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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1913)
fs && RED CLOUD, NEBRABKA, CHIEF 4 st'v4 NOT A BAD MATCH By DON LA GRANGE. One day the good Doncon Penny bone, of the village of Delhi, found It necessary to drive- over to the vll lago of Wharton, Ix miles away. He was hltchitiK up his horse and buggy when Mrs. Hannah Savage camo to the hoiiHo to pay: "Deacon, they say you are going to drive over to Wharton today T" "Yeo, I am," was this reply. "Got a load 7" "Only a Jug to be filled with lie." "You know my sister Sarah lives vcr there?" "YcB, guesH she do, though I hain't much of a hand to keep track of folks' sisters." "Well, Sarah's got a baby a year old, and Bhe writes me that It can't walk yet. Something seems to bo the matter with his knees or back." "It. sure orter be walkln' at a year old. They say I wasn't quite ten months old when 1 could trot right out doors. Do you want to Bend any word to Sarah V "I want to drive over and back with you." "All right. You be ready In fifteen minutes. Guess the old mare can take us both and not gtt tuckered out" Deacon Pennybone was a widower. Hannah Savago was a widow. They had both lived In Delhi tor years, and both belonged to the same church, but gossip had nover even hinted a marriage between them. It had never hinted that either one of them would marry again. The drive to Wharton was made. Tho deacon went to get his jug filled with oil, and the widow to Bee her sister and tho baby. Tho baby was walking all right Tho next day after its mother had written about Its walk less condition it had got choked on a spool of thread and been shook and dangled head downwards with vigor ous hand! Ten minutes later It was taking Its first steps. The drive out and back waa pleas ant The widower and widow talked about the new spire for the meeting house that was going to be erected the death of Silas White's cow the pleotltude of potato-bugs the success of the late Sunday school picnic and even the best way of killing off bur docks so they would stay killed, but not a word nor a hint of anything closer. They were just neighbors. If the subject of the heathen of Africa had been brought up they might have discussed it for miles to the exclu sion of all else. The deacon's sister was his house keeper. She waa a sour-faced old maid with a sharp tongue, and when her brother got back home she felt It her duty to say something. She there fore remarked: "I suppose tho match was at least half-made today?" "What match?" asked the deacon. "She's been trying to catch a man (or the last five years." "Ruth, who you talkln' about?" "Why, the widow Savage." "What'B wrong with her?" "She'd like to change her name to Pennybone " "Say, now," replied the deacon as he fired up, "you quit talkln' that way! She hain't the slightest Idea of It If she has I hain't" "All widders want to marry again," said the sister. "Then let 'em marry, but none of 'em will marry met" When the widow Savage got home Mrs. Goodhue, a neighbor, dropped In to ask about the baby over at Whar ton that couldn't walk. She was given full information, and then she re marked: "Lots of folks thought It funny." "What was?" "Your riding ovtr there with Dea con Pennybone." "But I don't seo anything funny about that" "Well, you hadn't been gone half an hour when the story was around that you and the deacon had gone away to get married." "Upon my soul! The deacon and me get married! Why, he don't want mo, and I don't want hlro. If the fool-killer would come along he'd find plenty to do in this town!" "Then then " "Then nothing!" What a curious thing Is human na ture! Here were two people who were neighbors and friends nothing more. They hadn't thought of each other once a week, unless happening to meet But now, because a sour tempered old maid and a gossipy neighbor made a few remarks they be gan thinking of each other. "By gosh!" said the deacon to him self as ho sat down to milk the cow that evening, "the wldder Savage wouldn't be such a bad match if a feller wanted to marry agin. She's purty good lookin' when she's got ber Sunday duds on, and she can talk like a streak and talk sense