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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1901)
r 7 Girl's DiaLrv Thcro Is nn ancient houso at Fen Hyn, Qwyncdtl township, Montgomery county, Pn., that Ib associated with ono of tho prettiest contributions to the history of tho stirring times In tho fall of 1777. It Is tho old Foulko man sion, wheroln a young Philadelphia Quakor girl wroto tho charming, sparkling narrntlvo that has become famous ns Sally Wlstor's Journal. Tho document has been a fruitful Bource of Inspiration to many writers of fiction, dealing with tho dnya of our nation making. Just before tho Brit ish army slipped Into Philadelphia PZ tvks of fighting and feinting. Sally's father, Danlol a Philadelphia morchant sent his family out to Gwynedd to tho Foulkes, tho two families being kin, to escapo tho many unpleasant features of life In a city with an army of occupation. Previous to going away Sally and her friend, Deborah Norrls, another young Quakeress, who, by tho way, told In after years how alio peeped over tho garden fence and looked across Fifth street to sco what was going on tho day thoy publicly read tho Declaration of Independence, agreed to keep Journals, which they would oxchango when they mot again, as It would bo manifestly lmposslblo to get lotters through tho lines of tho two armies. And Sally went out to her widowed "Aunt Hannah's," tho uncle. William Foulko, having died In 1775. Tho long, low stono houso, wherein tho Foulko family and tholr city rela tives sheltored that troublous wlntor Is still In excellent preservation and doubtless in very much tho same pro portions of a century and, a quarter ago. Its present owner, J. E. Cnld woll has dono much to glvo It a splen did setting In a landscapo gardonlng schemo of rare beauty. "Wrote Hor Dlnrjr There In ono of tho rooms of tho pictur esque mansion this light-hearted girl Jotted down hor chatty, familiar Im pressions of tho great makers of Am erican history ns thoy appeared on tho llttlo stago of tho hospltablo Foulko homo. Tho first ontry In hor diary wa3 mado Sept 25, 1777124 years ago thlB week. Ono day sho writes: "Two genteel men of tho military order rodo up to tho door" and arranged for tho blllct- OLD FOULKE MANSION lng of Gun. William Smallwood of Maryland at the houso. "Ono of tho officers dismounted nnd wroto 'Small wood's quarters' ovor tho door, which secured us from Btraggllng soldiers. After this ho mounted his steed and rodo away. When wo aro alono our dress and Hps wero put In order for conquest and tho hopes of adventuro gavo brightness to each beforo passlvo countenance." Gen. Smallwood Arrives. "In the evening (of Oct. 19) his gen oralshlp camo with six attendants, which compos'd his family. A largo guard of soldiers, a number of horses and baggage wagons, tho yard and house in confusion and glittered with military equipments. Tho general Is tall, portly, well-made; n truly martial air, tho behavior and manners of a gentleman, a good un derstanding and great humanity of disposition constitute the character of Smallwood." For weeks hor Journal resounds with tho clanking of swords, tho rumblo of military wagons, tho tramp of march ing soldiers, busy, perhaps, with tho caro of wounded soldiers whose line of retreat from fatal Germantown lay closo to tho old houso. Sho only brief ly refers to tho battle thero and "tho horrors of that day." Sho tells her absent friend tho gossip thoy got at tho mill a mill was part of tho Foulke estate but warns her by say ing: "Wo don't place much depend ence on mill news." Conquest of a Virginian. Ono day several of tho company which formed this distinguished colonial houso party, "Went to tho mill. We made very free with Borne continental flour. Wo powdered mighty white, to bo sure" Another - day 21-year-old and flirtatious Brlg. Gcn. Lacy rlde3 by "In expectation of drawing tho attention of tho 'mill (girls.' " but ns Ill-luck would order It, I had been busy and my au burn ringlets wero much dishevelled; therefore I did not glad his eyes, and cannot set down on tho list of honors Written by o. Phil tvdolphltv. R.ovol tlontxry Delle. rccclved that of a bow from Brlg.-Gcn. Lncy." Sho comments further on that day being "almost ndvcnturclcas." A gny young blado from Virginia, Alexander Spotswood Dandrldgo, asks her to marry him on exceedingly Bhort acquaintance, sho thinks, although sho hastens to explain, "had wo bcon ac quainted sev,en years wo would not havo been moro sociable. Tho moon gavo a sadly pleasing light." What n wonderfully complete plcturo of socia bility that entry BUggestsl Sho tells of tho pranks sho and her girl friends played on a certain Mr. Tilly, "a wild, noisy mortal," who ap pears "bashful when with girls," and who "talks so excessively fast that ho often begins n sentenco without fin ishing tho last, which confuses him very much, and then ho blushes nnd laughs." Mr. Tilly plnya two tunes on tho German flute and ho Is unmerci fully Jeered about his brilliant musical talent. A J0U0 on Tilly. Tilly was something of n brnggart, it seems, and tho merry company de cided