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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-10-22
President Houston. of Texas.

Col. Elias Rector, of Arkansas, used
to tell a good story about his riding
some miles with Sam Houston. then
on his way to Texas to take part in
the war of independence. Houston
rode pony, and was dressed in a
buckskin suit, and with his rifle swung
across his shoulder he looked every
inch the hunter. He drank freely
from a bottle. At length they arrived
at the fork OF the two trails, one OF
which led to Fort Smith, where Rector
was going, and the other to-. Texas.
Houston held up his bottle in the air
and was proposing O. parting drink,
when young Rector checked hin and
SAID II Houston would not consider it
Impairment in young man, he wish:
said Houston. ut is, replied Rector,
'rhat you here pied ge yourself new.
er to take another drink of intoxicat-
ing liquors." Cali right, NV bow"
said Houston, "1'll do it, and rails
ing the bottle high above his head, he
dashed 1t to the ground, wetting the
ground with it's contents. "Now,"
said Rector las slight gift in memory
OF me, will give you my razor" it
being the custom of people in those
days to carry their razors and shave
themselves. Houston accepted the
gift, and on extending his left arm
wetted the razor on his leathern Sleeve
and with en- exulting tone remarked
"Pn keep this razor and shave me
with it when I become. president of
republic" He put spurs to his bob
tailed pony, and the friends parted.
Houston kept his word; he kept the
razor until he became President of
the republic of Texas
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-10-22
The Mexican Warwick and His
Wife.

Letter to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mrs. Diaz, the presidents young and
and lovely third wife, is not yet 26
years old, and is an extremely we'll.
bred and accomplished lady. Her
beauty is OF the rich,. southern type,
conspicuous for lustrous black ewes.
lefty hair, and voluptuous outlines.
She is the daughter OF Romero Rubio,
whose the quidnunces say-will be-
the next president during Diaz's Of
term; for the amended constitution
Of the country expressly stipulates
that the executive shall remain in Of
nee but four years, and shall not be
eligible for re election two successive
terms. Diaz obtained his first election
on the one term platform, by driving his
predecessor, Don Sebastian Lerdo, in
to exile; and after those four years were
ended, resigned the reins Of government
into the hands OF his. friend and fac
totum, Gen. Manuel Gonzales, butsti]l
continued to. be the "power behind
the throne and to rule by proxy, so
to speak. President Gonzales, bv his
populations, which amounted to whole
sale robbery made himself so hated
by the nation as ,to,bs no longer eligi-
BILE. When his time expired Diaz as.
sumed the executive Office, and when
the time rolls around that he must
again "step down and OUT" his faith,
er-ln-law may relieve him. In this
way, by aseries, OF judicious alterna-
tions, the Mexican Warwick NAV
manage to keep tho loaves and hsheg
in the family. foran Indefinite period.
Mrs. Diaz2ls> a, devout Catholic, and
that is a,strong card FOR her husband
among an element by no means insig-
nlticant in the country, although thia4
star IS not:nowy ia the ascendant.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-10-22
What he Wanted.
Wasfiington Critic;

W washington Crst,t.
a big, brawny far-westefner seeing,
the sights of;the city went in to pay:
his respects to Postmaster General
Villas the other day.
'<Pm glad to- see you," said the head,
of'the p. ODD. II always like to meet,
the men Of the west. 1sthis your frst,
visit to Washington"
"Eust time an it's asbig town." re-.
p1red tho visitor, "You beat u.s.. on,
buildin's, huS we kinder git away with,
you on; open lots"
II presume so. Hbw's politics in,
'akota? What do you people, think.
OF 8 democratic administration. by:
this, timer" -
"1Tain't botherina,'as muchone way.
er 'tothen. Thar amt enough Offices
to- makak hardly iaterestin'.''.
How are the mail facil1ties2" "
"NOw you're hittin' us whar. We
ANe," and the visitors face lighted
op.. ~Thar's jistt thousands wv. 'ano,
an THAT'S what q the matter. What
We want is fezaale facilities. Thar
ain:t q woman in q hundred miles, NV
my ranch that amt married or mort,
g1dged, an meals thickersn flies around
a sugar barl.. Eff you, kin Improve
our female faeaaities I'll be burned Of !
wont pledge you a THOUSAND votes ia
10y country lar any Office you vant,'
The p. m.>g, promised to use his in,
foence.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-10-22

