Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-09-12

He worca paper cesar which had
been in constant use for y week, and
this was attached to- Il wooden shirt
which had faded from light blue to
what might be classrh rs a crushed
hucklcbcrry color. His pan:aioons
were of coarse linen. bearing straw
berry stains here and there, aud his
straw hat had led the procession ON
more than one Fourth OF July. Ii was
evident half Il mile away that he was
from a back county. lie must have
felt his isolation. but he marched up
Grand River avenue rs stiff as u poker,
carrying his extras in Il carpct-Sac!s.
and turned in ut Il hotel and asked if
he could be accommodated for Il few
days while he looked around. When
answered in the affirmative he grew
confidential aud remarked:
III may have to @o,o Washington be-
fore | go back home
'Got business with the govern
menl?' Gucrict til" clerk.
Yes sortcr, h.zness. Pm after an
Office of II SORT
''Ah! Any particular claimg'
81 should remark! I've paid taxes
for seventeen straight years, been boss
ut every Fourth of July, and had more
fights with the iulidels in my neigh
borllood than you can shake Il stick III.
I'm going to climb an Office or break
both legs"
That was a week ago. Yesterday he
departed for home, broken down and
dispiritcd. When he settled his hotel
bill he had twcnty-scvrn cents left, and
when one of the guests VINO knew of
his plans asked him how he succeeded,
he explained:
Say, I'm not the camel | thought l
was. | thought | could climb an Office
like a COW stunning up Il hickory, but
I'm left"
What were YOU after!?H
''Anythiny. | kinder thought I'd
like to 90 as minister Somewhere or
| other, but Il fellcr in II saloon down
as minister when | cnuldn't preach.
Another said ! might get into the GUS
tom house, but when | vent in lhore
an! asked Il man i! he wanted an Office
scrt.er he said :,,'.t Give me two minits
TO skip
did you 90 20 Tie pension oIlic"""
Eyes. Went in there and saw the
boss, and he wouldn't take iaG because
| couldn't cip1rr in abe root. |
thought | knnw n! roul in the Stale.
but he got INC on ct!br.
GLOW about the pJStoilicc?'
"Weli hung around liicrc waiting
to see the foreman, H;;i. IL policeman
comes up and says h"'.i have a letter
| for ma If uIIn'i n,r. nr -
Didn't you Try Tor an office under
the local g""ernnnnt:''
"Ycs-lo- Il dozen. | was intro
ducrd to seven different aldermen, and
it cost me So 30 for beer, but that's all
it amounted to. | was just half an
hour too late with each one Of 'cm to
get an Office. was advised to see the
mayor and speak right up to him. He
wasn't in, but his clerk peeled of his
coat and Old me to take my choice be-
tween going out OF The door or a win
dow"
"And you are going homc?"
Going right lack home. My boys
a!t,s said ! was the st.arpcst man in
Tie county. I'm goiil' 10 ii;k 'en in
potassium lor bcin' fools. My wife calls
me Judge ami is aiius t"liin' every
body that l was born to be great. |
shall begin to call Der an idiot before
git within u half q mile of the farm"
You seem broke up
"I'm clean gone, stranger. came
here to shear, and I've been sliorn. |
was goin' to git oils fur myself, and
then pick up half 4 dozen fur the nay
burs, and it will be a sick crowd when
we git together in my barn aud ] tell
'em that we are all left. I'm afraid
Pm really afraid, stranger, that some
body will offer a resolution that the
bulwarks of Liberty are busted and
this country gone to Halifax, and that
it will be adopted by a risin' vote."-
Detroit Free Press.