Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 25, Number 29, Jasper, Dubois County, 8 June 1883 — Page 7

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i tK- .;, " ! Mr. Bradford caused a chaage of proT'2 Z ltl ! Jxt . i gramme, Th glance hatftbe cunfiZJm I, 't001, .? it' " dAce.f "figure won't lie- ia it. and Zf' XJ?!?k UPtbfMtrra??in' ! intimated that the visitor was a fraud. l TJ LJ1 PS?.ld "Vuar ! Mr. Oion. without accentimr the ti-

."S mi: ? r- . .. "Mr wife's What's mr wife Z ""fm w 7 TLZ tJTT1 W"T Tff 'T 2nS ZltL?iL wt ttTwtl the totter was front hb wife, he was .5' ! a-MS.n. sv Jt SM . .a ncain i aave aot me aeartts trm,l beroad -rrw moa. itwaBwouMs here. I aatdtoTne awa easse nirat aad took, nvrmt ths irtouj Btsrit fiwl bterrMIr mjae baaaase I la kad taid twaaV wOats, whsa they rw lokl aw I aevwr taouvnt ra couk! talk to ate " van owes the me aac t "ww ate, aad Fraav bnlHed old butcher . I Mter-moduCrTaj I pay aestaeeoa ataunrniiae T'Z. i tnsa to pas ad fin thta n.to. tZJ doljsra for taeta and roa know they coat Aad he bnltted aw. aad 1 uStHl saoaM niatmtsi Oh! ft m tarrOoha. J dea a whTst. tha bad ktefc Jjieft ass why aB the hat hp amwOTdTirsrLli: I If It's only a dottar. aad tea ass saaa awaei. If H t omW a tado. Tswrlavmev Jtaar J. Ot-soa. Mr. John Oisoa, of the easy chair, . He aJ P"jed the letters with money aside for "K-Keeper, and Utinking the maa whom the letter was addressed mast f?nd iiamnluitily (Mr. Oisoa had lrfd to go to him. explain how the iter ;came Into hb possiwion. aad help rn. it aced be. ) he'cailed: "Mr. Bradford, take the directory d how maay Ohmai thetv are ia t'trn, wftl yon?" . Mr. Bradford, from behind hb hhrh T' m the next room, said: "Yea, sad there was oalet. Mr. Oboa h Wu marrird two wars. Here was w;tnan who wrote almost as good a hand as hb wife-la fact, the writiag 1 V.m two was very much alike -desti-'w.' "d desperate. He could not bav iot' what hb wife wtmld do nude jrcaawdaaees, and yet. with baakPt fern, all about him, he aadatatood pwwttee Nttee seslwal iwrlw ttj aW. fly dhivered as lie thought of the lbterys He ttnmaii wk. Lwl L I i.i . Twrv mm niuvwcu am Ml HIV that Baoraiag to kbs Mam aadeaaJj bt boot goiag dowa the steps . tat getting onthe ears-he shirhe tliought of her. desperate destitute, aad rabjected toradesua ne was shakiag hb fist, st the owetMlHwT ruffians. iTJ"? Tok of Mr.llradford ehira. wed with statistical bhiataess: "Twa haadred km mmmMmm mtm H wrtr

