The herald., 1898-11-04
DOWN THE LINE
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Deacon" j. S. Slauson is back from Syra-
ouse, where, as he put it in a talk with me
yesterday, he had his own circus, and was
bandmaster, ringmaster and the whole show.
He is fairly well satisfied with the result Of
the contest of his daughter, Mrs. John Nos-
burg, for the possession OF her children, in
having the younger one awarded to her,
and it was with the partial consent of Mrs.
| Nosburg and Mr. Slauson that the older one
was given to the father. Divorce proceed
ings will follow in few days, and the out
come of this will probably be the last chap
ter in an unhappy historiette concerning a
lady and her father, whom all respect and
sympathize with. 1t is characteristic of Mr..
Slauson to add that he says he felt more re-
spect for his son-in-law while in Syracuse
than he had done for some years. And why =!
Because he put up such solid, unyielding
fight. when | am in a fight, added the
amiable but aggressive deacon, Il like to
have good one, and it is certain that John
made it as interesting as he could for me as
long as he could
Mr.. Hearst has brought Mr.. Daven-
port, the caricaturist, from his New
\ orll paper to do campaign work
in electing Mr.. Mcguire, but he should
not lose sight OF the work that has been
done by young man named Edgren on the
Examiner, who is the equal of Davenport in
quaint conceit and excels him i'll humor In
fact, Davenport has little or none the latter
quality, but is a Swift in his capacity for
picturing the most biting and piercing sar-
casm. Edgren's work, on the other hand,
possesses the divine quality of rich humor,
while at the same time being forcible and
convincing.
The circus brought to Fred Laub's mem
DRY yesterday a story of little fellow whom
he had once known in Tennessee. This young
ster lived away in the mountains and had
heard rumors that circus would be in the
nearest town in few months. He begged
with his father for money to see the show,
and was promised 50 cents if he would get
up at O'Clock in the morning and hoe
corn until the date of the circus. This he
agreed to, and faithfully carried out, and
the night before the eventful day he was
given his precious hard earned half dollar.
Before daylight the next morning he was
On his mule and started on his forty-mile
ride to the town. When he got there he
visited every billboard and looked at every
one of what he thought were "oil paintings"
Pretty soon the band played and the parade
came along and he saw the ''elefunts," the
man in the lions cage, the ladies and gen.
tlemen of the arena, heard the steam cal
liope and was in boys paradise for the
time. He stood there with his half dollar
in his hand all Of the time, and when the
last gilded coach had passed he locked
around and saw a man looking curiously at
him. where do ! pay my money! he
asked of the man. The fellow eyed him a
moment and then, holding out his hand,
said "To me- The boy handed him the piece
of money, climbed on his mule and rode
back to his mountain home, full of the glories
of the circus, which he thought he had seen,
and happy enough over his investment.
II has been many a year since so com
plete and untrammeled evidence Of trust
and confidence has been shown as that of the
late Major Bonebrake in making Mr.. Frank
Flint the sole trustee of his estate. No
greater compliment could be paid to any
mans character or fidelity
~ THE GOSSIPER.