Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-22

)WARD NOME; WITH CHART
rY, MINNESOTA, TIL
So much so that it was determine.
to start q school. Think of itl
school at Sandy Gulch. Well, do yo,
suppose that they did not want ,
school at the principal town of tn,
Territory We're there no calcula
tions to be made in the great future O
the Gulch Undoubtedly.
1t must not be thought for one mo
ment that there were no children a
Sandy Gulch; indeed, there were NOR,
than ut any place We had visited in th,
mountains-rlenty of women and chill
dren-but few wives. Yes, dear reader
it was sad state in which Mr.. Ma,
found society, when he came to preacf
and try, in the name of bis Master t.
redeem the Gulch. Poor Jack I as he
died, blessed his children, and the
black-haired, blaek-eyed woman, who
had been wife. in the eye of the law,
but q few bours. True, she loved him
all the same, and sat moaning and
rocking herself back and forth
as though she would shake the
burden Of grief from her shoul,
ders. There were children, there
was to be school, and We were ex.
pecting Miss Grey to teach it. BEING
i'll the position We were, and occupying
large place in the confidence of Mr.,
May, he had informed us that his
board had determined to send Miss
Grey. She was not personally known
to us, nor had we ever seen q photo
graph of the lady. But it was NO trou.
ble for us to fancy all she must be, as
we will create some form for the per
son presented to our minds usually.
Pretty women don't 60 to Sandy
Clutches to teach, especially young,
manageable ladies their charms are
too great for them to think of hiding
from an admlring world entirely fol
the worlds sake. These facts common
sense dictated to our minds.
so we prepared-as we waited the
coming Of the mail-for q tall, thin,
quadrangular female, with long, thin
face, watery, weak eyes, sharp more
streddled with, perhaps, gold spec
tacles, drab travelling dress, blue
woolen stockings and list shoes -
though we scarcely expected a glimpse
of them bottle of cold tea in one
hand and blue cotton umbrella in the
other. We waited, kicked our toes in
the sand, and thinking alternately of q
leader for the Weekly and Miss Grey.
We saw the mail whirling down the
grade, and thought with lively satisfac-
ton of our position in the society of
Sandy Gulch, that gava us the privi-
lege of welcoming Congressional as.
pirants, members of the Legislature.
and that old maid school-dame.
As the maid neared us We saw a
brown hood with blue lining, and the
sweetest face it had ever been our for.
tune to look upon. The eye so clear
and laughing, the fair shiny hair-not
dead, but vivacious smiling hair-a
sweet little mouth, whose lips looked
the very couch of love, her face soft
and round like child's.
We were absolutely overcome and
inactive. The crowd did not try to
suppress their Joy, but gave a shout of
welcome. "Ain't she q stunner,
though :" "Pwettyer than a chunk
of gold !" "Darned if ever I seed
anything 50 trim!'' were some of the
compliments that greeted ber, while we
stood rooted to the ground. Mi. May
had advanced hat in hand, and offered
her a word of quiet welcome.
We could say nothing. Some
common place remark filed q moment,
and we went to our Office to write an
article on "Popular Education" and
q dattering notice Of her arrival. Then
we began to think we had been hasty
in leaving 50 soon. This was proaba-
bly, the greatest editorial error we ever
made. We did not think how much
effect kind word or quite act of at
tention would have, or we should have
carried her bundles to Mrs. SINNERS,
where she was to board. But we did
not, and Mr.. May did.
The summer passed.
And with it each day, to the little
school house up the Gulch, passed
Miss Grey. The mountains were glo'
rious in their varied hues of autumn.
And Miss Grey was equally loved III
her beauty.
Why was it our heart beat more rap
idly and our tough cheek glowed whe1
she came near
Why did we feel so backward abou>
coming forward dnd walking home will
Miss Grey, as she came each evenin1
down the little path, swinging her sun
bonnet by the strings9
He was not backward, but cool ani
self possessed. He met her and walkei
where We so much wanted to be-b!
her side. We discovered that We dis
liked Mr.. May. He was growing abso
lutely odious to us. We never saw hin
walking slowly up the Gulch towart
the school house that we did not hav
this feeling.
! We came from our walk one evening
IN the early spring, and saw Mr.. Ma!
placing blossoms in her hair, and the
kiss herl
People spoke of his goodness, an
one red.shirted admirer had sworn j
our presence that "he'd die for ths
ere preacher. You ought seed hin
Mister; just ought seed the way b
nursed my pardner when he got cut u
at Peters Bailie-him and that schoo
marm a helpin' him." Aye, we foun
we dls]iked him-because he like
her.
We found that with perfect ha
mouy of soul these hearts had met an
mingled.
We are alone. Rev. Milton May wo
"Miss Grey, of Sandy Gulch."
The Debts of MASSACHUSETTS, Cities.
From the Mayors addresses we co
lect the following statement of IL
, debts of the cities of Massachusetts
! The net increase of The debt in Bostc
. proper is 81, ,050, 567, but the debts
= Charlestown, Brighton and West Ro:
bury carry the total to $8,754, 70
: Charlestown had a sinking tund ,
d GIT, 600, but Brighton and West Ro1
: bury had made no provision of tn
kind. The debt of Newton is abo,
the same as last year, and we have I
. means of knowing what increase h,
= taken place during the year in the del
3 of Holyoke.
!: Cities. Jan. 1, 1874. Increai
Boston, .$28, ,938, ,998 $S,751, =
4 Cambridge go. .. 2697,24 CSC, 8
n Fall River. 1,563,49 653,
., worcester. 1,0O,O1o t3,o
; Springfield. ........... 867,064 A9,9
!" | lOWeN .............' 43Oo1sOvU 1Aosc
Somerville .. 809,254 1861