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twentr. twenty-four no. r. Two artiste. carpenters, five clerks, two book-keep-era. oaegUsirr. seven laborers, two merchants and " "That will do. Let m take the directory, jpleaae. One glance at the directory eoaviaeed Mr. Oboa that Mr. Bradford had stated the case correctly. He looked at Um kmg list of Olson hi ttiqiid sstoalah tent, act uamlxed with indigestion. Here was a muddle. How could be Sad the tight man ia such a town? He settled oae question, however. He inelaaed five dollars in a sheet of blank paper, aad putting thfai ia aa evelope wiled it at nam to the "'rMary J. Oisoa, aayhnj to hhawilf that he woaM look wp Mr. Joan Olson at hie Ms retnraed the letter to the with by aristae by John xto maaK street," aad forgot the aaaa for the day. He told the story to hb wife that evening, aad she was mtraaery ia tercsled. aad. practical little womaa that she was, she proceeded to coacder plans far fiading the ataa. It was aaallj agreed that the eaapafga shoaJd beopeaed by iaaertiag aa advertiseaseat ia the asorataa; papers. Mr. Oiaaa kaew that thoaaaads of pereoaa were out of ealoraieai aad that all of those who eoald ttad opportaaitjeaeerijaeaaaed the waat eohuans of great dailies ia hope of ftadhur Of SCHOeUUBT to Oo. aot loag after, thowssade of ejea read: "Mr. Joaa Mmm, of nttalNBwh. b reqoested to report at 215 Blank street, where he will fce.ni of somethiag to his advantage' Mrs. Oboa wrote thb adrertbeia at herself, aad she prided herself on the little trick: of patting in that little word "advantage.'' Thb. she argued, would surely bring the man. whereas a cold, unpromising statement would not. The second ntoralag after the appearance of the advertisement, three men were waiting for Mr. Oisoa when he entered hb office. Oee of these entered his private office with easy assuraace, before he had removed hb WV?WI aiidpbBgthadrertbeBnit f ? PP fron? W" rV,9on de: t11 he hart in answer to the reuuest contained therein. ;. Thb man was not shabbily drecd. and he affect -d the air of a Miperior man. cwapelil by cireumstaa to do what be wmld not do were he not ia distftiM. Mr. Mr. (Haoabad imagined that kb namesake a.t a shallow man. with a tremendou promise on the snrfaoe. like the nmuoth-fsced. soft-haired individual now before him. and be was about to tell the utorv of the letter aad say plain!n, Z fenay io asif ine man t" help hi familr. when a stance fnmi mate, resolved to be on hUruard. The man stated that hb name wait Olson. and ia answer to a direct oarstioB. aid hb wife aad twosaaaU children were in lhriyMedi.OMHm:oobHermgon .itUo,,. He didikci to adrnft it. but sueh was the case; he had come from PttSsburgh just after hb marriage, and had been imite well to do until the panic spoiled all hb pinna. Mr. Obtoa iaft armed the num. who was much inclined to enlarge upon hb woes, that he was aot taw at once appealed to to give the anpUcaat eaeosh nsoney to chase a breakfast. The asoaey was atv en. aad with a profound bow of thaahs the man departed, araareatly fat a very happy frame of mind. Mr. Bradford explaiaed that the maa's naase was aot Oboa. aad that he had aaade a busiaeas of aasweriag advertbemcab where assurance aaMia pathetic story eoald easily be made to do duty. Mr. Oboa was. therefore, radhjasat whsa the second maa entered aad stated that Mrs. O'Brien's boy had told him whib be was putting fat Mrs, O'Brien's coal, that Joba Oboa was wanted at fla Blank street, aad here he was. Ha was a laboring ataa, had always Hved ia the cJtT. aad kaew aothhar of l"ktsburgh. He departed with: "Ko harm uMaik'' naaaiBaiaBkMaMBMS1 ? tJOTMS MX sBMPBjpeTThe third man was stoat aed hearty, except, aa he retnarked. ia the matter of clothes. Mrs. 8atith had toM Ids wife about the advertisement, aad as he came from riitHigh aboat 'St. aad as hb wife had iaobted that it might mean him, he thought he would call. He dida't expect a gold mine, or anything of that kind, hut thought sootebodr bad a Job of work that wonW bring ia a few eeats for the babies. After aasweriag several uw'stioitJi he received the anBouacfiaent that he was aot the maa ia the best humor. thought so. I aever am but vrifc, you anew, she thought I ought to easa,, Tab thaw Mr. Oboa said: Ko harm done. sir. Leave roar name aad I may be aide to throw -ease work la your way." the man departed m great glee. Mr. JohaOboa wmdisappoiats as he barhiaair stances to hb wife, he asked: "Well, what will we do next?'' They did jft1 Two days aftet wardTla tSa aaiaat of a haavy sao'vratorat a ladir kt a'ateraraof