destroyed them ID such 8 manner. q,
Blake died Of disease short time
after this wonderful saa battle. One
OF his servants, Mr.. Bear, quantity
said 81 his habits: General Blake
pray'd himself aboard his ship, with
such Of his men as could Be admitted
to that duty with him, and the last
thing he did after he had given his COM
mands and word to his men IN order
to retire to his bed, was to pray with
the aforementioned Mr.. Bear. When
that was over he was wont to say:
Thomas, bring me the pretty cup Of
sack, which he did. with g crust al
bread; he would then sit down and
give Thomas liberty to do the same,
and enquire what news he had OF his.
Bridgewater men that day, and talk
OF the people and affairs Of the place.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-10-22

and that this artists bread might not
lack for butter, she hurried up int
her member, fetched d Jewel -casket
from her dressing table, and returning
gaveit to Tl-foo. He took the cask.
et under bis left arm, gave his right to
the princess, and the two stepped in.
to 2 little boat which was anchored
near BY, Tu-foo took the oars and
rowed OF in the direction Of the Is.
land OF Bliss. .ss Il
See; there il the bark; 1t Is already
9 long distance away from the sliore:
soon they will land On tho Blissful Is.
lands. When Pelikan, who had been
sleeping since dinner time, woke up
and roared for h.1 daughter alasl she
was nowhere to be seen. The emper-
or rushed down to the seasnOre, peer
ed out over the water, saw the boat.
recognized the tugitives, and called
loudly Tor his men at arms There
they go marching over the little bridge
which separates the main island from
the one adjoining it. How warlike
they look in their flowing robes of
panther skin lined with astrachan, and
with quivers OF fish-skin hanging over
the right shoulder. These warriors
march solemnly down to the pier, step
on board the Chinese frigate: the en-
peror and his son-in-law who-was.to
have-been, the king Yoo.Foo, follow
and pursue the flying lovers. g..
"Poor Sven Kiang, unhappy Tu-
1oo--the frigate gains rapidly on them
The princess wrings her hands and
weeps; already she sees in magma
ton her lover deprived OF mis- nose,
his eyes put out, his pig-tail cut off
close to his head, his legs hewed from
his body-the Chinese punishment for
poor, audacious young men who run
on with emperor's daughters. Sven
klang utters a piercing scream, clasps
her hands and invokes the aid OF the
Chinese Venus
What is her manner" asked Lucia.
Lucia" answered the painter slow
~. "Some say, however, her name is
Assunta, and others assert it to be Fe.
llclta. The goddess hears her prayer
and answers it. In the twinkling of
an eye Swen-Kiang and Tu-foo are
turned into two pretty little birds.
There, look! they are flying up into
the blue sky, billing and kissing each
other as they 60. That is the story,
fair ladies, the plate tells me-"
"And the pig-tails, the tine pig-tails
OF Swen.Kiang and Tu-foo. what be-
came of them?"
'True, had forgotten the pig-tails.
They were left in the boat and were
changed by the goddess into two long,
ugly snakes; and when the hump.
backed king, Yoo-Foo, and the lord
high executioner Wong Bang, his con-
slant companion, stepped on board
the boat to look for the lovers one of
the snakes bit the kings toe aud the
other the lord high executioner's heel,
causing them both to Jump very high
and swear very loudly-ln Chinese.
You may we'll suppose that this was
all very pleasing to Lucia, Assunta
and Felicita, and is it not 10 you al
so?-Enma NJ. Phelps, in Springfield
Republican.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-10-22
L0rdly Farming.

