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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-07-29
THE LAST OF THE VESPTCCI.
The Fair Descendant Of the Man Who
! Gave His Name to America.
4 tlantic Month

<AIAIutlC
A decided sensation WAS created at
Washington during the Van Buren, adj
ministration of the appearance there of
a handsome and weli-educated Italian
lady who called herself America YES
pucci and claimed descent from the
navigator who gave his name to this
continent. Ex-President Adams be-
came her especial friend and she was
soon Il welcome guest ofthe best society.
In a few weeks after her arrival she
presented a petition to congress asking,
first, to be admitted to the rights Of
citizenship, and secondly, to be given "a
corner Of land' out of the public domain
of the country which bore the name Of
her ancestor An adverse report. which
was soon made, is one of the curiosities
of congressional literature. 1t eulogized
the petitioner as "a young, dignified and
graceful lady, with mind of the high
est intellectual culture and heart beat
ing with all its own enthusiasm in the
cause of Am erica and and human iber-
ty." The reasons why the prayer
Of the petitioner could not be granted
were given, but she was commended to
the generosity of the American people
''The name of America-our country's
name-should be honored, respected
and cherished in the person Of the in
teresting exile from whose ancestor we
derive the great and glorious title' A
subscription was Immediately opened
by Mr.. Haight the Sergeant-at-Arns of
the senate, and judges, congressman
and citizens We'd with one another in
their contributions. Just then it was
whispered that Mime. Vespucci had
borne an unenviable reputation at
Florence and at Paris, and had been in
duced by a pecuniary consideration
to break off an intimacy with the Duke
of Orleans, Louis Phillippe's Oldest son,
and come to Washington. Soon after
ward the dukes younger brother, the
Prince de Joinville, came to this country
and refused to recognize her, which
virtually excluded her from reputable
society. For some years subsequently
she resided in luxurious seclusion with
a wealthy citizen of New York, in the
interior Of that state, and after his
death returned to Paris.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-07-29

diameter, of variegated colors that
glistened like opals in the sun, and it
was covered with thick mass of horn
like scales. He advanced in the di-
rection of the boat, making evidently
for me, rs Father tLish' was forward
pulling up the anchor. When he cot
within about three feet ofme he opened
mouth that looked like the entrance
to brick tunnel, and I could see that
it was lined all the way down with I'M
accountable rows Of large teeth. Ire
allied instantly that must act prompt
ly to save our imperiled lives, SO I
grabbed a long gaff.hook and made a
terrific jab at the monster. The hook
caught a number of his scales, which fell
into the boat like shower of peb-
bles.
There are specimens which pre-
served he said, laying on the report
cr's desk a number Of what looked sus-
piciously like the largcs-sizcd hawthorn
bottoms in all unfinished state.
"Ihen the monster flew into Il ter
rlble passion. He ducked his head,
filled his mouth with water which he
squlrted at us, nearly swapping the
boat. In the meantime Father 'Lish
had pulled up the anchor and was scull-
ing frantically for clump of trees that
grew on a little island some distance
from the mainland. We were scarcely
three boat lengths from them when the
serpent, with an angry roar that sound
cd like an explosion, rose suddenly up
astem and made another dive for me.
l struck at him again with the gait, and
that blow saved our lives. Its force
sent the boat clear under the trees, and
Father Lish' and I sprang into the
branches thoroughly exhausted, where
we watched the serpent's maneuyers.
The violence of the contact with the is
land had sent the boat some thirty feet
out into the lake. The serpent seemed
| to comprehend the situation at glance
and was seen no more. Father Lish
and myself waited until the moon rose
and the tide went down, and then we
wadcd ashore, wet through and suffer
ing terribly from fright and exposure.
The next day an expedition was organ
lied to wage war against the serpent,
but although we explored every por-
ton of the lake we failed to get even a
glimpse of him."
"How do you account for his disap-
pearance?" asked the unsuspecting re-
porter.
ut is generally believed that he
found his way to the sea by some sub
teranean passage" he replied, "and it's
my personal belief that he II soon make
his appearance on the Atlantic coast.
In the event of his capture he can
easily be identified as the same old
serpent by gaft.hooks on his neck"
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-07-29

Samples of Huron salt tested at Cor
nell university, have been declared for
all practical purposes, to be absolutely
pure.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-07-29

1t is said that Lord Harrington was
once reproached for yawning visibly in
the middle of one of his own speeches
as Under-Secretary of War, and replied
that he could not help it, because it was
20 dull.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-07-29
A Frontier Wedding.
Sioux Falls (Dakota) Paragraph.

