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with jrouii.ncw and cMelity.
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KAUHIT. AVRICJIIT AM) THK MIIj
L.K1VS 1MYS.
Says Will ti j.jlin, "Conic j-'t-t your gun,
"We'll to the woixla liiul hevo bhiip fun."
W'iat' the rush? I see m ni-cd;
Wait till 1 grind this loud of feed."
"No, leave the grist till o pet back.
And then I'll help grind every favk."
"If I should leave it for a stroll,
I'm afraid I uiiht forget the toll."
"If that's the only excuse, you know.
We'll take the toll before we i-u."
"With dojrs and ruiis, ciuiiii-ed colllIleU,
They urtisl ii the village street,
When in the valley, out of fright.
Who should drive up hut Farmer Wright.
"My grist, I think, mast sure he done,
'Twas promised ere the cloek struek one."
1'p strolls the fanner, in the mill.
It was diverted, all was still.
Hunting his grist, from sack to saek,
lie brought his cane down with a whiu-k,
l'or there his grist as stvn before
I'liround : and then he raved and tore.
. The boys were ttirnlling ocr the hill.
And saw the farmer at the mill.
Jsays John to Will, "I'm in a plight,
I'or tliat's the team of Fanner Wright.
Co hark we must, sure as you"re born,
And grind that Farmer's outs and corn.
For he's a tiger when he's mad ;
I'm :i"iaid he might report to dad.
We'n hide our puns up at the bam,
Then we will spin old Wright a yarn,
ilow the olts and cows got in the wheat,
I think the old man we tan beat."
"Well, well, my boys, I've found you out,
Yon leave my grist, and pad about,
fo this is the way to run a mill,
I seen you climbing yonder hiil."
"You see the stock got out the yard,
To drive them back "tia very hard.
When once they get into the whea',
'Tis hard to get them to retreat."
"Oh, oil, my boys, 'tis very queer,
io you harvest in the winter here ?
You must not think an old man to b
at:
"Why, Mr. Wright, it's winter wheat ;
The town bell now is striking one,
In just two hours your prist is done.
Pray, do you think I use you ill ;
One-seventh we take to pay the mill."
"Oh, no, young man, I think it's right,
: To toll my grist while I'm iu sight."
When Fanner Wright was gone away,
Will laughed and roared, and then did say :
"John, don't you think it's awful nice.
For old Wright's grist; he tolled it twiea."
THi: MIMSTEK'S CHOICE.
The new minister was spending
the afternoon at Deacon Osgood's,
lie came to Lynton, a small town
in Pennsylvania, in February, and
now it was June, and tins was the
first afternoon he had, spent with
the Deacon and his family.
Delia Osgood looked very pretty
in a drab mohair, with a tiny bou
quet .it her throat, and Mrs. Oe'good
looked very motherly and pleasant
in her Llack alpaca and milled
white apron, and Johnnie Oood
(aged live) tried to look as a deacon's
son should. The minister ought to
have had a very pleasant afternoon
f 1iatv hut hi dil not.
The first Sunday lie preached in
Lynton, and every Suncly since, he
had Keen some one in the dea
con's pew whom he did not see in
the ileacons parlor, cue was a
young woman with sad eyes and a
lace w hereupon lie nau never seen a
smile. He had tried all the after
noon t lind out who she was. with
out seei ning curious (he was young
and un married, you see), and had
failed. This is whv he did not en
joy his Tisit as much as he ought.
At h'c oclocic .Mrs. tisgooa ieit
the parh r to get tea, and the minis
ter was a Jone witn jonnnie.
"So vo u are Johnnie Osgood, are
von?" siiid the minister. "Won't
you come here and see me?"
I canseii vou lrom here, answer
ed Johnni c
"I hope you are a good little boy ?"
stud the minister, smiling. lou
ought to be, for you have a good
father and mother. Don't, vou think
so?"
"Oh, I don't know. I want to
run awav hut they won t let me.
Mv pap t aJks as if he never was a
little bov. What do vou think?
This afternoon, 'fore you came, he
told me if 1 said buJJy' while you
was here I le would lloz me. Was
you ever a little boy ?"
On, yes, answered the minis
ter. "Ain't yxiy sister Delia pretty
though?" was his next question.
"Very," said (he minister.
"But s'ne's tlie dumbest thing!
The other night I wanted her to do
my sums in division for me, and
she couldn't do on of 'em. do you
believe. I made Melissa do 'em."
."Who is Melissa?"
"Why, she's our help. You've
seen her. She sits in our seat in
church, next to pap. There's tlie
bell, I'm going to get."
And Johnnie disappeared through
the open door, and was not seen
again until after the blessing was
asked at the well-filled table.
