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TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
OREGON NEWS.
An Epiiome of the Principal Events Now
Attracting Peblic Interest
A number of caeca of scarlet feTor
are reported in Colo's valley. Southern
Oregon.
Eighteen young army officers hare
been sentenced to various terms of
exile in Siberia on charges connected
with a revolutionary plot against the
government at St. Petersburg.
Itev. Mr. Tate, while boat riding on
si small lake, near Wuisenburg, Col.,
capsized the boat and was drowned in
the presence of his wife, children and
several men standing on the bank,
who were powerless to render assist
ance. Kneeland's hotel at Shclton, W. T.,
-was burned to the ground, and also a
saloon adjoining. The hotel was rented
by a man named August McLean, and
it is thought by the people in that vi
cinity that he set it on fire from mo
tives of revenge. An unknown man
was consumed in the building.
A fatal collision occurred at Bren
ner station, on the Atchison & Ne
braska railroad. A passenger train
coming south crashed into the rear of
a freight, telescoping the caboose, which
was occupied by six craders on their
way to Arkansas. John Worth waa
scalded to death. Win, Robinson was
seriously scalded and will probably
die. T. McEldowney, Chas. Pullman
-and A. P. Wilcox were badly scalded.
The Canadian Pacific overland
sleeper, leaving Vancouver, and pas
senger car were thrown off the track,
tumbling down an embankment thirty
feet high at a place between Grassette
and Otter, about half way between
Port Arthur and Cartier. The cause
of the accident was a broken rail and
the fact that the train was trying to
make up lost time. The drawing room
car was full of sleeping passengers,
and considering that the car was a
complete wreck, it seems providential
that beyond a few cuts and bruises all
escaped uninjured.
A ugust Spies, Adolph Fischer, Adolph
Engel and A. T. Parsons, the anar
ohiits, were hanged at Chicago. A pe
tition with eleven miles of signatures
was presented to Gov. Oglesby, praying
that the condemned men be reprieved
Everyuung 01 uenenu interest in a
Condensed Form.
Orpr 400 pupils are nnw enrolled in
the Lugene public school.
Grass is growing nicely on the ranges
and stock of all kinds is doing well in
Umatilla county.
Jos. Johnson, boatswain of tho British
bark Audrosh, fell into the river and
was drowned at Albina.
There is more mountain fever in this
valley at present than ever before
known, says tho Wallowa Chieftnn.
It. E. Marple, tho murderer of D. I.
Corker, was hanged nt L ifayctte. This
WM8 the second legal execution in Yam
hill county.
A great deal of fall plowing is beinc
done, and there is a constant demand
for men to work ou farms, says tho
Weston leader.
In Umatilla county prairie chickens,
grouse and pheasant never were so
scarce. Tho cold rains in the spring
killed tho young.
Stockmen -throughout Baker county
are well supplied with feed for ha
winter, and there is every proba
that stock will pull through the
safely.
Sylvester, son of Wm. Black,
driving on a load of wood, near
risburg, was crushed under the
of a woodt-lied, inflicting serious, tl
not necessarily fatal injuries.
The Coos Bay Fishermen's 1
tive Union has filed articles of in
ration with tho Secretary of
Capital stock $1,000. Also th
Congregational Clinr.di of Ai
Value of property, $S00. j
1
CULLINGS.
tDe voted Principally to "Washington
Territory and California.
M. Alexander, a clothing merchant
was found dead in his 3toreat Bellevue
Idaho.
Nellie Ahart, a four-year-old daughter
oi reter Ahart, wad fatal.y burned at
Lincoln, (Jal
There are said to bo fifty-eight cases
of measles on the Puyallup ( W. T. )
Indian reservation.
At the ranch of T. A. Hulan,"near
Vtsalia, Ual., Leroy (colored) shot am:
killed Henry Fridgeon.
T 1. .
wears are sam to be maKing very
tree with tho orchards in tho vicinity
oi rort lownsenu, . T.
Fred Numan, a young man of Seattle.
was drowned near Coupoville, W. I
by tho upsetting of a steam launch.
W . F. Borchers, an old resident of
Sacramento, accidentally shot and
killed himself with a breech-loading
gun.
Up to Novembct 1 of this year, 1235
balew of hops, with acKreuato weicht of
Tlbyw pounds, wero shipped from
ynrth Yakima, W. T.
rr,T'r,3jian
'lugh
Land Commissioner Snarks h
jected selections of the Oregon it
lornia Railroad of about (52,000
of land in Oregon within tho qua
formed by restoration to the publ
main of tho forfeited portion o'
Oregon Central railroad grant. I
One by one Company B of tho 1
Regiment of Oregon Volunteers!
gaged in the Indian war of 1856.
prissing away to join the great majority,
says a Jacksonville paper. Of tho
eighty-four men that composed that
company, rank and hie, but seven ro-
main.
