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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1897-03-26, Page 631E WA A.. "O(} H BAIT, HOW `1QUNG FOX RAN A WHALE OQUNTY IN DAKOTA. Re Ucld Art tee emcee For One Wietee anti leather En,josest the Experience, Though, It Te Presumed That ere Wet Sometimes R Little Lonesome. Thortie is a manu this town wino was the supreme ruler of the whole county for ;throat ete ice we tee -wee, 1 Poon Bah with a vengeance. His namo is E. J. Fox, and he is fond of tcIiiug hose ire •rau Cavalier county in the first win- ter of its existence. It came about in this way: Cavalier county had been named, but anorgtutized, for several years up to 1884. It consisted of a largo strip M laud, all owned by the government, lee ing west of the westerns boundary lice of Pembina county. About that time P. McIItigh of Bathgate was elected as a reprcrae:st:ativo of Pembina comity iu the legislature, and it occurred to flim and to Attorney W. J. Mooney of the sante village that • it would be well to organize Cavalier county and add to it the three rouges ht the western part of Pembina county. This western part of Pemlxiia county was very senhee ghee than the rest o cauuty, and was. situated, t 13eolrlo said, and say yet, hie mountain." So McHugh got a bill through the legislature defining Cavalier county as it is today. That was in the winter of 1884-5. A courthouse was built at Langdon, which was designated as the county seat, and at the election iu November various comity officers were elected. Bat none of the county ()fbcers came to Langdon to live. It was already a bad , winter, and they could see no reason 'why they should come if there was some oue there to take charge of the 1 records. So they united in asking E. J. 1 Fox, a young man just from Canada, to take change of the offices until sum- • mer. Fox accepted the position, or posi- j tions, and in December took charge of the affairs of the county. The court- house was then a large building—in fact, too large for use. Fox decided ! that it would be better ro leave it va- cant until spring, and he took up his abode in a one roost "claimshack," the only other building in town. This was about 15 by 20 feet in dimensions, and there he lived and did business that ; winter.• He was deputy clerk of the courts, county judge, county treasurer, 1 county auditor and register of deeds. ' The sheriff' lived iu the country and the I. superintendent of schools Iiveci just across the Manitoba line. The sheriff did not serve out his term, for ho was ' put in jail for shooting a man in a fight. There was not another living soul with- I in two ini'_es. Fox lived entirely alone, a::d did hie own cool:leg, except the bread balthig, • which was done I.:•,• a neighbor three miles aw; ar. I,,;:::I t .-1, though ttae comi- ty se: t, wen net yet a po st o.lice. The postente to of Olga, iu the eastern part of the county, used to send over a lavgo package of letters acid papers about twice a vmck to the people whom he knew lived near Langdon, anal Fox would give to there merle their neat when thy called for it. There was not one sot'.''' r 40 mike to the west, but about 40 and 50 mikes northwest, near the cit mitc'ba line, there were several settlti . teed seine ' of the; •.eneed to drive that great r istauce to ',Tie" o f a home- stead res a tree claim. Witco they (lid that, Fox had to give them their meals • •and lodgings, awl, in fact, lie had often to leo p a t Tito vtiotir of 11384-5 was very cold, and at :anent Fox reed often to lie awake t-Itd listcu to the blit::; rcls howl around his little shark. Ho v ata kept . busy, how. ever, for there were litany filings, regieterings of mortgages and a few deed.'. An average of two or three ;nen would come to see him daily os beim s . lett he seldom saw a woman. Nearly ell the z•"ettlers near Lint et that time wee, bathes ee, who afterward went Lee -k to Oani ' a to gat married; and int •t el Fox did the same. Every- Cody wee l ecir, and. yet they all seemed to c o j,.y i h.;inselvc^, though they had to haul their wheat from 50 to e5 miles to ni ria t. The winter pa.';s,ed very swiftly, and iii the ti enter Mooney and 11cHuglh carne with their families. Then other scttiere Legere to pone in. Buildings went uj), ise if by magic., and in a few remit%i timers were a past(`m(4' and a dozen dwellings. 