Richland beacon., 1881-11-12
RAYVIII.E LOUISIANA SATURDAY. NOVEMBER r. 1881.
4 P!TRIOTIC IiT:-C.fHnEEg.


Ono of the pootoiice agents. vLo WAS
matlng lis tip through the mort rru
lut of the Lower Peninsula, came
across a mail route through the woods
from one hamlet 10 another, with -
week! Y average Of two letters and one
paper III the bags. The carrier wolc Il
carn-shin cap, and rode pony alout %,
fat as n 5-kniic, aud lie took things
So 'asy that the agent saw tit 10 question
him little
Ny man, do you realize tat yea
represent the United States q
Wall, kinder reckon.
And yor feel the responsibility, /
pr, sumo 2"
" Bet Yer goggles | dew"
" You know YOU must brave all rcrils
20 get your mails safely through ?"
That thar hoss an me ar good iur
ANYTHING twice our size, reckon"
" If attacked by robbers, what would
you do?"
Bury 'em :"
Suppose you were offered money to
give up the mail-bag?'
"No danger o that, mister. don't
believe the whole county could scral'c
up 80 cents"
There are awful fires in these woods
sometimes"
Krect. I've seen bars roasted alive
when they wasn't within mile of the
| flames"
"Weil now, if you were to lid your
sell surrounded by fierce forest ire,
what would you do?"
" Fire all around?'
Yes"
''No chance to burrow under or fly
oycr?"
No"
Wall, mister, it wo,dd be kinder
trff, but I'd remember that I represent
the Government. Id kill my hoss, eat
the mail and die shoutin': We have
met the inemy, and he is our n. '"-U.-
! tr0H Free Press.
ACCORDING to the veracious foreign
corresrondents, is 'ighness Halhcr;
UeIward. and his most gracious mother
her Majesty the Queen, have hal g
REGULAR old out-and-outer. The privary
of the royal hous,. has been so far in
y.ded as 10 secure the facts. The roval
family Of England is inteimarried with
n.l the petty Kings and Princes of the
continent. and, according 10 custom,
when any poor relation dies the wiiolc
| household must go into monrning. The
| Dnke Of Saxe-Coburg died few days
AGO. lust when the GOOdwOod races W +,
in full swing, and wheE the Prince 81
Wales was enjoying himself very mucl
;,Ie.d at the mansion If the Duke o.
Richmond. Instantly the Q1een telc
.,r,,hcd to the Prince, desiring bin 4
return to London. The Prince s.u
back word .hut he conld feel Just as sog
~ for the departed second cousin .
Goodwood as ut Marlborough Hou e.
The Queen insisted on his Iot going L
tne races. The Prince replied that h
! must. whereupon the Queen, III gre''
| race, telegraphed positive orIers 70 IN
Duke OF Richmond lot 10 allow an
dancing nj GooIwood House during tn
races. Thus Wales went 10 the race
during the DAYTIME, but mad 10 cont"l
1 L1rsclf without disporting the il9ht Ia:
l ta>tic toe. which he loves to wIcid VIII
1 there are moderately light, fantast'
l ladies' about. When the Prince ncl
: MT the old lady she gave him piece I
I her mind, and but for his age and So
j would doubtless have warmed his roy
iron 1ers.
q A PIGEON fly from Spain to Belglu
. has lust taken place, $50 birds ben
q liberated at Bilbao Situated on the Goa
4 If the Bay OF Biscay, ana distant iro
q brussels, as the crow flies, about .
4 miles) at ) o'clock in the morning. 4
: wind blowing from the southeast, IL
I the weather very favorable. Inc WI
! ner of the first prize, II red mealy,
q rived mt $50 o'clock the following MOI
Z ing. and the last prize-taker thlr'
9 eighth was registered at5:iSo'ciock p.
s Thirteen more birds returned later
8 the day. The velocity proper attain
q by the highest winner was 743 mete
81 or rather more than 800 yards, and Il
81 of the last was about 600 yards
"a minute. ..-------------------.-----