The West. (Florence, Lane County, Or.) 1890-1921, February 24, 1893, Image 2

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HE WAS KIND.
ctnve’R to b la c k ,” he |
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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
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_ 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®
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,
»
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
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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
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a
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S S •
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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
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