J ho request was granted in the cases Tho oldest editor in Oregon or Wash
ot Michael scwao and hamuel eltlen. ington Territory is tho editor of tho
lleantimo Imuih Linng had committed Ellensburgh (W. T.) localizer. Ho
suicide by blowing his head oil with a dates back to September 12, 1850, a
mmiiuiHiuj; uiji. x iw umei iour paw nine moro man thirty-seven years,
tho penalty of their crime on tho scaf- when ho took charge of tho Spectator,
iuiu wiui remaiKauie coolness, r-ngei, tho only paper in Oregon, in tho sum
a-arsons, iwscner anu Sowab were mer of 1850,
primers. A few days ago a man was found at
A Montgomery, Ala., special tells a Hock creek, Grant county, under a
horrible story of the burning of two wagon that had turned over on and
colored men. They had assaulted a seriously injured him. Ho was a Gor
young white woman, and wero cap man named Peter Hows, who had been
Hired by a posse of farmers. The young deserted by Ins wife at Malheur, and
woman identified them on eijjlit. A whh his little daughter was coming to
trial was had anil tho people decided
that the two men should be burned to
death. A log pile was built on the
side of a public road, and the negroes
were chained each between two heavy
logs and then tho four logs were chained
together, so that tho wildust contor
tions of the wretches could not shake
them. A tiro was kindled, which oon
blazed up and enveloped them. Their
writhings and screanm wero not heard
long, for the llnnes soon put an end to
life.
Upper Ochoco to his friends
ork has been resumed at tho Cns
cade lock?, and those in charge claim
thoy have 210 men at work. Tho lower
end of tho canal is filled with sand
which is being taken out. A gang of
about twenty men are employed in re-
cutting some of tho stone which was
cut several years ago, aud another gang
is putting up some buildings and ro
pairing others.
u. u. uenmuerry, ot Union, was
thrown from a buggy by a frightened
team in Grand Hondo Valley, and so
seriously injured that he died the fol
lowing night. The Li Grande Gazette
comments on the accident as follows
Tho mortality caused by runaway teams
and fractious horses in this county is
something Inghtlul, there being almost
an average of two persons killed everv
year in tlm way, and tho death rate
from this source seems either on tho
The trouble with tho Crow Indians
is ended. Gen. linger gave them one
hour and a half in which to consider
his demand to surrender. They re
fused, and a red-hot skirmish then re
sulted, in which Corporal Charles
Thompson w,is killed, Private Eugene
Malloy slightly wounded, and Private
Clark thrown from his horse and his
shoulder dislocated. A runnini; ficht
ensued, the Indians retreating, some increase than otherwise
to a peaceful gathering near the agency,
and others crossing the river and tak
ing to tho hills. "Swordbearer" made
a final stand at the crossing of the Lit
tle Horn, about ono mile below tho
agency, in which ho and probably
three of his followers wero killed.
" Swordbearer's " body was brought into
camp, but the other Indians are only
reported dead. Most of the Indians
circled about, and returned to the
agency, mixing with the other camps.
There are now supposed to bo from
twenty to fifty on the outside.
Alonzo Mriris, engaged at a logging
camp near Pine creek, Baker county,
was Killed instantly and hornblo man
gled and crushed by tho falling of a
tree. Ho hud just commenced logging
mat uay and had driven Jus ox team
. . I .Ml .1
io a standstill near the tree ho was
about to fell. The tree was ready to
fall, when tho oxen started up, and
fearing they would get in harm's way,
no attempted to stop thorn. He had
only gone a few steps when tho tree
fell on him, striking
and head.
took
joeou
(i and
o and
led by
iamed
in the
ishing-
lsitors
weigh
ing 40
unds
ler of
f.
Jo of
lition
ed a
I 2000
,eighty
Mr the
junction . .Ja.
A night watchman found tho body
of a laboring man lying at the foot of
tho embankment of tho railroad track
at Stockton, Cal. Tho coroner found
a deep cut over tho right eyo, which it
is believed resulted from being hit by
a freight train which passed through
there.
The bridge over tho Columbia river,
at Kennowick, W. T., is only tempo
rary work, for use until the permanent
bridge shall liavo beon finished. It
will be some timo before the perma
nent ono will bo built. It is said the
oruigo win bo similar to tho ono at
Ainsworth across tho Snake river,
Threo children, all suffering from
smallpox, wero found in an old build
ing leparated by only two walls frohi
i he Broadway school house, where
hundrod or more children attend school
at San Francisco. Tho parents had
seemingly attempted to conceal tin
t . i . i ... t
presence oi me uisuase. xiiey are
Italians.
Mount Constitution.cn Orcas island
W. T., is 2100 feet high, from tho tot
ol which somo grand scenery is dis
cernible. It has two fine lakes, nrottv
wen up. A correspondent writes th.i
a movement is being organized to grade
a road to tho top of tho mountain in
ortler to open a summer resort at tho
summit.
