Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1882-08-10
John Firms Long-Lost Son Found in the
Person of a Wealthy Colorado Miner.

Person OF a Wealthy Colorado Miner.
A romantic episode in everyday life
has just come to light in Dedham. John
Finn resides with his wife and portion
of his family in a neat cottage, of which
he is the owner, located on or near the
boundary line of Dedham and Bostcn
Here he has resided for at least twenty
five years. He has had three sons, one
of whom, John, enlisted in the army
during the ''late unpleasantness'' and
was killed. The other two sons were
named Cornelius and William. Cor
nelius was lad of about II years at the
outbreak of the war. He suddenly left
town, and his parents hearing nothing
of bis whereabouts concluded that he,
too, had enlisted, especially as during
the war they read of one Cornelius Finn,
attached to a New York regiment, be-
ing killed. The family mourned for
him as sincerely as they did the death
of John.
Last September William went to Col
orado to settle hoping to better himself.
While seated in d aroom in the western
portion of the State one afternoon, soon
after his arrival there, miner entered
and announced to the company pres
ent that Cornelius Finn had opened a
new mine. William, taken aback some
what by the name. said that he had a
brother oncewhose name was Cornelius
Finn, toSwhioh the miner responded
by looking at the stranger and declar-
ing that he resembled Cornelius Finn,
the miner. and might be his brother
Cornelius became greatly agitated upon
learning the name of the stranger and
that he came from Dedlla1n, and imme-
diately started for the town.
The meeting was decidedly affecting.
Cornelius at once recognized William as
his BROTHER although William, being
younger, had not so strong a recollec-
tion of Cornelius. Mutual explanations
followed and Cornelius related his wan
derings since leaving home. He had
gone South in 1861 and entered the
army. At the conclusion of the war he
drifted to Colorado, where he had inter-
ested himself in mining and had become
wealthy. Regarding bis neglect to send
letter home, he explained that he had
read in the papers of the death of his
parents, and had also the report sub
stantiated by John Finn, former resi-
dent of Dedham, whom he met. He
had abandoned all hope of ever hearing
from his folks He at once took VIII
liam with him to his mining camp and
gave him an important POSITION
His father has received check for 81
00O.-Bostos Globe. l. "a.
sCE54, i" J"Yes, Street. JILL 7
A foreigner picking up language
where slang circulates is as badly off as
a countryman shopping among city
sharpers. He is sure to getsa bad quail
ity of goods" The following sounds
like one of the jokes from Texas Sift-
tngs: -..,-..-, ~
Col Popernickel, one of the leading
German manufacturers of New Braun
fels, Tex, tells good story about HIM
self when, as raw lad he was making
his first effort to master the difficulties
of the English language.
All foreigners agree that the English
is the hardest of alIlanguages to acquire;
SO does the colonel. He had already
learned the force and significance OF
sir and very naturally concluded that
stree was its feminine.
Being seated at a table opposite q
very polite lady, she asked him if he
would partake of a certain dish; he re-
plied,-
:, YYes, siree.''s 'sI~..>sg g.-essEs sfa@ssst.
= The laughter which followed some
what disconnected the young foreigner,
but he turned to friend at his right
and inquired what mistake he had made.
His friend lau ghingly informed him
that he should have said, .'Yes, stree,
Bob.'' -: '~ss-ss Es"7' %
The roar of laughter from the audi
ence, which now began to take an inter-
est in the young German, confused him
very much. In the midst of this confu-
sion his left-hand neighbor kindly whis-
.pered something in his ear which en-
scouraged him so much that he braced
himself for third effort. Once moro
the lady inquired,
evil you have biscuit, sirp" when
he answered. .rr g..
;. Ehiss Wa almost as 5anluoky q as the
Freuchman's mistake in trying to recti-
fy a mistake. He undertook to apollo
gize to the lady whom he thought he
had offended. and having consulted the
dictionary, supposed he was.all right
and stGrted8 8out wth-S /. ID
.M6ess LEassxefvnln psfsrefad to
find that4 had"-but he was suffered
TO go no further.
The poor fellow meant to say "morti-