Sioux Falls (Dakota) Pantagraph.
Probably there has never been in
this country SO much gloriication over
a wedding as that which made Nils
Peterson and Mali J. Hansen man
and wife. The ceremony was perform
ed last Friday at St. Olof Church, north
Of Sioux Falls, by the Rev. O. Sando.
The couple were accompanied to church
by twenty-five wagon-loads of friends,
and from there they went to the home
of the groom, near Republican Post
Office, nine miles from here, where the
gloritication was held. Fcasting and
dancing commenced right away and
were kept up until the following Tues
day. Part of the time there were as
many as POO guests present, and dur
ing the whole four days there was
steady stream going and coming.
There is no way of knowing how many
were there together, but the prepare
tons made for their entertainm ent in
dictate something Of the crowd. For
meat two large oxen were roasted
whole, all of which was dcvoured; 100
pounds ofwhite-tish were also served,
together with liberal supplies of ca
vaire; bread and pastry enough for a
regiment, and cheese, such as is made
in the old country, was spread prodi
gally during the whole time. The sup
ply of drinlables was almost q young
deluge and cigars were punished by
the box. Six barrels of beer had been
home-brewed from fourteen sacks of
barley; !, whole barrel of alchohol,
forty-six gallons, was taken out from
town, the surplus to be returned, and
ten gallons of wine provided for the la
dies. The alchohol was diluted some
what for use and the whole supply of
liquor was continually on tap for any
body who could hold any more. While,
Of course, most of those present felt
the influence of their beveraging, there
was no beast]y intoxication and every
thing was carried on without any
breach Of good nature. All the time
dancing went on, except during such
intervals as the participants were COM
PEELED to rest. It was altogether the
most extended jubilee that the north
west has known and will be long re-
membercd by those who took part.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-07-29
4 Remarkable Dream.

The following appeared in Black
uood's 4Magazine in 1926: Being in
company the other day, when the con-
! versation turned upon dreams, re-
lated one, which, as it happened to my
own father, I can answer for the per
feet truth Of it,
"About the year 1871, my father, Mr..
D--of k, in the County of Cum
berland, came to Edinburg to attend
the classes, having the advantage of an
uncle in the regiment then in castle,
and remained under the protection OF
his uncle and aunt, Ma and Mrs.
Gritfiths, during the winter. When
the spring arrived, Mr. D. and three or
four young gentlemen from England
| This intimates made parties to visit all
the neighboring places about Edinburg,
Roslin, Arthur's Seat, Craig Miller, etc.
Coming home one evening from some
of those places, Mr.. d. said:
1--WE have made party to go :.-tish-
ing to Inch-Keith tomorrow, if the
morning is fine, and have bespoke our
boat; we shall be off at g." No objec-
ton being made, they separated for
the night. Mrs. Griffiths had not been
long asleep when she screamed out in
a most violent and agitated manner,
1.-THE boat is sinking, save, oh, save
them!" The Major awoke her and
said, "Wcrc you uneasy about the fish
ing party?" ooh, no." she said, II had
not once thought of it, She then
composed herself, and soon fell asleep
again; in about another hour she cried
out in q dreadful fright, II see the boat
is going down."
The Major again awoke her, and she
said, "It has been owing to the other
dream I had, for I feel no uneasiness
about it." After some conversation.
they both fell sound asleep, but no rest
could be obtained for her; in the most
extreme agony she again screamed
'They are gone; the boat is sunkv'
When the Major awakened her she
said, "Now, [ cannot rest; Mr.. D. must
not go, for feel. should he 20, I
should be miserable till his return; the
thoughts of it would almost kill me-"
She instantly arose, threw on her gown,
went to his bedside, for his room was
next their own. and with great diff
Guilty she got his promise to remain
at home "But what am to say to
my young friends whom I was to meet
at Leith at 6 o'clock" "With great
truth you may say your aunt is i'll; for
1 am SO at present. Consider, you are
an only son, under our protection, and
should anything happen to you, it
would be my death"
"Mr. D. Immediately wrote note to
his friends, saying he was prevented
joining them, and sent his servant with
it to Leith. The weather came in most
beautifully, and continued so till 8
o'clock, when violent storm arose,
and in an instant the boat and all that
were in it went to the bottom, and
were never more heard of, nor was any
part of it seen. I often heard the story
from my father, who always added:
1t has not made me superstitious,
but with awful gratitude can never
forget that my life, by providence, was
saved by a DREAM
Samples of Huron salt tested at Cor
nell university, have been declared for
all ractical purposes, to be absolutely
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-07-29

