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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 27, 1894)
0 iff f , 0 - ' '" t I I . t ,X aTMaa Nfc - '- ' " -7 -...-,,,. "t" f ill. s ! Ci-S2JP1E?--i!X.:ii- I I our mothers' wachful nn and stole off in itrirn everv sorlna. Running along I AfU - 1J- arl -jto-g -'?V 7 r A'Vv I ,f' -4 lo the river. 8.-.0 we rr enjoying the this boom wss IWtor IUvid. with a riv- and berriea r India rubber, air, uj M Kl- - Ki Gf-J- ' W AC J" TtPt Intoxicstion of smooth Ice, new skate erman's sixtn-f.ot pik In his bands, two. did on ay7 Fifty rente. Ul II, III '"fl tlrL -LnaTj f vgf'gJ'' ' V, ead map air. and not a thought of dan- Kelvwn m and th boom was th othr yon, nr. Good day. -liarper a Mag; IM I II X. JrCaT IX J" ..... wjjlA -A " r UeJ. ger art permitted to interfere with oor Piece of Ice. the companion to tbe oo on line. I UC I LiJJyjr' ' To, wooden paliaade: A V!c I; fifaiX' Lm.y - The Wl " ceased -th whit, man 41 w J edgfi vKiP To oo who cannot aid! k ,flj I A VVI X r- Swift, through thia unprotected boo f"" WkJ H" ' iltl flllW ( glde-a dedly ahade! "V. " All peaceful in New Amaterdam, Save that a piping Born in the dreary Harlaaem wast, Rattle the wintry trees; And Broadway holds a drift of enow That reerhea to the knee. Tie Chriatmaa Ee: th chapel ball From gun-girt fort reaoonda. And from the aomber northern wooda Ita aolemn toW rebound. -Coaualngled with the mournful cry Of aupplicatlug bound. And now the atnrdy HoHand era. All earthly thing forgot, Ara aeen upon tbe heavy road la many a little knot. Wending their way to kneel and pray Within tb holy tpot. Tha honeit btirither dread no ill To childrea. kine or aheep; The tomahawk on yonder hill Lie buried ery deep; Th pip of peai-e ba touched thir llpa, And War ba gone to tUi p. So, while tbe rrouw In Ingle nook Ttm o'er her Bible leave. Aad bully buugh in gay featoona Tha busy daughter w-ave. Unbolted i th friendly door On this most blest of even. XftCB little rosy face np at air I Kill in slumber m eet. jAt one, whom pity keeps awake; Hr pulsus quickly beat The while she thinks of the ick child ' Across tbe wintry street. ver and ancn she hears. la spite of Ml and blast, a angry sound from distant bound Float o'er the dreary vast; And raaeh aha fear that Santa Claus May apead bla deer too fast. Ob, would thst older ear might hear What faithful dog would tell.' Thera crouch within the forest gloom. Where darkest shadows dwell, A hnndred painted savages! A hundred hearts of hell! And one who know not pity' vole Their era! tep doth lead; Of old and young, he'll still each tonga That speaks tbe white mat)' creed, Tha gods of wood to which ha bow Have bid him do tbis deed! mae boM trader baa ba beard The) atory of tha Child; Of Ohristmsa gittM. of Chriermaa Joy. Fame aael forgiveness mild: AM Cradle, Croara of Thorns, and Croaa , XH meftf aaavt reviled. . ... w.m ... a i L' WW siwf''f&Wt J & 1 1 'aww . . . . j To siete th guns of sir and aom His fiendish finger ache; ills footfalls on tbe sanded floor Arc noiseless a a snake; And now be bend bim o'er th bed Where Urctchen Ilea awaka. A stilled cry cornea from his Up. The mnrderous ax upflie; One shriek of fright upon the night May foil their enterprise.. What careth be for yellow curia And pretty baby ys? But era tha brutal blade descend I'poD tbe little maid Her arra ara flung aboot bla nack. Her llpa to his have strayed. And thus aha rrlea. "Dear hsota Clans, I'm not a bit afraid! "I'm glad yon came, yon kind old thing. Before to sleep I fell, riease take my toy across tb trai To little Isabel, For she' so very, very 111, And I'm so very welt "Her sirk room yoo will know at onoa. The rushlight yog will aee; Her congh, poor dear, you'll plainly beat Much worse it cannot be; Cive her the toys- but .pip don't aay l'oo brought tbetn first to ma." The savage understands full well The words of piiyiug woe; His heart beets wildly; now he stand One more upon th snow. What doe this strange sensation mean That make bim tremble so 7 Hi ear