The new North-west., 1891-02-06
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SITTING BULLS SIGNATURE.


his other residence. am sorry to know
that these things exist, and no one can
be more pained than am to sec two
sets of widows tearing up the green
sward and pclting each other with i'm
mortellcs at the grave of one they have
loved as one man; but it sometimes oc-
ours, and if you contemplate removing
to New York, and your wife f;,vors it
rather more than you do on account Of
the great shopping facilities thus afford
ed, advise you to show her this piece.
Coming as it does from /, litterateur and
man about town it is of great value
g. NJ, Springfield, Mass, writes:
DEAR SIE-Praying that you will not
throw this letter into the waste basket
before reading it, will endeuvor to give
You the reason for its being written.
am man Of 40 years, married, and d
constant reader Of your work, and can
assure you Il warm ;ldmirer Of the same.
"But, Mr.. Nye, have a brother who
is no less SO. Well, he is married for
the past six months and is a very straight
forward business man, but last Sunday
while at church, seated in the same pew,
felt shocked to have him commence
playing with his wife-taking her Bible
from her. changing rings and fooling
around generally to the constant annoy
ance of otlers--;.nd the thought at once
suggested to Inc to write you, knowing
your remarkably peculiar way of writ
ing on such topics, and suggest that
if, when thinking Of Il subject to write
upon, you should adopt this, it would be
read with great interest by;l great many,
and You would confer u great favor upon
me, and hundreds of mankind will call
you blessed
There can be nothing more reprehen-
sible than tile custom among frivolous
people of carrying the customs and eti-
quette of the skating rink into the
sanctuary. 1t is far more consistent to
stay away from church entirely and
read the Sunday paper on some pretext
or other than to whisper and play tag
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church, and their spirits are more buoy
ant than those of more elderly people,
so they should not be so harshly dealt
with; but 4 grown man with Il full head
of whiskers who will go to church and
whisper and frolic through the service
Or the sermon may one day, when it is
too late, turn on the fire alarm and get
no response.
People who have not respect enough
for whatever they are attending to keep
quiet and listen or let others at least,
do more to make me doubt and distrust
the wide open policy of Col, Ingersoll
than most anybody else.
There are only two kinds of more con-
temptible people. One is the man who
bats his lobster traps with his grand
parents, and the other is the microbe
who writes you anonymously on a postal
card
Connie III Faw, Ono Hundred and
Twenty-ninth street, writes: ''What
should do with callers who come just
us am about to go calling myself? (2,)
What sort of man was Sitting Bull, per-
sonally? Did you meet him while on the
frontier:''
a good way to cut short a dis;yreeable
call is to come down stairs with your
sealskin sacque or. Some keep . winter
cloak or bonnet handy for such emer-
gencies, and tlo first rate without getting
reputation for rudcness. It is very
painful, indeed, to llavc;l string of callers
ant afternoon, when you had made calcu-
lations on going out and making forty
or fifty calls, and feeling sure that with
the bright weather You would find no
one ut home. Sometimes, it takes
week i'll uncertain weather. with more or
less people at home, to cover the ground
you might OIL Il pleasant afternoon go
over III two hours.
2. Yes | knew Sitting Duil, and got
him To write in my album in the sum
uer Of 1876. | hal !. letter to him from
the Prince Of Wales. Sitting Bull was
personally very gentle aHl courteous to
his friends, but q most dis:l ,raaable per-
son to invite to your house to meet a
mixed company.
A friend of mine asked Mr.. Bull to
come to dinner and meet the pastor at
his house at one time, and he said he
would never do so again. The great
chief was not in good form. He was i'll
natured, and swore at table because his
luxuriant hair got in the mayonnaise
dressing.
Sitting Bull was married three times,
two Of his wives surviving him. He
was liberal in his religious views and
bitterly opposed to silk underwear
among his people. He scoffed at the
teachings Of Delsarte, and did not go to
hear the Rev. Joseph Cook lecture,
though at one time he could have done
so by walking less than nine miles.
Sitting Bull, with better supplies and
more encouragement from the war de-
partment, would have made {; very sue
cessful commander, but socially he had
no standing at Washington, and SO mill
tary leaders with less ability but more
pull were promoted, while he was kept
in the background like poor boy at
frolic.
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