The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-03-29

land the flowers and shrubs were
blooming there as in southern Calltor-
MIA, but shortly before we reached Mt.
Shasta the country we were passing
through was covered with snow, and it
increased in depth as we passed on
| through the hills of northern Calitor-
MIA and southern Oregon for
six hours, where the evergreen
trees We're so heavily loaded with it
that their branches were bending be-
meath its weight. The air was full of
it and at one time the prospect promis-
ed us Il blockade, Notwithstanding we
had two big engines in front Il II
behind u train of a dozen cars tug
ging away with all their might to get
Us through on schedule time, which
they succeeded in doing, for we arrived
at Portland on Thursday morning of
last week in time to get breakfast, a
view of the city and connect with the
Northern Pacific for q day trip up and
across the Columbia river on our way
to Seattle, where we remained a day
| and thereafter continued our journey
to Spokane.
We met Paul Lindley at San Fran
cisco, now a young maj IS years of age,
who looks about the same as he did
twenty years ago He has a good
place on the San Francisco Examiner,
and the prospect is favorable for his
o ending Il life of single blessedness.
At Spokane We met Hugo Spannagel
and family, Jonathan Meyerand Frank
Tory. They are all looking we'll and
are prosperous, contented and happy.
Jonathan looks particularly well; he is
very tieshy and, | think, feels as good
as lie looks. We hope to see more of
our Spokane friends on our return there
from Newport when we turn our faces
homeward a week OF ten days later. At
Spokane | met Judge Kellam, former
ly of our supreme court; a Judge the
loss of whom we lawyers deeply re-
gretted and still regret, and a friend
whom I have always been, still am
and always shall be glad to meet. We
had 4 very pleasant visit. He is nsso-
ciated with a former partner IN Iowa.
Is doing we'll and Is highly esteemed
aud respected.
have just had an interesting expe-
rience in the hardware store where I
am writing this letter. A bright good
looking lady about thirty years of age,
leaning on a crutch, (she has suffered
from lartiaI pa~ralysis), came in from
her homestead about 81 miles below
here on the Pend d. OreiIle river, which
runs through the mountains down to
the Columbia river. This is the bill
she bought: , doors. 2 metal door
knobs, > pair of butts, = night 1atches,
lantern wicks, ! pair Of Burton pliers,
! mouse trap, bread raiser, | granite
covered pail, ! granite covered dish, |
shovel, rake, ! hoe, 8 granite pans, l
d handled spade, used to be called a
paddy hoe when | vas a boy, | saw, i
set Of bits, | brace, ! jack plane. l
square and l ten gallon whiskey barrel
to hold water for domestic purposes ~
til she gets a we'll dug which she has
been trying to have digged for several
years She has had Snmetrouble about
the children Of the neighhurhOod and
the bachelor men getting into Der
dwelling during her absence and she
was not only preparing to put her
house in order f I the protection of its
contents but supplying Il store of ar-
munition to defend it against raiders
while she was at home. She had
taught school sometimes when the fog
was so thick she carried a lantern to
light her way in the day time, while
the cougars or mountain lions, snarled
at Der FROM the timber along the trail,
and the deer had such a tondness for
her garden that they would bound
"ver a six foot fence to devour her cab
hages and then seat themselves on the
porch of her dwelling to view with
qualification the ruin they had wrought.
This worthy lady deserves kindly con
sideration at the hands Of some equally
worthy gentleman who is not already
under obligations inconsistent with
her merited consideration. This counts
out your correspondent.
First Ward Caucus
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