After tea the deacon turned to the
minister and said:
"Mr. llidgely, it is our custom to
have family worship immediately
after tea.- I shall be" glad to have
you conduct it to-night."
The minister assented and the
deacon raised his voice and called :
"Melissa?"
Just then Johnny was seen going
slvly to the window.
""Johnnie !" said his mother re
provingly. .
"John !" said his father sternly,
"where are you going, sir?'
"I'm a-going to get," answered
Johnnie, as he slid quietly out of
the window, and rolled over on the
green grass.
Then Melissa entered, andthedca-
con introduced her to the minister.
"'Mr. liidgelv ," he said, "this is
our ahem ! this is Miffs Melissa
Perry, Melissa this is Mr. ludgeiy.
The minister held the little, hard
hmwn hnnd in his a moment, and
looked at the sweet, pale face, meek,
like the Master's and as clearly pale
aa a white morning-glory, ami into
die ead blue eyes. Then he mo
tioned her to a chair next to him,
and opened the Bible. He read a
few verses of one of the "ewect, old
chapters," and then they sang a
hymn. Melissa did not sing. She
sat very still and listened, but she
only heard two lines :
"Itreathe, oh, breathe t'..y iving spirit,
Into every troubled brat'."
Then the minister prayed, and
when they arose from their knees
the room was dusky with shadows,
Somerset
but he was certain there was tears
! on Melissa's cheeks, and somehow
I his heart ached for her.
i "Surely they treat her kindly," he
thought as tlicy left the dining
room to the parlor, "they arc a chris
tian family. lie was puzzled, and
when a few minutes later he heard
the rattling of china and glass in
the next room he involitarily glanc
ed at Delia's hands ; they were too
white, too soft, to bo pretty he
thought.
Melissa cleared the table in tlie
dark, and wept quietly all the time.
l oor child, she was so disappointed,
She had been in a little tremor of
happiness all the mornins. for she
thought Mrs. Osgood would certain
lv invite her into the parlor a few
moments to get acquainted with the
minister, and after dinner she went
to her room and put on a delicate
. lilac muslin dress with a tiny lace
: i rill in the neck and sleeves. lut
i at 3 o'clock 51 rs. Osgood came into
! the kitchen and told her to go and
j put on a dark calico, for she must
mix biscuits lor sunoer, aud sue
would spoil the muslin. Of course
thore was no parlor for her after
that, and she was rather surprised
when they called her to prayers.
While she was washing the dishes
Johnnie came stealing into the
kitchen on tip toe.
"Are they through praying Melis
sa? What are vou cry injr 'bout?
Did vou break a dish ?"
- V .....
Johnny sympathized with any
one who was so unfortunate as to
break a dish, lie had broken one
or two himself.
"No Johnnie," she said.
"Did you burn your finger, then?"
he asked, anxiously, with his little
iat face upturned to hers. It you
did, I'll wash the dishes, every one
of em. and vou can wipe em, Mel-
iasa."
She declined his offer of heln. but
he stayed with her until the minis
ter went away, and by steady coax
, .
ing found out the reason why she
wept.
Mr. Iiidgely walked slowly home
from the deacons. He boarded
with an aged widow, and he knew
by the dim light burning in the par
lor when he reached there that she
had retired. He was too restless
to study or to sleep, so he walked
up and down the little garden in
the star light, with his hands clasp
ed behind him in the style peculiar
to ministers in deep thought. There
were a great many roses bloming in
the widow's garden. Tlie soft nidit
air was laden wi'.ii their perfume,
and made him think of Melissa.
Of course there was no resemblance
between the fliwers and Deacon Os
good's ''help,-' for ' she was white
and droopiug like a lily, and they
were in full rich bloom; but she
was pure like them, and sweet, like
their breath, and thev made him
think of her. With the thought of
her came a memory of what his old
aunt had said to him the night be
fore he came to Lynton.
Jud.-on," she said in her broad
nglish, "you are going awav with
the Grace of God in your heart;
you've got the old Iiidgely muscle
and the marrow of the spirit in your
bones, and your feet are well shod,
but you lack one thing, you need a
helpmate. And, my boy, you're
not complete. You'll find it out
some day, and when you do, follow
the leadings ot your heart. 1 ou ve
got an honest liidgelv heart, mv
bov and it'll not lead you amiss."
Whv did the roses make him
think of Melissa? Why did the
thought of her bring his aunt's
words to his mind? He certainly
could not have loved her when he
had only spoken to her once, did
you say? No, I suppose not. I
believe it isn't called love in the be
ginning. Johnnie and the minister became
very
intimate after that night.
Johnnie liked him because he had
once been a little boy, and he often
went to the widows to visit him.
He told him about Melissa's crying
the night he was at their house to
tea, and he told him that she had a
lot of books in her bed room that
used to belong to her father he
guessed there was a3 many as five
hundred altogether.