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theoaira kaMPaaa arlthont friends they should bmk after hfaav Her attentioa had been railed to the aderuseaneat by a ama who the day before had shoveled the saow from the idewsaV m front of her lunate, and she had called with the hope of iadiag help fur the invalid aad reuef for the faaaHy. tated briefly ths reb he held to the with the lady to the several children aad the iavalid. The aaaa had been for a few days a fellowlaborer with the mssterof tM huam. They knew little aboat aba. aad had aot Kaowa, uatii the fever left hiav that he the it foreottea aot reeau. There was thb nictate that hasl a hi some other pietwre aad yet. he aot recall any features of the othei could pielare. He ataapfy entered the he had ever frit before on The iavalid spoke with toorhing humility oeraeas at am wse. Me eeemed a very child hi hb overHMudety to have the listener think well of her. Hb creat desire now was that some should write to hb wife and say that he had been sick aot that he was sacksad tab fact explained why be had aot written to her. She was very exehable, aad be hoped sosae oae would write very carefullv so as to not aeedleasly alarm her. He had thought the Better all over, aad he desired hb wife to dis pose of their little wuucitt hi era city ami go to Ids fVtbeVs. who w a farmer, aad mania there Butu he able to start aew ia life. The letter was written aad Mr. Oboa fat the sick ama. The beariar of the invalid was peculiar. It that he had been greatly aad that be wanowariaa: atone and bnaviag kintself with solves. He did not grow stronger, aad it was gvnerallr beheved he would not. n ben Mr. Obum had read the pbiaiag letter from the wife of the now an invalid he thought the case bad. When he eoald not had the man addrease!. it had seeaied to him mix-h worse. When he did find the man. tack awl helpless, and remembered that a wife destitute and dettperate hi one targe city was appealing to a husband not on! v 'destitute but dangerously sick in anotnrr large city, he knew it could ) not much worse And ia all hb coanderation of the case he thought most i of the woman. One evening as Mr. Oboa vw about ; to leave hb office a woman catered ' hurriedly, and. aanouncinr that she wa Mrs. Oisoa. wife of the sick man. desired to be informed where she could Aad her husband. Her agitation, the mbery expreiw-d on her face, the eager, pitiful oaestioning of her eyes, ahaost called tears from the man, who answered her inoairie aad then asked: " Ton received my letter containing the directions dictated by your hasbaadr' Te. But did tob appose I do it ! was nearly frantic. Idetermiaed to come to Joba if I had to walk every step. The people helped ass aad bere'laaa. Jshevenr sick Poor fellow, and I dhta't kaow Ht Why didn't you write me sooner. Mr. Oboa expfaahwdand that the featares of the case dhf tated thid sssaasa ly were to have two iavafids on their A week of aaxJety passed, aad the aa was uruaoaaced oat of danaiir. StmKihhag had caused him to take a more cheerful view of life, aad he was already considering plana far the fatare aad talking inciaaaatly aboat flam. Be was coming up from kb sick bed a changed aaaa. He had been uipit inas. lieisat. waerved tarouwh all the pregoaayaawof his Hie even hi hb married fife. The trouble had beea that he bad aintMdf that Ms 1"rfjBot 'JfT great weight to every trifttag drcumstaatr. and maay of hb projects failed simply becane he had ao great desire to sum ed. Hb wife's compLaiat were iproaches that nsaddeaed Idas. Aad aaallr be left home with the iateattoa to aever lYtura. He sent what little astmev ne earasa nemo, aas ass waa a He fomottimt she dhi not kb iateatioas aad took a mournful bfactioa ia deayiag hiawlf that he might send her nwnsy. FiaaUy there came a thaw vrhea he could eara ao atoney, aad the freasy ineideat thereto made hba oae of the wildest of .ths me' excitement and exawaare ineideat to hb deatitutioa ended m sickaess aad despair. He bad gone dowa. with a heart full af bitteraeat aad tnnnieiaa. Ho eaase an with a heart teaaVr from ha nnr fttHnias of thaad flsat that Ms njfJs had.

