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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-01
/: CORNELIUS vANDERsrRooM.

The American lighted cigar, took
q minute or so to get it into good work.
ing order, during which he seemed to
be deriving infinite amusement from
the merchants astOnished looks an1
then he said:
-All powerful strange, amt it, that
my name should pan out just like
yours? Guess l was just as flabber-
gasted as you when, looking in your
London directory for leading diamond
joint, came across the facsimile of my
sponsoria, appellate among the Hat
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-01
HE TURNED THE TABLES.
A Modern Young Man and q Frownlng
Papa.

A Modern Young Man and FrOWnan6
He was a mild young fellow, and, as
hts sweetheart imagined, without
much force Of character, as he kept
putting of the TASK papa" DAY in
definitely. So the young woman
prompted him to be sure he was
right and go ahead.
''You see, papa has great deal Of
bluff and buster, but when you
come right down to it he Is perfectly
safe. Only you must show him that
you have lots Of pluck-real grit
that's what he likes"
"All right; suppose you ask him to
step in now. I may as we'll get my
hand in, II that Is the way 1t works."
"But, dearest, he is awful big and
strong, you know"
''Oh, ii 1t comes to personal vio-
lence. I will defend myself with the
furniture. Trot him in"
"And you won't let him bluff your"
mot bluff"
''Then I'll tell him you want to see
him."
There were two chances OF escape
for the young man. one by way of
the door, the other by the window,
but he did not avail himself of either.
When the father strobe into the
room, with his best knoc down and
drag-out air, the youth rose indiffer. !
emily to meet him.
"Well, we'll, what's all this about?
understand you want to see me.
Well, look at me now. and be quick
about it," growled the paIer.
"H'm. Can't say as you're much
to look at, Mr.. -. l merely wish
to mention to you that Miss Clara
has engaged herself to me with my
consent, and / propose to I'LL my part
of the contract to the letter."
"Idt0t! Idiot! My daughter-"l
flake care, old man. Call me a.
many names as you please, but refer to,
my future wife with proper respect"
'Get out Of this house, you-"
Certainly AS soon as my wife
that is to be-can conveniently pack
up her belongings, we will go"
"WhY you impudent-"
"Oh, keep cool, keep cool! Icould
hold you out OF the window with one
hand and call for the police with the
other. l was champion hitter and
slugger at college. Look at that
muscle" and he clinched No I
hand into really formidable fist.
II never was So"
"Nor l. Call it quits. / want
your daughter, and l don't care a
continental for your money or your
blessing. We can begin the world
without either, sjust as other young
fools have done. This is business,
Sir. business"
The father felt Of his own head to
see II he was going to have an apo
bleptic fit, then answered grimly:
'All right; l like your style. I
should have said yes. anyway, il you
had given me time, but you took me
by surprise. may say was never
30 surprised in my life."
Nor l." asscnted the lover, as he
Junk almost fainting into a chair,
.'but I'm a hustler. and don't you
forget it. don't stand any foolish.
aess, either in love or war;" and he
wiped the cold perspiration off his
forehead with nervv hand.
He had won the day and the girl,
400
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-01
CHATTER III.

II was afternoon in Hatton Garden.
Cornelius was summing his consequent
tial little rotundity on his office steps,
with his heavily ringed fingers tnruss
in the arm-holds of his waistcoat and
his dumpy little legs stretched import
antly apart. A benevolent competency
snffused his features, for he had just
lunched and felt good. Moreover he
had transacted fair business in the
morning, and among o1 ,iaht Iea Color.
diamonds to an amateur at close on
water" prices, and to add to this stroke
Of luck he had just played old De Beers
at dominos for his lunch at the Cos
mopolitan cafe at the top Of The Gar,
den" and won. Therefore, having nad
then a temporary Garden OF Eden to
Cornelius, with rever snake in the
landscape. ,, ,.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-01

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Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-11-28

