Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-05-25
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A writer in the Wsshiuxsod Cxbeauc
relates the following conyssssidx rwith
Colonel Strother (Ports CsyoS) speR
Professor Morse: gs.sf,,se fs'.ss,,,f, q
Strother said: "I knew Mosss vjyts
well. took lessons under him ii dfa1inG
and painting After I had enssetd 'to
become his pupil, went 70 Net xov,E,
and found him in room on Univsuitvi
place. He had three other pupils, ,ssdsf
/ soon found that our professor, hsd yau hi
tie patronage. ] paid my fffy d6llst i
that settled for one quarters instruetiesol..
Morse was faithful teacher and took -
much interest in our progress, more indssd
than we did ourselves. But he va vsfy
poor. Iremember that when my secobd
quarters pay was due him it did NOT cone
as soon As expected, and one day the pro.
fessor came 10 and said, courteously: al.sia
49, Well, Strother, my boy, how are W
of for money! .s.'a~ ~
"Why, Professor I answered, !. I an,
sorry to say I have been disappointed; but
expect remittance next week. .s4 sssra
Next week. he repeated sadly; =
shall be dead by that time III fss' A. 7Fstss IA
i "t Dead, sirY 'N 49,
i &c Yes, dead Of starvation & !,
II was distressed and astonished. II
said hurriedly, Would ten dollas b q
any service?' yi.e asei se a2Tesas
"sTen dollars would save ny !ifs; that.
is all that it would do.' .a 7s1 X NJ
~ paid the money, all that had, and,
we dined together, 1t was modest meal
but good, and after we had fnishsa hss
said: iaatEsis
"sThis is my first meal for twsnty.foar
hours. Strother, don't Be an artist. II
means beggary. Your life is dependent.
upon people who know nothing Of yonFl
art, and care nothing for you.' A honss,
dog lives better, and the very seusitivsnsss
that stimulates an artist keeps him alive
to suffering ''''T''' '''s-'--
"I remained with Profassor Nome three
years, and then we separated. Some ysrs
after I met him. on Broadway one day;
He was about. the same as before, tribe
older, and perhaps somewhat ruddief Z
asked him how he was getting on With hiss
painting, and he told me thai he had,
abandoned il that he had somsthipg bsh,
ter, he believed, and told ma about his,
proposed telegraph. / accompanied him
ID his room, and there found several miles
Of wire twisted about, and the battery,
which he explained to me. His pieturss,
finished and unfinished, we're lying shout
covered with dust. Shortly after Copgress
made an appropriation, and Morse VS. On
the high road to wealth and immoffalityM
@ios % ---->-p-s--------s--44-st ~ ~ 5sE axyaga
Cur U'M TOO SHORT. Ths, distaspe
between .py post and Santa Re wss over
three hundred miles, and to facilitate mat
ters was ordered to survey 3 new iud
shorter route--cutting Of shout Sesensy
miles. A company, pumhsring 6iehty
men, was detailed for the purpose, Asd,
as the course led partly through 1 wooden
region, q considerable squad wss required
to act a. axmen. Three or four aiively
black and tan terriers accompanied ahs
command, nffordiug no little amqeewsak
by their activity in swapping up, upw,rY
gophers, rats, mice, and other vSrmii.
The aborigines, who frequently hon6r5d
US with their presence, clai0i1s y -
~ Good Indian, me, I'd we're sxeeAsjsAly
i pleased at those performances. Ga Il cas
tain occasion, one stalwart fellow. Who
spoke few words Of English, said so mss
4" Nantana, heap good dog. !" s;ssslask
"Yes," replied, they arsgood do
Iols Cut ,uu ear, cut nm tail, nAke ~
good dog 7" !, &, i, ,j.; 81. i.
Certaiuly; it is because their ealp 1nad