The Nome nugget., 1901-12-07
THE MANI
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 Rev. Fathers Van der Pol and Camille, of St. Joseph's church, went out for recreation a few days since. The recreation took the form of drive, Captain Hansen having kindly fur- nished the fathers his fine dog team for the occasion. Now, Captain Hansen's1 dogs are the finest in Alaska: they are part wolf and are swift and strong. Father Camille, by virtue of his resi- dence on the Yukon, was supposed to know all about dogs. He aid, but not the variety which Captain Hansen affects After several false starts, in which the dogs had the best of it every time, the team got away, but so sud- denly that Father Camille was prone upon the sled, with Father Van der Pol between the handle bars. Away they scuddsd across the tundra like snow driven by the north wind. They stopped for nothing. Out on Dexter creek the dog team whlrled past 8 horse drawing asled, striking the beast, and down ne went. "Then," said Father Van der Pol, in relating the adventures, 'the driver of that horse talked in a language that we did not understand. It was probably of sulphurous nature. As result of the fathers experience with dog teams, Father Camille is nursing a sprained shkler while the good Father Van der Pol, tall and muscular though he De, has been suffering from the knowledge gained of the ways Of the malaanute. 1 Ak
 Bob Park believes in ghosts since a Jew days ago. Not so very long since a man, aud hs is dead now, went into the BodeSs and stood of the barkeeper I for a flask of whisky. He told Bob .abous it, and Bob remarked, Well, you'll never see him again. Whenever you sell a man whisky on the credit plan or lend him money, he remarked, in philosophical way, 'you will lose his patronage and friendship, as well as your money" Bob went to the door, and, as he opened it, the man who had succeeded in obtaining line of credit ] the night before from the barkeeper passed. 'Good day, Captain" said Park, blaDdly.. The captain gave him the glassy eye-some people call it: the congealed'" "cOuntenance-and' made no response. "What diatI tell you,?',, said Bob, as he returned to the saloon. II just saw the captain and spoke to him, and he passed me up. Just as told tyouy" he added reAectively.. A few minutes later some one came in and told Park that the captain had been found dead. He had died the night be. fore. And that's why Park believes in ghosts. t- r-
 
 E. H. Flagg, collector of internal revenue, is minus fur coat. On cleo tion day, so his friends charge, the coat was loaned frequently to "repeaters. It was used with great skill and per- |isistency uncil about o'clock, when a Hong Missourian "borrowed it for the occasion" He nay have used it; at any rate he forgot to return it., and Col. Flagg was forced to patronize a. local store and secure new one. * Y
 A local .tinsmith recently had q case in the district court. He sued to re- cover a. bill for putting in heating plant. The plant proved a failure; hence the suit. Among the witnesses for the defense was bright girl of Hibernian extraction. She amused judge, jury and attorneys by the quick ness of her repartee. The witness said that she went down to see the tinsmith, having heen instructed to offer him $75 in settlement of the account
 'Did you offer it to him?" was asked.
 "I did" she replied, .'and he refused the &75."'s
 |4' "What did you do then?" "I told him that If l was . man I'd give him the best s75 licking he ever had"
 Just then the court ~as busy looking for some p.pers, tho jurors in tho box smiled xudibfy, and the spectators were cnlled to order by.A bailiff.
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 LAst wistsr for tho spacs of four or Eve 0oDths R J. pArk furnisAed . building Tor the public school, what wss ksovs e Browns hall being used )oe the phrpose. He received ho rent 1or the building. and but for his act in