One day the minister plucked
two or three posies, a rose and a few
geranium leaves from the widow's
flower bed, and sent the new boquet
to Melissa, by Johnnie. Johnnie
told him the neit day that she had
kissed it after she thought he was
out of the room, but he peeped
through a crack in the door, and
saw her do it. He went to the, dea
con's often after that, but he never
could get a chance to talk to her
alone.
One night, when none of the fam
ily was to prayer meeting but the
deacon and her, he undertook to
go home with her alone, but before
they had gone two squares the dea
con came pulling up to them, and
talked "new pulpit" until they
reached home.
By the last of September the min
ister like everything else, had ceas
ed to be new. Martha Simpson
had tried to get him, and failed ;
Fannie Goss had tried, and failed,
and he was looked upon as belong
ing to "the church."
But he was not the church's. He
was not his own. : Next to the Mas
ter he loved and served, he belong
ed to Melissa Perry, but he did not
know it then. ,
. One bright October day the
knowledge came to him, with its
burden of sweet hopes and trembling
fears. Would Melissa take what
belonged to her, he wondered. Ilow
could he ever find out? The Lord,
through the mouth of Johnnie Os
good told him how.
One morning Johnnie went to the
widow's and stayed v '.th the minis
ter untill the clock struck twelve,
then he caught up his cap and start
ed for home.
"Stav and eat dinner with me,
Johnnie," said the minister.
"I can't," said Johnnie, "I have to
get. I have to wipe the dinner
dislies for Melissa ; she's going to
the butter woman's ihis afternoon.
Why didn't you go to see her ?" '
"I will," said the minister.
Johnnie meant the butter woman,
but the minister meant Melissa.
He went to the butter woman's
(she was a member of the curch),
ESTA.BLISHJD, 1827.
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
and had been there an hour when
Melissa came. She ' wore a dark
calico dress, and carried a bright
tin pale in her hand. On the way
out to the house (it was more than
a mile from the town) she saw a
little bunch of scarlet berries lying
near the road. There wag no bush
near them ; they were alone with
their warm, bright beauty, and she
picked them up and fastened them
in her dress at the neoavwondering
where they came from just as the
minister had often wondered where
she come from. The minister saw
the berries, and he forgot whether
her dress was colico or noi
After she purchased fiie butter
she took the tin pail otti her arm
again and went out at tlri kitchen
door. The minister Paw her go,
and went out at the fron door and
overtook, her, and insisted ou carry
ing the pail. They talked in a gen
eral way until they reacted a bit of
woods through which thy had to
p;iss, und then he persuailed her to
sit down by him on an oJd log and
rest. Something perhaps it was
the bright day or the independent
Autumn air made her forget that
she was Deacon Osgood's "help," I
and she talked unrestrainingly,
with an intelligence that surprised
him.
At last with delicate tact he led
her to talk about himself, and she
told him how her parents were
both buried on one day, leaving her
penniless end friendless, and how
she had been bound to Deacon Os
good until she was eighteen years
old.
"They are kind' to you, ar,e they
not ?" he asked.
"Yes they are kind, but " she
stopped abruptly.
"But what? Tell me all about it,"
he said encouragingly. -.
"They do not care for me," she
answered with great tears in her vio
let eyes. They do not love me and
nothing can live without care and
love," she added.
The minister's heart was swelling
under his coat, but he kept very
calm.
"How
riuietly.
old are you ?" he asked
"I am nineteen." "
"Why not leave them ? You are
not obliged to stav."
"I have no home, no place to go
to," she answered sadly.
Come to me, said the minis
ter.
She looked at him wondcringly
for a moment, then she understood
and went to him.
When she lifted her head from
its nest in his grey coat her eyes
were glowing, and the sweet, pale
face was beautiful, transfigured.
v here did vou get that bunch
of berries ?" he asked touching it ca
ressingly, as a little gleam of sun
light looked through an opening in
the trees and feasted a moment on
its warmth and brightness.
I found it lying along the road
and took it up as you have taken
me, sac said.
The bright tiuts that were gath
ering in the west warned her that
supper time was approaching, and
the minister took the pail ot butter
from its resting place at the end of
the log, and they were soon at the
deacon's gate.
Ihe deacon was in the barn leed-
ing the fowl, and the minister went
out there. Melissa went to the
itchen. Johnnie sat on the steps
with a piece of apple pie in his hand,
and she bent down and softly kiss
ed his brown cheeks.
"Have you been courtin', Melissa?"
ie asked, looking at her wondering
y. "I bet you have ; 'cause your
eyes look lite iJcuas when iom
Iiggs comes to sec her.
Melissa laughed, and went into
the house.
Ilow are you, Mr. liidgelv?"
said the deacon as the minister en
tered the ham-yard.