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There were several happy peopfe hi thMBtkoaws when Jobs Oboa. b valid, took hb fsrst step, supported by JohaOboa. abfriead. That then was a Bearer leJathaaahip User did aot kaow uatil the grandmother 'of the hater, weeks afterwards, traced it out. aad than were all the arystcrioua. shadowy at or the strk-bMt sceae exAad thb good old eraadsays, very reverently, that God's M ia the letter that went wroanr. a had to recoaaiae a. Aad whfle ths yoaag aaaa take a sliglnV ly dhfereht view, thay thaakQod alfthe Thbb ths year whsa psopb begin the grand agi it iilliu si bur of agttatiag the soil of thegan laaad shapinaT anthe oaion bed. and givS it the rsaaisits form aad void ta rave the early mdoa ased, aad eoav U raas fondly iato the soft. eyes of the ased potatoes to sea K thay poasem the aeceasary life to catch oa aader the warm rays of the sprhsg saashiae. Ths cabbage plants are set out ia the sua or m the hot-hoase, aad watched aad aursed with as much cars as a baby would be, and the smaH boy ot thehoaaeooM, wno sees m the ofthe bage plaats after they are set out. lies awake nights pjaaaiag destractioa to aad killed be H b thne to set them out. There t b probably no work, auk at it be sawing wood, that a boy hsa?s to do more thaa , work ia the gardaa in the spring. 1 b the seasoa whea the boy bt out after htg for fan. aad he don't want any work aroaad the house to bother hba. Boys have beea known to lay down a Ssb-pole give up a day's fishing for the fan of ar up the yard, whea the prospects for a bonfire ia the eveninr were rood. it comes to spadtnr up an old bed. he knows the fish are jast dybaj to be caaght, aad it reonires a rootfdeal of dipsumacy to keep hba at the apadrng km aa hour at a tiaae. And a boy caa hardly be Msased for it. j either. In me anrfne. he wants to n t oat aad shake himself plaviaz ball, aad no exercise hi a garden with a spade will do any bov on earth that has got any get up about hba. Boys have been known to ban over on their knees playnag mirasai for hoars at a time, and until they bad callouses on their knees that stack right through their pants, bat a boy with callouses on hb knees from leaning over aa oaioa bed ia the garden would be one of the rarioahiea of the age. Nearly all the rreat statesmen of the present dar can ; look back to the tune whea they'd rather ' stand ia the mad and water up to their . knees aad fish for bull-beads thaa help : phtat potatoes hi the best garden in the j j country. A boy seems to nave a horrorof working aroaad a garden, and we j doa't believe there b a mania the conn- I ; try to-day. who ever was ahoy, bat who ! s caa look back to the time whea hb fate f for a spring day lay between working in hb father's garden and going fhanaw t or pbying ball, aad whea he could by aay choose the hatter, that he !aot sneak over the hack t with a caa of aaaie-worm hb coat, aad let the garden slide. Ton take, for bataace. a boy with a ihaost every boy haa a there b any work to be done fat ths gardea. aad almost aav parent wouM take pity oakiat aad tell hba to goniuwlwaaeaadgotobed. It horn that ntoatsat flat the boy's crows stroBecr. aad m he b out of the wasaow. aad the borhood. over with a crowd of boys. straiBbar hb poor little back trying; to knock the a ball with a hat that reoaired ertien to wield thaa a hoe would. Even the best kind of a boy, who will gbdly work like a anafor at aav other seassa af the year, seems to nave a fearful falfiag oat with all nmaner of labor ia the spriaar. Bat the rardea to each year, aad the hoy hood, aad finally has a grows up ta Ian that deaiaads atteatioa. thea it whea he wants hb own boy to help m the gardea. aad fifteen initiates after he sets the boy to work he finds hba hi the street ptaytag marbles, he forgets how it was whea he was a bay himself, sari he argues with hb boy with a boeever thus frnt i sua. TteBunwda (X. Y.)mrier, m j amy ways; tne wenriagof a isMlkialai ealor; the adV for a particular poet; deJieate touch of fbttery: the exhibitkm of a favorite secomplbhaseat. or 0(aV6 Ohf slapmtmnpxfnAsbtaf (afcmWaW JJpf9fB9ttm JlsJsjal eapflvatbar ways that fit so well to woman. If tab b so, why thea. fe-iow-smiows, Mt as as aot fasmsaty threw Wears eassoarm tebs