'i:ain cd a railroad be- gan to l.c heard, and in et few months it Calm.. hien indeed 1'ecll-Bah Fox had to eater: a(.er hie glory. ITn chose to take up the hunil,ic+ position of superin- tcndet t• c:f the wheels ef the county raid he ,=till retains the place. Ito is dis- posed to think that, in .pito of the coni - forts and conveniences of tier, present mode of lice Reit(, he enjoyed himself more that winter when he was montane' of all the government ofTh cs of Cavalier county.—Langdon (N. I7.) Cor. Chicago Record. Itlssotrrhweot. *'Ella, e'en have been playing all the sfternoonwvith tI , y .etoiexs. That'tt i not a proper neensem=nt fcr a big girl • Mos you," feel her inother. "Stet, I i itnnna, I am tint ftlnyingw�ith • the soiairrsc I l,ic'ked out the officers: o laid played with ihenn. "-- I'earson's e Weekly t2 THE DOCTOR'S STORY. ®.a Esperleuce That Followed a Cali at etieht.. .:'our or five pliysicianS were talking sn town the other everting at tho home of one, and the eonverSntfon later tweed to chop. Ono of thein had reeently uinvk>d Lis office down town, tool there teas some discussion as to the advisabil• In: of separating house and office. "Well," said the separatist, "I Can't KC' c.ny difiereuee so long as I am at qty oiiiee during office hours." "Let one tell you a story," remarked tho oldest luau in the party. "Thirty fears ago, when I began practice, I lived in Virginia, and for a year or two I slept in my office. Then I msrried, and ley wife owned a nice house, ttnd I went to it to live. 'It sat book from the street about 50 feet, and we deoided that i would be limit nicer if we had my o£1le out on the street in the far eorner of th lot. Only 50 feet away, you will ob serve-, but still it was enough. In ord to see such callers as came during th night I had a night boll and a speekiug tube connecting the front door of the office with guy bedroom. You see, I diel not want a patient„ttorte emaer any circuit -1st -Andes, '`' We11, everything went nicely enough for three years or so, when one night a ring came to any bell. It was then about 2 o'clock in the morning, and the ring was a hot oue. I asked who it was, and the answer came from a friend of mine to the effect that he was a mighty sink man mud wanted to see me at once. I told him to come around to the house and I would meet hire at the door and take care of him. Then I got up, and, putting on nhy dressing gown and slip. pers, I proceeded to the front door. But there was no ono there and no one in sight on the way between the gate and the house. "That was odd, and I went back and called through the tube to know what was Wrong. I received no answer, and, being quite unable to account for it, I took my lamp --it was a very dark and still night—and started to go out and investigate. Just as I was about to step off the porch I lowered my lamp to get a better light on tho step, and there at the foot of the porch lay a body. I turned it over at once, and as the light fell on the face I saw it was sty friend who had only a minute before spoken to me. Ho was quite dead. And when au examination was paaclo,it was discovered that he had died of heart disease, and en near to mo that I could almost have touched him. I'oe nibly I could not have been of any nervier to him if I had seen tarn when be first rang the hell, but the l:ocsibility that I alight so affected me that from that day to this I have had r. y office ae ecru ray bed as I could get it. "--Eschan;e. e A bent old emu, shabbily olad, with e a face like the face cf the poet Bryant. er In the evening twilight he stands, be- e side the desk of ono who is a stranger to him, in a little town in northeen California, <`I ask you to pardon Me,' • in a voice fhldt tininibles