detect tbe patient hum Of many a restleee brave. While tear he ne'er bad known before His painted feature lave: His gods bad eent bira forth to kill; Her God 1 whispering "8a vet" Aa tbe good dominie descaota The Commandments tea, A mighty arm fling open wide Tbe mawsive door, and then They see a fur-clad chief, who rrlea, "Tour gun, j Cbriatiaa men!" Wall warnlni Out la the i Father am A lion Isaawtal aeatv; And htf cwttage flies To batrtwla Ma tor. So ne4-"a fcaaira dread the gun. And aa ijti mm la fear Their UcZJt tea) gtstaf kneda And kmmL wmmk arncere. "Ott. OeJ, 1 a Tha that Thy Irv May Cf' wi hartr -Thoar.rJtlJ lUw Tarh Herald. f kawir ttMar arhat tha aoasBal stawaa thT ponr. as, gtaaf lover, too. 3 Oa sr sm ismsiii m fm JmtM CbrM fmM V Wm M aa. fespte nets , 41m 0-4ss j Th maa Lactam i i i mrf JlWW Cbrak. IM otous of Smk Vj , UUi tMaaaS mm .ar AT Se Is 1-11. Ncskksi 1 W SW ChM our SavisB. t is D(X!TOR DAVID. You wanted to know, Tom, why I g" to the trouble esrh year at Christmas time to make up a wreath of laurel and holly and express it to that little town ay over In Canada. Well, I've df.ne It for years, Tom. and I expect to repeat th art with eai b recurring Iteeemlwr so long aa I live. I'm not sure but that I shall leave a provision in my will for its eontinuance after I am gnthcrd to my father. Light your pij afresh, my boy. and I'll tell you the little story, for I am In a reminiscent mood to-nifht. Poor, dear old iHxtor Iiavid! often In boyhood have I nt by th chr- ful kitrhen fire and listened with vrait attention and unfeigned sdniirattoti to bis quavering voice as be rocked and sang to sleep my peevish bsby sister, when even mother wss unshle to soothe her. The doctor wss tiot callwl so twauae he was one, but because be lclierel he waa. 8jme unapprecjative grown e ple and even a few of tbe ruder toys spoke of him as obi Have, but to us who better knew him he was always IhK-tor lvid. He was an old mini. To us chil dren be seamed a very Methuselah. There was a tradition that st one lime he had bad a wife and children, but !o any but the very oldest inhabitant of the village little credence was placed in the story. For more than a score of years he bad been spoken of as old Iisve or IVk tor David, according to the Mk-r. His home was a little hut on the bank of the river n-nr the grist mill. Only a favortfl few of us were ever h-rfi.red with a glimpse of the interior. I bis especial favorite jierhap because my mother was always kind to him and I have sal for hours at a time in the dark little cabin. Uiy bands nudited kitoss tuy knees. ati'U watched him as he sst pa tiently making ax helve or splint brooms fnirn sticks of a nil. At such times I stealthily studied the mysteries of the black nKif and side of the cabin, not during to ask him eoncerning the rifle, the shotgun, the a, the aswtrtmetit of knives, tbe skins, tbe root and swds and bunches of dried trace which were hung In ghostly array in the gloom. Not even I waa allowed within the mysterious room when he wai concocting bis medi- IKK.'TOtt DAVID. rincs. His "tvwits aBd yarbs" and hia method of conrertitig tliem jnb salve and bitters were too sacred for even me to know anything about. He never worked. That la, unless tbe occasional making of an ax handle, a barn broom or some medicine could b .-ailed work. And yet he rarely went hungry. More tban our borne waa al waya op-n to him, and at more I baa oor table did the old man alway And a wel come, KtiiftlctM and laxy all the villag ers pronounced bira. Everybody knew be waa lucapable of doing any great wrong, and no one dreamed that lurking in hi peaceful soul there 'waa a drop of tb heroic; but let me not anticipate air atory. 1 There bad been a long spell of eold weather, and tha river had f rosea over aa that there had bawa good skating ahor tha mllMam. Bat a few day b tot Qarietxaa thara rame a thaw, with a great deal of raia, and w boy a ,mmt :iranailit, farla thara woaM ka m atoutaf Chrlauaaa. far aa eighth a) a aa ajam tha n, what tha.e WM M wtft, tha tta.hMkWsd mm Oai- twaJi er th H Dt cB M ftmrnGlj FmH la Mia la jmT- iwty r-Jg Mmt. Cm L'Vt r-. 