The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-10-28

he had swallowed the last morsel. Hi
companions then tried to have him leav,
the table, but his position was such tha
he could. accomplish nothing. So VIZ
helped him.
"Seven-up." "euchrc. " casino," and
freeze out" were the popular amuse
N :nts during the day and evening. dig
nifty being lent to the games by the ex
amples of the Colonel and the Captain
The Elder and also the Deacon finally
consented to take hands. just to kill time,
processing, like the heather Chinee, to
not understand the game. But it wal
dificult for those who watched the Elder
| turn jack, and the Deacon pull in the
chips. to understand how men of their
age could learn 50 rapidly.
At last we turned in, but it was no
night for Sleep" As soon ~ the pillows
were touched. unearthly sounds began to
drown the tumult and roar of the storm.
aud all were wide awake and sitting up
straight, listening with mouth and eyes
wide open, and fear and astonishment on
every face. Thoughts of haunted houses,
midnight ghosts, and storm furies, filled
each breast. Finally. two of the most
courageous ones, who, by the by, slept on
tie floor. concluded to investigate the
matter, and finally found that the sounds
emanated from the corner of the room.
Further research revealed the fact that
the cause of alarm was the snoring of our
County Superintendent, who was sleeping
ON the couch.
Sunday morning finally dawned, and
still the storm ragged, though there were
some signs of abatement. Quiet and de-
corum was the order of the day. Sing
ing of national hymns was INDUCED in
toward night, ably led by our friend
Chamberlain from Lac qui Parle An
other night again lulled to sleep by the
melodiOus notes Of Darwin.
At daylight, Tom Mcmillan and Can't
ID: entered into conspiracy, the result
cf which was a hand to hand contest en-
deshnbtMe between the Spectacles and the
Little Napoleon of the delegation, in
which the spectacles were doubled up
and tucked away in their little bed.
Next came breakfast; then more cards.
and more sighs for home, and at last din
ncr, with another immense bill of fare,
and about the same performance by the
blonde moustache. After dinner, more
songs, some speeches, little running
around town, an immense amount of
smoking, and finally supper. Your cor
respondent took supper with Judge Cox,
who was also storlned in, and listened to
an able compliment addressed to the
Judge by our friend Chamberlain on a
recent decision Of his in popular divorce
case.
Whnn ~, orn;ur 10 xrroxl or.o:,, ,,,> ~ l.
termined to break for home After break
fast. we called mine host Gibbs for gen
eral settlement of bills. On figuring up,
q. w. discovered that the trip had cost
him over steer day. We boarded a
train starting out with over 100 men and
and when the engine ran into a
drift and stuck, we got out and .'hoofed
it" toward Walnut Station When with
in one half mile of Walnut the position
of the squad was as follows: Warner and
Daniels well ahead, marching at a quick
pace; Bigham eighty rods back. snorting
like porpoise; eighty rods farther back,
Braley, the Elder, and Arnott, while the
rear was brought up in grand dignity by
the representative of the church and
state in the august persons of the Deacon
and the Captain. At Walnut we pro-
cured the services of team and started
across the country for home. Had not
already consumed too much OF your val
liable space, would like to tell how OAR
win fell out of the sleigh three times.
Rrers tt5fSt, ufi1l, lav nueellnc SyhAr,n
man showed unmistakable symptoms of
having been away from home too long
suffice it TO say we arrived safe at last,
light at heart. light in pocket, but won
derfully heavy in experience.