Ellsworth American., 1872-05-16

' elegantly furnished little room. an,
ii found a number Of gentleman present
D canNasslng the prospects ofold Rough
5 and-Rcady's election.
SENATOR, said the colonel. address
I ing stout. horid-faccd man, who sa
= Tilted back in his chair. and with hi,
a icct resting on the side of the window
'"e want motto for our paper. ST
Gown. Mr. RANSOM turning to IN,
: an handing a chair. What shall il
| le|
We'll. colonel said the senator. i
am not an adept at such matters bul
probably our learned friend Blake can
hI- Us pearl from that oyster he call,
hi~ hrain| This was sail with an
ironical look in the direction of "A fair.
ihcci man, who was the school-master
oi The place. Bake was about thirty
ii'c Years of age, Yankee. but not
outstanding That fact, had the eatree
INTO the best society. He was a thor
"h-h gentleman ard fine scholar.
lie laughingly replied: Senator.
You 10 ine too much honor Your
antrulluvian birth aud education has
certainly placed YOU ia po,st ssion of
pearls much more valuable than can he
TX IRON the oyster, as YOU are
p'rased to term 1t. which possess
ms was shot nj vulnerable spot
OF SENATOR VS. his advanced ace
troublcd him.
Lawyers and school-mastcr ALWAYS
d'ii"r, he pleasantly lctoricd.
iierc carmNorous specimen OF the
southwestern lawyer. named Harris.
suggested that each present write Il
sentence, with his name. upon a slip Of
/ paper, AMI have the motto drawn bv
lottery, which suggestion was acted
upon.
In i few minutes each one had sen.
t"ncr wlltten, and placed in Senator
VS. hat, which. being shaken,
Major i!o"ard. noted politi ian of
Mis-tssppl at That time. Was chosen
( 70 d'aw. The first Slip drawn va, to
I hc ;hc motto. With 4 handkerchief
c'yr III, ewes, Il" put il his hand, ana
i'chn4 around f4r second or two
'Irr" out -Iip. The senator read it
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took my seat again, and after hay
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Howard, we sang out, Ready and
colonel began.
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included the settlements from the
Colorado Rive, south To Matamoras
and northwest along the course OF the
Rio Grande. 10 this division | was
assigned.
Having met nv fellow commission.
ers IN New Orleans. at which uolnt We
received our final Instructions we tool,
r nn.sage in Saline vessel for Calves.
ton, from which place We were 10 scpa
rate to our ,e.neciive den,,tments