The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-08-20

parture Of the Speedwell, a tough little
mackercl boat. which was hardly fit to
use in after years, in shipping slaves
from the Guinea coast
What picture it is. The apprehen-
sion and yet the faith and hope Of this
little band. Doomed for months to the
savage bosom of the nauseating sea,
with no one in America to hop gayly on
board and greet them and write column
interview with them on their opinion Of
the country. No friends to welcome
them and fill them mp. Acorns, Cal
vinism and wood ticks awaited them.
Coarse, untidy Indians, with crude no
tons Of future state and utterly ignor-
ant OF thriving and well paved hell,
owned the country.
The red brother summered at Nan
tasket and wintered at Asheville, N. G.
He took shrimps without salad, duck
without dressing, venison without jelly,
and the great spirit without birthstone.
He was then, however, Cooper Indian.
He spoke in blank verse and had voice
like Edwin Forrest as Metamora. He
wrote stanzas from "Hiawatha' in the
autograph albums of the Mohawk, and
snapped smoking tobacco with the
Choctaw. He was then, we are told, alb
solutely pure. He never had a wicked
thought. He wrote pieces for the Fourth
Reader, and ate the brisket Of the Mud
jakewis.
The sword of Miles Standish is here.
1t has an inscription on it which was not
translated until twenty years ago, when
Professor Rosedale, profound scholar
and native Of Palestine, the popu-
lar summer resort for clergymen, Wis
tied Plymouth and translated it for the
society. It is Cutie Arabic and part
Of it Medieval Arabic, he said. and !
agree with him. It means, as nearly as
we are able to translate it, "With peace
God ruled his slaves, and with the judg-
ment of his arm he troubled the mighty
Of the wicked" The professor thinks
that the inscription dates back about 800
years before the Christian Era, though !
would say that the expression was used
as early as the autumn previous to that.
Plymouth has a charming court house
with beautiful green lawn before II
and fountain which is superior to most
OF our American fountains, as it is pro-
vided with water, feature which adds
SO much to fountain, think. What
can look any more refreshing than q
fountain that is constantly kept mois-
tened by some artificial means. And
what can look more depressing to the
thinking mind, provided the thinking
mind should LOOK in that direction, than
a parched and painting fountain with its
tongue out and with autumn leaves and
q dead mouse in it.
Plymouth is a lovely place to visit for
a week or a summer, as you like. The
Pilgrim Fathers have been succeeded by
alert, hospitable and successful people,
who are credit to the great common.
wealth of Massachusetts,. The intoler-
ance Of the Puritan did not crop out al
all during my visit in the state, except
in Boston bank where tried to get a
New York check cashed. It was drawn
on the Shoe and Leather Bank, which il
extremely solvent, and by man who il
worth over a million dollars. / was
identified by well known depositor Of
the Boston bank, who has dealt with il
continually for ten years and who i.
worth half million.
The cashier scrutinized the check
looked through it at the light to see if
had raised it to the tenth power, smelled
Of it, tried it with acids and showed il
to an old gentleman who was trying IL
get stamp of an elderly envelope by
breathing on it SO as to use it again, Their
he said that if the depositor who had in
troduced me would indorse the checl
they would cash it. This made me i'm
patient and left the bank after making
some singing remark which was totally
unworthy of me.
| l did better, however, with the next
bank to which ! took my business, a
did also, am pleased to state, the Gus
toner who had SO courteously intro
duced me to his own bank and then beer
SO hastily treated over my shoulders.
do not think it pays to suspect everybody
Why is it that fresh young teller o.
cashier, who is just trying it for the frs
time, seeks to awe and astonish you b.
his discourtesy, while the old head OF III
old institution is first to oblige you?
landed in France one time with NJ
money and . strong Skowhegan patoi
to my French. did not know soul il
France and wanted to take the frs
train for Paris. stepped into bank a
Havre, where | presented my letter o
credit, identified myself by means OF al
old envelope, got $500 and inside of foul
minutes was on my way to the depot TO
the Paris train. That is not all. It wa
done as though it had been a pleasure
and delight to the bank to be of servic'
to me.
In Paris it was the same way. wa
not even suspected of any crime, SO ia
as could judge. while dealing with tn
Credit Lyonnaise. A fine reading ant
writing room, swell stationery and cas-.
chairs were always at my disposal, ant
my feelings were not even hurt but once
and that was not Intentional.
1t was one morning when ] was feel
ing slightly depressed, and while sittinl
in the parlor of the bank the presiden
of the institution brought me a late ant
specially dismal number of Punch t