Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1882-05-13
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WHOLE NUMBER, 555,
RECALLING OLD TIMES.

IOlNlCldH III NeW YIN vi Wudb 10
known there as the Custom House
variety, he numbered among his
friends the mate of vessel, named
Kennedy, whose influence Arthur
bad often occasion to use when cir
cumstances required the votes of
the floating population of the har-
Dor front.
just about that time Arthur made
an unsuccessful effort to obtain some
minor municipal appointment. The
mate condoled with his political
friend upon his disappointment, and
soon after sailed for Washington with
a cargo of hardware. While as
oending the Potomac block and
tackle fell upon tho mates head,
iudenting his skull in such a manner
that the man became practically an
idiot, and was placed in the Dis
trict of Columbia Insane Asylum.
A short lime ago the famous sur
geon, Dr. Gross, Of Philadelphia, vis-
tied the asylum, examined the case
and straightway performed an opera
tion invented by himself, which re-
suited in the almost immediate re-
turn of the patients reason, the inter-
vening fourteen years being of course
a complete blank.
A day or two after his recovery,
the mate walked out, and began stroll
ling through the Capitol building.
Almost the first person he encoun-
tered was President Arthur, who was
just leaving the Executive chamber
in the Senate wing.
"Why, how are you, Kennedy
said The first citizen, afably extending
his hand. "Glad to see you"
"Howdy, cid man" said the sail
or. "IIows things? Got a job
yet? 2"
"Well | believe | have" said the
Executive, with a smile. "a pretty
big Job, too. You must come up to
the White House and see me-"
"To the White House ?" repeated
the amazed mariner.
"Yes, just ask for my private
secretary, and he'll show yon right
in, and the President walked on.
"Poor old Chet clean gone, clean
gone" mused the mate. Actually
believes himself to be President of
the United States. Smart man once,
too. That just shows you, gentle
men, he continued, turning to the
bystanders, "tbat just shows you
what politics and disappointment will
bring man to. Poor old Chetl'
81 SAIL S'EEp WV HIM To-
NIGHT" "-Sometimes | believe the
little ones say the beat things after
all. know Il family in Detroit who
are heart broken and sad this Satur-
day night. There were three last
Saturday, but to-day only two are
left. The tie which tound them
moro closely than that which the
clergyman drow has lately been loos-
ened, and the light of their counte-
naEces went out with the red winter
sun only the other night, The father
is railroad man, whose duties call
him away from home nearly three
iourtts of the time. 1t was his halit
Whenever he was about to start for
home TO telegraph his wife apprising
her Of the fact. In these telegrapEs
he never failed 10 mention the names
Of the little four-year old, and the dis
patches usually ran as follows: "Tell
Arthur shall sleep with him to-
night" The baby boy was very
proud of these telegrams, which his
mother would read over to him, and
he considered the "teledrait great
institution. The other night, when
the fever had done it's work and tie
mother was eobbing out her anguish
the !ittlo ono turned calmly in his
bed ana said Don't ky mamma
s'all s'eep wiz bod, 90 know. Send
Doi teledraf and tell him | sail
s 'eer wiv Him tonight" But the
moesage went straight up there with
out the clicking of wires or the rustic
Of wing,.-D5troit Chaf.
AN EXCHANGE says: "Some must
have quarter Of column to express
q well-defned idea, when writing Tor
newspaper; but it is astonishing
how concise they can make AN ad--
yertsement that costs thirty cents
per line" Yes, some like to spread
when it don't cost cent. That class
of mcn are so thin that they don't
amount to much in the world.