"It ha3 been a fine day, a yery
fine day. How is the new pulpit
getting on ?"
"I have not been in the church
to-day," answered the minister al
most impatiently. "I came to ask
you, deacon that is, to speak to you
about Miss Perry.'
"About Melissa?" asked the dea
con with surprise.
"About Melissa," answered the
minister.
"Mr. Iiidgely," said the deacon
with a lengthening face, "I have
tried to do my duty by that girl. I
pray for her morning and night at
family worship, and I have several
times prayed with her alone for
more than "three quarters of an hour,
never let a Sund ay p iss without
speaking to her about the concerns
of her soul, and yet she remains in
different. She is growing indifferent,
and lately I have noticed
"You have noticed nothing ot the
kind," interrupted the minister.
Then he said abruptty, "Deacon I
have asked Miss Perry to be my
wife, and as she has been a member
of your family f-r several years I
feel it my duty to acquaint you
"Your wife!" exclaimed the as
tonished deacon. "Why, Mr. Iiidge
ly, she is my help, my bound girl!''
"She is the daughter of the late
Maxwell Perry," said the minister
quietly.
"But, sir, what will the church
say!
"I really do not know," answered
the minister, in a tone that meant,
"I really do not care."
"She is from a good family," con
tinued the deacon, "but she is not a
church member, and I fear the con
gregation "
"I have thought of accepting a
call to the Bloomington church,"
said the minister slyly.
'Oh, no, n !" cried the alarmed
deacon ; "you must not think of
leaving us, Mr. Iiidgely. Tlie church
has never been in so prosperous a
condition, spiritually and tempora
rily. Don't speak "of leaving Mr.
Iiidgely. As to your marrying
Melissa, I am perfectly willing. I
only thought but there is the eup
per bell. Come up to the house."
Words fail to describe tlie amaze
ment of the Lyntonian9 when they
knew for a surety that their minis
ter intended to "marry Deacon Os
good's help. A few among whom
were Martha Simpson andArama
tha Peabody hinted that he had
better resign, but they were ordered
JUNE 29, 1S81.
to keep their hints to themselves by
the more sensible ones, who, when
they recovered from the shock, went
to find a house suitable for a par
sonage. They decided on a cottage
opposite the church for which they
paid tho sum of two thousand dol
lars. The wedding took place Christ
mas morning in thej church. The
minister took his bride to his aunt's
for a weeks' visit, and when they re
turned to Lynton the congregation
had forgotten that Mrs. Judson
Iiidgely was once a bound girl, n:ul
received her with open arms. They
have never regretted their minister's
choice.
A FicndiHh Joke.
From the San Francisisco Chron
icle : "I think," said a well-known
orchestral leader, "the best joke ever
played in this town was on an
amateur pianist when Gottscholk
wa3 here, the amateurs father
was the owner of a large hall, and
he offered the use of it to Gottscholk
for his benefit. There was to be a
piece for eight pianos, and the ama
teur had to play one of the instru
ments. I was leader. 1 thought
Gottscholk would have a fit when I
told him that the amateur couldn't
play three straight notes of the
piece.
"He is sure to throw us all out,"
said I, "and ruin the performance!"
"Gottscholk swore like a major,
but it was no good. The bills were
out, and he couldn't go back on his
programme, even if the gift of the
hall for tho night was no idea that
fixed the whole business. The am
ateur came down to rehearsal, and
we praised him up until he thought
ho was to bo tho star ot tlie night.
As soon as he left we took the ham
mers out of his piano, and made it
dumb as an oyster. I guessed he
would never know the difference,
with seven pianoes going at once.
The tuneful convention laughed.
"And just as I thought," said the
leader, hammering on the table with
his glass, "that amateur or his friends
never discovered the trick."
"No?"
"No, sir; he just sailed in and
pounded on that piano as if it was
the worst enemy he ever had. He
was bound to show off among so
many good pianists and hammered
on his key loard until the perspira
tion nearly blinded him. Now and
then I looked at him approvingly to
give him fresh courage, and every
time that I did he gave the piano a
lick that nearly made matchwood of
it. His friends nil around threw
bouquets at him till he looked like
a wedding arch, and when it was
all over his fond parents fell on his
neck in the green room and slipped
a check for into his hand. The
old man didn't know whether he
was standing on his head or his
heels, ho was so tickled, and the way
he set up the wine for the crowd
was a caution.
"Didn't he do fine," said he to
me, "among so many first class per
formers, too ?"
I never heard an amateur do so
well before the public," said I, "and
what's more I meant it, eh. Don't
you think I was right?"
The niadennburs Train.
Several davs ago a stranger made
his appearance at Ihe Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad Depot and asked
Brother Koontz how long before the
Bladensburg train would go out.