Another illustration OF tho land
distress ia England was given at tho.
recent sale of The famous Houghton
estate. in Norfolk, the property al
the MarQuise ct Cholmondeley. The
origiaa, cost q: the buildings was not
less than "a, $50, 600, as stated b
the auctionaer, and that sum uenf
much further then than now. The
rents Of the estate footed up $50. GEO,
Yet it WAS difficult to obtain bidR
rot 9 single one in fact was made for
the property in bulk The first lot
comprising 11,000 acres, the majior
part OF the estate, received a hid a
81, SOC; 900, which was far below III
estimate Of its value by the oxn4.
sequently the property was With
drawn. Fifteen Or 20 years aso much
higher prices could haYs been realised
but ths present and mture prospaet
are not promising. g,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-10-22

q g dilapid lated log cabin and inauir-
go O 9 lank man who 49, leaning
against e rail fence: stIs this tho Wv
TO Mt Poddrs!, The lark nan
hitched up his trowsers and said: Re
You goin to. Pod ers 7'' 4 I
that's whore tho dom Is to night;
his darter's goin' TO 30 hitched. =
Who's she goin' TO giiti' Z. a
man named Tonkina, said the blush.
ing bridegroom Is he any goodl''
retty poor stick, I've been told. :.
has ne cot any style?" lot much 4
We'll" said the old man With q siGh5
OF relief, I'm glad he's such e poor
shoat, for my gals has got an invite Co
that weddin, an / heard no body could.
go that couldn't eat with their forks:
my gals can't eat with their forks. but
reckon IN let 'em go. Podder's two.
miles straight ahead" s.* = ...s
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-10-22
A. Charitable Millionaire

Miss Catharine l.. Wolf hasisst add.
ed another to her many benefactions
to the Episcopal Church in tbs diocese
of New York. To, this. lady Grace
Church owes its most pleasing and
valuable additions, and assistant
Bishop Potter has had occasion to
acknowledge most princely aid from
her for church purposes on more than
one occasion. In the intellectual and
artistic as we'll as the charitable life OF
tho metropolis there are great thanks
due to this philosophical lady. who.
has devoted her life to- well-doing.
There are few galleries of paintings, il
any, in the city equal to the one at
her residence, completed by the add
tions she has made to- the collection
begun by her. father: Miss Wolf was
the inheritor ofthreetortunes ofabout
equal amount--one' from her father,
John David, Wolf, Esq, one of the
clty's most successful merchants. in
the days before. the war; one from
her moiler,. In raaidenhoodA Miss
Lorillard and hairess to a full share
in the origsnal estate OF Peter
Lorillaraj. the elder, and q
third fortune made up between the
requests OF Peter Lorillard'sS partner
and brother. "tJnele Jacob" land the
estate of Mrs. Catherine Lorilland
.Speacer, sister Of the brothers Peter
and Jacob, and the wife of Conamo,
dore Spenaer, Of the United States nac
w, whoBa his widow survived; Tor
raany years Mrs. Spencer WAS re-
narkabla for her public and private
charities, to which she Devoted the
whole. OF her large income over. proper
household expenses. Miss Wolf has
always followed the rule Of her amt.
"Of the income frona my property !
spend what my position REASONABLY
requires. The rest give tothose who
are needy" So it happened that on
the division Of bar estate the princi.
pal was intact, but there was no ae.
emulation Of surplus income. That
had all been paid over. to the needy
and deserving. Miss Volt is equally
q feature in social life at Newport al
n New York, and no less feature
relatively in the charities Of that re,
sort than in those Of this city. With,
out, handoning her position ia thu
word, it has been her deliberate
choice, as Of . vocation, to dev0ta
/ der time and means OF doing all at,
tAir able good for society, art. and IS,
tgion. New York Star. Il.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-10-22
A Clever Rat.

