The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-07-25
VOL. 9.
THE [ Unfinished LETTER,

T Dear Jenny
I'VE reached here this morning,
Tom Baker, Nel Leonard and /;
You see that, in spite Of your warning,
The end Of our journey is nigh,
The redskins tis scarce worth mention
Don't worry about me, pray
Have shown US no little attention.
COnfound them-along our way.
poor Ned's got ball in the shoulder,
:. Another one Just gra2ed my side
! But pshaw ere we're Il half day older
Ven be at the end OF our ride.
"We'ge campsd here tor breakfast, Tom
splitting
kindling wood Of IN the pines,
And astride thi. dead cedar Ta citing
To hastily pen you these lines.
"A courier from Deadwood-we met him
@Justnow with 4 mail Tor the states,
Al Jenny III never forget him
FoT this he most obiigDgly waits.
ale says, too, the miners are earning
Ten dollars day, every man,
Hai!oa here's TOm-he'.r returning
And running as fast az he can.
"lt's nothing, guess lie is only
At one Of hi. practical $780," Ban,
And sharp, through that s)litude lonely,
The crack Of the Sioux rifle ehOts rauy.
Aud a. the dire yolley came blended
With echo from a anon to pas.
The letter 10 Jenny wa ended
Its writer lay dead on tie .rass.
THE DAUGHTER Of LEWIS CASS.
Washington Cor. Cincinnati Commercial. ,
s- gu have seen by the recent press dis
patches that daughter OF the late Lewis
Cas- has teleTaphed to secretary Sherman
from Bllen.Baden, directing . subscrlp-
ton for $4,000 in four per cents 10 he
made III her name. That daughter il Mad
am Won I.Imbourg. She was for many
year at the head Of her fathers house, on
Vermont street, was not great iayorite,
but was an elegant woman OF the world.
quite passe, and not handsome. Mr.. Cas-
altAal time occupied the two large brown
stone house. which were subsequently
thrown into the Arlington hotel. Mrs.
Lsdyard, another daughter, also lived with
her father, and aided in ornerous duties
deyD.Ning upon them in receiving and Gu
t"rlgining. Their drawing rooms were
every elegant and I'll ed with treasures from
beyond the sca-water from Jordan, sO,Iy,-
Mrs from the Mount Of Olives, with dainty
f,orentiHc, Roman and Partisan bric.a.brac
Of every sort. In, those days "gOing
abroad wa a more serious matter than
now, and beautiful ornaments collected
across the water OF much greater value
and curiosity. IrCmembcr the third room
Of the second house had its wall lined by
cabinets Of the most artistic description.
and these filed with the rarest objects Of
art. The walls Of the houses were quite
covered by Gne pictures, each from the
brush OF some celebrated artist. or copie.
or originals Of eugraying.. On reception
days the rooms were thrOnged by the elite
OF foreign and home society, Of whom at
that time Madame La Baronne Stoecke led
the one, and Madame Slilel and Miss
Cults the other. Tney were the palmy
days OF the southern regime, when every.
thing was "beautiiul and high toned"
at least that is what the southern people
re gay, but while so' loud and extrays-
CAN'T in their praise OF society, they are
wisely silent on the subject Of the cty-the
street,, etc, which are the most fororn
and which are the muddiest, the most ut
terly devoid OF any approach to decency
that You can conceive oil shan't get On
that subject, 70: it is the rock on which my
pen founders and founders.
Mis-, Cas- married Baron ' on Limbourg,
respectable but impecuniOus nObeman
and went abroa |, from whence she cables
her or Ter for the purchase OF bonds in her
own name. That's real Dutch thrift.