In about twenty minutes, was
the reply.
then 111 have time to get a
drink, won't I ?"
"You will."
"That's good. I always prefer to
travel on a stiff horn of whisky."
He returned in five minutes, wip
ing his mouth on the back of his
hand," and asked:
"Has my tram gone yet?
"No, 6ir; you still have fourteen
minutes to spare.
"That s good : I guess 1 II go back
for a little brandy.'"
YY hen he again returned he lelt in
good spirits, ascertaining that he
still had six minutes to spare, he
said :
"Now that's what I call liberal,
and IU lay in one more drink."
The last one proved more than he
could bear up under, and he was not
seen again for three hours. Then
he came around with a wabble in
his gait and an uncertain look in his
eyes, and asked :
Shay, what time does that bla
densburg train go out ?"
"In about four hours."
"IV hours? Why that'll give me
time to get drunk again ; mos' 'com-
modatin railroad 1 ever saw, eli .'
"Yes."
"Shay. I don't want to be mean.
You needn't wait for me any longer,
'cause tmay delay others, lies a
zhentleman, he is, and I'm a zhen
tleman. I am, but when a zhentle
man holds a train for me mos' half
a day I can't impose on him any
longer. Shay, do you ever cry, when
you get zhrunk? I do, and if you've
no jeckshuns 1 11 cry now.
No objections beuig made, he
cried.
Train "Wrecked.
Hartford, Coxx., June 1C A
freight train on the New York and
New England Ilailroad was wrecked
this evening at Willimantic. The
accident was caused by some mis
chievous boys, who loosed the brakes
of a car which was on a siding, and
let it run on to the main track,
where it was struck by the approach
ing freight train. The engine and
several cars were derailed and dam
aged. The fireman, named Polk,
had one leg injured.
Not A Beverage.
"Thev are not a beverage, but a
medicine, with curative properties
of the highest degree, containing no
poor whiskey or poisonous drugs.
Thv do not tear down an already
debilitated system, but build it up.
One bottle contains more hops, mat
is, more real hop strength, than a
barrel of ordinary beer. Every
druggist in Rochester sells them,
and the physicians prescribe them.
Evening Telegraph on Hop Bitters.
TEXAS IN SUMMER.
We continue our notes of a recent
tour in Texas. Perhaps they will
prove as interesting to tho reader as
was the trip itself to our party of
strangers in a strange land.
Cool and pleasant as wo found
the climate on the shores of Aransas
Bav, where we revelled in the trade
winds, a ndo of 2S miles on the
prairie, beyond the reach of these
refreshing breezes, gave U3 a taste of
summer weather that was almost
tropical. Fleas are among the lux
uries of Texas in early summer, but
it is said that on the 2.5th of June
the sand gets so hot that it. either
cooks them or compels them to seek
some retreat out of the wav of man
and beast. They troubled some of
our party, but most of us escaped
their rapacity : and . as we drove
through the brush or rhapperel on
our way to the Big Pasture, although
the period for their departure had
not arrived, the sand seemed hot
enough to roast any living thing
that came in contact with it.
OUT OX THE PRAIRIE.
We left Fulton after an early
breakfast, on the morning of the
31st of May, and were soon out on
the open prairie, approaching the
lands of the Peninsula Pasture Com
pany, which are but a short dis
tance from liockport. There were
six in our party, four of whom were
ladies, with Col. George W. Fulton
as our pilot. Eight miles from
liockport we passed through the
gates of the Big Pasture of the Coleman-Fulton
Pasture Company, aud
entered-on its broad domain of
1G8,(XX) acres, or 20G square miles,
of what is regarded as the very
best pasture land in Texas. We
were to stop at the ranch, the herds
men's headquarters, ten mile from
the gate, for dinner, and to rest our
horses, and afterwards continue our
journey to Mr. Coleman's mansion,
eleven miles further on making
twenty-one miles from the gate to
the house.
When fairly on our journey in
side of the Big Pasture, on casting
the eye around, the horizon was
seen to be as sparply defined in
every direction as it is at sea. There
were a few small motts of live-oak
trees, and some scattered cattle
browsing on the plain, but nothing
else, not even fences, obstructed the
view. By the unpractical eye there
was really no road to be seen, but
during this and subsequent drives
both Colonel Fulton and Mr. Cole
man seemed to know every cowpath.
These cowpaths were made by the
cattle going to the lakes for water,
as on suc h occasions they always
walk in single file, and pursue the
same course day after day. This
was the case before the new pasture
system was adopted, when an in
stinct seemed to guide the cattle in
pursuit of water. Then there were
no artificial lakes, with the winter
raius stored in them for the use of
the cattle, as is now the case, and it
often happened that the distance
between water and the grazing
grounds was twenty miles or more.