The residence of Emil Hansen,
butcher, with tho contents, burned at
Fresno, dl. Hansen's two year-old
t-on, in tho building, burned to death
1 he mother and two remaininc chil
dren birely escaped with their lives
One boy four years old was badly
scorched, l no orogin of tho lire, it is
supposed, was a defective flue.
John Cutler, a laborer oniraced in
whitewashing a store on Montuomcrv
street, San Francisco, while standiiiL'
on a board, and attempting u white
wash a corner ot tho room reached too
far, his feet pushed tho plank from
under him, and lie foil to tho floor
with a crash. Ho fell on his head, ro
ceiving a shock that caused concus
sion of tho brain.
Tho boys on tho day force of the
Western Union teloiir.mh mcs-'enirer
A young girl walking by a stream
In silent thought, a maid's day dream.
Knelt down upon the glistening sand
And there wrote with her soft, whlto hand:
"I love thee 1"
A youth lay In n great tree's shad,
Just on the border of tho glade.
And when tho maid had gone away
Ho wroto K-low, the self namo ways
"I love thee I"
Years after, la n prent arm chair,
A woman ?at with silver hair;
A manly form stood by her side.
And said: "I lovo you still, my pride,"
And sort the gray haired damo replied:
"I lovo thee!"
Donald It. MeOreRor In Now York News.
FOOL JIM."
At St. Louis an explosion of gasolino
in tho rear collar of Michael Newman's
grocery store, lifted tho two story build
iug from its foundation and dropped
it back again in a mass of ruins, be
neath which wore buried twelve per
sons. Thoy wero Michael Newman,
aged 62; Mrs. Newman, aged 40;
him in the back eervico struck at San Francisco for ton
hours' woik a day, instead of thirteen
i t . i i . .
A Vniintr mnn namul P..1 Win.,!. BUllluuillCB JllOrO.
j ... ... ......e- T. nsknd that
ham, aged about 18 years, met his
regular night
boys" should bo employed to work
from 2 I-, m. to .'1 in the morninir. thus
.in:.. r ,
River nrer.inP.t. av A-), ,nnr ""' ' w system 01
His brother, about 21 years old. had a " V'g 'tf: ,T ' C0"P.y's
death m a sinuular manner at the
homo of himself and brother, in Flounce
Mamie B?wm.n. aged 18 ; Nellie New! very sharp ax 'and in a full backward ,S 'I L t
man, aged 15 ; Kate Newman, aged 11 ; over a log the ax struck his neck under
Eddio Newman, aged 13; Charles De- the chin and severed the jugular vein.
vore, Mrs. Charles IJevere, Hattie His brother ran to u neighbor's for
Drown, of Columbus, Ky., Charles Elf- help, and the young man was dead
ferd, Miss Bryany, and Mrs. Bergeloy. before his return.
The explosion was followed by a fire, In tho office of tho Secretary of Statu
which was with great difficulty put out clerks of the following counties have
by the firomen. Thoy then began the filed copies of the assessment rolls of
search for tho dead. All of tho up- their respective counties, and from
gun speeuwy io accumulate, with no
prospect of delivery, reconsideration
was soon taken, and tho little fellows
resumed work victorious.
Tho other day, says a Spokano nancr.
five of theleading Indians of tho Camr
d'Alone tribo loft this city for their
reservation, somo fifty miles distant,
with a bran now improved throshinir
. o
tho amounts of ncu,uoanua'L1nt,,iomobBgy- These
inuians navo u acres ot grain each,
ready for harvesting, and tho condition
of their neighbors is said to bo similar.
These Indians wero well dressed and
intelligent, and drovo well kept ponies,
"William Kleinschmidt tried to kill
stairs was occupied as n tenemont. them it is learned that
Newman and his family lived over the taxable property are as follows : Wash
store. Tho force of tho explosion was ington,$2,fi87,090 ; Morrow,$l,172,318 ;
terrific. An entire block of buildings Clatsop, $2,120,380; Grant, $2,81-1,121;
north of and across tho alley from the Tillamook, ifiUU.bJ.; Ooliunbia, .fOyj,.
