The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-02-22
I ANECDOTES.

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Sometimes Mr.. Greeley had queer way of
saying " No." or of informing an applicant
that he could give them no advice. When
Miss Midy Morgan, the present agricultural
editor of the New York Times came to
America, she brought with her two letters
of introduction from Mr. George P. Marsh,
our minister to Italy O1e of these was ad-
dressed to Henry j. Raymond and one to
Horace Greeley. Mr.. Raymond being dead
when she reached this country, the letter to
him was given to Hon. Mr.. Bigelow, his
successor, and our ex-minister to France.
Some time after, Miss Morgan called upon
Mr.. Greeley at the Tribune office, and was
admitted te his presence. She presented
Mr. Marsh's letter. Mr.. Greeley was writ
ing, and did not look up from his desk. He
glanced over the letter, and while he kept
on his Tribune editorial, said:
81 advise you to go to raising mushrooms
Mushrooms, Mr.. Greeley" exclaimed
the astonshed lady.
Yes; the markets of New York are very
badly supplied with them and think if we
had them, a demand would spring up"
Where would you raise them?"
oh, on some unoccupied, sandy island. +"
"And where is the island, Mr.. Greeley ,"
"Oh | don't know. There must be one
somewhere. Perhaps you can find one off
the Jersey coast"
"Good day, Mr.. Greeley" said Miss Nor
gan.
"Good day." said the Great American Ed
itor, without looking up from his desk.
We can imagine what must have been the
feelings of highly educated lady like Miss
Morgan who had been accustomed to the
best society in Europe, and who looked upon
all Americans as well-bred gentlemen. She
was utterly astonished at the manner in
which herletter from Hon. George P Marsh
was received by one whom she had consid-
cred as one of the leading men in America.
She might go the world over, and not meet
with another such man as Mr.. Greeley. And
yet he was not rude. He could do nothing
for woman out of employment perhaps he
hadn't the largest faith in the sex); he had
no time to waste in offering her a chair, and
bewing her politely through course of lit
tie nothings. which would amount to neg
ative in the end. His humor and philosophy
came to his aid, and he told Miss Morgan,
in fgurative language, that she must be will
ing to do anything her hands could find to
do. Fortunately for her, she was not made
of stuff which is easily overcome, or shaken,
and she left the Tribune Office with Just as
firm resolve to succeed as she ever had !;
and she has done it, too, within the shadow
of the Tribune Office, in fields quite as strange
and new as Mr.. Greeley's ideal mushroom
plantation would be.-Yonkers Gazette.
THE DELIGHTS OF HAVING A LITTLE Bro
THER.-A little brother is sometimes more
agreeable when he becomes an angel over
yonder. Our friend Parker knows q little
brother whom he would gladly watt at once
over to the thitber shore, if society had not
such an absurd prejudice against premedita-
ted murder. Young Parker loved Miss
Camm, the sister of the said babe, and afew
evenings ago he called upon the lady for the
purpose of proposing to her. They sat upon
the sofa in the parlor, alone. As the even
ing wore on, Parker plucked up courage
nudged up to Miss Clamm's side of the sofa
and began some preliminary remarks about
his eternal happiness" his "heart's long
ings," his souls IDOL" his "love's young
dream" ETC., etc. Just as he had taken
Miss Clamm's little hand in his, and was
about to explain himself, terrific sneeze
was heard from beneath the sofa. Parker
and Clamm both sprang to their feet
Parker dragged the sofa away from the
wall, and there lay young Clamm, sncker-
ing and chuckling as if he had rich things
stored away in his memory. And when
Miss Clamm flew at him and boxed his ears,
he remained silent; but, escaping he ran to
the door, and standing there with his hand
on the knob, he exclaimed, Never you
mind I'm a-going right up stairs to tell ma
that you and old Parker have been a-sittin
down yer kissin' each other and squeezin'
one another's hands, and a-huggin like mad;
a carryin' on scand'lus! I'm go'in to tell
ma-certain! And you jist wait till pa
comes home, and if he don't boot that Par
ker outen the front door quicker'n lightnin',
my names not William Henry Clamm. OH
he'll 60 for you, mister He'll root around
here like maniac when he knows you've
bin kissin' sis ! Never you mind !" And
then w. FL. Clamm faded into the ntry.
Parker and Camm have not yet agreed to
consolidate.-lMar Adeler, in Sunday Dis
patch.
The UNDERTAKER AND THE BRIDE
There is a woman in Washington who has
buried FIVE husbands. Recently she mar
ried sixth. Upon the day of the wedding
a man called at the house Of the groom, ask
ed for that gentleman, and then proceeded
to measure his body with tape line. The
infatuated groom entertained an idea that
this might, perhaps, be a man sent round by
his tailor. After the ceremony in church,
however, the husband was surprised to OBJ
serve the same person standing in the vesti-
bule and winking furiously at the bride as
the party came out to the carriages. Just
as they were starting off the mysterious be-
ing put his head into the carriage window,
and whispered to the bride !: 3" Got ready
made one thatll just suit him Beautiful
ft-beautiful !" When the happy man de-
manded the name of the intruder, the bride
blushed, and said she believed he was some
kind of an undertaken. Then the man was
not so happy. He was hardly happy at all,
and certain gloom seemed to overcast the
honeymoon. Perhaps the undertaken was
too prompt. But still, we like to see man
take an interest in his business.-N T..
Eventng Mail.
THE Christian Journal remarks with
Grim humor 60 IL has hocomp a nuaction