Mr.. George I. Seney, president of the
Metropolitan Bank, New York, who
lately added $4,000 to the endow-
ment fund of Wesleyan University, is
just completing large new church
for the congregation at Benardsville, in
Somerset county, N. j., where his
summer residence is.
John Nichol, of Cataraqui, Canada:
has cat, which, whenever its master
shoulders his gun, is on the alert and
follows him. When bird is shot, it
seeks and often finds it before the dog
, 1880-04-01

are being issued at largely private
expense-the work OF writing it up,
much Of which has lal'cu to our share
having been performed gra,uitooaiY,
Our canvassiuy through san juan,
Whatcom, and Island counties in It's
behalf was done ENTIRELY FREE OF
COST to the society, the public or
ANYONE save 'ourScIl; We offered to
do the work of printing the pamphlet
free Of cost for type setting, except
for the covers, headings. and such
as we could not use in the columns
of the ARGUS; yet the enterprisirg (O
genius OF the "Press" would willing
ly injure this public-spirtcd work if
he CoULD-siwpIy because the print
ing is,being done the ARG Us Office.
He has done nothi z but falsify about
1t from the first. His course, how
ever, in this matter, is about in keep
ing with his plans in regard to gen
eral job work. Long ago, when the
"Prsss" commenced advertising to
"do ALL kinds OF job work." we
called attention to the fact that
nothing more difficult than the plain
est kind of a small poster or "dodger"
could be printed at that office-for
he-simple reason that they did not
have MATERIAL, type, rule, border,
etc., to do it with. Myers has finally
let out the fact that he sends what
few orders he takes to Portland and
gets the work done there. Thus, in
his anxiety to get work away from
the ARGUS office, he advertises to do
call kinds Of job work" at his Office,
and tries to get orders that he may
send the money for them out of the
territory into neighboring state.
Aware that if he were to tell the
truth about this matter in the start,
and let the people fairly understand
his position they would never give
him an order, he has willingly and
knowingly LIED about it for months
for purposes Of deception.
, 1880-04-01
THAT PAMPHLET PRINTING.

In order that our readers may not
be deceived by the assertions and in
situations of the democratic Press"
editdr, in reference to the cost of
publishing the immigration pamphlet
we will veItilats the matter. AS
soon as we had gone, Myers tried to
make the, people believe through his
paper that the whole immigration
pamphlet scheme was gotten
up solely 'as a swindle to make
money on. He alleged that we were
charging $10Q,for a job that any Or
dinary printed eould safely undertake
for about $40; whereupon Messrs.
D. w. Smith and w. III. Roberts
called upon him and substantially
offered HIM the job at his own 6g-
ures. When forced to admit that
be had not facilities in his picayune
office for turning out such a job, he
said he meant that he could get the
work done in Portland for about the
price mentioned and make q COM
mission on it besides. They then in.
formed him that they would hold a
meeting on the Saturday evening
following, and that he would have a
chance to bid for the work. He prom.
ised to attend and bid, but, like the
sneak that he is, failed to put in an
appearance when the meeting time
came, after putting them to all the
trouble possible. In the meantime,
however, Prof. Roberts, in order to
make sure, wrote to Walling (the
book and job printer Of Portland do
ing cheapest work) describing the
pamphlet and asking for a bid
for 1000. The answer came in due
season, offering to print 1000 fol
$100-just OUR figures for 2,00C
copies. That, of course, settled the
matter, and fixed still deeper con-
tempt for the idiot who thought tc
make such stir. He finally sale
that he would rather see US have the
job at 800 than to have it himself
even at that price-much less the S7(
he first wanted for it. The pamphlet
, 1880-04-01
C0R,HUHiC&TEC.