building in which tho explosion took .'171; Klamath, $1,015,559; 0rook,$l,-
place was gutted by tho blast. The p,lf8; Baker, $l,ul7.UB3 ; Coos, If 1,-
Newman block was crushed in and was
covered bv tho roof, which had settled
down upon the ruins and formed a heur, $903,002 ; Josephine, $710,001; months ago while trying to kill a no-
uarricr wiruiigu vviiicu wiu f ueuueio iihu .j , m i v,,--- , ..,m.inmiiiii, 'j.u,- mo umtur, uuu lias oceil in 1.U1 over
to cut awav tho beams and walls, -ioi -iu.j ; jsenton, a,t totL ; uincka- since, after having had ono trial with
winch impeded tnoir progress, mine uiuo, T-e" ,o-.i ; umv, t-i,umj,lnu; no result, i no enurill allowed him to
;ime building lived Charles Dovero, a Linn, $5-192,900; Polk, $2,822,188; go and see his wifo and cliango his
traveling salesman, and his wife. Vis- WaBro.f.J.UBVOU; Marion, U,m,0&I. clothing. Ho attacked her in her bed-
itmg them was Mies Hattio Brown, of and allowa, ooa.o-l. J ho amount I room with a razor and cut her faco
Columbus, Kentucky. Sho was badly ot taxable property in tho eniiro htato fearfully. She broke away from him
injured, but niiraculoubly escaped will bo in round numbors $b0,000,000, and n, Whon ho was discovered ho
death, and was tho only person who against $79',000,000 last year. Mult- hud cut his throat from ear to ear. lit
passed through the hornblo ordeal and noman snows oy jar tno greaiost gain, was ao years old. His wif u a voung
uvea to tell the Btorv oi uer escape. iw jmrcuot; uviu uur fi.iw(wv, i woman.
315.838; Lake, $1,000,291 30; Gilliam, his wifo at Tacorna, and then commit
$1,205,295; Douglas, $2,880,-100; Mai- ted Miicido. Ho was arrested three
If wo may trust general opinion, it was n
scries of follies beginning in Ixiyliood and
continuing dining life. Jntnes Foljaml
"Fool Jim," ii the boys nicknnmed hint nt
school nnd tho epithet clung to him did, in
popular judgment, tliu most silly things, nml
yet prospered. At school ho wn noted for
his folly ns well at for pluck and coolness. If
n big boy uniltreated n little ono, instead of
minding his own business, ns a sensible boy
should, Fool Jim would tako it up nnd thrash
tho bullv.
When that wretched little Dick Greene, tho
son of old dn-ney Greene, n sort of o.ld Job
man nbout town, brol:o Ills leg by n fall from
a cherry live, Fool Jim used to go mound
and cheer up tho littlo brat, nnd spoilt! Is
HK-l;et money, of which ho had plenty, for
Dick's I enellt. All tho lending big boys of
tho seliool thought him a fool, but no one
dared tell him so. for, though ho wns not
qunn-elsome, ho wns quick to resent mi in
suit, and was a tough customer in n rough
nnd tumble light.
l'olj.'imlie left school for nn nendemy where
they prepared loys for college, nnd went
nfterwnrd to college. I loft it nt tho stun
time to become tinder fnlesnmn and cenernl
drudge in tho grocery shop of Figgs it Olal
pliiczo. I lost sight of him then, except nt
vacations, until ho wns graduated, nnd had
fomo homo. His lather, a confirmed invalid.
was very ricu, mm mmio n great lass over
liitn when ho returned, nnd was very proud
of the fact that Jim wns nt tho head of his
class. There was no nonseiiso about Jim, I
must say. Ho remembered nil his old school
jnaies, nun put, on no num. mo would conio
Into our shop at nil times nnd tnllc with mo
when 1 was not busy, mid, as ho would 1
very rich in time, old Figgs, though ho did
keep his people's noses closo to tho grindstone.
pever crumbled nt it.
2ot t'.nf Jim was nn idler. Ho took n vast
(leal oft" 1 1 if sickly father's hands in uimiiigiiig
l.io large plantation. rio littlo job (hat was,
l.her. I'ol.j iihIm) place embraced over 1,1K)0
tcio, and with tho exception of 101) acres of
woodland, and nbout !W0 of pasturo mid
icadow. was closelv cultivated. Thero wns
lino neni oi oeioy cattle, men coming
nto vogue, and over forty blooded horses.
icsides ol iie, for plow nml wngon.
For four Von in thero wns nothing worthy of
note.exeopl tliutl got to bo head salesman mid
a sort of general nuinagor in our concern,
which, consider ng my nge, wns n big lift for
me. lint old l-oljambo died at this time, mnl
ns James m motherless mid an only sou ho
uccecded to the property. Then Iwgun tho
follies of this son, which madu talk for tho
country around lor years.