him to drop the dish on the sideboard
with n bang. Presently he barely.
grazed the minister's head with the
turkey platter. Feeling that energy
might compensate for the vacuity ex-
listing in his mind, Jupiter proceeded to
ply every one with the dishes on the
table. Salted almonds and bonbons
cacccred about the board with light
ming rapidity. lie even grasped the
macaroons again, but a sudden mis-
trust seemed to seize him and he
dropped the dish. lie was breathing
heavily and each moment his unwonted
apparel seemed to grow smaller for
him.
The hostess strove bravely to appear
as if this was daily occurrence in every
well regulated household, and that u
stream Of gravy extending across the
cloth and down a breadth of her best
gown was merely an adjunct Of
Thank sgiving. The host forgot all the
speeches he had intended to make in
praise of the president-electa and all the
subtle autennae of diplomacy that he
was going TO put forth to the minister
by Way Of starting affairs. He could
only feel rather than see, for he scarce
dared look up. That Mr.. de Post and
the eXecutive-elect's cousin were stor-
ing fund of anecdote that would re-
gale many a dinner table-he had
caught sufficient of their exchange of
glances to rest assured of.
As for the minister his kindness of
heart was as proverbal as was his
sense of humor. If he laughed rather
more heartily at his own stories than
was his wont both host and hostess
were thankful to aim for diycrting
some small degree OF attention from
Jupiter 5 aimlcss and conical gyrations.
Jupiter, you have not served the
tomatoes said Mrs. Grimm. Mr..
Grimm felt the perspiration start out on
the back of his neck; he was wondering
what new catastrophe was in store.
As for Jupiter, he smiled blandly. Here
at least was something he could engi-
neer. ""Tomattuses," he ordered of
Fanny. \ great whispering ensued,
then came pounding on the dumb
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-11-28

waiter that set all the glasses and
crockcry on the pantry shelves to
jingling in unison.
\ family alteration was in ener-
getic progress. The guests looked at
each other and the hostess tried to
chatter it down. But no one human
throat was powerful enough for that.
''Send up them tOmattuses."
81 tell You they ain't none"
They is, Miss Maria says they is
II tell you they amt. you ole black
fool you," the voice was that of the
cook. Il dun forgot to open 'em,
dun tell you. If you doan b'lieve 1ne
use your own eyes, you ole country
niggah in Maw's Jawn's panty close,
! a loollin' like scarecrow in u Gavin
| tier. Now look.''
The waiter came up with bang.
All was still. Jupiter was doubtless
''looking." Presently the guests
looked too. He appeared upon the
scene with an unopened can. glowing
with gorgeous label, in either hand,
beg pawdon. Miss Maria. but that
OLE He got no further. There had
been a swish of skirts on the stairs.
Fanny darted across the room, pushed
her surprised parent into the pantry
and turned the key. With an air OF
elaborate Indifference as though moth
ing had happened to mar the oc-
casion, she removed the plates and
the dinner progressed. From the
depths of the pantry could be heard
the wailing of Jupiter: If 1 KANT
wait I'm pow'ful at drivin', an it amt
no erthly use tryin' to appeah what
you amt. Ole Miss dun say" There
was peremptory command from below
to "come down this minnit," great
creaking of the waiter and Jupiter
had descended on the vehicle Of his
woe.
Mr.. Grimm looked at his wife and
she IN turn looked at him. Between
them extended massive epergne Of
silver weighted with fruit and flowers;
tall candelabras and dainty bon-bon
dishes, strangely out of keeping with
the furniture and the tiny dining-room.
There was a look in his eyes that light
ened things, though, and the verge of
tearfulness was banished. Later, how
ever, when the guests were gone and
she had had good cry in his arms, she
said: John, Jupiter was right. We
have no business trying to appear
what we are not, and whether we get
the position or whether we're never q
cent richer, I've that good lesson to be
thankful for to-day and for the rest OF
my life"
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-11-28

They were very young couple; that
accounted for it largely, and while the
affair was certainly ludicrous it was
not without touch Of pathos. They
both declare that they have better
sense now, and that the like, with
them at least, shall never occur again,
so there can scarcely be any harm in
telling all about it.
When they went to housekeeping in
a modest way in fashionable street
in the national capital rents were not
so high as they are now. They had
many friends, some Of them very
wealthy ones, and, as her entire life
had been spent in Washington, she felt
that a change from single to double
blessedness would not alter things ma
terially.
While the streets and her friends re-
manned unchanged there was certain
indefinable something that shaped it
self presently--she could not entertain
as she had been used to in her fathers
house; neither on such a scale, nor
with such lavish hospitality.
She fretted Il little, at first quietly,
tnen Sne cOnHueu ner woes 10 HeF nus
band, for she told him everything, and
he, good fellow. took it very much to
heart.
Being a lawyer without any consid-
erable practice, for he was young
man in his profession; he did not see
his way out of it in that direction. Bat
the idea suddenly struck him that he
1vou1d try tn pet some kind of an Of
fetal position. They had influential
friends in the political world, and it
appeared quite clear sailing.
The plan met with his wife's prompt
approval and she concluded on the spot
to begin the siege by giving Thanks
giving dinner. Some people might
have thought it wiser to first get the
desired position and then give thanks.
but she looked upon it differently,
from the point of view of the almanac
rs it were.
A presidential candidate had just
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-11-28