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K. T. Mrs. Sarah Bay, a of lendvuie. dared am foot m ths ahwe. has: al of ffl.fWO.faby lavaa?aBf haa ia adamsr saasaaa1aannv death at Pmrb haa well known to as the flbastratorof Fbe's poem af "Tim steven. He was one of the badars af tks 'imiaami.mbt" achool of art. it, enty three year oM van failed of efactioa to the omYi ths aati-Maaoa ticket of lfnWL riad Aaaa JJavb, a haadsosas thhlrB. Uadce. who dbd kt Cambridge, Mast, afawdayaage, bftaa sjssnaBn n90Mnflsn1a)a9ms afii ne'a TaTMfansa JsbJJsIsJpw He began Mb mm oaaos boy baJBbsby hba at the tbss ( Hayward , other day ia Ws eenteel smsabiH was ths: place hi atoee lbs war. Be 1 the wealth darived from the make everybody happy aadhiaaselfoaly half so. WmmUflm, filar. -JohaL. Stoddard's lecture on Tba Alps," at PhJladdphka, was so grsphb that oaa of the reaafeasaa in the aa dieaee asaared hna afteiwmdi that with hb iaajurfastion than sthred. In) ladsnai dfs)a9a9synana m)Ci anaaaakjajna aan annwsSlnsa Bbac. natfl the atasosphere biesms aa rarified as to xaska hb nose bleed. Pkilmttdpkim JPrcst. Mr. Lymaa, who has ineelred flay appohttaMBt of Chief Ifismlasr ht dm Ovd Service, has beea hi flat service af the Treasury Pepsi fnaiinl ahate PstisBi her 17. 1864. in 1670 as was appointed unjet ot tne statauaur saw sJoa. aad July 1, 1S78, he moted to the chief dcrkahip of the Trans arers Whea a her hosbaad for aa up tairs to get a pocket of her dress. "Mr. Isaacs, can yon tale ma vas the first diamond?" "Re, Mr. Yawobs: vere vas itr' "Vy, Noah's ion cMide ark; he vas aSbeat of dar fast vater." Chicmgo TWownr. "Maria," said Mrs. Parvenu to her daughter, who b that Mr.. Dade that the papers have so Bunch to sayaboatf I mut ask yoar father ta bting hba to dinner, for. we ought so him. ' JT. IT Mat. Lady (to dry-goods clerk) : "If yon will out ma a saaaff sampb of tab I will Sad oat from by dreastnaker how maay yards I need, aad east send for the goods by the uurid. aarfaat Terrible: "Why, manuna, that's jast what yoa aaid ia all the otaer - A home at ftasgvflk) took fright at a colored maa ptoyiag a aaVtle aad The snimsl evideatly had a good ear for nsnafe. bat why ha didn't ran asray and saaash the fiddler b the straaawst part of the The Mrs. MbJaprsp was heard to tc rk apropos of tar weather: "1 oaat mto thb WhErias's idee. Ofeeavsa, JFunipeV and Sataa 841' ia aadhjtas would be rathar ke tar gH up seane sorter saoraa, aa it am seam mr ass would raise aay r An Irishman wha had a pfeMhis practice of filBasr Hta isada. On btrng tamed kbrTssiiif far snaag so, be replfed: 'Oca, sere, and km it that I like to have bacon with a attain ' fat aad a attaint of lea oisw . "vssae jscewsa.

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An Arksaaas hoy, wifthsg from aot lege in reply to hb father's Mssr, suhit "So yoa thiak that I am west las1 nry time ia writing Httle stories far ana kseal papers, aad dte Johnson's mjjag u that that man who writes ascent far moaey b a foot I shall net npan Bar.

Mrs. Smith at hasnaF' Mary Ann (lately landed) "Ko, asa'asa. Saeoad Lady of Committss MBow navfottuaate! Wa waatad fe sua bar aa bajdneaa. Please tell laniso wlam yea haad her these cards. '' TJahLady Have yoa aay idea whan aha wH ha in?" Mary Ann (who has for furmsiitba) "Yea, ma'am; eaJsa'aa estanflaj snmMa sfaWsn vpj(a howsha'd fMaawrbht ht; the saar sbj

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