Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-06-24
a New Englander's Work.

Lucius u. Boomer. the great bridge
builder, had brother, and years ago
this brother, q young man from New
England, appeared in the then and still
solitary country on the lower Usage
river in Missouri. Missouri was still q
slave country, and this was the mos.
uuprogressive part of it, though near
the capital. The young New England
or set 600 men TO work getting oHt
lumber III the forests that line the
stream. lie conceived the idea. too. of
founding a New Eagland village; and
stores. mills and mary dwellings, arose
on sloping hillside on the river, and
the village was called, after cliff op-
posite. CASTLE Rock.
The enterprising founder built lit
tie church, with the prOvis0 that any
denomination of Christians might o.
capy it. All went we'll for time.
rhen came the war; the people divided.
Boomer rallied the royslists Of the
neighborhood and joining o Missouri
regiment, marched away to the south
w.rd, rose to iisutenant-c0loneloy,
and fell at Vicksburg.
With his death blight fell on his
ambitious plans, framed, as his letters
published after his death showed, not
in the Interest of business, but for the
best good of the people among whom
his lot had been cast. No friendly
hand took up his work. The sound of
the ax was heard no more along the
Usage. Tho great business he had
built up died. and few years ago the
IL .>f r..ktn hu1 oil .ok
ceased to exist, except in name. The
mills were silent, weeds encrOached
upon the highways. and the door of the
,ieserted church swung idly to and fro.
The dream Of New England village,
with its week day business and its Sun
dey calm, in the Missouri wilderness,
had faded away forever.
TAKE SEAsoNABLE REsT.-Dr. Hall
says the best medicine il the world,
more tflicleut than all the potstions of
the materis medics, are warmth. rest,
cleanliness and pure air. Some per-
sons make it virtue to brave disease.
ito Keep up" as long as they can move
a foot or wiggle finger. and it some
times succeeds; but in others, the
powers of life are thereby so completely
exhausted that the system has lost all
ability to recuperate, and slow and ty.
phoid fever sets in and carries the pa
| tieut 10 a premature grave. Whenever
walking or work is an effort, warm
bed and cool room are the very first
indispensables to sure and speedy
recovery. Instinct leads all beasts and
birds 10 quietude and rest the very
moment disease or wounds assail the
system.
JENNY LIND's Lows -MAToH.-" Jenny
Lind, or Mrs. Guidsohmidt. is living il
Loadon, near Buckingham Palace, at &
place called Plmlico. When was last
in London ] met her daughter at 6
photographer 's-the royal photogrs
pher's--and she insisted upon my seeing
her mother. So I wen. to see her, anG
had very pleasant visit. Her marriage
WAS rather romantic. Goldschmidt is
Jew. They studied music together
/ When she came to America she sent TO
him to come as pianist. and he uset
to play at her concerts. II was her owl
arrangement, and she paid his salar.
herself. She thought he was a grsn(
musician, and used slwaya to get int
one of the private boxes and applau'
his pieces. Though she was older thai
he, SIZE loved him, aud vas bound (
marry him. He renounced his religion
in order to be her husband. gues
be thought it was comfortable plsc'
She must be worth Sl,00G,000. Ther
was joke about it at that time. Th
question WAS: Why did he MARI
Jenny Lind 2 aud the reply: 'Becaus
he was goldschmidt.-iP. I. Barnuu
IN Recent Interview.
4 Chicago man ut Pminfield. Ind
desired 10 leave his travelling bag an
ovsrcoat while ho walked twenty mile
distant. He put them in field. unpr'
t tected from thieves except by the sig
} Small ll-pox-bewarew and when |
. returned, they were right there in Il
field. But they were twenty feet und'
ground, buried by health officers. d
: it takes q Chicago man to be smart
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