Nebraska advertiser., 1869-01-28
NO. l6.

CA0l6Es NA kAE S4Alus . ALE. IAeIIlo ~ ~
elected, an voting for him but himself.
IL was then moved that his election
should be ratified by acelamatiOn
which was lost, in consequence Of his
again voting against himself. m
/ Mr.. Railway moved that the house
new take UP the remaining candi-
dates, and go into election for break
fast. This was carried.
On the first ballot there was a tie,
half the members favoring one candi-
date on account Of his youth, and half
favOring the OtheF en- account Of his
superior size. The President gave the
casting vote for the latter, Mr.. Messiek.
This decision created considerable dis
satisfaction among the friends Of Mr..
FurgusOn, the defeated candidate,
and there was some talk Of demanding
3 new ballot; but in the midst Of 1t q
motion to adjourn was carried, and
the meeting broke up at once.
| The preparation for supper diverted
the atteEtisR Of the FurgUsOn faetiOn
from the discussion of their grievances
for 3 long time, and then, when they
would have taken It up again, the
| happy announcement that Mr.. Harris
was ready drove all thought of it 10
the winds. f....-...,.
We improvised tables by propping
up the backs Of our seats, and sat down
with hearts full of gratitude to the
finest supper that had blessed our vis-
ins for seven tOrturing days. How
changed we were from what we had
been few short hours before! Hope
less, sad eyed, misery, hunger, feyer-
ish, anxiety, desperation then--thank-.
fulness, serenity joy too deep for ,Ut-I
terance now. That know was the
cheeriest hour Of my eventful life.
The winds hOyled, and blew the
snow wildly about our prison house,
but they were pOwerless to distress US
any more. liked Harris. He might
have been better done, perhaps, but
am free to say that nOman ever agreed
with me better than Harris or offered
me so large a degree Of satisfaction.
Messick was very well, though rather
high favored; but for genuine nutti-
tiOusness and delieacy of fibre, give
me Harris. Messiek had his good
I points, will not attempt to deny it,
nor do / wish TO do it--but he was no
more fitted for breakfast than a num-
my would be, sir-nOt a bit. Leane
why bless me land fought All he
was very tough! You could not inn
agine it-yOu could never imagine
anything like it.H lo. tiAr l-
"But do you mean to tell me that
"DO not interrupt nae, please ,Af-|
ter breakfast we elected man by the
name of Walker, from Detroit, for
supper. He was very good. / wrote
his wife so afterWATd. He was worthy
of all praise. shall always remem-
Der Walker. He was a little rare,
bat very good. And, then, in the
morning we had Morgan, of Alabama,
for breakfast. He was one of the finest
men l ever sat down tO-handsOme,
educated, refined, spoke several Ian
guages fluently, he was a perfect gem
tlenan, and singularly juicy, For
supper we had that Oregon patriarch,
and he was q fraud, there is no Ques-
ton about told, scraggy, tough
nobody can picture the reality, / fl
nally said, "Gentlemen, You can dOas
y0u please, but will wait for another
election When you elect a man who
has something to recommend him, I
will be glad to join you again ="
It soon became evident that there
wasgeneFaI dissatisfaction with Davis,
of Oregon, and so as to preserve. the
good will that had prevailed so pleas
antly since we had Harris, an election
was called, and the result of it was
that Baker, of Georgia, was chosen.
He was splendid. Well, well After
that we had DOOlittle, and Hawkins,
and MeElrOy (there was some COM
plaint about McElFOy, because he was
uncOmmOnly short and thin and
PenrOd and two Smiths, and Baily,
CBaiIy had a wooden leg, which was
clear loss, but he was otherwise good, }
and an Indian boy and an organ
grinder, and Il agebtleman by the name
of fBuckminsterLa poor stick of a vag-
abond, that wasn't any good for COM
pany and no account for breakfast.
We were glad we got him elected be-
fore relief came. 2.- i' iu
"And so the blessed relief did come
at last?n ' aan1 -iai H Ha
-"Yes; it came one bright Summer
morning, just after election. John
Murphy was the choice, and there
never was a better, I am willing to
testify but John Murphy came home
with us in the train to suecor us, and
lived to marry the widow Harris-'I
"Relict Of-n llai~ Fsa 20 la'iEa
"Relict Ofour first choice. He mar
ried her, and is respected and prosper
Gus yet. All, il was like a novel, sir,
it was like a romance. This is my
stopping place, sir. must bid you
goodbye. Any time you can make 10
convenient to tarry day or two with
me, / shall be glad to have you. /
like you, sir, have conceived an af-
fectiOn for you. I could like you as
well as 1 liked Harris himself, sir.
Go0d-day, sir, and pleasant jour
ney." s
He was gone. Inever felt so stun
ned, SO distressed, so bewildered in
my life. But in my soul I was glad he
was gone. With all his gentleness Of
manner and his soft voice. I shud-
dered. whenever he turned his hungry
eye upon me; and when I heard that
I had achieved his perilous affection,
and that stood almost with the late
Harris in his esteem, my heart fairly
stood H3 @
/ was bewildered beyond descrip-
ton. I did not doubt his word I
could not question single item in q
statement 50 stamped with the ear
nestness Of truth as his; but its dread
ful details Overpowered me, and threw
my thoughts into hopeless confusion.
I saw the conductor looking at me.
I said ''WhO is that man?p
HE was a member Of Congress Oncsi
and q good one. But he got caught in
a snow drift in the cars, and liked 10
have been starved to death. He got so
frost-bitten and frozen up generally,
and used up for something to eat, that
he was sick and out Of his head two or
three months afterwards. He is all
right now, only he is a monomaniac,
and when he gets on the old subject
he nevee stops till he eats up that
whole car load Of people be talks about.
He would have finished the crowd by
this time, only he had to get out here.
He has got their names as pat as A B
@. When he gets them all eaten up
but himself he says: 'Then the hour
for the usual election for breakfast
having arrived, and there being no
objections offered, resigned. Thus I