In the dry season thousands of them
would die from burniag thirst, and
leave theirj bones 'along thej cow
tracks, or, on reaching the water,
drink to such excess that death was
sure to follow. Now there are five
or six of these lakes on this great
pasture, one of them three miles in
length and from fifty to five hundred
yards in width, while the Chiltopin
river forms its northern boundary.
FENCES AND WATER LINES.
The reader will naturally feel
curious to know how it was possible
to enclose tins immense tract of
land, but it is all done by about (V
miles of substantial fencing, which
includes 25 miles of interior or divi-
sion lences, between the several
grading pastures. The water bound
ary of the pasture, of course, needs
no fencing, and this is estimated to
exceed fill' miles. It is bounded
on the east and south by the Bays
of Aransas, Copano, Corpus Christi
and Neuces, and on the north by
the Chiltopin river, leaving only the
western boundary to be protected
by a substantial fence, which is
forty miles long.
IUNCOX KANClT.
Our first stopping place was at
Iiincon Ranch, ten meles from the
gate, and here Mr. Whitney, the
gentelmanlv superintendent, gave us
a cordial wcllcome, and had a sub
stantial dinner in readiness for us,
after our long drive of eighteen
miles from Fulton. Here are locat
ed the cabins of the cattle herders,
mostly Mexicans, und here are a
portion of the immense stock of
horses, 1,500 in number, kept for the
special use of herders. Consider
able farming is done here, the fields
of corn showing the richness of the
soil, and foreshadowing the future
agricultural importance of this vast
territory when the railroads that are
threatening to invado in, shall open
it for settlement. Whenever we
passed a deep wash in the land, the
rich black loam was visioie to tne
depth of from two to three feet from
the surlace, and the heavy coating oi
grasses, a large portion ot which is
themesquite, indicates its present
value as grazing land. The mes
quitc grass is almost as valuable for
fattening cattle a3 oats ana corn,
being as nutritious when dried in
winter as it is in midsummer. Thus
it is that 15,000 head of cattle
now on the pasture are enabled to
take care of themselves and provide
their own provender in winter and
summer, and receive little or no
caro from the herdsmen. There are
a great many varieties of grasses, the
instinct of the cattle enabling them
to seek out and graze on that which
is most nutritious during the vari
ous seasons.
MR. COLEMAN'S MANSION.
We stopped two hours at Rincon
Ranch, and at 3 o'clock resumed
our journey; a unve oyer tne prai
rie of two hours and s-half bringing
us two the splendid mansion of Mr.
Coleman, which could be dimly
seen in the distance at the com
mencement of our journey. We had
heard that his establishment, way
out in the wilderness, twenty miles
from his next neighbor, was a grand
affair, but when we reached the
gate and drove around hi3 beauti-
0
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AVIIOLE NO. 15G4.
ful grounds to the main entrance of
wte mansion, we were usioxus.ieu
its magnificence and its architectu
ral elegance. It is a building about
75 feet square, with three fronts,
with a lofty basement, two stories
and a mansard, surrounded by a
tower, from which the vast plair.s
for many miles, with their teeming
cattle, are visible. It was finished
only a year ago, having been five
years in building, and is in many
respects an enlarged improvement
on the mansion of his partner Col.
Fulton. Here we were welcomed
by Col. Coleman and his lady, son
and daughter, and a more generous
and elegant hospitality could not
have been extended to guests in
any private residence in the land.
During our five days' sojourn at this
delightful oasie in the wilderness,
everything that'could contribute to
our enjoyment was lavishl' provid
ed, and Mrs. Coleman and her ac
complished daughter provided them
selves unsurpassed as entertainers,
having at tlie time, besides our
party of six, four other guests. Miss
Coleman and two of her ladies fur
nished delightful music in the parlor,
both vocal and instrumental, and
one of the ladies, a daughter of a
"cattle king," displayed such vocal
powers and such extensive repet:re
as must have commanded favorable
attention in the most highly culti
vated circles ia the land.
I-fXriiY IN THE WILDERNESS.
1 laving given a brief description
of the exterior of this "mansion in
the wilderness," it is but proper
that some allusion should be made
to 13 interior attractions. The
house, as we have said, lias three
fronts ; tue halls passing through its
entire length, are about twelve feet
in width, the floors being beautiful
ly tiled. The cornices, pillars and
ceiling decorations are in the high
est style of art, both in the parlors
and halls, and the mantel in the
parlor is oi Italian marble, elabor
ately carved with artistic represen
tations of night and morning. On
the first floor is a large parlor, ele
gantly furni.-hed, with a grand
piano; a uinmng-room, horary and
billiard-saloon, with mi expensive
conservatory opening iroia Iheiiura-
rv, hlled with rich auf rr.r" plants.