to havo sonio fun with him, so they fitted up tho figure of a British grenadier and stood It at tho door of tho house. Whllo thoy wero chatting In tho gloom of ono of tho rooms ono Dcccmbor night a knock camo at tho door. Tho servant camo In with tho message that they were all wanted outside. Tilly was tho ilrst ono out and ho banged Into tho grenadlor. At tho samo moment a thundering volco called out: "Aro thoro "any robel of ficers hero?" "Not waiting for a second word, ho darted liko lightning out of tho front door, through tho yard, bolted over tho fence. Swamps, fences, thorn hedges and plowed fields no way Im peded his retreat." At last thoy found Tilly and explained tho Joko to him. Ho was Induced to come back, and when ho rejoined tho group ho solemn ly faced tho company and remarked: "You may all go to tho d 1!" Sally touchlngly nnd suggestively com ments: "I never heard him utter an Indecent oxpresalon before." But It would take columns, Bays tho Philadelphia Record, to reprint tho full account of Sally Wlster's Journal and Its abounding references to tho qualifications nnd character of tho various officers who stopped at this old AT PENN LLYN. PA. house. As to the corapleto Journal, which first saw tho light In tho com fortablo home, one's best wishes to tho reader of these lines may bo most fittingly expressed In Sally's dedica tion to hor friend Deborah. "Tho pe rusal of It may somo tlmo hence glvo pleasuro in a solitary hour to theo." Another Annnlii. Thoro wero a crowd of calamity howlers gathered in a hotel rotunda during tho great drouth of tho past month, and each was telling the other thnt all the crops would bo burned up nnd everybody would starve to dc&th. An old man, who has tho reputation of being a man who can always toll n story better than tho ono Just told, put In his voice nnd said that tho present drouth was nothing to tho ono they had when ho was a boy In "Car'llny." They nil listened carefully to his won derful story of how so many peoplo starved to death, and how when they cut tholr bodies open they found that they had actually eaten grass beforo they died. Ho told tho story through without interruption, but as soon as ho finished ono of his listeners asked: "But why did they cut open their bodies?" That was a poser for tho old man, but after spitting roflcctlvo ly nt a spot on tho wall, ho Bald: "Why, to seo what thoy starved to death on, of course." Then he won dered what thoy all wanted him to buy tho drinks for. A Fait Mnii'a Count). " M. Courtlnaud'a uncle, both woll known in Paris, died In April and loft him 6,000 francs. Delighted with so much money, ho considered various plans of spending it. Ho was afraid to place it in tho bank and had no confidence l. commercial ventures. Not fond of racing, he finally decided to drink It up. At tho end of five months he succeeded. His average was forty francs a day. At last ho bought a boU tie of alcohol for, two francs, drank It, and then chot himself. Ho loft n request to bo burled In a cellar nt the aiae or tho barrelB.--Chicago Journal. FRENCH-OANAD1AN CATTLE. History of tho llrced nml Soma of Iti CtmructrrHtlci. Slnco tho entry of tho French-Cana-;dian cattlo In the dairy tests at thi Pan-American exposition nt Buffalo many inquiries havo been mado abou' tho breed, says tho Springfield Hepub llcnn. In fact, many people though' that Canada had what might bo c allot n nutlvo breed, llko tho so-called no, tlves of tho United States, mado up bj crossing tho progeny of early lmporta tlons until It would bo dlfflcult to tol what blood predominates. Tho MaBsa chusotta Ploughmnn quotes from 1 pamphlet sent out by Dr. J. A. Cou ture, D. V. S., of Quebec, secretary o) tho French-Canadian Cattlo Breeders association, in which ho gives tho hl& tory of tho breed, nnd tho claims mad for It. Ho snys tho French Bottlers whe first camo to Canada wore natives of Brittany and Normandy, Franco. Thf first cattlo In Quebec, in 1C20 or thoro abouts, wero brought, no doubt, fVorr those two districts. No Importation! of other breeds worth mentioning art reported in tho history of tho provlnc until about 1800 or a lktlo boforf. Bo. tweon 177C and 1850 n fow horda ol English cattle, mostly Ayrshiro and Shorthorns, wero brought Into the province, but they wero bought bj wealthy Englishmen living near Mon treal nnd Quebec, whero thoy aro still to bo found. Thoy found but llttlo favor with tho Fronch Inhabitants in the poorer region and In tho rcmoto parte along tho Laurcntldes and tho lower part of tho St. Lawrence, both north and soutli, ns thoy woro loth to cross their hardy llttlo cows with tho larger breeds, fearing, with good reason, that thoy could not feed sumclontly to keep tho larger animals allvo, to Bay nothing of profit, during the seven months of tho wlntor. Thus thoy havo been kept nenrly distinct for ovor 250 years, and In-and-in breeding has beon resorted to to fix in a suro manner tho character istics of the breed. Tho threo qualities claimed for tho French-Canadian aro hardiness, frugality and richness of milk. As they are small, tho cowb aver aging about 700 