1 -A m--i t UX, laa our mothers' wachful eye sud stole off to th river. 8on we were enjoying the Intoxication of smooth ice, new skate sad crisp air. and not a thought of dan ger was permitted to interfere with onr sport One of my skate became loose and I sat down to tighten tbe straps, not ob serving thst I w but a few feet from the edge of the ice bordering on the oKn water. Huddenly there was a cracking sound, a cborus of cries, and before I could get to my feet I aaw that a great seitiou of ice had cracked off, broken in to two pice, and was floating down stream, the smaller piece bearing me with It- Instantly I realised my peril. My very blood seemed to freer in my heart, and for a moment I could not even scream. I vii drifting slowly, but I csrned gently along In tbe center of th the current and that my velocity would Increase with every moment. To my ears the roar of the fall and the awful rapida below sounded louder and mor dreadful than they ever had before, I knew the course of the current perfectly. for I hsd stood on tbe bridge many times and watched the saw logs In the spring carried gently along In th center of the river, going ever ?ster and faster until aa they neared the dam the current coursed shoreward toward the left bank and then plunged downward, flinging the logs half their length In the air as they went oeer the watery precipfce.I pictured myself going over tbe fatal fall, and then my tougue loosed and I added my cries to those of toy terrified playmate, who until now had not had the Breeeuce of miud to run for help. In an incredibly ahort spec of time the bank were lined with excited villagers, helpless to render any aid, but racb shout ing cacleea direction to the others. I could aee my mother running frantically along the the bank and then, sinking up on her knees in the snow, turn her white face ta heaven. Tbe terror of uiy aitua tUm had qaleted my cries and I was try tag to deride whether It would m ls painful to plaag Into tbe Icy water and drown than to ding to tbe frail piece of lea and b djaahed to piece below the dam. I had aeea owa Woman go over that dam tha auatmef haforn, and tbe luosnory of her poor brnlaed and ba tiered Uxly aa It waa drawn to the ahore half a mile below haaated ma for a asoath. awful pictare came before bm agate, aed I had closed ray eyea and waa aheat to jump into the water, waaa 1 bears) about so different from tha aadleVi f cries along tbe shore that I looked toW right, toward the bnah aCNM froai tfct on which wa my mother. i From tbe right bank of tha rt er, In tb rear of Doctor DarM'i ehK, V ri rocTo PATicrt cabiw. awlM las boat lor aoveral feet, then trf mri wwiig parallel with tha i - tT f tia ttm. IU barpoaa f tr :rM f tha grist mill raw t tw tK-S Which oaa gwa I : in drive every spring. Running along this boom wss IWtor Havld, with a riv erman'a sixteen-foot pik In his bands. Between me and the boom was the other piece of Ice. th companion to tbe on on which I waa floating to destmctk.n. Striking bis pike book into the floe, the old man drew It toward him till he could FLOATING DOWN HTHKisI leap upon It. Then, turning, he planted hia pike against Uie boom and sent his piece of ice out Into tbe stresm with a powerful shove. Using the pike ss a ped dle, be soon em within reach of my We were within a few pxts of th dam now, where th water swirled toward tl bnnk before going over the awful fall. Another moment and we would U pounding on the rocks below. l!t the old man never hesitated. Htriking his (like Into my floe, be pushed with all his might, sending the pole out hand over hsud it full length, aud then putting sll bis strength Into one mighty shove h dropped the pike, and the csk on which 1 waa went shoreward until I was aid to catch a noosed clothes-lin which will ing hand" cast towsrd nie. I was saved, but even aa 1 was dragged into the wa'-r by tbe rup I st my eyes towsrd u.y preserver Just in time to see bim stand ing