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About The Oregon register. (Lafayette, Yamhill County, Or.) 18??-1889 | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1888)
1 — AT AX ENGLISH MEET, j CHAUNCEY M. Dipp HOW IM OCCASION OF £XC£3Sr<f£ HOS- HTMJTY ANO SOCIABILITY. < LOOKS AFTER 1 • «-b more r It la ■■*<** ,Ple • A*»* oiing to w naT. winter» THE DRUMMER BUY. HE UMlNOUS CORRESPONDED A iu.se ‘ • m**u,r ”* “* dutha • ”* maalira A wde yawn* ia one owner rf J Pro»» uixJer nmth the cloaed b.|R J] pew • drak peep a row of '«ew-rann J 1oe ha. l-en in hi» room before Dj *tnai! taabwn placed M hand for ^3 Autl a u of . 0^.3 would think if »on hart to fJ<ldt— ta mg »Lout ibtwe letters iV-, J character Hart er more refer u> is. J 0« of the great corporation Depew manage, f The other half (¿J «UH more widely known relaura.’ .« lai world. I Here m a letter that would bar« m J preaujeuf, Krtet iiredreewor, Van.ierb.lt, tarn Hack with rn-j"'' pros.due a «mile on Mr Depend (J name. It ia from a college boy wk,UL appointed bjr bu lirwk letter »octahLj 1 w!uch fend a certain [«ropoeition in a |.iib|jraJ The qneation ia: -'IleaoiTed, that fc* J it Nore adrantageuoa to the 'oamj ** protaitioo.' The unhappy writer in. to uphold the Cobden theory, and, -S clnmpa t(M. CJ{ the taai and the 1^3 t of tbe qucation, he seek. Mr. DetneJS _ TZ"_ * A I* immediately^ k 1 thanking tin* youth for tbe honor of tj T mt - h***1’ aM1 «F*«*nS regret IM ha ‘“ire* prevejilhis giving the matter tta 3 • n**t J liberation the im|A>rtance of the subi»! ALL SORTS OF WATTS. Another and partially similar req i upon U> make a speech at a Sun<hy3 'contention. Would Mr. Depew p^J j him a few «u ¡table suggestions for tot » saon I Or, if that would be too much tn^| a copy of his own speeches would be ¡3 I appreciated. •The third letter of that sort witoh hi months,” comments tbe president ai crumples the jjaper in his hand and dra * into the waste basket. “.Vstooishing how many peoplo toen | • who want money. And they alwip^ ‘ large sums, too,” he remarks, as helaph an open letter in a woman’s handwrh^i have no doubt of this woman’s need aal k im- erity. Read it.” Hou. Chauncey M. Depew: I am forced to appeal to your genetto though I should much rather noTdof^i temi rf indoor fort Mmitwwbe«,hrforr • „ husUand died 1 .taetacn^nm-radwaa Lord FrtttAnimge ch>£lren/ and nly littje h . ; ™ t i 1 ’ * of rirthw' rra-r■» “ mortgage tbe projierty for LS I L*t ’ummer 1 ww "cl1 “,l rau1'* “J 3 d71 a tbe intere*L " yOU I’1“* “»■< J* J?* pULkABoaia. a» di a money plaoe wiy l first of tbe month, and I don't know .£ ta. ntev bowrxwr «-ron mmcg the regular pi(aije dou,t disrKrard _ shall do. Please don't disregard the pm mernhar* of ine faunX, wore dark coati. Two ■ of a widowed and despairing mother. ^sy odaosY £ram the peagabonng barracks “You notice,” observes the president, “k .-^ne up cm very snar hersea. wearing hart there is not one word in this about my fa mg drewiei winch jaotoed as neat as full ing the money. * She evidently expect« it arts» xrnil arms Thrr ware high silk hats a gift.’ wxu. umLl. sim clm '. ta emebed to the bnm m xhe rear and ptossi&r around their necks. good would that do? 0081 She Tneir roau wert four buCan cutaways with . What ” d. -n,™ ,nl-v wrl,,‘ “K»ln I »ery seldom u \ j r' ' , begging letters. Courtesy in such cbm nncuwBT taacmedt^tto*ta? «rally mat« matter, wo4." I al^r wUA efyrarad a h^l whit, collar and a win» uiru. Tb«r knm breech« were wime nordarew. Their boots were to£h paietni kadher. with steel spurs upon ahe ir-wer part off the beet They were band wane. Lmr. ioucmg mm, and sat their horses with peri yen ease. One <rf the most striking of L_«t indy rwiers wxs a relative of the mas- •fier of the bonr^d*. She was not over 14 years of ag? n>r slim figure was set off by a dark tea' close fr-ng nd.ng suit. Her hair, a cxxxi golden eilv«-, floated in tbe wind unroofined from underneath a black derby hsx. See was moan ted on a thin skinned, hi^b ‘.red. iron gray horse, which seemed to be under the period control of his beautiful yyung za-strass. But the good rtders and the correct henung dream were the exception. This wxa owing in part to the fact that it was a bc&day. and upon such occasion» tbe regu lar zneraben of the hunt are inclined to stay away. The trades people of Bristol came out ia gred numbers. They were very en- thasnsbK* Kortsmen. but they made op a UKCjey gathering, coming as they did upon -all SKrt* of bonea and in all sorta of riding : draaea . thb Borros, «r . ¿zhr.cmi eá , arp 1 >ckinir fnr v.„in, lrnm asking for sums varying from $500 to . They are read and buried without cer in the waste basket. LETTERS OF IXVTTATIOJf. I Now we come to a different kind of lettsil These ask favors, but not pecuniary ones, »1 «ss a busy man’s time ls regarded literally«1 vhat light. They are invitations to diwan where a speech is expected in addition to tel - —There are an even half dozenoil . ----- company, the»*, three of them for -the sahie eveniiM They are, pleasantly answered and politely 1 declined, with regret. Here is a letter from a committee ii J thriving southern city. They an- about to] open with impressive ceremonies a net chamber of commerce, and want ?.ir. Depwi to deliver the oration of the day. Hei urged in fervent terms not to dHreganlt» invitation. “Of course, I cannot go,” he observed. “k is oat of the question. If I accepted ill Ito invitations I received I would have to be to half a dozen different towns on the ¡ night frequently.” . The sten.j¿rap!ier takes <lown a wttty