The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-04-06
Scraps From Harper.

After having been shown by his friend
some of the different State buildings
Kansas, Nebraska, New Jersey, etc.-he
turned to friend and inquired for the
Maine building. The friend, pointing to
the main structure, said, "There it is"
"Wa'al," he replied, III knew our folks
ID git up suthin' han 'somem
THIS from "TauntOn, good lord where
they shoot shad with rail -
"When was boy of eight years l at
tended the grammar school in s., and
fell desperately in love with alttle black
eyed, red-cheeked damsel of nine. The
course of true love did not run smooth.
was jealous of big squint-eyed fellow
with whom she would always slide down
hill, while went alone. At last, in my
frenzy, wrote startling letter to the
little flirt, declaring my passion, and ask
ing her which she intended to marry. The
answer soon came, saying that she loved
me the best, but the other fellow gave
her the most candy! gave up the con-
test"
THE Draper is indebted to Col. Frank
Moore for the following account, by
friend of his, of how the sun is sometimes
seen to rise on Mount Washington:
1.-TWO of my nieces wanted to 60 to the
top of Mount Washington, and pass the
night at the Tip-Top House in order to
ing Deacon Clark's, at Bartlett, at about
noon, reaching the Glen just at nightfall,
and just as a wagon-load Of people, who
were on the same errand as ourselves,
was starting for the drive up the noun
tain. We joined them, and the night
ride was over in about two hours. The
hotel was full; but a benevolent man, in
a red wig and slippers, surrendered his
room to my nieces, and was introduced
to rathersh old fellow, who kindly Of
fered to share his bed with me. We went
to look at it. 1t was in the attic under
the caves, and as was the youngest and
to the main room below, which was used
for the several purposes Of dressing-room,
parlor, and sleeping room for about forty
men, waited till my bedfellOw had re-
tired and had time to get into comfort
able condition.
"On entering the room I found him
asleep, with one eye wide open. / ad-
dressed him. He made no reply. A little
spirit-lamp burned low on a small square
deal table near the head of the bed.
Climbing over him to my side of the bed
close under the roof, L drove single
nail into my head, and the expletive l
made use of walked him. He yawned
and went to sleep again, and lay there
thinking what my wife would say If she
could see me just then. Then l thought
to blow out the light, and in attempting
to do so observed that open eye looking
right at me. begged pardon for trOub-
ling him, but he made no answer.
hardly dared to lean clean over him, for
that eye was upon me. So l fumbled
around on my side and managed to get a
reply to my question, whether he wanted
the light to burn. He said No, and
turned two open eyes on me, saying, 'Hev
ye pin about yea | forgot to take out
my eye; never sleep soundly with it in.
1t was glass eye, aud We both went to
sleep after it was picked out with pin
and carefully placed in the tray of the
lamp.
My sleep was neither fresh nor rosy.
Early in the morning called the girls,
went to the door and out on the rocks,
into the thickest of fogs. We couldn't
see the barn where our horses were, ten
feet away; and as for the sun, we might
as we'll have tried to find black bean in
niggers pocket. Half way down the
mountain we did catch a glimpse of it,
but it was full an hour after we had
breakfasted at the beautiful Glen, and
were on our return to Bartlett, before it
actually came out as they call it, in a
full blaze of morning freshness and glory.
professor Bean passed winter on
Mount Washington in order to see the
sun rise. He saw it once, during a gale
that he reported at the Signal Office at
Washington as blowing over one hun
dred miles an hour. His old New Eng
land cook had her false teeth blown out.
Where would my friends glass eye have
found repose at such a timer"
Nor hundred miles from the town of
D lived long, gaunt, big-footed
specimen of humanity named Y -. As
he was often found with articles in his
possession that belonged to other people,
he was no great favorte in the neighbor-
hood. Squire c. was jolly old
farmer who lived about mile from y,
and river ran between their farms. One
day the two happened to meet at the
house of friend. The squire, very
easy going man, WAS telling what he
meant to do in the farming line the fol-
lowing year, when y, Strengthening
himself up, said, esquire, don't think
you'll hurt yourself; you won't ever set
the river afire."