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About The West. (Florence, Lane County, Or.) 1890-1921 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1893)
. HE WAS KIND. ctnve’R to b la c k ,” he | ^ ^ o i W t o r a 9 ! A T le w s l“ « S to r y A b o u t th e Late Scef«- coX ^ _ bov of th e m ost trrlta t- F rC d S t y ami e n te rp rise , and he ing audacity a d v an ta g e of ¡a to .¡ft «or P - — d’ by s ig h t and ‘•Thirdly- th e ,, know ing oca o p in io n s by h e a rt. m nlebiog the app;,« isted, w onder- *. Boy'S Exporlonc® « , » C ountry _ _ _____ ©ach ,O *t L he h>st no tim e in a sh in g -A n d th a t, too, 1 aU b is j o i s C o,,st‘lU‘ V ’* w here to go o r whom ( Politician. ue ___ — for in fo rm atio n . . a g re a t deal ng how It »• C' d lrty or dust . i w n . b u t |»iUtlr»l<-sn>p»1f n - u , brill?. w hile I •»<!“ >' « should 1* ci . o{ yielding, 11 ,w w h ra s . b a n d . w ere a u c t i o n and a d v .« - began to sb° ' ‘ tb ro llg b in tim e, p’r ’apa - I f ye can g ittn r« ,u B I-ll go w ith ye. yo« «J? h ;()n m u st llllVe S » » » a ? « S S • » ..........- bul My oiling « thaand my b lo ck in g of been a rare s g - ¿he tim e I be- n v r.n .g er« ry n ig i t M ' - - - *— « th a t stove a ra re iace an( i I« ..n ’ f » r w n address»-*- *»« as **n< tW‘ n -J ..rinrf, gali to sift th ey wevc nc t com bined grow clothes were oil w u in e r w n —-- . 1 iju.il« the r e p o r u r . w h o « ™ « Even » * ,,ticlaoB ruahe. and tlsam .s > nervou s, anu * th e m and t a r y W ln d o n i. ’ S p e a k in g of th e cab in et officers who g a th e re d a ro u n d Mr. Harrison’s table a t th e b e g in n in g of his adm inistratis b rin g s to m in d th e la te Secretary Win dom. H e w as a k in d and affable gen tle m a n , a n d h is sudden death was a shock to th e c o u n try a t large and n ' cause of g rie f to th o se who enjoyed his a c q u a in ta n c e , say s a w rite r in the Wash- in g to n E v e n in g News. I re m e m b er an incident which showed h is k in d n e ss o f h e a r t and the unosten ta tio u s q u a litie s in h e re n t in the truly g re a t. I t w as a n in su fferab ly hot day in the A u g u st p re c ed in g h is death, and the su n g la re d w ith b lin d force on the con c l S m v d ° ^ X b a h . e complexion puw- re te of th e open space between tin- p,‘X r " « h . . did n n ta irre « «•»>» ra n « ..„ in ie d he. w e st e n tra n c e o f th e treasury and the <l«r- V I , old Mr V anderson lig h ted w h ite house. Meanwhile old J com (orw W to On th e c u rb of th e fountain basin a h a lf g ro w n sp arro w w as making fruit a pipe. "»•“ * ’ * .vbirl i n l nah dost nod V o n « ie x t beyond the windward of my farm , fam ily, less e ffo rts to g e t a d rin k of cool water a t th e red talked on n n tij I th o u g h t he w hich b u b b le d tantalizingly just be gogne? q u<1 « rivai com pa brid g e ” friends and fo • , actcd T h e n he yond its re a ch . F in a lly it leaned «little io alm ost every tow n rw a » 1 too fa r. an d , losing its balance, fell w aitin g for ®o rt , . ay w as lost ever th e po f t clan ' o v erb o ard . ^ : , . r , L u n h . n n . th a t did n o t j t . I ts s tru g g le s w ere taking it toward In th e ra ttlin g < m iles s n h o u r; dow n th e road a t tw U ’ e m. th e c e n te r of th e basin and beyond rescue. I reach ed ou t my open um hroudh ,nad. s s d h e .p . t u r e , Jh ^ d v W u b rella, a n d ju s t a s I was drawing him w ith brnw ene in I fe lt a h a n d on my shoulder and a u ic e a n easy i'.’j / '. e a d e n l y d a sh e d by TlieV rftl*©« nltgH, » rrm h e a rty voice said; dates and escorted all so rts of dlstin- iu hich w e u j ij _ irn|w ,d "W ell done! I’ll see th a t you have a . Fred K t C ran S d all ^ s w life-sav in g m edal fo r th at." “ i m l T t h o ash s ifte r and 1 w ould n u t Parker*s new ro a d ster, i« » a p a rtic u la r to everyw here In g e n e r a , I t w as Mr. W indom . He was on his “ at ha at a 4 » ^ « P“ ^ ! . and back again. | i n w th ev ‘“ I’iluishcd th e w ork, did th re e or fo u r J w av to a c a b in e t meeting, but the af T hen the new spap® ?’ H o w W e y fa irs o f s ta te an d th e country’s finance - » W »ach a hnrd-drtvinff Jehu “ n ailed lie*." "exposed conspiracies, hail to w a it w hile he assisted at the .■m jj ff nmaha" aad •h e ld u,. to pnte S & U ou th e road to re sc u e o f th e half-drow ned bird. Uh l' rc‘V nt n o use. th o u g h , and lie e .e e r a lln n ,” I’" ' ’ 1" “* , „„„’ a He to o k th e bedraggled little creature th a t th e ir ow n side had. si . in h is h a n d , an d a fte r smoothing its U,W c d r o .e u p to th e " » « » " ‘^ " X r ” have all th e virtue and victory, an I n lu m ag c la id i t on the sunny terrace the o th e r all th e vice and vanqulsb- ». 'Flu» crow d seem ed in m or Z U d U e v e r and o u r a rriv a l o u t of h a rm ’s w ay to dry. Then, invit in g m e to s h a re his big green sun shade. ‘“ 'ih 'r village of New N lcopolls had : X d a ..m a t com m otion. we w a lk e d o n to th e Whitehouse. eve y .v q u iiit- for a lively’ canvas«, ol lU.led, ' some cheered and some S i = S = = K ¡u g h e d -n o t a few h is s e d - a u d a gen- tw o h a lb i tw o n rw .p a iw r., tw o h a n d , g erm an RUDENESS. era! roah w as modo in to th e bund,ng. an d tw o n a n lra o u tor J ,h . Uachlvslrtc Cso- M oreover th e to w n w as a«» «*pnl,/ 1 . He pulled up as we m et, and calieQ As 1 hurried my com panion th ro u g h A N o t e d D o c t o r 0 ^ il.le.1 IKiUtlcnlly th a t no ©«»dUUte ‘¿ U « c a u g h t sig h t o f ^ . w h o d u c t o r IU» Countrymen. if- • the throng i e au g u t — ---- -- L ouise von K obell, who »FjauW t "W h e ere arc you g going. could rea so n a b ly e x p e c t a m a jo rity <> ° U -W re are o in g .! c h h a a rJe5J sUmm1 h U tin g a t us w ith a queer^roix- I sim ply sm iled, h aving . tu ro oi conii»t..uni, conflicting expressions. \\ ith a E W n h a r t. h M m ore th a n th re e o r four vote a A . th e stru g g le drew n e a r its end. of b e tra y in g my plana. - t glance -♦ triu m p • h an a t him I nressed pressed up roi „ becam e •« ex cited ami e n th u s ia s “ W e ll don’t te ll If yon d on t w a n t to the box, in which, scarcely a second In to English, You’re J n ^ i X - ^ to .” c o n tin u e d be. ” b u t 1 know , before the clock stru ck th e h o u r of tic th a t business w as alm o st s sta n d still. No one th o u g h t or dream ed irolog to V anderson’a ’ flosiuff. V anderson calm ly placed a -W h a t th e n ? ” I inquired. of a n v ’hing b u t politic«. '1 he men atrn ig h t b allo t which carried th e elec in o n e o , th e ir w all« , he " N o th in g , only y o u r roan isu t at tion by one vote fo r—th e opposite m ore tim e at th e ta v e rn s th a n „ .« ig th u t t » a • - wrU .a v r ,ilrtP- ymtr- ! their Shops, and ham m ered h a lt» honi„. y o n ro ............/ party! . „ grocery co u n ters th a n they «ltd on l r „ ublc „< going any farther. I I t i l © V rO U lM « S’ S n ....... r> * . Such a veil M went up! Nothing Sow th is btrnck stru c k ,ne me as us suspicion suspicious. . I Ivor anvils. T he wom en w ere d n hied . 1». M s w a* ho 11 * < q 1 ti u arrclv nr rc I im u I did n o t precisely ■ < inb k l !• red 1 w ttH 1 till 1 * I saved mo from being m obbed by my p o w e r,," - O U o l ^ h a K ™ ^ .'u .’tw o o • ln a w .