too. I've heard she was a savin' woman, and had money in the bank." And as the widow Savage cleared away her supper dishes she smiled and mused: "So they thought the deacon act! me were going to elope and get mar ried! Urn! Guess he'd be the last man I'd think or, though I will say for blm that he's good-tempered and upright. He pays his debts and never Bays anything mean of anybody. If 3 wanted to get married again, which 3 don't and the deacon wanted to get linarrled again, which ho don't why why-" i It is highly probable that tho dea jwn did eorao more thinking, as in about (our weeks after that drive to Wharton and back ho called at the bouse of his pastor and said: "Pastor. I know n wlddvr woman In this town." "Yes?" was replied. "Sim's n church member," "YesV" "She's a darned nlco woman!' "Ue caroful, deacon!" "I'm kinder thiukln' that as I am a widower and sho a wldder we might make a match." "Yes?" "Shu's purty well off, and I'm party well off, and and " "And what?" "Why. I'vo como to nsk you what you think ubout It" "Do you love her7" asked the pas tor after a Bllcncu. "Can't say that thinking about her has kept mo awake nights." "Have you courted her?" "Not a darned court!" "Deacon, must 1 caution you again about your profanity! llavo you spoken to her about marriage?" "Not a darned I mean not a word." "Then, an I gather from your words, If you marry this widow It Is a seineb Bort of marriage on your port" "Why. I'd get a good woman and her property, and she'd get a good man and be cared for." "Such matches are made every day," said tho parson, "and I regard each and every ono as an evil. Every marriage should bo based upon love. If you should find yourself loving this wom an then It would be right and proper to offer marriage. Unless this Is tho case I shall hope thero will bo no mar riage." "I guesB that cuts mo out, parson. I hain't got no moro romance about mo than a bump on a dead log." And it is highly probable that the widow Savago did some more think ing, for within a week sho followed the deacon's trail to the parsonage and said to tho pastor: "I am terribly embarrassed, but 1 want your advlco." "What Is the trouble, Bister Sav age?" was asked. "If a man If a good man If a wid ower asked me to mary him, and I did not exactly love him, would 1 b doing right to mary him?" "Not according to my lights, sister Yon must learn to love him first" tBut If I don't have the chance tc learn?" "I sometimes think that Providence has a hand In those things." replied the good man, though thero was a bit of doubt in his tones. It was two weeks later and the widow was returning from the taw- mill, where sho had been to order some boards to repair her pig-pen. She met Deacon Pennybone face to face. He was bound for the mill to order some shingles for tho roof ol his kitchen. l "Hope I see you well, wldder." "And the same to you." "Did the frost last night nip youi garden any?" "Not a spec." ' And then, as the deacon was about to say that he guessed tho frost had killed off the horse-flies for good and all, there came warning shouts of: "Mad dog! Mad dog! Look out, deacon!" He turned to see a mastiff that was surely suffering with tho rabies com ing down tho street full at them. He didn't lose a second. He picked the widow up and threw her over a picket fence, and thon sprang after her. The mad animal came racing up and would have1 made the Jump had not a big club knocked blm down and after wards battered the life out of blm. After tho marriage, which took place a month later, the deacon asked: "Hanner, dear, when did you first feel that you loved mo with all your heart?" "Why, It was when you chucked me over the fence!" rho replied as sho gave him a kiss that lifted him off his heels. (Copyright, 1913, by tho McClure Newa pnper Syndicate.) BETTER TO ELIMINATE HAND World Will Improve Whan Machinery Takes Its Place as the .Motive Power. The elimination of tho human hand is the watchword or battlo cry of many of the workers for pure-food laws and regulations. And It Is the aim of many of tho big producers of foods, too. The state of Now Hamp shire not long ago rendered a deci sion forcing bread to be wrapped when It was sold. And