The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1876-02-04
ZACH CHANDELIERS RED FACE.

it's time we ktsss something Of him. He
is great big man ever six feet high and
about sixty years old. He and Horace
Greeley were born within cat-call. of each
other, and stiifn single man did as much
as Zach Chandler to defeat the philosopher
for the Presidency. He has a numbering,
heavy walk, of certain stride, and steady
gait. He carries red fuce in front and
high, cane in one hand, and bundle of
papers in the other. He never walks for
pleasure. Heis always ON business, He
spits every eight miautes--always to the
left, seldom straight, and with the same
regularity that punetuatessf1is every action.
High in front, like the figure head On "a
great ship, he carries great, broad head
and a red fsee. On cold day his cottnte-
nance beams almost like tllelred glare Of a
locomotive headlight. Ninesy-nine men
who pass him ON frosty morning make
niaety-nine remarks tleigated with the in
formation that Old Zach has aaasa his bits
ters." Oh, Lord, how this world IL given
to lying This red face has a history, this
crooked splitting has a reason, and will
give you both. -s =1fs+
It is now seventeen years since Zachariah
Chandler; being remarkably successful in
business, built for his family a new and ell
egant heuse in Detroit. When nearly fin-a
ished he moved into it. On the first even
ing after the gas WAS turned ON and lit, the
smell of escaping gas aroused the family
and servants, and search was made for the
leak. Tie daughter now Mrs. Hall, then
a child, with a lighted candle, detected it
in a closet off the back parlor. The father
knowing the danger of an explosion, hur-
ried to the closet with a servant, took the
candle from the daughters hand, and
shielded her just in time to receive the fun
blast himself, burning his head, neck and
hands almost to crisp. The nose, ears,
eyes, lips and flesh of the face were SO COM
pletely cooked that old Zach embraced the
opportunity and mumbled through Ills bis
tered lips: g ''Bring ON yourcannibals. Pm
cooked. ;" @'f'= s+ -t+1a 7@sf q -7a=7 anf
A physician was Immediately sent for,
who, after few moments examination,
shook his head in the most unhopeful man.
ner With fortitude which cllaTacterizes
Mr.. Chandler to this day, he submitted to
the examination, and at the close demand
ed to know the worst. The physician, DIR.
Clark, wisely endeavored to postpone the
giving of his opinion until the next
day; but Mr.. Chandler insisting the Doc.
tor reluctantly answered his questions.
"Wel, Doctor, my nose feels bad. How
about itss'
"Mr. Chandler, you'll lose your nose. - 7-
"And my ears, suppose, too ?" 7<~
81 am sorry to say, yes they're CON-
pletely cooked through @'S ~ .%3'
ssMy forehead. How about that 20 ''5'
'"WelL don't see how the skin can ever
grow there again.
,"My lipse"
"The upper lip shall have to take al
| most completely off"
"That's bad, for man to lose his upper
lip. Won't the lower one doss'
"I am sorry to say, shah have to re-
move portion of that, also.'' 90
"Eh' Well, go on"
"There, that will do I'll know better
in the morning."
You can't leave ME until | know all
Go on Doctor anything else 2''
The Doctor hesitated.
500 on, Doctor. My eyes ?''
Your eyes?'
Yes. Go on.
Mr.. Chandler you will lose the sight Of
| both eyes
That's enough, Doctor; you can go
now. .
Nearly year passed before Zaehariah
| Chandler was seen on the streets of Detroit
| again. No one could recognize him except
| by his voice and immense frame. His face,
! once full, round, and muscular, was shriv-
| eled and rnuscleless. His heavy jaw. indi-
| most without shred of flesh. And as
| he remarked himself, He was the most
| thin skinned man in the whole northwest. !"
| Such is the history and reason Of his red
| face which too many Anticipated Journalists
| stamp as the outward and visible sign of a
| spiritual awakening inside. Such is the
history of the face which disguises the man
| of whose entrance to the Cabinet you all
howled like Dervishes-a face only saved
| by the very incest skill of surgery-a face
wearing sad change, redeemed and mus
cleless, incurred to save the pet of the
household.
/ You have never seen Zach Chandler deny
anything that the newspaper might say OF
him, and many unbearable things have they
been. When his appointment to the port
folio of the Interior Department was an
nourced, all Scoldom yelled with IFS forty
| iackass power The New York Times, an
administration paper, with its usual weak
sm ,rtness, said it didn't know what che
was good for unless to sit up with nights. y
| Every staff on every New York journal
| was searched for its meanest and most sar-
castle writer, that something worthy of the
occasion and the man might be said The
leaders on his appointment reeked with the
slimiest adieetives, but were as free from
facts as Philadelphia medical diploma. =.
A reaction has however, taken place,
and instead of the senseless ridicule there
is slaarned silence or open c,mmendation
predict Zach Chandler will make the best
Secretary of the Interior that the country
has had since the foundation of the gov
ernment. Creighton = IN Danbury Mems
| ----@-sH n
Charlie Ross.
sS :. ~
The Boston Adrsrsfssr prints what itpro
| nounces correct likeness of the CilarEis
| Ross now creating such a sensation in Yer
mont, mention of which was made in onl
/ telegraphic dispatches yesterday. The I'd
nerkiscr also contrl bntes some lines for ths