The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-05-13
JUDGE TALCOTIss REMTNIsCENoEs.
San nIEco Nav 9 80

cunlary interest 10 Hlyseli. AAeAOe
this delay.
1nasmuch as "Nelse" was referred
to in my last as being co-editor and
publisher Of the Noosho Idlley Reg
ister at the time, and on the occasion
narrated, it may not be improper to
write moro concerning him.
Your correspondent was then VIVA.
was called a practical printer"
I Nelse was not. He was ambitious,
/ However. and with laudable effort
sought to equal his partner in all thar
/ tended 10 make a valiant "hnght OF
/ the stick So at about the time re-
ferred to in nay last, he concluded TO
put his majestic shoulder to the bust
ness and help set the type for the.
coming issue. II was one OF those
beautiful. balmy showery mornings,
which undoubtedly suggested To the
poetical mind the Mayflowers, that
Nelse dislocated his coat, amputated
( his cuffs. and untertook the dissection
/ of a case Of BREWER. 1t has been some
time since closing surgical operations
and my language may DO slightly
/ oblique. vet sufficiently perpendicular
perhaps to introduce my heroine.
/ with the wooden iOb-stick in hand,
and an inverted advertising rule for
composition, he manufactured the fol-
/ lowing-divisiOns and punctuation in
cluded-viZ:
"The 5Reattrouble JNsecuring
reliable primers INDUCES ustO
com@eucE sitting ourOMn tHpe.
( here1ttEr we Areindependent
anddont give aGlarsted reDcent for
nonrinter. its comforting tObeable
! toset Gour own lyp5."
His friends insisted that his first at
tempt was pretty good, and that he
I had the incipient symptoms OF an i'm
proved tramp. Thus encouraged he
persevered until he was successful III
evolving a form Of advertisements
into "pi''-a term referring more
| pleasantly to the culinary art than TO
the hard, stern misfortunes ofan anna
I teur printer. Some remarks of what
might be called an adiectivelY charac-
4 ter followed. The sentences were
brief, expressive, conclusive. One
who knows him needs no -s to eX-
plain. Nelse quit, as printer.
Changing the subject and tenor of
/ this. il may be interesting to refer to
others-although abruptly-nOt that
any | have written about will not be
again mentioned.
/ A short time before the incidents re-
| ferred to. the 18th Kansas Volunteer
cavalry was mustered out. lola and
vicinity furnished one company Of the
/ "bravesn among some Of whom / re-
member Col. Jones, Capt. TWiss, Capt.
/ Thrasher Sam COwan and others too
numerous TO mention, at present.
They were quite a jolly set, and al
( though experiencing some rough win
ter camping life, must have had some
enjoyment. With Ex-Governor Sam
Crawford as colonel and Jenness. of
/ Ottawa as adJutant, there could have
been little opportunity for repining.
/ All came home i'm good condition and
appeared rs ifthey might live to enjoy
the last estate of man, and have iaY-
or chances for annuity after the adj
ministratOr had made fail settlement
and received his discharge.
/ And if what Sam COwan, reliable
witness, wrote, can be depended upon
( it is not to be wondered. His letter
/ to the REGISTER. sent from the field
and penred at Camp in the Wichita
Mountains, January Is, 1862" con-
tanned among other things the follow
ing:
"C'' troop all live on deer and tur-
key. | have gained about twenty
five pounds since we left Topeka.
Capt. TwiSs is going to run me for
Z Alderman when we Get home"
This MAJ be considered a remarka-
bic case, because Sam was OF the lean
kline. Before he departed as q mission
ary to the land Of those hayward and
beai9hted CheYenueS he was SO thin
/ " constructed that ne had great diff
Guilty, when in pain. in determining
whether his ache was next to the but
tons on the back Of his coat or front of
his vest: and was troubled as to where
/ to annex his porous plaster; and, yet,
as to whether the best remedy was
plaster or pills. Again, when ii Is
considered that Sam is so sensitive,
and feels personal reflections SO acute
( ~, and could complacently attempt
aldermanic proportions under such
irving circumstances as he further
wrote. seems incredible. / refer to
the pathetic part OF his letter-that
wherein he describes the moment
when he must have been most dis
/ heartened, and his soul severely tried.
1t reads:
"The Indians have all come in and
made peace, but the Cheyennes.
/ They still refuse to treat TRIED yes
/ terday, while out alone, tomake peace
with one with nay carbine, but, bad
luck to his red soul. / missed him"
Now. if Sam could get fat under
such circumstances there is hope for
Joe Richards and Geo. BOwlus,-not
+ to mention DR.. Fulton ana Charley
/ Scott.
san Diego IS recovering quite rapid
I lv from the boom collapse and is
having a steady and healthy growth.
The "back country is being rapidly
settled and improved, irrigation sys-
tens are being adopted, and thOus-
ands OF acres, otherwise worthless.
are being brought To the highest state
Of cultivation by the use Of water,
stored in and piped from reservoirs of
acres in extent, ana millions of gallons
in capacity. The citizens of The city
have been favored with the presence
in its waters of the three immense T..
:. cruisers-thc Charleston. Boston
and BaltimOre-all here Mt one time.
Their crews with those of foreign
ships, have made it lively in the city
for several weeks.
Before closing, allow me to state
that your correspondent and his fami-
. " were made glad by the unexpected
appearance ofthe formers son, Schuy-
Ter, last Thursday. He arrived from
Arizona, his late place OF operations,
looks well and expects to stay.
Yours Respectfully,
II. w. TALCOTT.
Ty1rrrr ErpTr.. Fy-prRTtN-CE7. N A