaialty. We do business on the square. Call and see us. BEAVER WOOLLEN MILLS CO., CLAN W. O. WILL$ul(,