and is lowv. Something confused as to illness and weariness and then: "It pains me to seem a beggar, but I am near the end of the road, and"— Tho sentence dies in inarticulate mur- mur, end from ander the worn coat comes a small bundle wrapped in a bit of faded oilcloth. "It is hard to part with them, even now," slowly removing the oilcloth, "but if there is some one here who cares for rare editions of good books they may be thought fair exchange for the pric of shelter and something warn." .A well thumbed Shakespeare, a care fully preserved "Imitatio Christi." The old man locks at them lender] as they are exposed to view and place then reverently on the desk. Tho man at the desk views the boo coldly and denies the ploa•for aid. N that h8 is consciously nukind, but expe- rience xp rience with vagaboucis has made iii suspicious, and he interprets the path as a new imposture. .Next nucrning, an hour after sunrise a pedestrian finds an aged man, with face like that of the pest Bryant, lying in the shelter of a cypress hedge by tb roadside, The tired heart is still. Re must have come about the time the su+ shine touched the valley. Beside th sleeper, as though it bacifallen fronl be neath his coat, a well thumbed Sheltie peare, clasped in his gaunt hands a care fully preserved "a Itempis." The "a ICempis" has a sprig of cypress for a bcokniark, ou one of the pages betwee which it rests thins passage': '0 lather, always to be honored, the hour is cane whet!' '' ell eon u tlion client fettsee w:i.,.id thy •ervat:t for a ehc: t time should he opprcrrecl c:ncrichly, 1..t:t interiorly shcnld ever live tint:, filet); that he should bo fcr a little Flighted and hum- bled and e.:ould flail i:t filo aigbt 01 rote:. "---San Francisco Call. 11A 1.6, 1kilA.l.lC. 2.6, 1607« provident lio of the politician, to: zeal- ous lie of the partisan, the merciful lie of the friend. sed the careless lie of each wan to Inoteelf that cast that black Mystery over humanity through which we thank any mans who .pierces, us we would thank one who dug a well in a desert. Happy that the thirst for truth. remains with us, even when we have willfully left the fountains of it. - -dohs Ruskin. The Measure of the Sian. When a man says he is satisfied with his lot, you may be sure of one of two things --either !to is t3 wasp >atlixp,�igipg and oa ging speoiiilen of liuinazt'ity:i�s ho is a liar.,—Up to Date. • AT THE END OF THE ROAD. Ouiy Ot! a Last Resort Would. Ile Part With Ills Treasures. HE LOST A FORTUNE. Or, "Thera Aro Eros ; nts When Ono �','anta to T_' Alone.' A middle sized n:an, with a gray mustache and a red tic hitched up ou his collar, walked through the restau- rant, nodding tc ar ueiatances here and there. As he stopped at the cashier's desir a man who was seated at a table noticed hila, and, Pitting across to his vis-a-vis, said, ``Captain 5----, United States pastel inspector and graud official eatchor of green goerls Igen." "Yes?" with interest from the Iran across the table. "Sure. I have always regarded him with a peculiar affection. He came very near making me a rich man once—in fact, almest made e wealthy citizen of me—so well to do that. I would never have had to work amain." "How was that?" with a shade of incredulity.. his way: About a year ago the , captain superintended a grand haul of green goods men. The firm which ho rained was the largest, perhaps, in the country and had unliiuited ca pital, They had packages of good money to catch suckers with, and this money, ameunting to over $$150,000, was cap- tured and placed in a big satchel by the captain. I called en hint for details of the story that afternoon. Ile wast alone in the office. There were three of us-- the captain, myself and the satchel. He opened the satchel and showed me wealth beyond my wildest dreams. I hated to Ieave the beautiful vision." And the narrator sighed deeply. "Well," said his friend, "I don't nee how that was anything like making you a rich matt," "You don't? Well, let me tell you this: If the captain had turned his back for just