The two stories above arc of corres
ponding elegance, both iu finish and
furniture, and its capa-.-Uy can be
judged from the fact th ' all of the
ten guests then m the .. juse were
provided with tlegantlv furnished
sleeping-apartments, without any
evidence of crowding. V ;ti:-i oms,
with hot and eold w. 'er, re in
abundance on every tk..r, aini all
the gas fixtures and chandeliers in
readiness for the gas-work3 about to
be constructed. The surroundings
of the mansion are very pleasing to
the eye now, but when the improve
ments now in progress are complet
ed all of which indicate the gor .l
taste of the proprietor it will have
lew superiors anywhere. Mr. Cole
man is a practical farmer, and he
has here twelve hundred acres for
his home-place, part of which is
under cultivation the field of corn
then in tassel showing the richness
of the soil.
A VISIT TO CORPUS CHRISTI.
Accompanied by Messrs. Cole
man and Fulton, the male portion
of our i rriy took a trip over to j
Corpus thnsti. Ihe distance Ironit
Mr. Coleman's house to Corpus
Christi Bay is about sixteen miles, i
that bay forming a portion of the
southers boundary of the pasture.
Our drive, therefore, carried us
through vast herds" of cattle, and
sometimes we encountered one thous
and cows, with calves by their sides.
The herdsmen were busily at work,
separating the different kinds of
stock, and driving them off to the
different pastures decignated for
them. Mr. Coleman as we passed
gave orders, mostly in Spanish, to
the Mexican herders, and we moved
on over what seemed to be a track
less prairie, but our companions
seem to know every foot of the
ground and the direction of every
cowpath. On reaching the bay our
companions inspected the work
progressing on a dam which is
under repair, having been washed
out during a storm last August, and
then proceeded across the reef to
Corpus Christi. This reef is three
miles long, across an arm o! the bay,
and being carefully staked off, we
passed safelv over, with the water
nearly up to tne carriage i:eu. -iier
crossing, a short drive brought U:
,'.' t ii t!ie moment he te;
rougui us i , , .
' e ' would require toe
on one of: ., ,
. i three of these Iynx
,er known , . ,, -i
; .. ; his elbow, ail anxio
lent eitv. . .
into the streets of Corpus
the hottest alternoons ev
in the history of this anc
We could not discover that it had
improved to any extent since our
visit seven j-ears ago. Indeed, in
many respect there seemed to be
less bur-iness activity, although the
railroad fever is at its height, and
the building of depots and work
shops, and the landing and forward
ing of the material to the City f
Mexico, which is now nearly com
pleted to Laredo, is the subject of
bright anticipation for the future.
If Corpus Christi had n good outlet
to the sea, it would undoubtedly be
thb terminus of the road for all
shipping purposes, but liockport
and Fulton claim that with deep
water at Aransas Pass, which is
confidently looked for in a few
months, the road will be compelled
to seek a more northern place for
debarkation, where it will not be
necessary, as now, to lighter ev
rery-
tV.incr over the bar.
We spent a day with some kind j
and hospitable friends at Corpus j
Christi, who dragged us off from thej
hotel, declaring that they could not J
consent to our being roasted there, j
and seated us in a gallery, where j
the full breeze from the bay had
free access, we passed a cool and
pleasant evening, and were very
hospitably entertained until noon
the next day. when we again cross
ed the reef and took our way back
oorsa tholiifr nnst.nre. to Mr. Cole-!
x I tiuuiaii .' - w i . .
man's which we reached after a five prevails on account of tmsnecessi
hours' drive in the cool of the even-! for botfly and mental mvigora
ing. ition. Parker's Ginger Tonic fairly
. THE CATTLE ON THE PASTURE.
The Coleman-Fulton Pasture Com
pany's lands are by careful estimate
capablo of sustaining ot all seasons
of the year about - 35,000 head of
cattle and horses, though at the
present time there is not more than
' half that number there. During
; tin) pa.- t year the stock of rattle wan
; reduced to aljoiit one half the full
'complement, and the gras. allowed
to renew itself by seeding. The
pastures arc consequently now cover
ed with a heavy coat of mesquite
grass, and the company are tilling
up their pastures .with cattle pur
Q j chased from Texas and largely from
Mexico. During our siijotini a lot
of 2.' " head arrived iVoin Mexico,
and a despatch announced that
,-l,iXl head more, purchased by their
j agents at $f', i'J and $12 per head,
ammmmmt were on their way, this price includ
i ing their delivery in good order in
tho pasture. When they arrive the
beeves will be ftt-acd, and shipped
to New Orkans as soon as ia condi-
i tion for market, tho cow3 will be
driven to the Barada pasture of S'-V
ai:ij(j( acres, used for breeding graded
stock, and tho male yearlings driven
to the Big Pastures of 10o,UJO acres,
whic h is devoted to beeves and stock
for the market. The sorting and
separating of tlie cattle require ex
perience and good judgment, and a
vast force of men and horses. The
prospects of the company were nev
er so good as at present, they having
just declared a cash dividend of 4
per cent, for the post six months,
while they are very ouiident ot in
creasing it to 12 per cent, per annum.