been elected and would take his seat
the following March. The minister of
the church they attended was also the
pastor and intimate friend of his eX-
cellency-elect, and it seemed very
fitting and auspieious that he, together
with his wife. should be honored
guests. There was, also. a certain dis
tant cousin of the successful candidate,
Il very pompous old lady with u ter
rible prediction for her neighbor's
affairs, whom it was considered wise
10 ask, and to entertain her there was
young Mr.. dc Post, who led cotillons
and gossip with equal facility.
Whi4e Mrs. Grimm had very pretty
glass and china, in keeping with the
rest Of her modest esta abliShment, it
did not seem grand enough for such a
distinguished and critical company, SO
she borrowed her mothers service,
from the silver soup tureen 10 the nut
crackers.
This plan was readily fea>ible, as her
parents took dinner with an elder Sis
ter upon that day. No sooner was this
arrangement completed than it seemed
very out of place to let Fanny, the col
ored maid, wait at table with such ac-
companying agnifcencc-they ought
10 have Il butlc~ They got one in the
person of Fanny's father, who had come
up from Manassas Junction to spend
the day with his family, and that was
where the trouble began.
He was an eminently respectable old
man, and when lie had gotten himself,
after much groaning and the assist
ance of his wife, the cook, into an old
dress suit of Mr.. Grimm's, he looked as
if he knew the proper thing to do,
which was far from the ease. His wife
had been doubtful from the first. "Ie
kin drive Il kerrige jest lovely, Miss
Maria" she said, but he doan know
nuthin' bout waitin.'"
'But Fanny can drill him." 'Aliss"
Maria had said, airily, as she set out to
Thanksgiving services in company with
her husband.
Fanny, dressed in new gown and
with huge white cap on her very
black head, admitted the guests with a
gravity of countenance that would
have befitted servitor of fifty years.
Fanny had woeful misgivings. Jupiter,
her father, had not proven very apt
pupil He asked many strange ques-
tions after he had insisted that he un-
derstood everything. The buffers
pantry was too small to hold them
both or she would have remained by
her parent during the ordeal but she
stationed herself at the foot of the
dumb waiter to admonish in stage
whispers if necessary.
Jupiter wiped the perspiration from
his brow with red bandanna and car
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-11-28
SUM OF ALL HOLIDAYS.
That u Why Thanksgiving Should Be the
Happiest OF All.

We could not ask more suggestive
title or one which makes sweeter mrl-
sic in an Americans ear. This occa-
sion, says the New York Ledger, is diff
fercnt from all other national holidays,
since il gathers them all up into one,
and with them unites every mercy OF
the dying year, the bounties of its
harvests, the manifold gifts of white
winged commerce, the preservation of
peace and prosperity, and recognizes
each and every one in gratitude DER
flowing with festivity and mirth.
Thanksgiving \ word with which
to conjure happiness into the most dis
NAL and detected spirit. The personal
associations of this festival are, per
haps, its greatest sources of attraction.
The father and the mother, expecting
John from the city and Mary from the
school, will recall tho dear old days
when they, too, came home to roast
apples before the blazing logs, and
watch the ruddy glow glinting across
tho polished mahogany, while
"Halt hidden IN quiet nook. serene otlook and
Talking the old times over, the parents sat
apart"
And what times they We're, famous for
corn huskings unknown to this degen-
crate age, for moonlight straw rides
across the glistening snow and hoary
ghost legends of Hessian troopers.
Hence. Thanksgiving comes with redo
lent memories of past joys, blended
into the best and purest moments Of
American life, it's homes and its hearts.
n~ So a,.scx ,1Nac Ia 4
and the frosted leaves rustic beneath
the tread. What cares Thanksgiving
day for winters ster1. heralds? In fact,
we welcome good November day that
the cold without may form contrast
for the warmth within.
1t would disturb the eternal fitness
of things to eat the time-honored bird
and the national pie in the long, bright
days of leafy June.
No! The wise gobbler may contem-
plate perch upon the crescent of the
moon IL he thinks fit, bat he must
needs die. and, fianked by cranberry
sauce and the constant pumpkin pic,
present himself to our view on the last
Thursday in November. and not day
earlier, please.
Then. as we cluster around tho tire
and bid defiance to the elements, let
us remember to make Thanksgiving 9
home-day, where all the dear ones will
gather. and eyes look love to eyes
which speak again.
It must also be a happy day to every
body, from grandmother in the corner
to the eat slumbering at her feet. A
day for devout worship. joyous festiv-
iity, kindly deeds. old feuds healed up,
new friendships made; in short, . glo-
rious. old d-tsshioped Thanksgiving.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-11-28

