The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-08-01
MILFORD GORDON.
NIFTY THOUSAND ACRES OF
nj LAND FOR BENEVOLENT
Ri PURPOSES.


fAos. Hisrssonant and reverbersting name
doss not appear At all In the British book
OF herAldy. He encourages the designa-
ton Of Milford ; but whom asked In tho
New YORK court who his father was no ro-
piled, "Wsll, really, gentleman, d'yo
know, haven't any ideah; 1 nevor
thought u worth while 10 inquiAh9
Lord Gordon came 30 Minnesota IN 1870
direct from Scotland, whore he WAS very
much wanted; and his nrst move WAS ~
was 70 deposit go, 900 with Mr.. Westfall,
banker, Of this city. "Don't want any in
tsrsst,f he said, la answer TO y question
''this is just little pin money happen TO
have with me, you know, and few thou
sand In interest money 10 nothing TO mo,
you know. want trusty friend like
you, Mr.. Wsstiali, and want you to keep
this tribe, really, you SOC, instead Of carry
ang II around In my pockets. ! shall send
70 Londonfor some money soon-S million
or 90. Would show you credentials, You
know, but men Of "honor," with . LOFTY
wave Of HE hand, ''do not descend TO such
things." 50 he came among W. and do
posted bic pin-money with banker West.
fall. OF courss his lordly generosity WAS
whispered about, how he didn't really make
anything II oil 81 being lord; and how
he refused 10 consider che bagstells Of in
terest money in CITY where . loan Of
rrseubscks brought one Dor cent. Dor
month. Then he slyly laid his plans for
"a bsuip Gordon bears n close roson,.
blsucs 10 Sothern A Dundresry "A ANAL.
IAN face, dark, curly hair, no moustsches,
heavy "muston chop s.ds.whiskers, asmali
nose, rstrousse, q man Of medium size, who
gives the impression OF always command
ing himself, III requirements and power
Of execution be ssems to be = sort Of Count
Of Monte Christo---a good Judge OF mon
and supreme master Of ''conting encies."
He has wonderful range sf languages,
end also Of language, from the lowest Bill
ingsgats to The most elegant and nowory
dighis from indecency, obscenity and pro-
faaity 70 the highest reaches OF sentinis nj
and philosophy, lie hss \ sharply con-
Trajectory character in oil respects. At
times In business he 10 cool and fsr-sichted. |
striking right to the center Of the mark,
..a sysiu he Is puerto a. . scnooi-boy
sometimes rcsoluts and strong, and again
weak and vAcillating; sometimes serious,
and again volatile. They only element Of
character in which he is consistent is his
entire laok Of positive conviction. He was
generally polite and even courteous during
his short lilo in Minnosota, but no seemed
TO have no more moral purpose than q
fawn or Yucstau apo. he had been in
Minnesota only few weeks whov IL was
whispered around that he was planning q
purchase on . grand scale Of lands along
the Northern Pacific road for colony Of
poor Scotch immigrants. The land officers
Of tho road interviewed him: EYES," no
said, II do covot few thousand acros Of
your beautiful lands, not for mysslf--I
have mors. than enough for the rem nant Of
my poor life, but for my beloved sister, for
the grstiication OF her bsnovolonoe. She
would Ike to prescnts TO some of my old
tenants lands In your FREQ
republic, where they may
rear their families In peace and plenty |;
and to crafty my, beautiful sistsr I would
like 70 buy = lew thousand acres--not
msny thousand, you know--say
say, about b., 600 scres or so--just little,
for my poor people" Then there was =
buxsi The once Of the Northern Pacific
wa agltatsd, He was . lord--A lord
who spufned Interest money, and he
wanted little biz Of land--b0, 900 acres
for benevolent purposesl He would like
TO inspect ~ u course, before purchasing.
So they equipped caravan and led him
promptly hOFbus ~ was tno iast OF August
when the ptinosly ratinue started from
81. Paul 70 ths Northern Pac,nc, under
command Of Col. LOOMS, tho dsvissr and
commander Of tho excursion. Gan
the gloriss Of that caravan be
told Il was equipped for
lord. There were hall dozen teams,
with carriage for Milford, hasides the omni.
busssA ambulance, etc. There were
twolvs smsn 70 do the manual Labor,
with French cook and darkey walters In
linso aprons and white silk gloves, and
the royal table was unloadsd from the
baggage wagons q every meal, and SGT
ous With ftSsh napkins, silver plate, and
ohina--unhappily chinsware without the
Gordon arms. Al, Il was gorgeous Ey
cry luxury that the markets Of chicago.
g. Paul and Minneapolis could produce
WA there, and al the game Of the bousd-
les prairie, from woodcock u buffalo.
ioss = .oHy ana ua@!adfas' s x .. sss,.s
Ssssss isils saa ylsu i had done sI Fergus - ssu