The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-28
With. the Long Bo,u
Major Darrell Of Montgomery, w. Va, Astonishes the
Town by Appearing the Streets Nattily Glad
sSs in Barrel Unpleasant Adventures of Two Prom
inent Citizens :. &T''tt. Z
Eye natures walks, shoot folly as II

n n AJOR WILLIAM DARRELL, well-known cit
3 N izen of Montgomery, w. Va, walked into that
lVl town the other day, to the astonishment and
delight of the inhabitants alrlly clad In decoete
Z sugar barrel r.
Hon Wilson King, both prominent citizens, went out
for stroll In the of their rambles they came
to the old swimming hole at the mouth of Smithers
creek and after considerable bantering and discussion
they decided to go in The water was pretty cold put
the old ''boys'' spashing about having a jolly
good time when vile and low minded tramp stole
from the bushes and gathered two suits of clothes,
considerable quantity of money two watches and four
fs When major and the lawyer out they were
stumped indeed. There We're no houses near ana the
the last freshet After carefully knocking the nails
out of the inside of it with stone the ma natty
clad his person with the same and started for town
Judge King remained in the water until friends ap-
peared with the needful garments.
The sum of 5000 has been offered by the major and
the judge for the apprehension of the tramp who
nipped their foliage. "..' - i
zf The socialist candidate for governor of Penn
: sylvana, Old Jim Maurer,' as he calls himself, is
living refutation of the standard plumber joke. He
is poor, tho plumber But he is lot OF things be-
side lead pipe tinker
Mr. Maurer was an actor before he took to hunting
octopuses and mendng sinks He has appeared be-
fore the footlghts in the leading characters of
of his brother Charles plays including - Vlndic-
tive,'' ''Justce' and Cripple Creek stock.' They
are all ''thrillers. p "...
ID Comrade Maurer has also been an editor. He
J founded the Reading, Pa, Kicker an advocate Of
populism. 1t had short, tho strenuous career: He
is also the author Of Maurer s Manual Steam and
Hot Water Fitting.''
Comrade Maurer has tried everything to get the
better Of the octopus but every time he met the big
squid the latter 'blew frst.' Mr. Maurer thinks he
has another fight in him. His Pennsylvania will
: be watched with interest. y
,,E Edward Emerson, Jr the correspondent, tele
graphed Miss Mary E. Grswod of San Francisco,
from New York, asking her if she would marry him.
The lady thought the matter did not require much
refusal But in the meantime Colonel Emerson, with
the same spirit that took him all over the Liao-tung
peninsula had started for Frisco doubling his
fate. When he arrived Miss Griswold thought he
the worst and he did not refer to her letter
of REFUSAL she did not Then the colonel took her out
riding, dining, bathing and the lady was having a
merry time and wishing she had her letter back It
back all right to the colonel, who read it, pro-
posed again and was accepted. The first "no' never
counts.
The Taylor Enterprise reports FFpecuiar occur
renee A hen took possession of crows vacant
brothers. house and there laid twelve eggs. Her
treat discovered and eleven chicks found in the
nest. In attempting to bring the nest to the ground
all but TWO OF the chicks fen but were not 1no0rea
Mcmillan, Wis. is wild with joy the starting
of a skunk farm slight distance to the windward
Messrs. Rhondes and Sutton, who need the money
captured twenty-five wild sachet bags and placed then
to the present time they have multiplied to the ex
tent of sixtythree young Skunks in captivity
gente pa kittens and equally harmless except
when you rip off their little pelts This outer
he puts up noisy fight to retain it, Otherwise skunl
farming is an Arcadian dream. A. J. R.
IN ATLANTIC CITY.
& horribly OOta my