cient to temper the thoughts of the
rich to your nakedness.
Rejoice, o, ye rich, that the spirit of
charity is still alive in your hearts that
ye may enjoy the pleasures of giving
Thanksgiving day is indeed PEACE
maker. Ina few short hours it sweeps
away the barriers that months of pride,
selishncss and cruelty on the one
hand, and improvidence, dissipation,
neglect and want on the other, have
been building between classes 1t Is
one in the long list of holidays that
expands with age because it J. one of
the few founded on religion. Secular
holidays come and go with the sentl-
ments from which they sprung. But
Sabbath and Christmas and Easter and
Thanksgiving are not of this number.
The history of the religion OF 4 people
i the history that lives. Joscp'ue'
scholarly chronicles cf the Jews are
read not at all, while the Bible i in
every library and upon almost every
center-table in the land. Homer isread
alike by old and young because the
machinery of Heaven is there. 'Plu-
tarch's Lives hold as much fascination
for the readers of to-day as for the am
cient English scholars, because the
gods are in every battle, control every
trir lph and bless every festival. The
human mind revels in the ideas awak-
encd " the contemplation of the
spiritual. The meager chronicles of
tht. AnleI can Indians would be stale,
fat and ~ profitable but for the in
fa
and beliefs. The Indian never takes
SO grand place in the minds eye as
when we see him in religious frenzy
as Pope has painted him:
"Lo! the poor Indian. whose untutored mind
Sees God in clouds and hears Him in the wind :"
Thanksgiving day has grown far
beyond what it was originally intend
ed to signify or represent because OF
this very religious quality. From Civ
ing thanks to God for gifts to them
selves, men came to desire to be more
like that merciful Being, and so in
turn became benefactors. From re-
counting their individual blessings and
Offering prayer and praise for their be-
stowal, it was but step to the turn
ing point of charity in themselves.
Ana SO we may cry 10 all upon thiS u'Ay
Rejoice. for the lion and the lamb
have lain down together and the peace
of the Saviour's spirit is over all. The
cry of want is heard by ears that be-
! fore were deaf to the voice of pleading,
and eyes that saw not misery except it
| were afar off are now dimmed with
tears of pity for those about their feet.
| Thanksgiving! The word has come to
have glorious meaning. 1t is the
softening influences of such seasons,
albeit all too brief, that keep intact the
under current, the real harmony of
the world, even though its surface be
always troubled by discord.
CHARLES EUGENE BANKs.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-11-28

Mr.. Brady surveying the scanty re
past )-'Tis dev'Iish little dinner we
hoy to be thankful fer this day, Nora!
Mrs. Brady-Nh hist, Moilze! Iez do
be fcrgettin' that we should he tank
fu1 there do be no more heIa to ale il!
Puck.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-11-28

ried the silver tureen. With the ex-
ception that he put his thumb in Mr.. de
Posts soup and then wiped it dry with
his bandanna, that portion of the BAN
quet progressed favorably. But when
the raw oysters were served he took a
plate of macaroons from the side
board, and, doubtless mistaxing them
for a new variety of crackers, gravely
offered them. The hostess flushed vio-
lently and tried to distract attention
from her husband who, though he said
only few words to Jupiter, had looked
such unutterabls things &c to cause
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-11-28
Remember the Poor.

"Yes, we should all think of the poor
on Thanksgiving"
$50 we should. Did you give any,
thing this year?"
"Oh, yes"
"What?"
Thanks. Texas Siftings.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-11-28

Charles-lIave you anything to be
thankful for to-day?
Frederic--lIeaps. I've contrived to
break OFF all my engagements to mar
ry.-Chicago News
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-11-28
A Time tn he Dreaded.

"Why do you look 50 dismal, Father
William?" said the young turkey to
the gobbler.
my son. replied the mature bird,
81 am rejecting on the near approach
of Thanksgiving day, with the certain
ty that many of our number viii be
Knocked into tie middle @: Eeclls
tweai1. Judge.
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-11-28
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A song Of 1,,anl,.glring.

turkey stood ir cranberry swamp
And sang till his thrca. was sore;
For all day long, he sang this song:
we shall meet on that beautiful shore"
~Puek
Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-11-28
A Previous Thanksgiving <

Previous Thanksgiving.
You can hear Thanksgivn' comm with the .ol-
liest kind O. sound;
You can hear the turkey holler for nliie or
two around;
For he knows that he is in 1t, as lie has beeI IN
the past,
An he thinks that every minute is ies' sure to
be his last
You can hear Thanksgivin' comm with rush
an with roar,
An the knives an forks a-hummin' as we pcs5
the plate for morel
D. it's jolly every minute, In the north an IN The
south,
For the turkey-gobbler's In II, an were water
in at the mouth