A farmer living near Bradford, Iowa,
named John Mick, while feeling his
horses late one evening, heard rat
squealing as though his life depended
upon it. Upon investigation Mr.. Mick
found q great grizzly fellow, apparent
~ the ancestor of the whole tribe,
busily engaged in rolling an egg from
the nest to the edge of the manager.
Anxious to see what he was going to
do, Mr.. Mick remained quiet and
watched the proceeding. What hap
pened can be best told in Mr.. Mick's
own language: ''The old Teller kept a
squalin' and a rollin' the egg at the
same time, till finally he got it to the
edge OF the manger; then all at onct he
took the egg between his forepaws and
held it chock up under his chin and
doubled himself up like q ball and
whopped himself clean over, egg and
all, and fell kerslar on his back onto
the floor three ieet below. There he
sot up SIGH q squalin' that I thought
sure the old cuss had dlslocated q tint
IN his back and was Jest argoin' to
end the old chaps misery when lol
and behold two other rats appeared
on the scene Of action; and I'll be
burned II them two rats didn't each
take hold Of hind leg Of that old
cuss, him a-holdin' on to the egR all
the time and holdin' it chock up I'M
t1ar his chin. and DRAG him ahnr1f fhir.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-10-22
They Must Hang.
States Attorney Grinnell to Chicago Ne

5SNoS . &ao'oAAey Orlnnel1 20 CnlcaSO News.
"The anarchists" he exclaimed,
pulling vigorously on the cigar. CHOW,
never like to be interviewd on law
suits, and most positively decline to
talk on the subject. However, ] will
give you some news on the case. I
have served notice On the counsel for
the defendants that I have asked the
court to take up the motion for new
trial and final disposition OF the case
or Friday October LIST. You see I still
cling to that lucky Friday. What will
be done after that depends on the rul.
Ing OF Judge Gary. In case a new
trial is granted we will go over the
whole business again. Should he
refuse to grant q new trial the men
will stand up and receive their SEN
tence. / understand the counsel for
the defense will then, appeal to the
supreme court for new trial. The
date OF the execution can not be fixed
prior to a time when the supreme
court shall have been in session ten
days.
"Jf the supreme court decides to
grant the counsel q hearing, q stay OF
proceedings will be ordered, and, after
reviewing the evidence, a new trial
will be granted, or, in caseit is refused,
the sheriff will proceed to carry out
his duty"
"Do you think the condemned
anarchists will be hanged?"
eyes do. see no reason either in
law Or as question Of fact why they
should not be hanged"
"Do you think that in case they are
hanged, they will become martvrs?">
mo SIR" answered the energetic
states attorney, bringing down his sun.
Drowned hand on his desk so hard
that it made an array of paper weights
dance about as if q miniature earth.
quake had just occurred. ''There never
was martyr where there was no prin-
clple. A robber who might be Killed
would never become a martyr even if
he had died in order that more rob-
bers might live. These men may claim
to have principle, but on their own
statements it is one so cruel, so devil
lsh and so antagonistic to the spirit
OF the best government on the face Of
the earth that it becomes a crime
against all mankind. The robber
makes it his principle to rob, the MUIR
derer to kill and the incendiary to
burn. None of these could ever be-
come martyrs. The anarchist, is a
combination of the whole, and yet
some people pretend to say that they
will! become martyrs. tits NONSENSE"
"Ihep you are not afraid that the
will be considered martyrs
in case they are hanged?" asked the
reporter.
"No, sir, most emphatically I am
not, because have confidence in the
intelligence and patriotism of the PEG.
pie OF this country"
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-10-22

He Shot VDItli % TnsYIfanlasI.

