The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-09-13
OBSERVATIONS.

Saturday, September IL, 1873,
OBSERVATIONS.
.s4-~ NJ MAX ApELER. @s
From the Saturday Evening Post.
Mortimer J. LOOMS 10 now one of the
most violent Of the dcMuuciators Of atlroad
monopolies. Since bis last adventure on the
cars he hates railroad worse than On Amp.
shoe Indian hates . bald headed Prcsbyts.
ran. LOOMS has As of somnsmbulism
occasionally, and ct such times he has On
uncomfortable tendency to wander into
dangerous places. More than once he has
been surprised. upon waking, to find him.
self roosting upon the comb Of the roof,
or hanging head foremost down the well,
With one lex around the bucket handle.
lie went to Pittsburg few days ago, and
when be entered the sleeping cor the thought
struck him that he might get to prowling
about during tho night and walk Of the
the platform into . better world. 80 lie
went 10 the brakeman and gave him dol
lar, with strict injunctions that II be saw
Mortimer J. Loomis walking around that
car IN his sleep to seize him and force him
back At all hazards. Then LOOMS turned
In, and soon bis rcvcrberating snorc echoed
the scrccch Of the locomotive About two
O'Clock Loomis awOkc, and % the cir of the
car seemed sitting, he determined 10 20 out
on the platform for fresh breath or two.
Just o. lie got 10 the door, that vigilant
brakeman saw him, grabbed him, i0Orcd
him and held him down. When LOOMS
recovered his breath, lac Indignantly cx.
claimed, "You immortal ass! What d'you
mcanr Lcmus get up l tell you; I'm 40
wide awake - you sre." But the myrmi.
don Of gusping corporation put another
knee on Loomis's breast. and insisted that
Loomis was asleep. And then be called
aposhss brakeman. and after g terrific
struggle. during which LOOMS received
bumps and blows enough to wake IN Egyp.
tian mummy that had bccn dead for six
Thousand years, the railroad man jammed
him into berth. put trunk and eight car.
pet bags on him. and then sat down on him
to hold him down until morning. The first
thing Mr.. Loomis asked for when they arr
rived In Pittsburg was q respectable hospi.
tsl where they cured &the Temporarily
insane. He thinks bis reason IVES partially
dethsoped by his effort to comprehend how
that brakeman could have the face to ask
him for another dollar because Of the trouble
Loouis gave him during the night. 49,
II turns out, after all. that the mcanest
man 10 not the man VIC referred to tho
other day, who split up his first w,fc's
tombstone. Burrows 10 even meancr than
he. Burrows was an invetcrato tobacco
chcwcr, but as his wife detcsted the prac.
lice and made home icmpcstuous and
stormy for him when he INDUCED In the
habit there, he always chewcd when, away
during the day, and declared 70 his wife thu.
he had stopped permanently. But one
evening, upon entering the front door and
pulling out his handk erchief, be accidental.
~ pulled out his paper of tobacco, and
without noticing II, left II lying on the
floor. When Burrows sat down to ten bis
wife walked In with tho tobacco in her
hand, and loOkisg Burrows 6rlAly5 ID The
eye said, "Do you know who this belongs
to-" With great presence Of mind Burrows
turned soowling 70 his Oldest boy and sajd,
with . severe voice: Immoral Man
u II possible that you hsvs begun 70 che3
tobacco, you young rsprebate ? What. d'you
mean by such conduct, you villain Hsvnt
I told you enough TO let tobacco alone
Commcre 10 me. or Ill tear the jacket off Of
you." And y b spoke the Stern father
made grab At the boy and dsgged out IN
the entry, where he chastiscd him with
cane. Then Burrows threw tks'tobacco
oyer the fence where lie went out and got
Il, In the moraisg, cad enjoyed It during
tie day. Nerciful Moses r - exclaimed
when he told % sboss Il, what would I
have done Nsy snljdsen had Ill been girlsi
Il makes an Old fashcr's heart glad when he
fesls that he has ! bog he can depend on in
sach cmergcncjss:*
When ChubbS wife died We called In 10
mourn With Mr., and II possible 10 console
him IN his sFisk.s The Old man. at in the
rocking clair VIII bic eyes closed, chewing
, Atooshp'ck and rocking 10 and fro % he
musei oves tho years that hsd
sped 30 happily In company with his late
partner. We gently approached the subject
Of Mr.. Chubb's departure. We assured
him shat We sympalhized with him Ia bic
deep afiliction, and the moro sincerely be.
cause w well knew tho estimable qualities
Of his wife and were familiar with the vir.
tues with which sho sdernsd her home.
"She was indeed" We said, ian excellent
woman remarkable woman womsn Of
sterling qualities and of unaffected piety."
Chubb stopped rocking and locked At %
Unaffected picty :" he ex>
"unalfsc.ed pletyi That's jsst
It. That's just what's the matter. I tell
you, Adeler," bringing his hand down
cmphssicslly on tho arm Of tho chair, ",he
way tia. there woman could roast . sugar.
cured hs'a would bslsg tears y IN I - Of
. grsvea hnsa"H TAsnsws Wcat sooss and
left him alone with bic sorrow. There arc
some kinds Of grief that are TOO sacred - he
lightly intruded upon ,st.aaH tan sa"ri
isag IN" a. bsiglg-- 20 ..iaa,4Il no!
- j 800 II
When tho Sswycrs returned frsm lhsir
wedding trip, W. Of course called upon
them. Mrs. Sawyer alone was q home, and
after brief discussion Of the weather, the
conversation turned upon Sawyer. We had
known him for many yean.aod w took
pleasure in making Mrs.. Sawyer believe
that he had - much virtue % % omnibus
load of patrisrchs and martyrs. and the
wisdom Se 6o,omoo, With . couple pf ~
lions Of the revised cyclopcdia thrown 10.
Mn. Sawyer asseutsd joyously to Il oil, but
wc thought We detected shade Of saduess
q hsrfAsS rAilc shs spoke WsG18d Ter
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