Bismarck tri-weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1881, 1878-02-12

sing. t6n you DfIuS ~ uOWN W n5Sut,
Billy!",b i,as-sra
| Billy iutimated that he was going
| away, ard Pond arose to receive an
other card, while the reporter made
notes Of what had happened 80 far on
the cuffs ofhis shirt sleeves.
Here .a;d Fond, reading from the
card. ''is a man who wishes to sit f,r a
picture, Ar. Beecher.' .s.s, ,.,s =.
"I'll see him hanged, frst, replied
the reverend gsntlemsn. .e.r.f
"Shsll l tell him that said Pond,
selling his penn. f.s,
Eyes. sign my name to the reply.
I'll give you the power of attorney"
said Mr.. B. .. 49,;
Pond scratched away. and then hand.
ing Mr.. Beechsr piece of paper, said:
"How4will that do for your ksignat1rs."
| Mr.. B. looked ct It and then ct Pond.
Then he said: i.'1St-;5s ~ .1tsst1 20 a1S'''' .
81 revoke the power Of attorney.
When the people re that they will say,
Why, thought Beccher wss : temper
| ance man," .. -, -.
NJ. Pond rather prides himself on bis
writing; and IS be hail been luuching
with Cary and Kellogg up to 2 or 8 the
morning before, and the boys knew it,
sad of the champagne also, he WINGED
at the laugh that went around. G'.'o .'D.' ~
The skye terrier took advantage of the
lull which followed to insert its nose
INTO the crack of the door which led to
Beecher's room, and enter to investi.
gate the premises. It must have run
across some Of the contracts for the
publication of3eecher' Life Of Christ"
for it came out with an unmistakable
look of disgust in its face, and avoided
Henry Ward thereafter as it would a
dog catcher. .---.-
| More cards came in which Pond
took possession Of, and kept informing
| the boys, who stood staring At the
gentleman, that Mr., Beecher was
asleep and could not be disturbed, and
Mr.. Beecher arose and walked in his
sleep, and said, ''thats right, bog:
# any cards come for me, give them to
Mr. Pond" Then he stopped to ad;
mire : genealogical tree Of the Beecher
family, which had been sent to him BY
some enthusiastic admirer. .,..--.,,-
"Wbat's this?' said Mr.. aBeecher.
Pond looked 1t it, and said at first that
it Was plan Of Mccormick hall. Mr..
Beecher thought it must have been the
plan of green house. Pond amended
bis irst motion and announced thst it
was certsinly map of Chicsgo and its
railway connections. 49,
"Hers it is, YOU see," said be. "Chi-
cago's tho centre. Every railway N the
universe unitss here. Here," said he.
placing his finger upon an ancestral
branch Of tho Beecher family, "is that
one-horse place, st. Louis
"Stop," said Mr.. Beecher, "why, it
is . genealogical tree OF my family"
Pond looked and apologized for lik-
ing any of tho Bsecher family to town
like St. Louis.
Mr.. Bsecher studied tho tree and
wondered If it took oil those people to
make bin, Then he followed out :
branch, "John sprung from Joseph,
Joseph from Samuel" he said, follow.
ing one branch to tho end, ''snd hers,''
he said, pointing to name, is one whe
sprang from no one. He Just growed,'
like Topsy, I expect"
! Here, one of the railroad men, not
the Times man, who had been exsmis
ing the frssces on tho ceiling, and the
wood work on the doors, brought up =
discussion upon the East'sks and Queen
Anne designs of furniture. This led
them int architecture and art. The
Renaissance. Gothic, Antique, Roman
esque, Pre-, Rsphselite, etc., aud the
Times man, who Is thoroughly posted
in these subjects, went to sleep, while
Mr. Bescher gave = dissertation on
these topics He woke up just in time
to hear the reverend gentleman say
Roman architecture was "thundsring
severe" and thought it was time to
leave. The railroad man thanked Mr..
B. and said he had learned much.
"Pass around tho hat" said Mr..
Beecher. Then the Times man knew it
Was time to 90. .....
Tho Northern Pacific Railroad.
Ohicago Times.
4 bill to allow the Northern Pacific
railroad company ten years additional
time for the completion of their road
WAS rerorted in the House YESTERDAY,