Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1888-02-02
e was housed and sheltered and had his

moral ana Intellectual, IS so well knowL
10 many readers of the TELLER that
will not comment on it here. 1t was
while enjoying the hospitalities Of the
above mentioned relative, that Parish
first beheld the beautiful valley OF Tie
Weippe. He wa, So cni'iva.ei with it,.
picturesque appearance, that be r,solyo,!
to locate claim and stile down. Ia
December 1885 be selected suitabla
location, and by means best known t.
himself, held the same til the follown.
July or August, when with the assis-
lance oil lis nriyhbors (Inyself among
the rest he built a house, aud movin.
his family there, became tonide
resident of the Wtippe. But e'er be
had resided here many months, be be
came convinced that, though this coun-
try was blessed by nature with a yigor
Gus and healthlul climate, its virgin soil
would not produce the noccssuries of lie
unless its tiller would ':get in aud dig
so he resolved to sell his improvements,
aud seek new fields and pastures green.
But not finding buyer he was forced
to remain, and up to October last he had
held his claim for over eighteen (ls)
months without fencing, CT fling on tie
same. Aud for the reason that in my
claim is included forty acres of the land
which Parish thus lraudu!ontly claimed,
| am accused Of jumping a ncishbars
claim with great alacrity. Not content
with this the newcomers assert that in
the near future | hope to jump another
mans claim. In response to this, I
request Mr.. Rapid Newcomer to crawl
from his kennel and meet ne like mel,
that may have an opportunity of jump
ing him. Gene up or shu, up, or 60
h-s y.ur bead, and sak again into the
nothing from which you sprung.
The description Of the Xmas jubille
might have been accepted as Il ras-ablc
effort for an amateur, had he confined
hinise!f to facts, but. that truth and he
were not born twin brothers, is evident
from the manner IN which he has grossly
exaggerated The occurrence. Five Of the
parties mentioned in connection with the
event, were school children. The ether
five, with tho exception Of one, native
OF Sweden, were born Americans. The
charge that several were drunk and I'M
able to 60 home when morning dawned,
is falsehood, and | denounce the author
Of such as liar Of the vilest sort. The
cellar episode is clever written decep.
ton. aud to disprove it, I need only say.
there is no cellar on MY premises. And
the beautiful pot of beans existed only in
the mind of Il half starved newcomer, !
most emphatically deny that the Rapid
Newcomers, or anti moss backs we're sent
to pursatory, BY either myself Or friends
Yet the worthy Neps correspondent
states that he gathered the details from
an eye witness. lam aware Of but enc
who could be considered an eye witness,
Mr.. Wm. French, who came at my
invitation, aud though he Gid not trip
the light fantastic, sat on store box aud
drank the red liquor Of the dcmsjohn,
Eve had but one), aud smoked his
cigarette with as much gus,o as any
lrIshman. That Mr.. French who has
heretofore been considered respectable,
mind your own business kind of young
man, blessed with fair education has
stopped so low as to consort with the
writer OF Young Grabi,all's Jublle and
faraish the material for tho samer is be-
yond my comprehension. However!
man is like gold or silver,
Aud the way to try him best,
Is judge not by appea ance,
But put him to the test.
For the benefit of those who may not
have read the article in the NeUs, |
quote two Of its closin. remarks:
Eyes, the Grabi.all's have met opposi.
ton au opposition, tirelcss, relentless,
impractiable, but the world moves.
Their days are numbered and troubles
thicken round them"
To me there eau be but one interpre.
tation Of the above. That is, as my life
has before been threatened in the pres.
ence of witnesses, l regard it as Il repeti.
ton Of such threat And though con
scious Of the tact that as | traverse the
lonely mountain trails, OF the country in
which my boyhoad days were spent, my
earthly career may be brought to close,
by little, leaden messenger, fred BY
the mprderous hand of a lurking foe. | |
answer their last bullying insinualion,
by saying: Go! sound your tocsin of
war; call all your vassals in, from those
quileless beings, who with smile that is
aud bland go forth among
their fellows, with ears ever on the alert |
and eyes ever yisilant, that they may
note the smallest word, OF observe the
most trivial action, land who hope to
gain notoriety by reporting the same
10 Your allies, the dark eyed aborigines,
through whose veins there once flowed
he bright, red blood of the Neg Perez
ribe, but which has long since become
with that dark, Shiny ooze,
which now stasnates in the veins of IA
ormcr newcomer Bring them all and
with your shouts of defiance,
md blazing fire brands, annihilte me if
'ou can aud sa,iate your lus, for revenge
N Young Grabitall, or
FRANK GAFFNEY.
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Moscow, Idaho, Jan 80, 1888.
MIR. EDITOR: The Mirror states
hat Mr. nnhnis in a nnbI,o cro,.L 90