'the lirsi. exhibition vrns in the matter of
the I'eabody niortgiigo. Thero had been two
Peabody bnithers, Nathan and David; but
David, tho younger one, on his father's death
had taken 1,00.) in cash lor his share, mid
gone oir to Jloxico to seek his fortune. Ho
was not hoard of nftcrw.-ird, nnd wns believed
to Iw dead. Isutlinn stayed on tho old place.
no was u silliness man, and though ho niar
rled lien lUemt'.s daughter, who was a tidy
.loitsonifo mid a prudent woman, lio could
not gut uloii'j;. Tho farm was pretty well
worn out mid ho did not improvo it at nil.
tho crops grow less nnd less, nnd Nathan
grow n crop of dobt. To wiiw that out ho
borrowed nno. her 81,001) on bond aud mort
gago rrom tho same party who held the first
niortgiigo to raio David's money. Things
grow worse, and at last tho interest remained
Unpaid for two yeni-s and proceedings wei
uu.i'ii in lorecioso 1110 niorigngo. riathmi
took sick over it mid died. The doctor said
it wns typhoid fover, but every ono thought
it wns tho trouble mid that Nathan luid given
up tho ghost bocauso he could not faco his
dilHcultie.s. At nil events, ho died, leaving
his widow with ono child, a girl of 1-1. Kho
was very pretty tho imago of her Dither
mid ull tho 1'enbody.s were line, looking jh-o
plo; but hho had her mother's nays.
Everybody pitied tho widow, for it wns
well understood that tho farm would bring
no mora than tho debt and law excuses;
in fact, that I ho mortgugeo would bo obliged
to buy it in. With tho exception of ono t-pot,
tho farm wns a worn out sandy loam, over
run with km I 'o grass, tho feign of slerility.
Tho exception was a hill, covering nbout
forty-two ucres, apparently composed of a
tough, gravelly clay, unlit for oven brick
making, nnd incapable of cultivation. To bo
sure, the llvo acres around tlio house, which
was at ono end of the nlace, had been used us
a vegetable garden, and that was in a littlo
lx!ttor order. It as a sorry piece of pronertv.
Ho whoa bulodnv came, mid I happened to Iki
over at tho country town, I dropixid into thu
court house wheio tho sheriir was to sell. I
found only a half dozen crsous, mid one, of
theso wns Foljamljo mnl another was Hupps,
who held the ytortgage.
I iio theiiir, taking that every one know tho
placo, which bad been vUth tho IVabodys for
over 100 years, usked for a bid. Tho amount
against tho projperty, including tho legal
costs, was 0U,3S1. l'liipps put that in tut u
bid, but remurl.-el Hint ho didn't want it at
any price, nnd uuy ono advancing oa that
might liavo it.
"That leaves nothing for th widow." oh-
kcrved FolJamlK.1.
"bupposj you bid moro. then, on her ac
count," MUX I'lnpps.
"1 fchall," lejilied FolJanil)o; uf3,.V)0."
"Is that your bid, Mr. FoJIamber inouired
tho sheriff.
"That is my bid, sir."
Bo tho farm wus knocked down to him.
When wo wero coining nwuy Foljanilw said
to mo:
CofToy, you go past the Peabody farm on
your way home. I wUh you'd htop and tell
Situ. rcniKxIv liiat tho placo Ii:ih brought
over fl,200 iii'.w limn tho debt, nnd fcho iuut
lake out let adininlitratIou. Ami tell
her for mo i r ; lilnU of moving. SI o can
have tho hoii-e nnd tho trardou .iround It free
of rent. KhoV a shifty woman, and witn that
ktai tFho'll get i. long."
I felt that I'oljiiinbe'i conduct was thvouch
an iinpulMof generosity which ho coud well
ITord. Hut tho genernl verdict wus that ho
was a fool. JUid h bid n hundrod over
'llipjis, or -von two hundred, It might lmvo
nswvl, but to throw nwny nlibolutely throw
away $1 2(X)! Whon they heard nnvnvunl
hot ho bud given tho widow a lifo ctalo in
tho bouso mnl garden it was generally ngmsl
that ho khoiild liavo n guiinlian over him to
;vo hi projmrty.
1 Ik dltsl out, however, to In revived ngnlu
y nnnther aktoundlng net of folly.
lau mwuuu ireu u.itsloout a mil livi.i
tlrautford, hnd e.xlmnted tho lwl of ore the?
hnd lecn working for over forty years, nnd
had to bring tho crudo material somo dis
tnneo by rail nnd water. It begnn to bo n
question whether it would not pay to build
n new furnnco near tho sottreo of supply and
nbnndon tho old ono. Suddenly, howover. a
now oro led was opened chiso nt hand.
Tho fo ty-two acres of clayey hill on the
Penbody farm wns found to cover n heavy
deposit of limonite. As that oio generally
contains impurit4es only fitting it for "cold
horf iron, littlo attention was paid to It. l'.ut
when the chemLst of tho company made three
sep.n nteunalysesnnd discocrel that tho usua
phosphorus was replaced by nearly 3 porcent
of manganese oxide, tho thing took another
fhno. 'lhfi company offered Foljamlw a
liaudsonio royalty, which ho nt oneo declined.
He would sell outright or not at nil. Aftei
Mime chaffering and n rough survey of the
inil, they took nil tho farm but tho widow's
five ncre.s, nml paid $7.",000.
"A fool for luck" was tho general commont.
