Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-01-02
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Washington Cofreseonsence o' - 1. ''i'1''' 1
Could you give me any iniofmalion re +
snectinx such Islands, II any, "a the gov 1
crnmept is going 10 purchase IL 70 M !
n,eje .. mine that WATTS 10 know. lie II ,
au iodus,rious man, and well disposed, ana
wants 10 make a living IL 81 honest, hum
tie way, but more especially he wants 10
lie quiet lie wishes - settle down ana DC
au;st and unostepta;ious. lie has been
down TO the new island, St. Thomas. but ne
says he thinks things arc unsettled sthere.
He vent there early, with an eitache o. cue
s,aie department, who was sent down VII.
money to pay for the island. Ny uncle mac
hix money In the same boa, aud 90, when
they vent ashore, getting . receipt. the
sailors broke oesn the box and took all the
money, not making any distinction between
government money, which was legitimate
money to be stolen, and INV uncle :, WHICH
Was his own private property, aud should |
have been respected. But be came home |
and got acme more, and wen: back. And
then he took the fever. There are seven
kinds " fever down there, you know, aud,
a. his blood was out Of order by reason OF
loss OF sleep and general wear and tear OF
mind, he failed TO cure the fret fever, end
then, somshow, he got the other six. lie
is NOS kind Of man thas enjoys fevsrs,
though he 10 wcll meaning, End always
does what he thinks 10 right, and 90 he
was q good deal annoyed when it appeared
that he was going 10 die.
But he worried through and got well, and
stated . farm. lie fenced It in, and the
next DAY that great storm came and washed
I the most Of il over 10 Gibraltar, OF around
there some here. He only said, IN his pa
tient way, that i was gone, and he wouldn't
bother about trying 10 find out where u
y went -, tnougn IL was MS opinion II wen,
: TO Gibraltar
Then he invested in mountain, and
started . farm up there, SO as 10 be ous oil
the way when the sea came ashore again.
n 10 was good mountain and good farm
= but il wasn't any use On earthquake came
= the next night and shook it all down. II
was all fragments you know, and 30 mixed
: up with another mans property that be
could MOI tell which wore his fragments
}. without going to Law, and he would not do
). that, because his main object in going to
St. Thomas was 10 be quiet. All that DC
. wanted was to settle down and be quiet.
y He thought il al over, aud finally be con
y Guided To try the Low ground again, especial
!. ly AZ he wanted to start . brick yard this
,lme. lie bought Hat and put cut 10 Ool
bricks 20 dry, preparatory to baking them.
y But luck appeared to be- against him. A
!. volcano showed itself through there that
. night, and elevated his brick yard about
y 900 feet in the air. II irsitassd him q
y 20 cd deal. lie has been up there, and he
n says tho bricks are oil baked we'll enough
but he can't get them down. Az first he
e. thought maybe the government would gel
u the bricks down for him, because il the
government bought the island it ought te
protect the property where . man has in
y vested in good faith; but oil he wants IL
= quiet, aud % he is not going to apply fol
10 the subsidy he was thinking about.
1 lilo went back there last week, IN couple
!. Of shtps Of war. TO prospect around the
!" coast for . safe place Tor farm. where he
s. could be quiet but another earthquake,
a csme and hoisted both ships out into one o
m tue int rior counties. and he came near los
ing his life. SO he has given up prospect
ing in ship aud is disc aged.
IN Well, nov be don't know what to do. II
u has tried w alrussia; but the bears kept q
a, ter hin SO much, and kept him so on th'
Jump, as il were, that he had to leave tn
country lie could not be quiet there, wit
u those bears prnncing after HIM all the time
IN Tint is how he came to 60 to the new islam
IN We have bousht-St. Thomas But he
"A getting to think that 81. Thomas IL no
qniet enough for n man OF his turn OF mind
and that is why he wished mo to iEd out
r. government 10 likely to buy some NOR
ar islands shortly He has heard that govern
"a ment il thinking about buying Porto Rice
II that is true, he wishes to try Porto Rico
if il is quiet place. How is Porto Rico I
II | his styta Of snau3 ID you thi~A <ss. So
10 eminent will buy ny MARK TWAIN.