THE IRON ORE BEDS OF CHlMACUM VALLEY
AND FEW REMARKS IN REFERENCE
THERETO,
The public are informed by II statement
In the "BrmocrNtic Prose- that the de-
uo>it of iron orc j. about 10 be worked by
i company ot capitalists. Ill of Whom--
with 0ue exception ICsi &c ut San Fran.
cisco.
The writer. In common with many of
his fellow citizens aud residents OF this To-
caIiiy, would have been better pleased 10
have learned that this valuable deposit was
about to be worked by all association OF
men OF moderate means residing, and hav-
ing interests, OIL Puget Sound.
While it may be conceded that it is bet-
ter that this ore should be worked by
parties having little interest in the terri
tory except tor what they can get out OF,
AMI carry away from, it, leaving nothing
here eXdept tile money they are forced to
di>bur,e for the necessary work shops and
laborers' pay than this treasure of earth
should remain longer dormant; it is a
question without diSparagemcnt to the
parties having it in charge, be it under
stood that u short time will solve,
whether it would not have been better
policy on the part OF the original pro-
'ectors to have made an honest effort 10
have n company formed at home, before
seeking to secure the necessary capital at
San Francisco. The writer is OF the opin-
ion that it would have proved safer for
them. and infinitely more advantageous
to this community. Something Of the
kind WAS, 1t seems, attempted; but under
such circumstances rs debanpd any sane
man Of means here or elsewhere from TAX
hold OF it. ... ..
Referring to the statement in the
"Press," it is said that liberal offers of
land at Port Discovery, Oak Bay. Port
Townsend and Chimacum have been
made Oh which 10 erect the furnace. 1t Is
to hoped that those members of the COM
pany who are supposed to have an iude-
pendent interest here, and also the owners
of the ore beds at Chimacum. will see
their trne interest and the Interest of the
company clearly. and. using their utmost
influence-putting Port Discovery. Oak
Bay, and ali otller places asi(le--endcavor
to have all the works OF the company To-
| Cattu anu tUTTitu Oh NJ LIe IbH1 ~ lfOTI
Townsend Bay as was originally intended,
and which beyond doubt is the very best
place for their location, no other point
possessing a tithe OF its advantages. Chin
acum coming next-the only other place
| fit to be taken into consideration. IN a
word, this company have it in their pow
er TO work this iron orc-a natural belong
| ing of this place-mncl to the advantage
of Port Townsend or otherwise. And let
us hope that the projectors of this scheme
who get their living here and make this
| place Leir home. win, setting their face
against monopoly, act generously in
reference to this locality which has
built them up, and oppose any and
all efforts TO remove the iron ore TO
bc Smclted elsewhere. By so doing they
will merit the thanks and assistance 0f
their fellow citizens, serving also their
own best interest; whereas. different
course stubbomIy persisted in. might
eventually aid them in being "hoisted
with their own petard."
VERTTAS.
Port Townsend w. T.. March 90, 1880
, 1880-04-01

THERE will BE- q Sunday >;cho)l concert
at the M. e. church next Sunday after
noon at seven O'Clock. All are invited.
THE schooner Carrie Hayden arrived
yesterday fiOm the islauds, with 400 sacks
of grain for Messrs. Waterman Il Katz, OF
this place.
SOCIAL ANCE.--Prot. Roberts will give
a social dance this (llursllay) evening. in
Fowler's Hail. Dancing will commence
at O'Clock sharp. "l
PROF. Roberts. president OF the debating
society, informs us that the usual weekly
meeting of the society has been postponed
to Thursday evening. April Sth.
The steamer California arrived nt thi.
place yesterday morning from Alaska. She
brings no news from that part of the
country, except that it is all frozen up
yet.
DIED.--Wc learn that Prot. r. S.
White, of Olympia. died on Tuesday ut
that place, of brain fever. The Professor
has been l0ng aud iavorably known on the
Sound.
TO-DAY, ifye will hear his lthe sheriff'sj
voice, harden not your hearts as in the
provocation. but walk right up to Miller's
office, In Bartletts' store and deposit your
detail lists of real and personal property.
The ten days grace commenced this
morning.
SPIRITUAL MEDIUM.-M Louie NJ
Lowe, celebrated Spiritual Test Medium,
will hold public seance on next Monilay
evening, in Good Templars' Hall in this
city, commencing ut 5 O'Clock. As there
will probably be not more than one pub
lie seance, it Is hoped that MI who can at
tend will do so. Mrs. lowe comes highly
recommended by her friends in Olympia
where she has been holding seances. The
celebrated "balot test" is spoken of as
being especially satisfactory.
ONE OF the surest, If not one ofthe most
encouraging signs of the growth of Port
Townsend is in the fact that the medical
fraternity in this city and vicinity have
been compelled to adopt measures to ''shut
down" on that class of patients who, while
able to pay for medical attendance, yet
ignore all requests from their physician
to ''scttle." We learn that the doctors in
this vicinity, and elsewhere in the terri
tory, have adopted the system OF their
eastern confreres, and will decline further
aid and assistance to all such ''good
schemes"
, 1880-04-01