six seconds I would have been a AO man immediately. But he never turned, and I had to go away again as poor as when 1 game.,, And with nether bitter, heartrending sigh he watched the inspector stroll out • to the street. -+-Chicago News. The Plausible Lie. We resent calumny, hypocrisy and treachery because they harm us, not be- ause they are untrue. `Take the detrao- ion and the mischief front the untruth, nd we are little rff'elxled by it, Turn t into praise, and we (nay be pleased with it, And yet it is not calumny and reaehery that do the largest Sem of mischief in the world. They are Contin• ally crushed and aro felt only in being onquered. 13ut i1 is the glistening and oftly spoken lie, the amiable fnllacy, he hatriotio lie of the historian. the plied tho prince, and soon he Seas corn. 1 M ss Be114 liettdrrson, of 1)er vie. fortubty seated, .enjoying his ltunablL ww is.. had such a narrow escape from fare tit the kitchen ruble. deamIt by explosion of a;lanip improv- flaying finished his meal, be asked jou, the old (hone bow much be owed her, e _ "Nothing at all," was the answer. On ltd'. Charles Pelta of I'a'tnithey ie hitt I'c�rsisting that he would prefer pay nuring a Very sore arta, He was iisg, she patted his shoulder atYoot£etl. ately, , saying: "You arts a soldier, my , ww in icing at Case Si Co's pork peel;:- aGlr, and roldiors are itliYttyS'ltarel ftp.' 1uig house last's eek when he cut a I nc3er take anything froxu thein." .I;IE g,rll its his left tion b. 11 was dtess- suggested he was not Quito so "hard !cd by a doctor and was apparently up" tis tho generality of therm. "Oh, ] 1 h' t2.;ng nicely when blood poisoning know betted and with a knowing , VG in, winch 1tas affected his hared V. ink and n nod she turned to her pan- and arm as high as the elbow, cake muktng. "It is, (lunte true, goon , mothers" said thheeeprimngce, Ian hi°8i A very pleaseut and enjoyable !wrathy, "for, lhapponsto be ti king," "khat?" cried 1 t( trlr took place at t''e residence of his astonished hostess, dropping iter' 1I '• Jacob 11aiumer,t,ttk(,let road the whisk and naarly upsetting the frying (ideation being the marriage of his pan in her fright. A second or two she ; Cowell daughter Miss Kate to Mr. gazed at Mini speechlessly, then remark- i floury Myles, of Ci5IFoi d. The com- er] naively, "I should have asked you pany consisted of about 125 young into the parlor, shouldn't I?" I temple not only from the immediate Car Searchers. , w•1: tatty but some carne 1•roni Detroit "There is a class of people," says a to witness the ceremony. railroad mau, "who are always last to leave the cars—for a purpose. This is A very quiet but pretty wedding especially noticed on suburban trains. ceremony was performed at the resi Thu go from One end of the train t0 the deuce of James Stewart Cherry Grove other, looking iu seats on both sides of i11•Initol a on Wednesday March 3rd the ear. It is impossible for our men to v hen Miss Mnry E. Crittenden, of be always ou the watch, and presumably Blyth eves joined in wedlock c f Mr. there are many losses that can Heyer be � C'corge Stewart of East Wawancsb :eelainted. New York Tribune. by tee Rev. J. E. Munroe of Gladstone IMtusitoba. 7'he usual quota of'attet.d- an's was di,penscd with, boll. brit Ila, Your Pcanting. Bear in mind that all large quick q growing planta such as cannas,eastor bean plants, calidiums, Mesas, large leaved solanums, etc., require gener- ous doses of manure --in fact you can hardly over do it. Gardening says common sense will tell you that any plant that reaches the size and robustness that any of the above will one season if well grown must have a well filled storehouse of nutritious food to draw upon. A Radical Change Mrs. Jas Graham, Hamilton, Ont. says ; ' My doctor said that my heart trouble could not be cured, but 1• am happy to say he was mistaken, for Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills have made a complete eure.to my case. I have now no I:eart pains, sleeplessness, fluttering or breathlessness, find am entirely