Evening journal., 1898-01-17

time ago Une OIL gave cut, 1lu one OF
the men sent in a requisi1on for a
five-gallon can of red oil to fiji the red
lanterns with. Now he is The laughing
stock Of the yard
CASE OF MlSDIRECTION
In quest of news Saturday morning
the Wayfarer was standing beside one
OF the most popular young bachelor
lawyers practicing at the New Castle
county bar. It was in his office and
he was busily engaged in going over
his mail separating the legal chaff
from the social wheat, and arranging
the communications in systematic or
der as is his daily custom. Suddenly
there was a pause He glanced at a
postal card he held in his hand, then
threw 1t to the Wayfarer, remarking
contemptuOusly;
What in the devil did they send that
to me for? IL must have been intend
ed for Hugh Browne, Howell Eng
land, Dave Reinhardt or some of those
fellows"
The Wayfarer glanced at the reverse
side Of The return postal card and
found that it read as follows:
"Gentlemen: You may send post
of Blankety- Blanks salted milk for
trial"
Then followed blanks left for the
name of the person, the street number,
the city and state.
II was a severe shock for a man who
is fond of the social swirl, but who has
for many years succeeded in keeping
clear of the matrimonial whirlpool
tho an1trr Of tItf, f1rrnl tra- r,o11n1 c.fror
who usually has the collie when poor
papa and the rest Of the world want
to slumber undisturhed.
HISTORY MERELY REPEATS IT.
SELF
Every Wilmingtonian who pays any
attention whatever to the market
prices Of the necessaries of life has
been shocked by what is here regarded
as the outrageous prices prevailing in
the Yukon and Klondyle regions, where
so many hardy men are now waiting
for Spring to open that they may delve
in the bosom Of Mother Earth for the
treasures which she there conceals. But
il would be erroneous to suppose that
these far-away regions are any excep-
tion to the regions of the far West in
the early days Of the gold fever. On the
contrary the prices which reigned In
the gold-producing regions OF our own
country in those days were as high,
and, in some particulars, higher than
those which prevail in the Yukon and
Klondyke to-day.
One Of the Wayfarer's legal friends
who is settling up an estate left by a
man who died in Montana, has run
across this letter IN the family papers
II was written from Virginia City
Montana Territory, December 25. 1865
by Aaron Myer and addressed to Ruben
Neese. Mr. Myer, who was originally
from this section Of the East, says
81 take the pleasure to write you Z
few lines that ] am well at present anC
hope that these few lines will find vol
all the same have not got any lettei
from YOU yet / would like to hear from
you. / have been in this territory eve
since / wrote TO you about two year
ago. This is a cold country. Plenty o
- snow: the snow gets from five to thirt!
feet deep and so cold that IL forces IN
mercury up / would like to be bacl
there for a few days now, but there /
plenty Of gold out here, but il is prett
hard to get a-hold of it. But a MAJ
can make money If he tries to max
money, but there are 50 many ways Z
spend money here Everything is yer
high here now Coffee is S13O a pound
salt is 81 a pound; tobacco Is $40
pound; -four is $50 a hundred: bacon
75 cents a pound: sugar is as cents
pound. and Whiskey is SIC gallon, an
il will kill at a hundred yards TheI
is a great deal Of fighting whisKe
here: / think that there will be
large emigration TO this place ne,
Summer, but I think they had betts
stay there II they know what IS gOo
for themselves. This is a good place
bring woman If a man wants TO &
rid of her. IL is no trouble for don
think there is one woman cut of ever
five that lives with her husband.
would like this place if it were not
cold IN Winter. There is about thi
teen months of Winter here and thr
months Of cold weather ] am fat
weigh 1870 pounds. This is a healti
country. They had To hang a man
start the graveyard here. ] have Sc
several hung since ! came to this plas
Cattle sell from $50 TO 5000 a yol5
mules from 5000 20 $500 span; cor
are worth from 500 20 $3.50 a hea,
butter Is worth Sl.75 a pound: but N
Is the finest place for cattle that ev
saw. 7 never saw as fat beeves as
have seen here. There are some ni
valleys here. They can raise q
largest turnips here that ! ever sa
They raise turnips that weigh lhif
pounds. and they also raise fine pct
toes
But this is all at present Give 7