-tl.O th i, in was „ m J t i n t. <hry ■«*. »»;' th .« « " h o l„g a U lsehood. b u t my brief expert- friends except th a t th e o th e r side s u r h a lf in e a rn e s t Sm o^a ( me in in a a dense dense m ass to proffer o,K .. .... - in clin ed m e to dis- r rounded o u n d e l me m«v™ » o u id n 't sneak to each o th e r a t an- ,.„t mteht ,b , |r .Inter« though b bitterly ironical tans. . . • 1 nt ...... thonerb ittc rlv ironical Of “ o r . , w r b o y . ln .lt.U d " « , {><»• ...... of I - 1" “ - ‘"a , c ^ u t the " ‘\r„ , And Fred was the pipes a n d c ig ars by / ur forefather» ©▼ ©ryvMBMH ......... . » JJat 4 , for my- I Jongratuiatiom nr*. We attem led every nice Ing, say H«> I resolved to And o u t for my- c o n g ratu latio n s. Aud d o u b tle ss h elp ed to br hf. loudest of them all. m arched in every priK-esslon. and g«d self. and to ld Fred as much. "D id n 't 1 tell you, didn’t I te ll you?" s h o rt s ig h t w'htc * ms “ All rig h t for you. ( barley, replied up m eetings and p ro cessio n , of our d ita ry in G erm any. ow n in our p a trio tic ardor. Vie <n ha. d riv in g on offended. '•«Io ahead he k e p t shouting. "T h e son w ho had re in g is th e ru in of society and 01 gone aw ay w as y o u r innn. Old Mr. gaged in ecasclcaa discussions w hich an.I aee w h a t you'll m ake of i t s c o n d u ct to w ard e0{ public t e « - ...m e the leas ho t and in to le ra n t I reach ed V anderson s com forL ble- V auderson’s never voted a n y th in g b u t ro u ■ralinng of the German o u r tic k e t for the la st forty-live y ears!" tH-eause. s , a g en eral th in g n e ith e r o looklng farm house alm ost certain of En2l»h®eC ,h „ d is p u ta n ts h sd th e slig h te st idea of proving F red rig h t and m yself wrong " S a rta in tru e, young sir!” said th e houses, he said . |I()W rosn.' w hat he w as ta lk in g a b o u t by timliiig no »me th ere. 1«» ”iv ex old man, grinning. "Y e never asked y o u n g m en w ith w h a t a difference unc«uth G oing <m tou the atreu ta alone w as trem e su rp rise I saw an elderly man me «bout my views, an I tu k it fu r sp ectacle-w earin g , ' ' ttt^ ’hcre. whi! like ta k in g a little prom enade on n e ar th e stab le, h ard a t w ork oiling a g ra n te d ye was one of us. B ut if ye m a n n erless youngs < B t ||o«n.h»W H eath in th e old days of ain ’t much of a cauvasser y e’re a m as w ag< m- w heel. bighw avm ens an d on th e evenings of it is a re a l p leasu re o w Tigl,, te r hand to w ork. If ye’llcoine o u t to ••Mr. V anderaou»’’ I inquired. j , w .H s m m a s . m eetings my re tu rn -T h e nam e,” he replied, hardly look- m orrow w e’ll continue our a rg y m en t b o y s and s tu d e n ts m - „us. h e a lth y , w ell g n - n h ’ attrafttr f,..m th e post - « c e w as o fte n in IrnlU- co n sairn iu g th e in h n b b e rte rb il’ty of l" l c a u g h t my b reath . Fred had told th e ni<x»n, an ’ I’ll hav s'm ore ash es fer tinguished-locfltm g in then G o n o f th e H rltL h re tre a t t o r n to n college d ress." -{t me a He. a fte r alL I am glad to be 1 ye to sift!" *°Now election day w as h ere We were able to say th a t I wish I had believed I broke aw ay from him , escaped th e A t a n o th e r tim e h hf wool avaured th a t victory was In th e «lr. C r i i w d, ii, a and u u ru w u ru u u iu u a i i w v <» w «s% crow rushed home like a w ild * w ere a le g is la to r u him. voUid be <•* ‘ „»id ab o u t U» perch upon our "1 w an mt t you m to n come i m i 'u to ’ town *<.«„ with .-»in, boy. F ath er subsequently found me in tro d u c e in G er’uan;\ .r,ri». Eng'*1 X ,c to r, seenoM to be •*k’s r'»ed as i,u please." I 1 continued, a fte r a bu ried iu th e haym ow up to my neck, th e p ro te c tio n of me. If you in a d ^ » ir»l <»f some kind, bu t w heth« r He hs>ke,l at me, q u itiically . 