re- stored to health and vigor." New Short Story By Jerome. Jerome K. Jerome's new short story has been secured by The Ladies Home Journal for publication in the April issue. It is reputed to be in some respects a variation from Mr. Jerome's usual style and also to be one of the brightest and best of the many excellent short stories to have come from his peen. IIs calls his new ad' gory "A Portrait of a, Lady" and it will be illustrated by W. T. Sti-leclle, To Ssve. Coal In The lKetezen, taut rl'00n1 Were Unattended. Mrs. S. T. Rorer, in wilting et � Monday evening. the leachers and stove rang( s in one of her depart tee is ol.n,ers of Rat tenbury Si Methodist e in the Lades Ilonhe Jour! al for Sa' bath Stool with others were in pollee out the way to economize in vitrtl of the hottleof Mr., Foster Super- - the use of coal in Vie cookstove or intendent where a pleasentsoetal utile ranges; "From an (cortotnieaI tions spent. In the course of the e stn Ip lint a brief: -set range should evening' Mr. iililiyard addressing be a' oide.d. as the bricks and mortar ltiiiss Anna Holmes presented her ka con atne much heat that should serve,wit1l adumpletesetof Dicken's works Not fu: e.)nking purposes. A large tire• • le ttutifully bound, as recognition of e' h +x is also a point in the economy of the schools good will. She glade m e •• I. Weero the box is small a' a suitable reply in acknowwledgment os Vit. ater amount of coal is consumed of the kind gift. , he quantity is too sn all to create; 1:tnperor William is reported to be a t for the whole r Inge unless kept ; ln,wvilt signs of insanity.P The news (t hot. In this country it is o it g „ e fa ,la ion to attach to all stoves slid is sad, thong -1i not surprising. This Res ranges ciirectdraughts to the pipe 811(1 Lu:options young man undertook to '' ;floe The average home having run the Government, direct the 'for- ; no regular allowance of coal dues cin and domestic policy of the no:, notice the cetravaganr,'e of such 121ltion, command the army and navy, a drw+fight but in France wwherc stifle the press, chastise the Socialists, o:ononly studied such a ee)nttrnetfoll wiitc poetry, compose music, and be wvoutd not be tolere.ed, wVith the rile racier,Of his country generally. n flue wren coat,' is eons!ltnecl raipidly ; With so many wheels lwhfrling at `• itt 1 g l , 1 e 1 u: t ii 11 ,. I once in his head, 1, hren,.:lgc( of the ip: -sin,; up and out of the 1,il;n. 11' 111,21 nr'('•'-rc, y '7:A11.1 b; n: t:l .,1. Minn a ina11 carrying a baby sees , tele.. a file gives a reclhut rup awl Mr. 1.), 1iAireleS sirs that '1't, (t tw•:tnlatl ea,•'Tying a poodle he J n tt fan bones iliscow Gt ill t GRANT'S NAME 8or He Casco t • rt :,•� < "D. 5." sa T.t? Up to the stt:rtfor West Point, Grii,i i:r.d been I_e•iti.2 '.1t^ ., cr 1I. Ulyures rr:_. •, ,. {fes, Cre:'t veler nee:no0 trunk, (10(1 14: Its �t Wainer, !c ::I ,rgCl)ir•r�''w tl:. i2 loo "eh '1 r- elic; 10, t.r?d, to f _: > I1A it off, he traced en. the (emcee) !•i'• brass t ;rl:s t :o il:itl '- `•`II. U. G." ., rt::rs �,I^r.liai!, UIFrts' etusin, went to help 1:iiil tarty (1:e Low trunk lime. Cnesees 1: cL-c0 at to Gig, i',l.:riafr ]; tien'r, "T vcn't have. that so,,, he said. It c•.re:le 'hug.' The Less would plagne mo about it." And Le tbcrerptn rl;iite1 le a:nic'c11. mute Ertel beetune tIl area ]'l. 1 rent, and eo 1:e went forth into the world. fie regiexcd t.t 1, a's i:otel, W t Point, on ' the i:0ti1 of ,'Iay,,os "U. IL Grant," stint the swine day reported tc the 11d;inai..nt, (rir(,.�;e O. Ne ••t dc,c:it((1 e43 ul:d rlea r:I 1.r9 neat, nicest' I.e ia:`.'.t (Greet, k'.i:i wenn as re- perted frt.2t1 Werilingtcn, Lowden:, eves U. ii. Greet, awl the crr(r aro:ro in tl:ie Way: The Hon. Theams Hanna rrccivcd the letter of d ,=e Greet only the clay before thehlcse cf Lia tarts, and, being 1220012 hurried, rat down at enter end wrote to :- c etery of War Pelted c t t, ine `Ca I h. a .