Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1856-01-03
PETER GRIP AND THE UNDl.
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Peter Grip amassed : large proper
BY loaning money at Ave per cent,
month. "A short time since he was an
fiicted with severe attack Of pnepmo-
MIA. His doctors had gwen up all hopes
of his recovery, and communicated the
fact to him. He Immediately despatch-
III a messenger for the gray digger I
that wofihy funcsionsfy attended, ana
the following dialogue ensued between
him and Mr. Grip
\ 4 Are you the grave-digger I"
tSi. g Yes, sir. ~ ftss sisss Isisisgs
What Do you charge for buryipgs I
man fs'f, sass ssts slg .tsy
Ten dollars sir. nt isstssitssi tl9H
ss' Ten dollars WilIyou give me l
bill Of your charges Z"
4. ]" II II easily made ont / charge
five dollars for digging the grave and
coyeringit up, and Ave, dollars for the
hearse - sfs5sl5 q !, III
(. Five dollars for hauing u man froa
here to the grave yard !? Why, never
heardaofsuch a charge! II can get . 4
hogshead of molasses hauled up from
thewharf for twenty-five cents, .aad thal
weighs ten times as much as . man
Can't you take less ~ 53t .s
ST No, the city council allows mo to
charge that much, and ! think il little
enough.f1 sl Il &saH si i.s4a8
~ s'The people Of this town are q little
toe smart. anyhow. In DauPh,a cosa-
III, in North Carolina, where 4 came
from, they never thought Of scharglngsa
man to bury him. j suppose Iicaat
employ dray to haul me out - st
81 guess no. for ifyou did. the
drayman would be subject 70 fine Of
ten dollars. - s.' 2s 's27
Y y" Well, old fellow, can't you fall !
little 7-times are hard z ll5ss5 t.s
s3i" No, not one copper, for / guess
when the old fellow sends for you, you'll
have to pay it, as I've no competitor. -
.4ss" I cant afford it, and ain't u going
neither 50 you may travel, old Skin
Flint. = sal.ss5't Is.fa a@ t6 7
Alter the grave-digger LEFT, Mr.. Grip
soliloquised -: IS PEG
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. | don't care what the doctor says,
If I'm TO be shaved In that way, IN not
die at all s"-And sure enough, he is
again to be seen sitting at the door,
looking for some poor. unfortuaate man
with constable after him. s.a
Y Mr.. BucHANxn's RETURN The fol-
lowing extract or letter from Mr.. Bu-
chanan to a gentleman ID this city, dat
ed Nov. Is, 1856, and received By ths
last steamer, viii be interesting to His
numerous freinds all over the Union -
Pennsylran;an.
III :" i had calculated with con6dsacs
that should return home by the steam
er Of the t6,hIof Octobsr last, bat nm
expected events rendered this impossi-
ble. | shall now be detained here, i
know not how long. inSppnsequencs ef
the present aspect of affairs between the
two countries. ! trust, however. that
within the period of three months may
meet you all again. AT least. such il
my anxious desire" S
.s5s. u 81 4 s.- seb
BY THE u S. SENATE. The opposition
H sing small 4 IN the u. IS Senate.
Seven Of those Senator'S who have bsen
ranked among the opposition. refuse to
train, with the black republican Hindoos
who compose the opposition % the "a
ninistration in that body, They 4s9
Fish of New York, Pratt and Pearce &C
Maryland, Jones of Tennessee, Geyer
Ut Missouri, BENJAMIN VI Louisiana. lad
Toombs Of Ga All 81 these. II u ssas-
ed, have declared that they sland alodf
from The oppcsitson.
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WE'Yn4 seEN aSwlM1diNo sasa,
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II We've been swisn.nine Athsr 4 g
WET who's been s~imnias xif6
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ilisttsN Nobody, ir.''Es iufF'yt
fas' We'll, but i yoa EsaiId II xsssD hssa
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