Hut tho reputation of Foljambo for down
right folly was at its height when it leaked
out afterward that ho had settled $;!5,7.V) on
Mrs. l'ealody that is, tho interest during
lifoto her, mid tho principal to her daughter
nfterwnrd. No words Mifllood to express the
wonder, contempt nnd disgust nt this net of
folly.
Old Figgs died nbout this time, nml
Oalchicze olTered me n share in tho business
if I could put in $3,000. I hnd saved n littlo
over half of that by pinching and screwing
but I was puzzled nbout tho lvst. FoljamlH'
found it out, nnd gave mo tho money on my
note. Somo folk nuiy think this folly on his
part, but I did not. Neither did he, for I
have paid it back long since.
When tho Widow I'eabody got her money
she sent Kebecca oir to boarding school, ns
sho could well ntTord to, nnd thero tho girl re
mained for four years, barring visits homont
vacation. When sho cmue liack t s'ny he
had grown into n handsome, self possessed
young woman, nnd sho vai quite admired by
tho young fellows around In nddition to
good looks and gcxl manners, she would have
a nice sum in hnrd cash in time a gsod
tiling to add to a young man's family re
sources. Hut sho vtns of a domestic turn
stayed nt homo with her mother nnd rarelv
went n broad. No suitor seemed to meet
favor in her eyes, though she had several.
During Uebeccn's aWnee nt school Fol-
jninlio had been going nlong fiuietly, and
K'ople hnd ceased to tallc of him; but shortly
afler her return he broke out again.
Ono day nn old mini in a dusty suit and
boots that had been blackened a week before,
nnd who carried a small gripsack, got out nt
Ilrantford station and Inquired if tho idow
Penbodv lived nt tho old farm yet. Vv o soon
learned that he wns tho long lost David Pea
body, who had como back after nil thesi
years, apparently as poor as n church iiioimi,
and doubtless with intent to siMiugo on tin
Widow Penbody. Do wns not so very old
either, but looked like u man whom hard
luck nnd n hot climate had driod up and
wrinkled.
To our surprise ho was mndo welcomo by
the widow mid Kobeccn, and took up hit
abode there. Ho was n queer specimen.
After tho dustpf travel had been brushed oil
he wns clean enqugh, but his clothes wero of
ordinary material and well worn. It wns
evident that ho was poor, but ho didn't seem
to mind it Ho walked about and held him
self up ns though ho owned one-half the
town nnd meant to buy tho other. Iio wns
ready with his tongue, too, nnd if nny one
mi id n disagreeable or impertinent thiugcoiild
epny it with interest, l-oljambo took a great
notion to him nud told mo that the old mail
wus keen nnd hnd wonderfully practical bus
iness ideas for ono who had not profited by
his precepts, n thing I have observed to be
not uncommon. A man can pick up more
valuable hints from tho unsuccessful around
him than ho can from shnrp business men.
So tho two grow quito intimate, mid almost
any lino ovoiiing they might bo been in cqin-
fnb together on tho widow's front porch, with
tho widow and Uebecca heated near, inter
ested listeners to their chat.
Tbjs was in August, 1800. Tho wholf
country was in a Mato of excitement. It was
known that reconcillal ion between tho war
ring Democratic factions was iiiqios&itilo nnd
thnt Lincoln would bo elected. Tho question
was, would there lo war? FoIJiuiiImi suddenly
nit the plantation in charge of old Uncle
David nnd went off south, llo visited Vir
ginia, North Carolina nud Georgia, nnd wns
one about two mouths. When ho emtio bar
1 iislc (1 linn: "Does lliovoutu really menu
light, Mr. Foljanilr
"it renllv does," ho replied, Mully. "I don'
think they'll bo able to keep it up moro than
a year or so, unless Kugluud interfere, for w
have tho most money nnd tho most men; but
it will bo llerco while it lasts. It is going to
disturb values very much, as well us domestic
eliitions."
Tho first, thing Foljambo did on coming
home was to build a number of long wooden
sheds, somo of thum iiiclosed; mid ho kept the
cnrpeiiters going day uud night. Tho whole
neighborhood wns aroused. Wus ho going
Into sheep raising on a largo scale, or what
crowning lolly was Fool Jim nt now? I wns
Ills only partisan, hvcry ono snld Iio wns
going stark, staring mud. llut tho excitement
grew to a hubbub when there cntno cnrloud
after curload, by tho raihvny, of barrels of
rosin and bales of cotton tho former stored
under the open and tho latter in tho inclosed
sheds. Tho cotton did not escito so much
astonishment, but tho losln Such an amount
of it! Somo ono had tho curiosity to nose
around and count the number of barrels piled
in ono of tho long mid high sheds. Ten thou
sand of them! And there wero llvo moro such
bheds, and jammed full. Sixty thousand
barrels of rosin I Aud no end of cotton bales I
What, would ho do with it? What could lie
do with it?
