The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-07-26

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From the Minnie pciis fri6niis.I
Gordon Gordon: IS probatiy mol; Il iofa II,
fact His resonant mad sfcverberat snaine
does not appear mt all In the British book OF
.heraldry. He encourages the designation Of
Milford; but when asked in the New Fork
court who bis father was, he replied g Nell,
really. gentlemen, dye know I haven't tang
ideah never thought It worth while TO
tsLord Gordon came to Minnesota In
1870, direct from Scotland, where lie was
very rfiucheRanted, and his first move was
to detosit $50 900 with Mr. Westfall, banker,
OF this city. Don't want any interest, he
said In answer to a question; ~ his Is Just
a little pin money ! happen to have Will,
me, you know, aud few thousand in inter.
est money is nothing to me, you know. [
want trusty friend. I like You. Mr.. West
fall, and want you to keep this trife, really,
you see, instead Of carrying it around in my
pockets. | shall send to London for some
money so0n--a million or so. Would show
Syeu credentials, you know, but men of
honor," with lofty wave Of his hand, {" do
not, descend to such things. )" SO he came
among us and deposited his pin money with
Banker Westfall. Of course bis lordly gene.
rcslty was whispered about; how he didn't
really ulakc anything at all of being a lord.
and how he refused to consider the bagate1ie
of Interest money in a city where q loan of
gFeeDbacks brought one per cent. month.
Then he slyly laid his plans for !" a haul.' e
HIS COMMAND OF LANGUAGE.
= Gordon bears close resemblance to Soth-
curly hair; no moustaches; heavy ts.s,mutton-
chop" side whiskers; a small nose, re-
troussf; man Of medium size,I who gives
the impression of always committing him
self. In requirements and power Of execu-
ton he seems to be sort Of Count of Monte
Christo-a good judge Of men and a sur
preme master of Contingencies He has
d wonderful range OF languages, and also Of
language, from the lowest billingsgafe to the
most elegant aud fowery ;fights-from in-
decency, obscenity, and profanity to the
highest reaches of sentiment and philoso-
ply. He has sharply contradictory cha
racter in all respects. At times in business
be is cool and far-sighted, striking right to
the centre of the mark, and again he is
puerile as aschool-boy sometimes resoiute
and strong, and again weak and vacila.ing !;
sometimes serious, and again volatile. The
only element of character in which he IS
consistent is his entire lack of positive con.
viction. He was generally polite, and even
courteous, during his short life in Mime
sofa, but he seemed to have no more moral
purpose than faun or Yucatan ape.
He had been in Minnesota only few.
weeks when it was whispered around that
be was planning purchase on grand scale
Of lands along the Northern. Pacific road for
a colony of poor Scotch immigrants. The
land officers Of the road interviewed him.
EYES," he said, 81 do covet few thousand
acres of your beautiful lands; not for my
self have more than enough for the REM
nant OF my poor life; but for my beloved
sister, for the qualification Of her beneyo-
lence. She would like to present to some
of my old tenants lands in your free Repub-
lie where they may rear their families in
peace and plenty and to crafty my beatl-
tiful sister, would like to buy few thou
sand acres--pot many thousand, you know
Neutrality-suspicious. fifty thousand acres or
so-;just little for my poor people!
he CAPTURES THE NORTHERN PACIFIC.
Then there was buzz I! The office of the
Northern Pacific was agitated. Here was
lord, lord-who spurned interest money
and he wanted little bit Of land-ifty
thousand acres, for benevolent purposes
He would like 10 inspect it, of course, be-
fore purchasing. So they equipped cara
vanand led him promptly forth. II was the
last of August When the princely rctinue
started-lrom st. Paul to the Northern Pa
cic, under command Of Colonel LOOMS,
the uevisor and commander of the eXcur.
sion. Can the glories of that caravan be
told? 1t was equipped for lord. There
were half dozen teams with carriage for
Milford, besides the omnibuses, ambulances,
&c. There were twelve mon to do the man
ual labor, with French cook and darby
walters in linen apronsa and white silk gloves,
and the royal table was unloaded from the
baggage wagons at every meal and set out
with fresh napkins, silver plate, and china
.unhappily chinaware without the Gordon
arms. .-,....~.-. - 49,.
All, It was gorgeous Every luxury that
the markets Of Chicago, st. Paul, and Min
neapolis could produce was there !; and all
the game of the boundless prairie, from
Woodcock to buffalo. Champagne three
times day. For this creature was lord,
YOU sea lord as lofty and unmindful of
expense as Harold Skimpole. When the
caravan had skirted Oak Lake, Milford
wanted to see Fergus Falls, and when it
had done Fergus Falls he longed for More.
head, and when IL had digested Morehead
he yearned to visit the glimpses Ofthe moon
beyond'the Rrd river. So on, and on, the
deluded LOOMS pressed. ever rowe!ling the
sable walters, ever cajoling and reproaching
the French cook, ever perspiring be-
tween anticipation and apprehension, and
sending relays Of messengers for more
potted grouse, more cranberry jelly, and
more champagne Meantime he studied the
sphinx Milford, and concluded that he was, a
queer cross between the lofty and the lowly;
he was half lord and half ackey; perhaps his
father was an English earl and his mother
an,Irish chambermaid. IN November they
came back half frozen. Milford had selected
his fifty thousand acres in Otter Tail and
Beaver counties. The Northern Pacific
railroad footed the bils-$l5,00O for two
months! 40. p :,
This absurd farce was at an end. Milford
Gordon did not buy the land for his poor
tenants, and lie never again mentioned bis
benevolent sister to anybody!
A NOVEL LoTTERY.-The directors OF the
Dublinh( lreland) Tramway Company have
booop,o ei1c pinin1rc nf fhnirS u61tptors aud