Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-10-19

: ~ Stlll more TO the purpose. 1ulier
4 bag will, hope, compensate for the
absence of yours most faithfully,
= l MARMADUKE MARTINGALE
Then leaving the envelopg open, I
proceeded to concoct the telegram /:
From the Secretary of the great
Butter Company Gimited Cornhill
I; to Marmaduke Martingale, Esq, Mill
tary, Naval and Militia Club, Pall
v Mall. Defalcations have been dis
, covered in the company's accounts i
am therefore compelled to summon
an extraordinary meeting OF the
S Board Of Directors for Wednesday
!, next, when your presence win be in :
' dispensible. fl -ri 15vs !
, L gave this composition to the club
, commissionaire, an active intelligent
fellow whom had often employed,
!, and sent him off to the nearest tele-
, graph Office. 1 calculated it would
return to me in telegraph form in
about quarter of an hour at fur
thest. But as it happened it did not.
1 had an engagement for that after
noon at Hurlingham, and was obliged
to leave the club before the arrival OF
the expected document. However as
/ knew it must come, and could place
the utmost confidence in the porter,
I left my letter with him, instructing
him to place the telegram inside it as
soon as it came to hand, and then to
post it. -...
The next morning found upon in
quiry that this had been done, and
thought no more about the matter
The day after note, as had expect
ed, arrived from Slowcombe, the con-
tents of which, however. I did not ex-
pect:
SIR: am astonished that you
should have the assurance TO send
me that telegram from your place of
business. II you imagine because
your secretary has bolted," and the
blessed concern" (as your friend
terms what had understood from you
to be a sound commercial association
has burst up," that / shall not be
disposed to press for my 100 pounds,
you are very much mistaken Ihave
placed the matter In the hands OF my
solicitor, and remain yours obedient-
| ly. THoMAs SLowcoMBE.
Had taken leave of my senses or
Slowcombe taken leave Of his I? Boil
ted, "burst up blessed concern"
No such words, I am sure, had ever
been contained in my telegram.
What on earth did it all meas did |
a thing which 1 had never done be-
fore, except upon the first Monday in
every month"; hurried to our place
Of business In the city as fast as a |
hanson could take me, and found the |
shutters up. The Office OF the -G. G. |
B. was closed-just as though the
company had been defunct. Up stairs |
however found the chairman look |
ing at heap OF bills and gnawing his |
mustache.
"This is pretty piece Of work,
Capt. Martingale,' said he, " and we |
have to thank you for it."
To thank me?' cried /. "What |
do you mean? Has everybody gone
mad? have done nothing-noth-
ing"
Perhaps you didn't send q tele
gram to our Secretary about defalca-
tions? Here 1t is" And he tossed |
me over the message / had sentfrom
the Secretary to myself-transposed.
That respectable and intelligent COM
missionaire had, IL seemed, taken it
for granted that I had made . mis-
take in sending a telegram to myself,
and substituted the word I" from" for
"to," and "to" for "from." He
| thought doubtless he was doing a
very clever thing. and one for which
should be much indebted to him.
The Secretary really had, 1t seems.
"defalcated" In small way, and get
ting my telegram Qnstead OF my get
ting his), he thought all was discov-
cred, so laid his hands on everything
he could and decamped. 1t was the
chairman himself who had wired the
news to me In that familiar style
which had so incensed Slowcombe:
"Our Secretary has bolted and the
blessed concern has burst up"
The Great Butter Company, in fact,
was nowhere. thanks to my little de-
vice for avoiding pheasant shooting.
The Secretary would probably never
have fled, but only have gone on de-
falcating slowly, but for my alarming
message; as it was everything was
precipitated, including the compul-
sorry payment OF my debt to Slow
combe. 1t was altogether misera-
BILE tidsco, and when 1 hear fellows
talking about the splendid results Of
civilization. and "Look at the electric
telegraph. for examplei" and ~the
corps Of commissionaires!' I say to
myself. But never mind what I
say; have told enough to make it
understood why I should not agree
with Belgrauia- e
Considering the hard times, the
prices Of fine stock Of all kinds have
been most remarkably sustained this
year. The result is due to the fact
that there is solid merit In pure
blooded stock. When farmer can,
by crossing his common with pure
bloods, go to the markets with graded
stock and reap a very large advanc 9
over his former profits, it is an argu-
ment for improving stock which is
very conclusive. Hence. even in our
hard times, the prices on thorough
bred stock of all kinds have been
well sustained, are are likely to be-
Indiana Farmer. f. e ...I
A. hog grower OF Kentucky gives
us the following prescription for a
preventive Of the hog cholera: rfS
2parts sulphur, err .-e sfo.g
L antimony, .qsil.... - i
saltpetre, n
copperas,
and small piece Of assafetida. Keep
the mixture In salt In trough, in a