Is 81. ). A.sais
Capt. B0ggs, j. VnRinian, who he5d
acaptain, . license on the Mississiinn
river hefn,a Il -. Il 80 80, 80,
@. ]. ! J, -. .s..V
of io1 eee' Yeas Nd sne contract 20
supply the military posts q Utah,
{ Colorado, New Mexico; and Arizona
with f,fa tails Ina ri rs .,;,,., j. 49,
s..r 80 !, q. =. J. - 49, -
:, e uvFH = si'e we fesef vatlon
u colorado and had stroAed down
the shores of d small lake while nv
mules and taamatara .,ara. !. t;nn M n.
ner. when g. cann., .crnsa 4 q nv
of about = dozen b Ind;ans Thav
were armed Win r;f1es ant 3',x .s.
shooting at q ana, yvh;ch. .t,, Het
out of tha ,vata s ID " . hon s1 100
hundred wards iiatanh The stakes
for which, thew. raTo sh oot;,,1 1ve,.s
eomnosea az a tor of .dolla : fro,,,
each man Lstnnd No 10 toh;nn +la,, :, H 81.
some time and than dac;jaS ~ ante- -
the competition. Each man h.d thres
shots and: thu MAN W. h;t ~ tSa sneo
the most t;mos uon thaot IN
misses wara til NV ~ ~ 49, =, +hs
water: tha hts h,; +ta ,en'soa &c &c 40 40
snlasi, '' ~ ''' t''e04''0 "a 'n'
After some nar1av with, Tho. roasL;,s
/ cot them to allow mo w a,tar +hs
match tho,oh +hom on ns VI el1el .ne
denosit half q doIiay vi,;ia +ha'. , ame -;
a Quarter had a. Hanru' 800 pau tar
with me: that. fort,,na1ely. far nv
purpose wag than u,load ad 49,
accounted one, of the hast sbo+" ~
that country hnt Enavc ~ ot ~ ~
dams were n1t h11 =. nv, ,,,aa s'"e s, r>.v
slipped three cartr;doaa ;nto nv, r;ee
and as 7 IA sa bs~3, n4yo I hsu ~
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-10-22
Song or REST.
FLORENCE .rYL,EE.


0 weary handle! thnt, all the day.
Were set to labor hard and slona. ls.s
Now softly fall the shadows FRAY.
The bells are runa Tor even soil. g 3; !
An ho,ir ago the golden sun 1
Sank slowly down into the West.
Poor weary Hands. yonr TOLLS done:
IT'S time Tor rest! ~ is tiusior restp,
eweary Feet! that many 5 mile
Have trnd2ed along 4 stony way. S5s
At last ye reach the trysting stile;
No longer fear to 90 astray.
The gentle bending. rustlinx tFees
Rock the young birds within the uest.
And softly sings the quiet breeze: 4
"Iis time for restl--' tbs time iorrest!,
O weary Eyes! from which the tears
Fell many q time like thunder rain
Q weary Hearth that through the years
Beat with such bitter, restless pain. /,
Tonight forget the gloomy strife,
And know what Heaven shall send i
best; -. So NJ
Lay down tho tangled web OF lie; f.s.% (.
It's time FOR rest!-'tis time for resN
-Chambers's Magazine. &535
The Dawson journal., 1886-04-29

An exchange remarks that if
subscribers to newspapers gen
nerally knew how important
was to publishers to have each in
dividual subscription paid at the
proper time they would set it
down in their memorandum book
the date when fresh new year
begins and would be as prompt
as IN the payment of note in the
bank, in meeting 1t. 1t is true
that so small sum as a few dol
lars is not much in the eyes of
ninety-nine in a hundred subscrib-
ers, but the aggregate Of several
hundred amount to considerable,
and any one can estimate and
judge what it may be to any
publisher engaged in active bust
ness.
The Dawson journal., 1886-04-29
Mad Dogs.