• p1d •.Il t Inc n t tf Let il'•i g h bel' • e eon. Ile Etre%: the toy's name to be U1ys,tee, end, li t -i;lt that his 31310(11e tattle vras iair.; r.l;, 10 tied in the ap- plication, (1310 11.015 it.:toe21 when 111yeses fared the Irl 2tant. .11e ah.:r ; t.t 11:170 it chat+. ell, bet we told it Was ill;pc:.ib!a wits nut the con- aeut of the sec:rt.t:wry (sf war, "`Very e e Il," Le 1.1)10. "I came here to enter the military eetuirilny, sed (li- ter I shall. A:2 net MI were (,r lees dins not matter." liew:as known to twiny. ernment t,s,•r, ,'tc'r ea U. ti. Grant, -�- Bam1ir2 (i it's' r,:i in i,IcCittro's. • wince and reastta, Prince Ch is:fun of Denulark, had he been only a krnt in::arad of 8 .prince, wvotticl certolaiy outriv.yl the story of Alfred of old and the oaken, One day he had to review seine troops at .li(rre, a contxtry' town of soman tlitnensions. Riding home. tired rand thirsty, he stop- ped et a farmllnuse to beg tt drink. The old farmer's wife bade hire welcome and entry. As• she was 111 iheercntc•nt pate coke snaking, she tasked hien if he would like soure. "Very much, indeed," re - The Very Best Messrs. T. Milburn., urn. Sc feo. Dunn Stns.—I can recommend Dr, Wood'a Noreen Pine fie rup as the very best rnedieine it•r coughs tint colds, sole throes and weak lungs, which t have over used. Yowls truly, Wlei. Fi•:env. I3lenbeim.. Oh•t. Refieetions o:.a liaebelcr." Marriage is a lottery in which the blanks are mostly sail by the hus- band. When a than is elected president, he wishes he could fret a5 big as the day he first gut shaven fry the bar- ber. Having t'te toothache ani a e ll,i in ti%e head at the sometime roost be nlm)st as bail as falling in love. When you gleet a man of a shy !'etiritt disposition, you nilly he stare he used to recite pieces at ell the 0110 'eh entertain lee.nt� when be woe 1itt1c. a cold oven. An ordinary 2•tltlge 01• h' n amongtee "`" ?(Tits load. should not consume evee half reeks last week are not as Oki aS last Ravin; the toothache and a cold. t 312 of hard coal • :halo this cannot he used for cooking the place and found that the marrow in a month; more week's ite,tn !Whetted. He visited itt the head and tit the saute tine • poses. Every housewife should in sonic (Attie bones was still intact atasly the draughts and the particular I(eel found other evidence toleed him t,,..:.truetion of the range she li es s:' t to believe that the remains had not may be able to data the cook been Where fined An. llitielt over a , : - •:v best to get good re,sul is from the 3-earat the longest. Some boys who 1 ..,,aunt of coal burned, The direct were picking berries in the vicinity 2 •'•sinner should be closed save when say they were in the same place :,e ashes are being taken doww n and , where the bones were found and saw 'r•L• 1 l •t 1 STOLEN from EXCHANGES 41 t iothing of them then .This gives ris to a new theory as to how they cant here but as no one in this neighbor loud is missing if Mr. Robinson's con ention is right the bodies trust hay een brought from distant loealit nd placed their: --Wiarton Canadian mu •t be almost as bari as falling le love. When a wuinttn will,` she will.. Pur that in your pipe and stroke it lead wvlten site wutl'c hhe won't sed tbat's no pipe dream. this Spring Suring is at hand, winter is nearly over. Are .lou r•ett'1y for summer? is your blood pure? 13urdouk Blood linters e purifies untl enriches the bloud,uur,o d.rdi- pepsin, had blood, side headache, etc. 11. B, I3. removes every trace of impui•ity Barefaced Robbery. b I Wm Ainley's hands which were a (' •plosion at, Brussels resulting in the I (':tt:h of bliss' Ainley are geed uaIle r ( s proving. The skin wi!1 ail come 1, ft' but the finger TIaiIS are intact, • w Ainley will be laid Heide for a e0 cal while yet owing the accident. On Wednesday afternoon an Tees .0 IVI:itfield of the 14th of Grey was on Ii lis way to attend the tea•lneetiug ire t e•slled in on a rei;hhor on the 12thst no, While there he was in the act in oxen:Wing a new ride and in hand- se the gun it accidentiv disch tiige.1 l 0 be ball passing through his foot. I mTwo accidents occurred in the i; ".';tory last week. On \t'rdnesday j 1 Win ii