The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-11-18

account for advertising a restau.
ran, owned by Peter Holt. | was
about to say that tie restaurant
was run by Peter hold, but that
would beiray hectic Imagination
on my par, for II just ran ilseli.
| had been reared lenderly, and
The restaurant Of Peter Holt did
more 10 make me wish | was back
home in the States where nice
clover hay and cut feed were plen.
~ than anything that ever happen
ed to me.
DIR. Hayford was. a good man,
and his soul, think, was as pure
as any soul ever saw which had
been exposed as much as his had !;
but have always wondered why,
instead of salary, he gave me pow
er of attorney to collect claims
against restaurants in Il poor state
OF preservation, and stores that
did not keep my class Of goods.
From The Sentinel l went into
official life for time as justice of
The peace, and then with Judge
Blair as the moving spirit. The old
Boomerang was started. l bought
the material, and then edited the
paper about three years, during
which time | got together a cOllec-
tion of poverty and squalor which
is still referred to with local pride
by the pioneers still there
Ii was at this time alsothat l
was chosen by the governor 10 act
as notary public. The appoint
ment came 10 me wholly unSoucht
on my part. When ! went 10 bed
at night | had no more idea that
would be notary public IN the
merning than the reader has. II
was a case where the office sought
the man, and not the man the Of
flee. l held this position for six
years and no one can say that |
did wrong official act as notary
public. My seal cost me $6, and
in the six years that held The Of
flee l swore'eighteen men at TWEEN.
ty five cents each, two of whom
paid me. was obliged to give a
bond, however, as notary public
l do not know why, exactly, fol
the fees were my own,if got any
| used TO deal with boot and
shoe man whom l shall call Quidd
, and we were on friendly terms.
bought my boots Of him, ant
scorched the heels thereof on hi
hot stoye on winetr evenings ,wher
) times were dull and the wintry
blast outside reduced the prof, il
The cattle business.
casually asked Mr.. Quidd L
sign my bond as notary public.ant
told him what a sinecure it would
be for him; but to my asionish
, ment his chin quiyered, his eye
grew dim with unshed tears, as h.
told me with his hand tremblin,
IN mine, that he wished he could
but that ne had promised his dy
, ing mother, Just as The light of tht
5 glory world lighted up her eyes
that he would never sign a bono
! tr note with any one.
, | said "Do not mind this, Mr.
Quidd ; it is a trfling matter. 9th
+ ers will sign. Twill get some com
Y paratlve stranger to oign with me
} Do no feel badly over It," On th'
way home I got Edward Ivanson
: General Worth, Otto Gramm
!, Henry Wagner. Abraham Idle
l. man, Charles Kuster, DR.. Harri:
William H. Root and James Mi
, ion Sherrod, the squaw man Q
l Buffalo Wallow, TO sign my bone
}. All of these were men OF probit
f and property and the bond was sal
/. To be the best notaral bond tina
: was ever floaied in Wyoming.
On the following day a case il
n my court as justice of the peac
d required a bond on the part of
e saloon. keeper, and lie went out
g moment 10 get a surety. He wa
d hardly out OF The Office before b
g returned with the name Of Nj
0 Quidd. After that l bought m
!. boots elsewhere. l could not irus
}. a man who would so soon forget hi
|. promise TO his dying mothe
t Years have flown by, and gra
= hairs have come on the head {
o Mr.. Quidd, though | haven't
# gray hair YET, and may not hav
/ for years, but I have always pu
chased my boots elsewhere.
Y The Boomerang was first printe
n over a shoe.slore (; but the qua
j, ,ers were small, and, l might ais
0 add, extremely seldom from
IS postofiice standpoint, and our il
surance was two per cent. per az
0 mum; SO we removed 10 The parlC
!! floor of a thrifty livery stable on
d side street. The only vacation
e had while there was at one tim
}. when | wrote two weeks editorial
9 ahead, and went away for for
e night. No one who has not trie
a 1t can realize how hard It is to prt
e pare two weeks editorials ahea
:, and have them appropriate. III
+, forseen changes are always ce
It tain TO occur, and | am sure ,hs
o now, after years oisstudy and el
is periencc, would not again try
!. do that on the salary the
l thought | would get.
!. It was during these days that
y got mixed in a fight for the pos
o Office. did not want the pos
:. Office, but l wanted Charley Spal'
g ing 10 have II. and 80 I ueed Ol