The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1878-10-11

want to take the check.
Let me see Il, my father said.
II handed him the check. He wrote
his name across the back of IL,
There. he says. guess that'lI "a
"of course that put the matter oui
Of question. took the check. and
Jersey Bill drove of to Hampton with
the mare. Bingham and I went on "a
Goshen, and q sieker man you never
saw than was over the sale of The
mare. Something seemed TO tell me-
that she had stuR in her that was mors
than good. After / got to Goshen ]
was so thoroughly disguised with my.
self for parting with her that / made
up my mind to get her back If posi-.
bic. Iput my team in the barn al
Goshen. William III. Graham, after,
wards State Senator, was President oi
the Waikiki Bank. went straight tc
the telegraphsofIice and asked him by
wire:
"Is Jersey Bills check good in your
bank for S360?"
The answer came back:
II is good for $780,
$50 went back to the hotel and
told Bingham what I had done. and
that was going straight to Hampton.
and take that mare out of Jerseys
barn. Bingham was n lawyer, and he
told me might get my fingers burnt
ey such proceeding. While We were
discussing the matter, along came an
other dispatch from Graham:
Jersey Bill has made his check
good
"That settled the whole busipess
and that is how lost Goldsmith Maid
The next spring met Allen Gold.
smith, the Blooming Grove horse
breeder, on an Erie Railroad train.
Alden said /, give me a hmm.
dred, and Ill tell you where to get the
best piece Of horsehesh that stands on
legs in America.
. He said he'd do it il the animal
seemed good one 70 him. I told him
where she was. He went 10 see her.
but afterwards told me she was no
good.
= AN right, says; but know her
pedigree, and tell You she's the best
IN the market. Ask Major Edsall.'
Alden went to Major EdsalI, in
doshen, and found that I knew what I
was talking about. Then he sEruck mn
q bargain and gave Jersey Bill 5000
Tor the mare, and threw in an old waQ.
on. Goldsmith cot Bill Bodine. who
has the track at Middletown, 10 handle
the mare. don't think anyone else
would have had the faith ia the animal.
and the patience TO try and make anv-
thing out Of her. Bill Bodine saws
that Goldsmith would have parted
with her for almost anything, any time
Tor month or two after he got her. II
took four men to hitch her mn when
they first commenced at her. and ebe |
came near killing Bill once or twice. |
But he conquered her, and then every. |
body began TO see there was etuff in |
her. Instead Of the 500 Alden prom
lSed 70 give me, he offered me q VoIun-
teer colt. didn't think much Of Vol |
nnteer stock then, and wouldn't take It. |
told Goldsmith would call It square |
II ned let me name the mare. I want |
ed TO call her Ella D., after my wife. |
but Alden wanted his name to her.
and be called her Goldsmith Maid.
and that's the way the matter stands |
to-day.
"While Bill Bodine was handling |
.he mare he met Ed. Brown of Port |
Ieryis, now one Of the Under SherifTs |
u this county. Brown had a mare |
hat he thought was a good one. and |
ne and Bill made match for $500. 60 |
rot Lady Brown, as she was called. |
against Goldsmith's mare. That was
me hrst race the mare was ever entered
or. 1t was to come off in Middletown.
md the forfeit was fifty dollars. But
Goldsmith wouldn't recognize Bodine's
'ction jim the matter, and entered his
mare in race ct Goshen on the same
lay the race was to come of at Middle.
own. Bill had to pay his $50 forfeit.
The race In Goshen was with the New
fork flyer for those days, Gen. Walk
T. the Maid beat him easy, and that
Tas her first public race. I don't
now whether the price that Goldsmith
OF Tor the mare when he sold her was
yer made public or not, but he told
10 that he got 500, 900 for her. and
oat was cheap enough. / take con-
Iderable pride in the fact" Mr.. Deck.
, So1ssoinaed, Tlnst brought the brill
ant little mare ont into notice. al (
aough feel that / let a fortune slip (
way from me when accepted Jersey {
John Il. Decker was the son of Rich {
ID Decker, President Of the Orange q
ounty Milk Association. His death i
as the result Of distressing and sim
mar accident. Early last spring he l
as suffering from rheumatism. Ala
lend in Goshen gave him some Iini- !
ent to bathe his sides, arms and I (
loulders. On the 11th OF May last he a
stned himself thoroughly with lini- Y
ent. He went to Goshen that day. 6
9 was driving home in the evening. +
10 strucka match to lighta cigar when
ltnin mile or so of home. He no. 4
ced spark fly from the match or ci.
Y inside of his coat, but supposed Il /"
'd gone out. A moment afterward he u
as enveloped in flames from his hips b
The horse sprang to one side of 4
Q road and threw Mr.. Decker out Of o
e wagon. Mr.. Decker rolled about in b
g damp grass and extinguished the
INES. He felt that he was fri0htfuIIv II
1rned, but he mounted his wagon ana d
owe home. The flesh on Mr.. Deck b
. back, arms and sides was burned in Il
aces to the bone, and the fire had en-.
red very deep in all places. The d
cory was that his clothing was SATIN v
ted with the iniment he had used
nlch contained highly infammabIe y
gradients. The spark coming in con- a