Tho only partisan Iio had, ns I liavo said.
was mymlf, nud I picked up u dozen quarrel
aboutit. Some ouo asked old I'eabody about it,
"Undo David, is I ool Jim gnwu to set up
a cotton factory an' a snip yard? .Meblx)
he'll sen' his ships down by tho railroad
"Sonny," raid David, "pnek your head in
ice. James j'oijamiHj Knows moro in one
minute than you'io likely to know in a year."
In the midst of this clamor camo a bit of
gossip not too pleasant. Thero wus venom in
it. Hill Cowan, who was always nosing
about, nnd kept his eyes open nnd his tongue,
busy, cuuio into tho shop ono duy to get a
plug of chewing tobacco, 0
"Tell you what, Oiilchloze,' ho said, ad
dressing my partner, "I guess lhiy'11 call Fool
Jim, 'villain Jim,' uforo long.'
"What do you iiieun, you cimpP I do
muuiled angrily.
"Semnii yourself, nn' seo how you liko it."
Iio retorted. "Wlintdo I mean? Ill tell you,
nn' I ain't afraid to. I wns crosslu' by
Widow lVaboriy' last night, and what does
I tco but Jim FoJamlo with his arm around
Uocky lYnbuly'a waist, an' sho u-leauiu' up
to him like a sick l.itteu to a hot brick.
Stands to rouson he's foolin' tho girl. Uvery
Ixsly knows he's sweet on Miss Klton, nn'
she's got dollars to Hecltv Pealtody's dimes.
You don't suppose Foljambo ineuns anything
but foolin' Iiot'Ly, do you? That's why ho
was ut liberal with his monoy to tho willow.
It's well enough for you to stun1 up for him,
nu' wo know why, but fax is fax."
And off went Cowan, with his tobacco, In
triumph, It did not itop there. Tho now,
qin-ud, aud a spnwj of virtuous iudfriiutiou
flook Brnntfonl. It soon camo to thoMmot
Foljambo himself. Ho had paid no attention
to tho popular comment on his purcbasos, but
this was a different matter. Ho hunted or
Dill Cowan and found him in our shop, wber
ho and somo of his cronies nero discussing
the thing at tho time,
"Mark you, Cowanl" cried Foljambo, bia
eyes blazing with wrath, "you havo beau
talking too freely about mo In connection
with n young lady. If I learn of your wag
ging that long tongue of yours In tho nme
woy again, or find you eavesdropping, I'll
give you n pounding, nud you know that r
can do it. Things havo got to a pretty pass
In this community wheu slander is sot nfoot
becnuso somo sueaU sees ono lestow a caress
on a young lady whom ho is to marry within
n nnnth. And. I'll bold nny other man who
meddles with my nffnlrs to n strict account."
Hero was n settler, liecky Penbody to l
mnrried by n Foljambol Why, tho Foljnmbos
turned up their noses at tho country folk, and
took their wives from abroad. Gossip left
the rosin nnd cotton, nnd took to tho match.
But it was admiring, mid not offensive.
Tho wedding came off and was a p-eafe
nffulr. Miss Kltoti wns first bridesmaid, nnd
the gentleman sho married with afterwards,
n Mr. Leamington, was Foljambo's best man.
There was a reception nt tho houso tb
young couple took no tour, but remained nf
Foljambo place aud I, of tho fow H rani fori
folk invited, wns there. So was David Pe
iKxly, of course. Ho was got up in n suit of
fine broadcloth, and his shoes shono Ilk n
jnpnnnod waiter. F.very one knew thU
raiment camo from tho bridegroom. Oh, ot
course I Thero wero n number of costly nnd
elegnnt presents displayed. Hut theso came,
witli tho exception of nn odd looking Japanese
cabinet, given by the Widow Peabody, from
the FoljamlH) friends nnd connections. Unci
David examined them.
"Hecky," ho said, loud enough to attract
attention, "the Peabodys don't seem to shin
in tho way of making gifts to tho bride.
Your Undo David 'II havo to put In bis
mite." Then ho drew a bulky pnekngo from
his capacious breast pocket, which it titled so
tightly that ho witlulrew it with ditllculty.
"Oh, thank you, Undo David." said Ui
brido. "Anything from you"
"Open it. child."
Tho newly mndo Mrs. Foljambo undid ths
cor.l and removed tho wrapping. It was s
Kussia leather covered casket, with tho letters
It. P. F. on it. When sho opened it sho gave
a cry of delight.
"They nro old mlno stones," snld Undo
David, quietly. "Don't drop thnt scrap of
pnjH'r. 1 don't wnnt you to bo running-to
your husband for pocket money, nud you'd
letter invest tho nmouut of that check for
yourself, as ho advises you."