Four-filth? of the stock is held by
Messrs. Coleman and Fulton and
their children, thev having sold onlv
3100,000 of stock to enable them to
take advantage of the present price
of cattle in Mexico to restock their
pastures up to their full capacity,
whilst at the same time furnishing
two cargoes per week for shipment
to New Orleans.
IMPROVING STOCK.
They have now in their breeding
pastures several hundred head of
ull and half-blood Durham bulls,
and will soon dispose of ail the na
tive bulls. They believe strongly in
the value of the native stock as a
foundation for improving upon, giv
ing hardihood to the improved
breeds, which is required for breed
ing in largo pastures, where the in
dividual attention cannot be given
that the full-bloods require.
The few additional notes that we
have of this visit to Texas, including
a visit to tlie government jetty at
Aransas Pass, must be reserved for
another article. C. C. F.
IlaUimore American.
The Oldest City In the World.
Damascus is the oldest city in the
world. Tvre and Sidon have crum
bled on the shore ; Baalbec is a ruin;
Palmyra is buried in the desert;
Nineveh and Babylon have disap
peared from the Tigris and the Eu
phrates. Damascus remains what
it was brfore the days of Abraham
a centre of trade and travel an isle
of verdure in the desert ; "a presi
dential capital'' with martial and
sacred associations extending
through thirty centuries. It was
near Damascus that Saul of Tarsus
saw light above the brightness of
the sun ; the street which is called
Strait, in which it said "he prayed,"
still runs through the city. The
caravan comes and goes as it did a
thousand years ago; there i3 still
the sheik, the ass and the water
wheel ; the merchants of the Eu
phrates and the Mediterranean still
occupy the streets "with the multi
tudes of their wares." The city
which Mahomet surveyed from the
neighboring height, and was afraid
to enter, "because it was given to
man to have but one paradise, and
for his part he was resolved not to
have it in this world," is to-day
what Julian called the "Eye of the
East," as it was, in the tiane of
Isaiah, "the head of Syria."
From Damascus came the dam
son, or blue plums, and the deli
cious apricot of Portugal, called fda-
masco; damask, our beautiful fab
ric of cotton and silk, with vines
and flowers rising upon a smooth
bright ground ; the damask rose in
troduced into Eugland in the time
of Henry VIII; the Damascus
1(J d sommU3 t'he worid ovcr for
- . , ' , , ,ic.,i
its keen edge and wonderful elastici
ty, the secret ot whose manufacture
was lost when Tamerlane carried
the artist into Persia ; and that
beautiful art of inlaying wood and
steel with gold and silver, a kind of
mosaic engraving and sculpture
united, called damaskeening, with
which boxes, bureaus, ami swords
are ornamented. It still is a city of
flowers and bright water; the
streams of Lebanon and the "silk
of gold" still murmur and sparkle
in the wilderness of the Syrian
gardens.
Conkling Socially.
To get a thorough understanding
of the machine politician he must
be judged entirely by his acts, as a
personal acauaintancc warps the
judgment and destroys what might
be a first-class opinion, because the
feelings are called into play. Begin
ning with the pages, w ho skip and
fiit like butterflies on the Senate
floor, all unite in the worship of
Senator Conkljng. He never has to
clap his hands to bring a page, for
the moment he begins work t.iat
service two or
eved dots are at
anxious for the honor
to serve him. Ihe writer asked a
bright little page whv the bovs were
so vi in? to no nis omuiiig. iii-
replied: "He never
sjke a cross
word to a page m
says : 'My little man,
this kindness for me?'
his life. Ite
will you do
Then we ail
run.
The wayof the transgressor is Eu
ropean. A brass band that is all one
A dogs collar.
piece
The material for good soldiers
must be planted in drills.
. Convict Commits Suicide.
j Baltimore. June 10. John
iflimiK n colored prisoner in
E.
the
j c;ty jaiit sentenced to three months'
! confinement for assault on a woman
jiurig himself to his cell door eanv
this morning, and when found was
tjea(j. He was thirty-four years of
agC a sailor by occupation, and
Ci"m0 from New York,
A IMfllcoU Problem SoWel.
Ambition, competition and over
exertion use up the vital powers of
men and women, so that a desire
for stimulants seems to be a natural
1 c;on. and drunkenness
solves the aimcuit piwivu., --
brought health and napmnesa
many desolate homes It docs not
tear down an already debilitated
system, but builds it up without ip
toxicating. Enquirer, bee other
column.
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