The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-03-24

: dndltl, ana llGll ne SWbIf lie Wbult
/ Kill ne. Jnst then the watch began
1 to strike: hc took me bv the hand
/ and so we went on shore. The next
! thing | remember was an auction
sale. on great wide street near the
water--the Lcvce, suppose. The
| schooner, and no doubt all her cargo
was there sold. remembered some
of the furniture from the vessel thai
was then sold off by the auctionecr
Then the captain carried me on board
Mississippi steamer. We were a
long time going up the river, days and
nights; woodlng up, moonlight, day
hight. storms, sunshine. negroes sing
Ing at the woodpilcs; and the fur
naces, and the bright fires, the sparks
from the pipes II wing in a long train
after the boat at night. the putting
and coughing of the pipes, aud so on.
until We reached Louisville. Ken
tuoky. Then | was pat in IA farmer,
wagon and carried far back into the
country. and there was left with an
old farmer by my reputcd father.
never saw him again. remember
that the farmer often asked me when
he would get back, and after lon"
while told him that he was not my
father, that my father was in New
Orleans, and that | wanted to 90 to
him; upon which he gave me a cuff
ON the ear and sent me out To gather
chips at the wood-pilc. For many
years that was my principal employ
ment; was too puny and too small
for heavy farm work. | picked up
little spelling from the children of
my employer. He was not an un-
kind man, but ! must say he was II
stoIid, cold, unfccling, selfish, dis
agreeable foster father to poor
pauper like me, who lad to partahc
of his bed and bed room, and God
help those who have To do the like.
One day he struck his wie's head
with an axe handle, in moment of
domestic misunderstanding, which
unfortunately fractured the skull. so
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W men an was over at the nome
stead, IN "iIicn ia peeh n'' poor
1ep"n"eht; wheh 'hr orphan emil
dfch IA" he'h dressed ia oiach. WIN
crap" ~'"P'F -','' '"'e %" '""''
i'a''' ana DO" III .''"'' '.''N'" on,
WIN al ''e o".cr Signs oi "oe'-"h"
''iceo' 1" say 1t was "ls'na' scene
10 witness, as thf executors came III
ana no ''o,l'' ,"Nc'' "i me s'ood
"'''' an" ''','''Y S,o'e away N' 'h's
',",g ! was "''SN'" III 'on'I''''e sun
O! hril'"cNN P"up'r i"S''c--" ra",
''' SN'l cap, "'','n 'hc fa'hS anu
s'1o" storms lan "ca'eh ana oepr'T-
ea "i nearly All H.. iur' "a gray wool
e'' Sn''' 'i.'' eN''''I'tu S,G'' 81 ire'
qurh' contentious WIN tue e'en'en's'
ioNeo P"lr o' negro pr"s"iS Oh my
s'oeN'h-tess 'ee'' thuparp n'Nen
sun, wl'n q I'''cn ol j''ap.co'oreo
c'o'h mere ahl P'y'n % 'u'''e'''
'oI"ren cl"!h ''''r'' Y maze use o,
'neSc ia.li'iiar expressions because
soo'! "i,cr So' li''o ','c "r"g pus',
mss III s"''' " '"'3S' i,o.''eo
sun ch'eie" upon my "I" ne III
no"'s''iie' firS. ol al uro'e
olrl'cart ior c''s contractor VINO
was l"N','S '''e S''cc.s' heA' pe-
came All hu''lo'c assistant 10 Il th''-
heF, pu' my empower ih'''''G' ior
want OF hemiocK park III thP he'gh-
oorhoo", Shu! up ms Na's; a,'o ! oe-
came pntcher' he lai'eo III t'ia''
ana '''eii ms "lie ol'ehc" poaroiiig
mousse tii'a ho' oeif" Pr1h'aD'e' ne
dubbed ms mouse 'iio'ri' an"
opened par' ana ! was MS par-,eh-
der rlha'ly his iI'-s'arfeo ia1e pay
en MN ahother 'rlcN--"e a'ea' 'heil
became an apprentice 10 plane
maker " men 'he age OF progress
'haae P'aheS ov machinery ''hs occu-
pat,"h 100 was swept IKE saho rom
uii"er my ier' just aS ilao reacneo
my twehty,irst year 80 next
i"nha 'nyse,' an uhaer c'erN, sweep
in- o"' san" rom ''le moor OF a "rog
store IN al tie7e Vic'ss''"ues Oh
fortune hah one great 'honSnI III
my ''''"' ~ was 10 return 10 Ne"
orleans a',n ma my ia,her ana my
brothcr. 10 pe sure l hao ici' 'he'n