Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-12-06

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the place has brought ertwelye nm.
ared dollars more than the debt ma
she must take out letters OF odminis
tratlon. And tell her for me NOT ~
/ think Of moving. She can hays AZ
mousse ana the garden around II free
oil rent. She's a thrifty woman and
Win that start she'll get along.
let that FOllambe,s conduct was
/ through an impulse OF generosity
/ winch he could well afford But ths
general verdict was that he was a fool |
D. bid "a hundred over Phipps
or even two hundred. II might have |
l passed, but 10 throw away-absolute- |
/ ~ throw away twelve hundred dol. |
lars! When they heard aiterward that
no had given the widow life estate in
the house and garden, il WAS general.
I ~ agreed that he should have guar.
dian over him TO save his property.
TAX died out, however, TO be re.
Hiyed again by another astounding
act Of folly.
The Ellomah Iron Works, about a
mile IRON Brantiord, had exhausted
the bel OF ore they had been working
Tor over forty years, and had to bring
the crude material some distance by
rail and water, Il began 10 be aues-
tion whether i would not pay to build
new furnace near the source OF sup.
ply and abandon the old one. Sud.
denly, however, a new ore bed was
opened close at hand. The forty.two
acres Of ciayey hill on the Peabody
farm MAS found 10 cover a heavy dc.
post OF limOnitv. As that ore gener.
ally contains impurities only fitting IL
for cold short" iron, little attention
! Was Z aid TO il. But when the chemist
OF The company made three
, separate analyses and discovered
! the usual PHOSPHORUS was replaced
+. by nearly thFee per cent Of manganese
oxide, the thing took another shape.
) The company offered Roljambe a
. handsome royalty, which he NJ once
: declined. lie would sell outright or
! not az all. After some rhAiIerlng and
/ rough survey Of the bed, they took
) all the farm but the widows five
. ACRES. and paid ssveniy-hye thousand
/ dollars.
: "a tool FOR luck" was the general
4 comment Hut she reputation oil
. f'oijambe for downright folly was AZ
]. is height uhen it leaked out alter,
. pAFd that be had settled thlrty.iiys
! thousand seven hundred and fifty
!. dollars on Mrs. Peabody-that is, IN,
;. interest during life 10 ner. and the
!. principal 10 her daughter aiterward
/. No words suiiieri 20 express the won
J, der. contempt aud disgust AZ this ac'
i 81 folly.
/. Old Riggs died about this time, and
u 0alchirfc offered me a share In tn
!. business Il could put IN I've thous
: and dollars. had saved little owe
halt Of that by pinehing and screWine
= bat ! WAS puzzled ab az the rest
. Foliambe found il out. and gave m
?. the money on my note. some iolk
\. may think this folly on his part, bu
81 ala not. neither did be. for ] hav
IL paid X back long since.
.. When tho Widow Peabody gOs he
10 money. she sent Rebooca of 10 board
% tns.vshool, AZ she could well afford "a
DO aud there the gtrl remained for lou
years. barring visits home ~ tAca
g ton. When she came back 20 stay
b. she had grown into handsome. sci
h. possessed young woman, and she WA
4. auiic admired by the young fellow
~ around. IN addition 20 good looi
10 and good manners. she would have
10 nice sum in hard cash IN time-a goo
Of thing b add 70 young mans tamil
"a resources. But she was OF a domest
Ia turn. stayed at home with her mot
"a -. ani rarely went abroad. No su'
- or seemed TO meet favor IN her eye
10 though shc had several.
OF During Rebccca'a absence az schoc
~ FolIambo had been going along qnit
" III and people had ceased TO talk
-, him; but shortly alter her return
To broke out again.
lcr one DAY. an old man in a dust
y, sntt and boots that had been blac
~ rpci 4 week before. and who carrie
'se n small grip sack. got out at Brantloi
Eao station ard inquired iithe Widow ne
- body ilyetlat the old farm yet. hesot
10 learned that hp was the lone.lost u
.ne Wa Peabody who had come back ait
y ali these years. apparently as pc
he ~ church mouse, aud douDtle
'ht with intent 70 spong on the NidS
an praboly. lie was not so very 9
w either. bns looked like a man whCS
~! AZ lard luck and ahot climate haa ati
w an and wrinkled.
'as To our surprise he was made "
ler come by the widow aud RebeeGsca, a
~. took M hts abode there lie va va
'rs Queer specimen. After the dust oil VI
il hnh been brushed OF he was cue
u enough: but his clothes were Of or
rim nnry material and we'll worn. y "
eht evident that be was poor, but
the didn't eeem to mind it. lie wa'S
It about and held himself up as thov
'ot, ~ owned one.halt thetown and mea
Am, 10 bny the other. lie was ready W
OF NJ. tongue. too, and, i any one say I,
iiil, disnereeable or impertincnt IN
ap- could repay It with interest. Fo'la
.av. ~ took 4 great notion to him.
ing, toId mo that the old man was !, x
he ana had wonderfully pra ct,ca ,,ro y
use, ness ideas for onewho haa nov l'I,D IN,
had by his precepts, thing haVe0os !"
and - 10 be not uncommon; 4 !, !
IL can pick up more valuable en-, n'n ,ba -
So me ' unsuccessful around him te s
ned can from sharp business men; e.
-op Two crew quiet intimate, ana "a, ann =
the 80, 6np ayening they mlgnt w