some of the big factories where crackers and bis cuits are made, for instance, have bo far eliminated tho human hand that you see human hands only manipu lating the big steel machlno bands that touch tho food. So much for the efforts of Btate and factory. How about your own house? Does the human hand have a too prominent part In the making of yonr home-made bread? Even If It is your own hand, It had better not be used unnecessarily In the prepar ation of food. Prom both the stand point of health and that of economy, the use of the human hand when it is poBBlble not to use it ought to be avoided. Make this the watchword of your kitchen, and bo help advance a nation-wide effort for better food and better economy In Its making. The Wit. Tho Wit 'Lo, Dllll Whntcha doing since you left collcgo? "Working In a coffee factory." "I gotcha. Starling from the ground up." Columbia Jester. FIRE RIES CAPTURE OF PLYMOUTH, N. C. Town Was One of Most Important Places on Sound and Wat Com manded by General Wessells. In reply to a query t lit National Tribune glxos the following iiermint of tho capture of Pl mouth, N. ... and the rcHFon for tho Kiirremlor of Gen em! Womi'IIs: It was fell iit'i'i'HHary to keep a gar rison at Plymouth and other places around the North Carolina sounds, though these weie leilueed to the minimum. They were kept there In Isolated position for two yenin, this giving the enemy time to plan opera tions to overpower them. Plymouth. N. I'., one of the most Important places on the sound, was held by a brigade commanded by General Wen Kells and which' eonslsted of the Klghty-tlfth New York. Ono Hundred unci Klrst and One Hundred and Third Pennsylvania, Sixteenth Connecticut mid six companies from other regl-inr-nts. In ull 2,400 men. The position was fairly fortified, with three gun boats In the water to assist the garri son, and It was felt that thl would be sufficient, hut the enemy had bulll an Ironclad ram, the Albemarle, and collected a force of threo brigades, under Gen. R. F. Hoke, numbering In. nil at least 7,000 men For nomn rea son our peopln knew nothing of this gathering of forces, nor of the strength of the Albemarle. April 17, 1864. Hoko suddenly appeared at the same time as tin ram came down the river and attacked Fort Warren, I ho up-river outpost. One of our vessels went to tho assistance of the fort, but was quickly disabled. Hoke pushed down n mile and attacked Fort Wessells, but wan repulsed several times In his as saults. However, the enemy surround ed tho fort nnd got within 200 yards of It, while the Albemarle ran by Fort Warren, rammed tho Southfleld ond punk her, and then disabled tho Ml nml, killing he? captain, Lleut.-Cpra-tnander Flusser. Tho Albemarle then shelled the garrlBon, the attack on the forts was renewed, and, though thi enemy lost heavily, they were carried, nnd tho Confederates reached the town, so that Wessells was Compelled to mirrendor, giving up about 1,600 prisoners, 25 guns, 2,000 small arms and much valuable stores. Tho Con federates admitted a loss of only 300, but our people estimated It at 1,000. The prisoners worn taken to Anderson rllle, where most of them died. Loved the Old Flag Still. After the battlo of Mill Spring, when :he Minnesota regiment returned to Its quarters at Camp Hamilton, they marched past tho colonel's marquee with bannere flying, and their splendid band playing "Hall Columbia." Stand ing In front of tho tent were Dr. Cliff, Zolllcoffer'B brlgado surgeon, Lieuten ant Colonel Carter of tho Twentieth Tennessee (Confederate) regiment, and several of the federal, officers. It wob observed that "Hall Columbia" affected both the Confederate officers to tcors they wept like children and Carter remarked that: "Although com" pelted to fight against the old flag, he loved It still." Couldn't Bel lev Him. Two boys of thu Fifty-eighth Manna chusetts agreed to settle their dispute by a fight, and It was understood thai whoever wanted to quit should n-y "Enough." Ono got the other down, and was hammering him unmercifully, when he called out several times, "Enough!" Ono of the group who gathered to see the scrap demanded fair play, and said: "Why don't you let him