QUANTITIES of uncongealed and
fuorescent protoxides Of hydrogen
we're precipitated upon the earth in
this vicinity during the past week,
by process of combination and elm
ination in the atmosphere. The quasi
chemical processes were sequences
of light southerIv winds driving MIN
bus formations in the atmosphere,
charged with moisture, the same com.
ing in contact with rarcr and more
frigorific aerial currents of the Bore
alis and impir ging to such an extent
as to produce the result aforesaid.
For the information of our verdant
readers we will say that it rained
very hard last wsek.
, 1880-04-01
LA CONNER, W, T., March 10Th.

LA CONNER, w. i :, March l5th.
Our foot passage across the coun-
try from Semiahmoo to Whatcom, a
distance Of about % miles was
irsught with much experience. Par
ticularly did we realize that spring
travelling over muddy roads was al
ways accomplished in shines that
tried mems soles." Trudging along
with heavy vallse, We had ample
opportunity to notice the fertile ma.
ture Of the country traversed. From
Semiahmoo to, Ferndaie, post Office
store and ferry on the Nooksack
River, the distance is about IL or IL
miles. A few settlers are scattered
along the road, and there is room for
many more. The land is principally
a clay soil, interspersed with alder
bottoms, patches of fern prairie and
beaver dam. AS general thing it
is not very heavily timbered, yet
those who attempt to make farms out
OF 1t must expect to fad plenty of
hard work before their object is ac-
complished. From Fsrndale the
same characteristics apply to a gen.
eral description Of the country. Ap.
proaching Whatcom, we availed our
selves OF an opportunity of visiting
the splendid upland nursery con-
Quoted by Mr.. John Bennett. Here
are kept all kinds Of fruit trees, large
anu small shr ubbery and many wild
varieties. At Whatcom we attended
the preliminary examination in the
wHATCoM SHOOTING AFFRAY,
before the ]. P. of the precinct. Hon
o. Jacobs, of Seattle, appeared for
tho defendants, and Hon. w II,
, 1880-04-01

White, of the same place, conducted
the case on the part of the territory,
Tho complaint charges Mrs Clark
and her son Thos., tho latter nearly
12 years of age, with murder in the
first degree, The examination occu.
pied nearly all Of one afternoon and
evening. If the prosecution do not
make out clearer case before the
district court than that constituted
hy the evidence in the preliminary
examination, we opine that it will be
difficult to get conviction.
Leaving Whatcom, we boarded
the old steamer Libby, bound for La
Connor. Our journey was uninter-
rupted until, about two o'clock in
morning on "Wednesday, when the
staunch vessel attempted to prove
herself amphiblous by
RUNNING OVER AN ISLAND.
The attempt, however, was unsuc
cessful, as an ugly pile of rocks in.
terfered and stopped the vessel be-
fore she had progressed more than
ten feet on her land journey. A
dense fog had settled down suddenly,
and, while the mate was in the cabi n
getting a match with which to light
the pinnacle lamp, deck hard who
had the wheel was in charge. Be-
fore the mate returned to the pilot
house the collision occurred. 1t was
within about half-a-mile of Ship
Harbor. The crew and passengers,
after tumbling out in their night
clothes, and recovering from their
fright, had ample time for calm re-
fiection upon the sitsation. One pas
senger, a veritable lost judge, came
near doing violence to the cabin
posts when he rushed frantically out
of a statsroom to reconnoitre. We
remained nearly two days before Mr..
Munks came and rugged a purchase
that forced the steamer off. Before
leaving, we visited Mr.. Bowman's
store at Anacortes, where we found
a remarkably pleasant location and a
thrifty town started.
We arrived at LaConner last even.
ing, and have since been "doing" the
place in genuine book. agent style
Hon. Jno. McGlinn's hotel delicacies
suffering, however, from our
visit more than any other institution
in town. We find the place larger
and more substantial looking than
during our last visit. But this cor
respondence is lengthening, SO we
will cut it short after mentioning our
expectation to start tomorrow morn
ing for Coupeville and to 60 from
there home.