1 c ry in g w ith rage. m inute an d A m erica w ere. * tn«»’ v o u ld tu r n o u t sn e a g le or » ePU* ' "T h ere, th e re , sonny, never m ind, "W an t me to vote, eli?" Germany in the tj eag le for th e w inners, erow for "Ye*. th a t’s it. Ilow did you know?" n c ver inind," said he, soothingly, " i f " F o r in sta n ce , ’, j pnglihhW losers no one could tell. "Oh! th e ere re w was as an o th er y young o u n g man ....... y uti aren t ex actly c u to u t f o r a p o liti tlu n k t h a t a n eduuw j hi(D ,f my p articip atio n In th e cam paign here aw hile ago, who w anted the same cian no more is your fa th e r, e ith e r; w o u ld a llo w h is ' V 1 j p.-wsp1 *!11 had h ith e rto Iwen m erely sym pathetic, th in g " anil it’s a g re a t relief to me th a t 1 1 w as happy 1« know ing th a t youth, So M aster Fred had 1-een trying to h a iw v e i, n ’t i got v to re!” v— g s ” o to —’ the x,,v leg islatu re ■ a a a .. i i Hl.......hl a ge. h n d o n th is day i t . honor stea l my m an. hail he? 1 no longer re- . a* Hut a if 1 ha«l i only believed Fred, o __ r S I an d tU toil. T hough I could not vote g re tte d anything, b u t solemnly re- 1 had ask ed old Mr. V anderson a few m ra e lf I c.mld b rin g IndiiTerent or dis- solve,I th a t V anderson should go to the , questions -or if. or if, or if!— M anley ' about T H £ 1W a X e d e ltL e n s to the p o lls w ith my ow n , poll* If I had to carry him on my back. 1 11. 1’ike, in Y outh’s Com panion. - Mu. IBVIXO is P"4 "H e laid down on me pretty consid’- I pvt eo h and buggy. " H e n ry V III.” one of tn T h e lirat b a llo t p u t Into the box at tde h ard , b u t 1 told him it w arn’t no b le o f h is productions- Large Nalt-M aklaa Machine. T ow n H all w as th ro w n by old Jem m y use, l ‘m all sole alone to-day, for my A v o v s t in *>uth^r i.r a id , th r lam e cobbler, w hom 1 had son's gone away and th e re ’s slather* o* T he la rg e st w ire-nail m achine ev er o u t o f h is s ta ll at sev en thing* to do.” b u ilt in th e V nitcd S tates was ilnished th e a tric a l m a n a ? 1 r * ot. l,s ‘k In th e «uorniuf. th a t he m ight an 3 " I t w on't tak e you an hour, Mr. Van recen tly by a G reenpoint (L. 1.) A rm and b irth , b u t of Irish ,to Jos w hole d uty a s a f r v e Amerleuu derson. The election’s aw fully close, sh ip ’X'd to a nail concern a t E v erett, MBS. SVNABBAI a n d to keep Feed t ra u d a ll from get- and we lived every vote we can get," I sta te of W ashington. The to ta l w eig h t w om an, is a b o u t stage. IU1 ,d him tirst. Fred w a . active for pleaded. of the m achine w as tw en ty and a h a lf ed ien n e on th e L< X h o stile eam p, aud if h i. alow ,m eed "Ito , eh? Well, ye ca*.*t have mine, tons and it is cuj able of m aking n ails F A X « « K5'!'"!;Ee wx’ i » * . ^ « r rnilv hoi-vr couW n o t m ake as many young sir." answ ered he, looking ex ( w eighing h a lf a pound each at th e ra te -he m ¡H r. a s mv Knox th n -e y e a ro ld . y et be trem ely olwHinate. "F ustly, this wag- of one a socoud. N ails of any desired ¡e. in g a piece o f S(, thnU’* ^ , Ln 1 . th re e tim e s as m uch fre ig h t o a ’a to lie—” len g th can. how ever, be m an u factu red w ash ?" in a U , ° t nraaOc««’ik i X ? t did cs-me. b ein g provided w Hi " I ’ll help you on th at!" exclaimed 1. by sim ply a d ju stin g tlie fe e d .— House th e »bop®»“ ' \ a o - s e . u d lm«ch w agon, w hile mv jum ping from the buggy and grasping F u rn ish in g lleview h a d room for b u t one ¡ « m n g c r th e oil f»u. VANDERSON’S VOTE “"uW ?rl su . " x u,° thcory ttat