up? Don't you hear him say that he's got enough?" "I do; but no's such u liar I don't believe him." What He Was Afraid Of. During tho war the town loafer at a country village stood his chances ot being drafted. On ono occasion ho nnld to ono of his old cronlcH: "Well, they nro going to draft ag'ln, and they are going to put my namo In tho wheol. What they want mo to fight for 1b moro than I can tell. I ain't mad, an' I don't want to tight when I ain't mad. And then, on tho other hand, If I should bo drafted and sent to the front, what honor would It be to a fellow to get killed nnd havo his nnino spelled wrong In tho news papers?" A Towel Relic. Mathlas H. Lowo, Wallle Hun, Pa, took a towel with him to Gettysburg which ho had used during tho war. It was spun and woven at home and was part of hlB kit ot saber, revolver, tlncup and spurs. It was used by the boys at the reunion of the Eighth Pennsylvania cavalry. Evidently Must Be the Case. Somebody has our new umbrella. Every time that person raises that umbrella our namo stares him In tho face, and yet It Is not returned. Wo have come to tho conclusion that tho poor fellow can't road. 'Exchange. Always 8wltched Off, Tho telephono service Is said to bo improving, but every tlmo wo got in tho notion to say something nice about It our phone boll rings and a sweet volco Inquires: "Is this Hobertson'i grocery?" Cynthlana Democrat. pamp HIMU UiViu ikvsi rWX ii ffiSa urn-$&tkJli MANITOBA CROP YIELDS Gladstone, Mnn.. reports that the wheat crop of I'M 51 exceeded all ex pectations. 110 bushels cr acre was the general yield. The grade was never better. One farmer had 400 acres In wheat, which weighed 66 pounds to the bushel. On Portngn Plains. Manitoba, there were some remarkable yields. Noah F.lgert had 01 bushels of wheat per acre; the government farm, 61 bush els; Geo K. Stacey, 54; T. .1 Hall. John Hoss and I). W. McCnalg, r.0; W. Illchardson. ol; M. Owens, til 'is An derson and TuriibuH, 60; J, l.lnyd, 48's: Jas. Hell and Hold Drown, 48; It. S. Tully, -:.2; J. WlHhnrt, !U; Philip Page. 17; .1. Stewart, 4.'.; J. W. Brown, 30; Chester Johnson. 44; K. II, Mulr, 42, Lv. Hiadley, 43; W. Bodily. 40; Albeit Davis, 43; K. Mc l.cnnghen, 37; farming the same land for 40 years, J Wlshuit secured a crop of 4!i'. bushels to tho acre, the best he ever had. nnd tho yield of Mr. Brad ley's was on land plowed this spring. .Mnrquette. Man., Sept. 21. Splendid weather has eiiubled the farmers of this section to make good progress with the cutting and harvesting or tills season's crop. Wheal Is averaging twenty bushels to tho ncre, with bar ley forty-live and ontB going seventy. Thero has been no damage of any de scription. Binscarth, Man., says: Good reports are coming from the machines of high yields and good sample. Tho eleva tors are busy shipping cars every day. Dauphin. Man.. Sept. 13. Threshing is general tho grain Is In good shape nnd the weather Is Ideal. The sam ples arc best ever grown hero, grad ing No. 1 Northern. Tho returns are larger than expected In nearly every case. E. B. Armstrong's wheat went thirty-four bushels to the acre, others twenty-five to twenty-seven. BlnBcarth. Man., Sept. 3. Cutting Is finished here and threshing Is In full swing. This part of tho province Is keeping up Hb record, whent averag ing twenty-five bushels to the acre. Advertisement The Point. "Hero nro some excellent oysters on the half shell." "Ah, thero you touch me on the raw!" SCALP ITCHED AND BURNED 833 South Scioto St., Clrclcvlllc, Ohio. "My llttlo glrl'B trouble first started on her head In a bunch of lit tle pimples full of yellow-looking mat ter and they would spread In largo places. In a short time they would open. Her Bcalp was awfully red and Inflamed and tho burning and itching were bo intense that she would scratch and rub till it would leave ugly sores. The BoreB also appeared on hor body, and her clothing irritated them so that I had to put real Boft cloth next to her body. Sho would lie awake of nights and was' very worrisome. At times she was tortured with Itching and burning. "I tried different remedies with no benefit for months. 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