The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-01-16
mr.. Stewards Real Estate Transac-
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tiona.
In the following extract from recent
ttsEf.Hm Mark Twain, he happily HIS
OF TIE tlliy OF Mr.. Stewards last invest
mrnt In rcnl estate for the benefit ~ of
the nation:
Corliyou give me any information
respecting such islands, If any, as the
Government is going to purchase 1t
10 an uncle Of mine that wants to know.
He II nm industrious man and well dis
posed, and wants to make living in an
ho6fS humble way, but more especial
ii lcwalts to be quiet. He has been to
thu new Island-St. Thomas-but he
says he thinks they are unsettled there.
Ns went there early with un attache of
Ahc State Department, who was sent
down with the money to pay for the
Island> My uncle had his money in
the same box, and SO when they went
ashore, getting receipt, the sailors
l b oke open the box and took all the
money, not making any distinction be-
tween Government money, which was
legitimate money to be stolen, and my
ylMae's, which was his own private
property and should have been respec
ted. But he came home and got some
more, and went back. And then he
took the fever. There are seven kinds
Nffever down there, you know, and as
his blood was out of order by reason of
less OF sleep and general wear and tear
of mind, he failed to cure the first fever,
and then somehow he got the other six.
He il not The kind of man that enjoys
fevers, though he is wel-meaning aud
always does what he thinks is right, and
so he was a good deal annoyed when it
appeared lie was going to die.
= .kuthe worried through and got well
md started farm. He fenced it in,
md the next day that great storm came
and washed the most OF it over to Glib
SfS9ter, or around there somewhere
lie only said, in his patient way, that il
was gone, and he wouldn't bother about
trying to find out where it went to-
sthoush it was his opinion that it wen,
toG.braiter.
Then he invested in a mountain, anc
started Il farm up there, so as to be ou1
oi the way when the sea came ashore
again. Ii was a go d mountain, and
good iarin, but it wasn's any use, al
earthquake came the next night ant
shook ii all down. 1t was all fragments
you know and SO mixed up with anolh
enio;nis5propcrty that he could not tel
which were his fragments without
going to law, and he would not do thai
because his main object in going to St
Thomas. WAS to he quiet. All he wanted
Wa, to settle down and be quiet.
lie thought it all over, and finally nc
concluded tot.y the low ground again,
especially ii, he wanted to start bric;
ya..I thi- time. lie bought a fiat and
put oat ten thousand hr.cH to dry, pre-.
fs-t;.te4,s 10 b4king them. But luck APP,
pcaacd % bu aga!ns: him. y vo!ean.
snav,d itselt %4lrough there that nil
j sl..itlatcd his brick yard aL,nx 81, y,
thousand feet in the air. IN,t iw,
him s.eat deal. He has I'd irri,ate.
and ne says the bricks h, nn,ncy,
right cough but he a. All bake,
dawn At first he no't oct then
government woaid @hought may b,
70. him, bee ausc if ,hn hria,,s i,w,
tue 's slant u a4}tovern"ent bought
~ "''.'e 1T to protect the prop
'a''h ga az fan has invested in goo'
no. s s,i,, ae wants is quiet, so he i
va, ''l' apply for the subsidy IN
-. went back there last week IL
l. ."S my pie Of ships of war to pro>pev
along the coast for a safe place for Il farm
where he could he quiet but anothe
earthquake came and hoisted both shil
oat into one of the interior counties, an
he came near loosing his life. So Ia
has given up prospecting IN ship an
is discouraged
Well, now he don't know what to dc
lie has tried Walrussia but the bear
kept after him 50 much, aud kept hi
so on the jump, as it were, that he ba
toleave the country. That Is how II
San.u ~ go IL inc new Islanu VIZ nav
bought-st. Ihomas.-But he is gettin
tolhink st. Thomas is not quite enoug
for a man Of his turn of mind, and til:
i. why he wishes me to find out if tn
Government is likely to buy some MOI
Islands shortly. He has heard that Coy
eminent is thinking about buying Port
Rico. II that is true. he wishes to TT
Porto Rico, il it is Il quiet place. Ilo
is Porto Rico for his style of a man ?
Do you think Government will buy ii
The California end Of the Pacifi
Railroad.
a California correspondent describe
ina graphic way tie difficulties an
hardships incident to building the Cal
for.lia enl OF the Pacific Railroad owe
and through the Sierra Nevadas.