Every days mail brings us pa
pers filled with accounts Of the
horrible death Of persons who
were bitten by mad dogs. AS
long as these worthless ours are
allowed to run at large life is en-
dangered. 1t is of the utmost
impo rtance, therefore, that every
old stray cur should be watched,
and, with the least demonstration
to bite, should at.once be put to
death. Almost every newspaper
that comes to our Office is filed
with accounts of mad dogs, and it
is well enough that everybody
should be on the alert. What we
need is a dog law, and then the
country would not be Infested
with 50 many worthless ours.
The Dawson journal., 1886-04-29
Front tic Twelfth

Thinking a few dots from the
18th district might be Of some in
terest to your many readers;I will
write you q few lines.
A good many have planted their
cotton over. None of my neigh
bors have a stand Of cotton up at
this writing. Corn is quite small
for the season. The prospect is
hattering for fruit crop. | guess
when the blackberries come, the
editors will be all right.
1 attended Mr.. Jack Green's
school on Friday last and heard
his pupils spell, speak, read COM
positions, etc. He has some fine
spoilers in his school. Jack
knows what to do in the school
room. His school numbers from
35 to Is pupils.
If you editors will come out in
about two weeks we can give you
Irish potatoes and chicken, and l
know you are not used to that.
The Dawson journal., 1886-04-29
No Mail Tuesday.

Dawson was without any East
ern mail Tuesday, and no one
seems to know why. The pouch
containing mail for the Vest,
made up at Dawson, was brought
back to the post-oflice and the one
from the East. which should have
been put off here, was carried on
towards Montgomery. Many Of
our citizens were considerably
worried hy not having their daily
papers and letters, The blame is
said to be with the route agent.
Such carelessness is inexcusable,
and the postal authorities should
investigate the matter and hold
whoever is responsible to strict
accountability for neglect Of duty.
The Dawson journal., 1886-04-29
The Methodist Meeting

The protracted meeting at the
Methodist church closed last Sun
day night. The membership of
the church has been warmed up
considerably. Sunday night the
pastor, Rev. A. M. Williams,
received the following persons in
to the church: Misses. Willie
Hodnett, Willie Mcdonald, Lille
Crouch, Rena Mize and Masters
Jimmie Black and PielceAnthony.
During the meeting sixteen per-
sons united themselves with the
church.
The Dawson journal., 1886-04-29
A Dawson Enterprise.

Last Friday afternoon a party
of about twelve citizens, chaper-
ohed by Maj. B. H. Hood, visited
the works of the Dawson Manu-
featuring Company. We had no
idea they were doing such an ex-
tensive business. The building
contained about twenty-five or
thirty pieces of the latest and
most improved machinery, and
about twenty hands were busily
engaged in making sash, doors,
blinds and other things too nu-
merous to mention. This is the
most extensive work of the kind
south of Macon, and, as a home
enterprise, should be literally
patronized by our people. We
will give more extended account
OF this enterprise at some future
time when we have more space,
The Dawson journal., 1886-04-29
'fhe Sunday-schOol Picnic.

The committees appointed by
the Sunday-schools of Dawson to
select a time and place for having
the annual May picnic, will re
port next Sunday to the Superin-
tendents. They have decided ON
having it at "Hardmoney Park, -
just beyond the depot, tomorrow
week, the 7th Of May. The trees
will be trimmed, the hrubbish
cleared away and the grounds put
in excellent condition for the oc-
cas;on. 1t is needless to say that
the anticipations of an enjoyable
time by the children will be fully
realized,
The Dawson journal., 1886-04-29
A Novel Way to Kill Crows.

In conversation with promi-
nent planter of the 4th district,
last Tuesday, q JOURNAL man
learned of q new and novel way
to kill cows. The gentleman's
plan is to catch one of the birds,
tie it to your body and walk
through the field with your gun
cooked and finger on the trigger
The cries of the bird will cause
others of its tribe 10 flock around
you and cm then be easily shot.
This method of eXterminat-
ing these pests is not patented and
who are disposed are at liberty to
try it.