Tills wns a surprise. Fow hnd seen such
set n necklaco, bracelets, ear rings aud pin,
nude up of tho (lnest brilliants, somo of them
quito large. Thoy must havo cost enor
mously. Where did Undo David get th
money f
1 found out lcfore nny ono else. I wns
down in Now York to purehaso tea, nnd
Cnrleton, of tho jobbing firm with which. I
did business, said to mo:
"David Penbody is rusticating at Hront
ford. ain't lie?''
"Old Undo David?" I said. "Yes, ho Is &
sort of hanger on to hLs sister-in-law. Bh
feeds him, I fancy."
"Feeds him? What do you menu? David
Penbody could feed a dozen sisters-in-law nnd
not feel it."
, "Well," I said, "I recently began toRusnecfc
he was rather well off."
"Kiithor well off!" exclaimed Carleton.
"That's tho best Joko out. David Peabody
well off 1 Is it possible you don't know how
rich ho is? Hut ho hardly knows himself.
Ho has been for overeighteen yenrs tho prin
cipal stockholder in a great Mexican mlno.
It is an F.iiglish'company, mid ho is tho only
Aniericun in it. Hut ho owns two-tli rds ot
it. Why, it is ono of thu most successful
mines in tho country. Well off! Why, he is
away up in thu millions, and it keeps pour
ing in." ,
Of courso this wns too good to keep. Drnnt
ford had the bonoilt of it, and, except nn oc
casional dash ut tho rosin nnd cotton, David'a
grcnt wealth was tho subject for discussion,
and comment.
Tho civil war had como and was going oo,
and Foljambo and his follies faded beroro It.
At Inst, in 1S(M, Foljambo's cotton began to.
bo moved. It had rison in prico exceedingly,.
ami iirnutroid found that thero had becis
method in tho madness. Hut the ro x'n, though,
it hnd risen too, romalncd undisturbed. At
length, I think it was in August, 1B03, ift)l
barrels of tho rosin wero shipped to Boston.
Tho next day 150 wont to Philadelphia, and a.
100 went to Ualtlmore. Tho next day 00
wero sent to New York. And so it continued
to move, sometimes in smaller, Eouictlmcs in
larger quantities, until by tho latter part ot
November, every barrel was gouo. I took up.
Tho Prico Current nnd ran over tho (Ho for
tho quotations on naval stores. To my sur
prise tho prico hnd varied from August to
November from twenty-flvo to forty-four
dollars per barrel. And then it went down
lielow tho fli-st llguro. Foljumbo had stocked
tho market.
Thero was littlo talk about Foljambo's fol
lies after that in Ilrantford, On tho con
trary, tho Brant ford people admired thou
shrowdncts of "Fool Jim," and thut nam,
dropped. Well they might ndmiro him. Iio
and Undo David between thein havo built up.
tho place, which luu doubled in population
aud is thriving in every way. As for Fol
jamlxj himself, ho is very quiet for a man to
immensely rich. Beyond a year's visit to
Europo, nnd two or three months' travel
every year to somo part of tho country, ha
Ktn)s principally ou tho Foljambo place,
whero ho hns enlarged tho old mansion nud;
devotes himself to his family, Rebecca Fol
Jambo Is as handsome, I think, as over, though,
more plump than sho used to be. They ap
pear to bo as fond of each other as over, nud.
1 laro say that they nro.
Ono day, when ho dropped into tho shop, r
hapiK-nod to say something complimentary to
his foresight. He laughed.
"Coffey," he said, "most of my succeed
wero unextK-cted. I had, it is true, n susni-
cion amounting almost to a ceitainty that
thero was n led of iron oro on tho Peabody
farm, but I bought It solely Ut gtvo tho widovr
a lift, for Nathan Peabody had potted mm
when a boy, and wns always ready, poor fel
low, to leavo his farm work to join me ia
hunting, or fishing, or nutting, or auvthlna-
elso. Tho fact that I was almost rot-tain.
however, made mo dlvido tho profits wiLk
tho widow ns n matter of equity. 1 never
suspected Uncle David's wealth; but tho cot
ton nun rosin purehaso was n matter of cal
culation, particularly tho rosin. It was then.
i drug In tho mui ket. It hnd accumulated in
largo hills wherever thoy made turpentine.
It could Iki had almost for tho taking nwny.
I I.-iihw that war would come, but I never
dreamed that rosin would go beyond f5 or-
tu. i punt mo sueas nt iiranuorii, u-caus
that was rheater than storing it In New
York, nud that's nil tho foresight I had,"
"You must havo mado a good thing out ot
It, anyhow," 1 rejoined. "It 1 not my busi
ness, mid 1 don't ask. but you must hava
nutted a good round sum."
"Oh, I don't mind telling you." said lie r
havo (l0'uied it up. JOn tho cotton and rosla
together, 1 tutted just SS.TOUOIO, But 1
am not so rich ns David Peabody by somv
minions," i nonius uunn uugiuu m tusu
lijoch.
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