on bis Ice floe on the very verge of th fall, hi cap held in on band and the oth er raised above his wrinkled old fa', which be bad turned heavenward. Aa he plunged downward I fainted and knew no more till I awoke in my own bed with mother bending over ine. IocUr Iiavid s s,r crushed body was recovered next day and buried with all honor at the bands of the villagers. Until her death uiy mother never failed on each recurring Christina to hang a wreath of laurel and bolly over the un pretentious stone beneath which my hero reel, and I have continued to o honor him aluce, though many lime I bav hsd w4 Biy offering from a distance of tbaaaaad of miles. -A. M. 11. kinsoo. " A Oreat Invention. have aero," began th energetic man, abb bandied tab the young lawyer s ofSra, "tha graatfailaventlon of the age." 1 BMN thai the lawyer wanted, aotj iaraattoata, ami ha aaid so met In li g raiser rod, hat th aaergetic msn prwrUt ha a phlbaogdier and merely ailVv.- . X, "I cJI Mt mrtmmS th vlahor, "t!.e eternal hlaaar, Vcau Jhsrs I ataxj ty m end to th Uaaw Veetowa. It . this." Ha haaled mfu of mtatb toe, covered wMh wMteTtttrVa , i nis iniervaion xa yusg m ralaed bta eye Ino'iiriaclT. " Mistletoe," prM lniaad tha agaat, "la very scarce this year, s4 haarh aaav (alnlug a acor of berrie bjmM haa runt a poor maa. Now this gpgat hitwkv lloaj hrtaga happtoawt wiihla fmt af all. Tradltioa perantj yea a kkM jbr ah m4 vfr berry, ya kaow. X hoM chto mjnr hv yar hahrved'a haad Taw IM w nm Maa bar. Tha jrwrft mm mjm5n it flies back again In place. Tbe leaJ and berries are India rubber, air, an two. did yoo sayi Fifty cents. Ths yon. sir. Good day. --uarpere Mai xln. For New Year' Day, Fternsl source of every Joy. W H may thy prsts our Up emptor. While III thy temple w s(per. tVbns goodness rrowBS tt circling j-4 The Onwery spring st thy com m oil Emfcslros to sir. sod pslnt tb land; The summer rsys with vigor shloe. To raise tb corn, end cbeer tbe vine. f . k.n4 In anlnmn rtchlv Bttfl rs Tbrmigh sli our cossts redundsat elorsJ Anl siniers, ennen u iy So mor s fsc of horror wear. Heaanna sod months, sad weeks a4 ij Uectly Itemsol successive songs tn pnn, Rllll b the rbeerfal bomag paid With opeolDg light, and evening atiadsl oh ' may nr more hsnnmlons toagosa In worlds unknown parso tbe snogs; As4 In tboe brighter court adors. Whirs dsys sod years rvolv bo mora. kessc- Moan Timely Itoaolattoiia. EverytMKly la supposed to (wear off ktbow the end of the year, that Is more or lesl Kverybody is also uppoad to swear again In due course of lime. In nt! ka i words, ih gu.1 resolutions made at li death of the old are aunnoewd to bn.ken shortly after th birth of the orfl In order to make the way easy for thoi woo propose to go into the bualnes rewjiTiog me loiiowlng hare been pri larei tiy an e-jior in th ICast; uewoive; J rial yoq will lead an ul right and noble life. Aa you will prompt ly l,rek this re,lution It will ease snf juslius of coiis'teoc yoo may bav breaking any other. lteolve: That yog will pk nothid but g.KKl of your friend. In this war v.J will I shin to (earn very shortly hoi very lew irien.ls you have. liesoive: ij,t ,u D(,r ArmJ ngnin. I net, for , -,up 0f weeks fd can tell your fnends that you ha l.rr.g your lA resolution f..rel drink with them, and they will feel verj trij IIHI'JtV: 1 KiHiolve: Not lo marry. If carried aj K"m 10 "'' reaolutloo at. en. oi tne year with pride. If a femaf (which I to b hoped yoo are not), tl li um Mien SIKiUt (. Ileaolra: That yoo will be prudent an. economical during th. .,lr Jrt, , you are Dot nil will he well, for yon w.l probably hava to b e.ronou.U-al n yar to make up for IL n,HKjlv.: Not to tell your girl of yoo . 'wl.oa. Kb. probablj a trusting young thing, and It will rent her li.rt to I.rn that, after all, yoo ar not actually .. dlvD sb. bad .up . ii m- : j y-r.zisrji t ; Stile r ing- IC 1 , b nd vou itUl he- !nci U. co W.i UpeOT) loci! on Tims. i tin' (CI that ct(n Ik, 1 liruff ',0 trxt ifrre f r r Itsai L W fe 4- 4 ' ray b jdWf 't(!t st' v -( TTr-1 .. r
