St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-03-19


k.sa Why a,Io,. s,.rys a.a. Who bad any.
thing q IL vSh hin, waasA f5s''.ich" lin.
He 10 . gu, laak -, Il t1s Elder, sad -
hse axhinine way, WIN hin, And : esiatne:
! ssver know . nan Who according . he
own tory. haa befn . i'll used ant' cheated
BY ysaaf ia slbin;e lssleline to DIX"
him W. excited By these p.euli.r;ties. 1,,a
The gSnSut ttssst. Raymond vas onIy prsvsaf-.
ed from pitching int hin, h. nta,iy Dis,
covering that he was : Reverend. ~ u. -
Elder Snifaes- occupied = house belonging %
orland james, : patriotic young fellow -
Sank Centre, who tnlspeed ~ Eapt. Ahdrsws''.
|fcomp.ny. Third Rse9 haze 40 doubt H.
Elder wished James welt. He had IN his po...
session the house, the oxen and the thousand.
odd things that q man lssyss whensh DO gosy t.
the wars. 1t was evident that James had cone
fdence IN him this. 81 course. Vas very aat-
tering to the Elder, aud the Elder appreciated
il. H. 49, 49, -, ~ Ra1stI ....,,,--.
But, during wars, unexpected changes take
place. James, though = good-looking, is not
= married mamie has NO wife nor children
The was down south in Tennsssee--the corn-
try was sickly and James might never come
back. II the ''meek shall inherit the EARTH"
who so TT An heir ~ Elder Smiles! New CON.
plications arise: The Indian war breaks out
and the Elder 'aees," like one Of the "nick-
Cd" The militia rallies at Sank Centre-Reg-
ulars come there-seeurity; 10 established and
the Elder re-appears. James is. :'no vaar."
Truly 'the meek shaN inherit lhs earta!''
The Elder il not man to hesitate, when As
sees his way clear. There Was chance 10
sell James oxen. Earry eager, otherwise
otherwise known q Plank eager, whom every
body knows to be unsophistica,ed in the ways
Of "hard SHELF Elders. bought the oxen sad
gave the Elder bis note. He also paid the e..
der six months rent for his house. The house
was used As hospital, and there was chance
to dispose Of James household a.nf 10 tho
government: The Surgeon. Who, from his
youth and inexperience, could not be expect.
ed to understand ''hard shell' morality, quite
so we'll as eager, was also '..ooken ia''-so as
bought the ''stuff," giving = receipt for it, fer
the use Of the government. Jaw the Elder
about this time and he affirmed to ne, With
tears in his banged up eyes, that 10 had been.
lmost shockingly s~indled out Of bin property.
Wy everybody he had had anything to do with.
thereby duplicating my friends eager and thu
Doctor. He whined 90 piteously about Il tha.
! Of cou, &c believed him.
AL said in the beginning Of this astound.
ing revelation, Elder Snifles has left 5auk Cen
tire! He left it suddenly, and he took his two
/ bunged eyes afong-and he also took IL Doc
} tors receipt maybe 10 will ct the money On
) IT'LL He has, learn. gone some~Asrs down
, - Dodge County the ''artful old Aedser'' E.
n week since. Orlsad james came home.
--~----.'s i.-I--o-l~ -Ah>....-,>. H.,
found tAst the Elder had rented his house AMI
got his pay for it. sold his oxen, and, At least
, portion IL his household roods-wheth.r
more than went into the Hospital or not, h
has no meahs Of Knowing. He considers tho
S'oer : treatment Of him, not TO put too hae
point upon it," shabby-in fact he considers
1t rascally. But believe he will save his o..
en-, though the Elder took note from Carer
in his own name. James y mad, and the Doc.
tor is mad bu. I reckon the Elder will 80 = mad
der than both Of them, should he see this II
will please him thong h when he learns that
MIR. Brent, the regimentsl artist here, is en
gagged in getting up life like portrait Of him
for the Rogue's Gallery, bunged up eyss aud
all! = ,,,r cr e>.g>r.g ~: 9.r
On account Of the responsibility Of The great
snif'es family, I feels disinclination to expos,
tho Elder, but, if ever make up my nipd 70
do so, it will be BY having printed, Il tA>
newspapers, in large capital letters: too -,
LOOK OUT FOR ELDER sNlFFLEs.L
Should these few lines h.ppeu to ..mest Ii,
eye" I would say to him in the Language It
the poet, "You gay and festive old euss,",
your friends in Sank Centre want to see you!
The Indian scare in Sank Centre did not
amount to mush. The woman, on examination,
seemed anxious to clear the lndians, allesinr,
that the men who threatened her were four
other Indians, though she recognized one Of
them - having been in her house the day b.
fore, but without molssting her. There IL con.
sideraele discrepancy In her story. Those
who went down with Lieut.. Freeman are coma.
dent that NO other. Indians had been At the,
house. It is supposed that she was afraid Is
give evidence sgsinst them. The Indiana
thsmselve, showed eonsidersbl, anxiety das-T
ing the examination. i: <~.5 +s.<,,.
To-day, again, other reports come Of i.
large body Of Indiana in the same aeighbor-
hood. The accounts vary from ore hundred
to two hundred, probably y.ry much sxasser.
atsd. Capt. Tsyfors soss down down .Ais: msrni1rs
With about twenty five men to lsok into IT,
IT he should bring back more prisoners thsY