Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-01


why, Mr.. Haskell, how do you do?
| | haven't seen you for the last ten
| years"
"That's all very WE'LL said the dig
niicd Mr.. Hoar, but Massachusetts
men are perfectly acquainted with the
bunco methods of Chicago, and you had
better seek for Mr.. Haskell elsewhere, >
and Mr.. Hoar dignifiedly withdrew,
while his would-be acquaintance muir
INJURED TO himself. g" his imDcrti-
hence. I've been in business in Boston
for twenty-five years, and | don't think
| | look much like "a confidence man yet"
! And another Blaine vote was lost from
the Ohio delegation.
On the Governor.
The New York Tribune's Washington
correspondent relates the following of
eX-Lieutenant Governor Brokmeyer, of
Missouri: "When Thomas r. Critten-
dsn was to be ~inaugurated as governor
of Missouri the senate chamber was, of
course, crowded with people. Mr.. Brok-
meyer was in the chair. As the Jour
| for the ceremony drew lear expectation
among the spectators was at its height.
| Just as the hands of the clock indicated
the hour the doors of the senate cham
Der swung open and a pompous door
keeper in a deep voice announced:
Mr.. President, the governor of Mis-
souri, approaches"
Lieutenant Governor Brokmeyer
looked up lazily from the piece of paper
on which he had been scribbling.
well, let him come right along"
said he, ''dat's what we're here for
The rOars of laughter hat greeted
this announcement somewhat interfered
with the solemnity of the occasion.
There were a number of Indians at
the state capital. Jefferson City during
Governor Brokmeyer's stay there.
Onesday some one informed the bar
keepers at the hotels that they must not
sell any liquor to the Indians because
there was Il federal law against 1T. That
evening Governor Brokmeyer strolled
into the Madison house. There was a
new bartender behind the bar. Gov
| ernor Brokmeyer rested his elbow on
| the counter and called for some whisky
and water. The barkecper looked
closely at the dark skin and straight
black hair of the stranger for II minute,
and turning his bt elk on him said:
Go on, now. You can't get anythin
here
Whats the matter with you?" said
the governor, rather warmly.
eve don't sell liquor to Indians
''Why you tam fool. I'm a Dutch
man." said the governor, angrily.
perhaps you are u Dutch Indian,
but, all the same, you cant get any
liquor here" And he did not.
Poor Miss Anthony.
Miss Susan b. Anthony was one of the
callers upon Governor J. B.: Foraker,
says the Chicago Herald. The veneer
| able female s~utfragist desired to inte-
rest the magnetic Ohio governor in her
life work OF woman suffrage and desired
to secure his assistance i'll presenting
AN Independent resolution in favor of
suffrage to women before the convcn-
ton. The governor, however, was
tired and excited. He had made a
speech and had been lioniHed on that
account. He was, therefore, a great
man., and he imperiOusly refused to see
the venerable lady who had done him
the honor OF n personal visit. AS Miss
Anthony, not in the least abashed by
her treatment from the youthful apostle
of republicanism, swept from the room,
an aged Ohioan, shaking his head sig
n~iticantly in the direction of the preCOC-
iOus governor. sorrowfully uttered the
words, Whom the gods wish to destroy
they first make mad"
Development of Small Potato Patch.
Fifty years ago. says the Pittsburg
| blSJilNIl. ~ llti'lo IlC llNCu III d llUJlC
cabin on the bank of a creek in Santa
Clara county, California. Ignacio kept
a pig and raised just enough potatoes to
support life. There was land enough
lying around loose out of doors to raise
ship loads of potatoes, but that would
have required work and Ignacio never
suspected that providence put him here
to work. So he rolled his cigaritas
and watched his few plants grow. Po-
tato patches like Ignacio's we're called
''milpas' in the Greaser dialect, and
Spanish law permitted the governor to
issue grants to the holders of milpas in
order to protect them from the cattle
barons, who were in the habit OF
driving their herds across the
country and devastating little
farms that might be in the
way. So Ignacio asked for n grant.
The Alcalde looked at his milpa, and
found it so small that in derision he ne
scribcd it in his report as "A ''milpitas,"
or lutte potato patch. In a facetious
spirit he called I he bitches ''creeks,''
and. described the lines as running from
a certain tree to a point ON "A creek,
from one creek to another, etc. Gov
ernor Michael TOreno approved and
issued to lgnacia Inez "A grant for the
Rancho Milpitas, and Ignacia was pro-
tected from the arrogant yaqueros and
their lowing herds. When the terri
tory came into the possession of the
United States this country agreed to
protect the rights of all landholders.
IgnaciO's grant said from creek to
creek" The righteousness of the AL
calde was not appreciated, and Inez
milpitas Of two or three acres grew to
the Rancho Milpitas of IS 1000 acres. and
was so patented under the laws of the
United States. The heirs of ~Ignacio,
the cigarita-rolling Greaser, became
wealthy hidalgos and their daughters
were sought in marriage by Gringo ad-
v%enturers of enterprising spirit.
Passes Held Over.
Ibid you lear of General Fitz Sim
mons break at the convention on Sat
urday afternoon" asked a Chicago rail-
road man of a Herald reporter.
mo. What was it,"
well after the con vention had ad-