poundB each, thoy do not require largo amounts of food. In form thoy aro something' like tho Jer sey, but lu color most frcquontly n solid black, or black with brown stripe on tho back and nround the muzzle, or brown with black polats, brown brln dlo, or oven yellowish." A Itrsltittlnc Accoptnnco. Not very long ago Mr. and Mr3. Phil May wero ontcrtnlning a largo. party of friends, distinguished in tho worlds of ljtcraturo, art and fashion, and dur ing tho evening thoro called a visitor who mado a vory diffident entry. Tho great cnricaturlst wna standing neat tho head of tho stairs talking to Lord Mountnioircs and Lady Edith Frank lin, when his mnn intimated that "Mr. Brown" had called. "Show him In," said Mr. May. "Ho won't come, sir; ho's not in evening dress, and he's Btandlng in tho lobby," replied tho ser vant. Mr. May, who often cannot fix tno laentity or peoplo he knows pretty well, showod no gleam or recognition on tho mention of "Mr. Brown's" name but in his usual kind wny ho wont to tho top of tho stalrcaso and ushered in tho reluctant visitor, who vainly en deavored to oxcuso himself. Address ing two or throo distinguished friend who woro stnndlng near, Mr. May de termined to placo tho now arrival at his caso and In tho heartiest way said: "Let mo lntroduco my old friend, Mr. Drown." Tho introduction had been mado when Mrs. May hurried to hor husband's Bldo and, almost convulsed with laughter and ombarrassment, whispered: "Why, Phil, that man Is your tailor; ho has called about your riding breeches, and tho bill!" aiudatono'a Irion of Humor. Thoro Is a story that Mr. Glndstono hns often told as Illustrating his idea of what honor should bo. "It shows tho very finest humor, as good as any thing of Sydney Smith," otc. It oc curred In ono of tho numerous begging lotters which ho was constantly re ceiving. Tho writer, to show that his destitution was no fault of his own, related that after trying to obtain ev ory sort of employment, ho wont an tn ub to answer an advertisement for a cierk in an undertaker's establishment. On applying nt the addrosH nt thn nn. pointed tlmo, ho was shocked as well as disheartened to find a crowd nf somo 100 persons on tho samo nrmmi as himself. But the last and crudest mow was, as no turned uwuv. in hnm. a llttlo street Arab say to his com panion, "1 say, Bill, look nt nil thorn clerks corao to bo measured for their coiuns. Hon. Mrs. Goodhnrt In Nine teenth Contury. Tho Orlfc-liiul Woman. Now, Evo wub writliiK n loltor tn her daughter-in-law, who was Cain't wue, anu sue naked Adam to pot nn. other sheet of birch-bark to enmnintn tho missive upon. "AH right," cald Adam, "but you had better lot tho trees get another ten years' growth beforo you try to write any postscript. " Baltimore American. Didn't Hut Her Money Worth. Clara: "Why, Ethel, what makes you so bluo?" Ethel: "That fortune teller told mo I would ho married twice, and she told Edna sho would havo threo husbands. And to think, I paid for having both our fortunes told!" Chelsea Gazette. Tho Lint Ntnce. Thespla: "What docs a womau do when sho becomes too old to bo a bal let dancer?" Foyer: "Becomes a child actress." Judge. Liberty and duty aro Inseparable terms. If I ought, I can. Kant. HE Edna (nftor ho has proposed) Ah! Tom Two. l'HACTICAL MISS (lOLIGUTLY. E. Singer in tho Indianapolis Sun. "As I sit hero nnd gazo Into tlio flro," said Cholly Staylayte, dreamily, "I cannot help but wax Imaginative and poetic. It seems to mo that burning chunk Is old King Cole, and that thoso red flames aro his dancers now dart ing up, now leaping down and around In ordor to amuso their king. It seems to me thnt tho cracklo of tho embers Is tho music by old King Colo's fid dlers three, and " "Yes," Interrupted Miss Gollghtly, yawning wearily and looking at tho clock, "but In that caso tho old king, nnd not pnpa, ought to pay tho fid dlers." And, after a long whllo, It dawned upon Cholly thnt a ton of coal was nl most nB valuablo as two Irish pota toes, and ho took his leave. ONLY JUST -HKIt HUSBAND. Mistress Mary, you had .a man In tho kitchen last evening. Was ho a relative of yours or a frlond7 Maid Neither, marm; ho was only Just my husbnnd. Teacher "And why should wo en deavor to rlso by our own efforts?" Johnny Wise" 'Cnuso there's no tollln' when tho alarum clock will go wrong.1 A Mrs. Jones Noah took a pair of that thoy wouldn't havo been drowned. Hobble Did ho tako n fish? Mrs, Jones Yes. Bobble Would they havo been drowned, mamma? KCONOMY. ' Mrs. Chugwator What do you buy such cheap shirts for? They nro tho most cxponslvo In tho end. Thoy'ro nil worn out after you have had them washed half a dozen times, Mr. Chugwator Then thoy pnly cost me CO cents for washing, and that's n big saving. You go on with your fruit canning. You can't teach mo anything about buying shirts. IN TII1J VAVV.ll. Ida "They say Bcllo is tho plcturo of health theso day3," May "Yes, somo remedy compnny la UBlng her plcturo In tholr testimon ials." Forgo "Your rnglnn Is out of stylo. You should havo tho new 'Kitchener Yoke " Fenton "Not I! I am a Boer sym pathizer CONHIDKIIATK. "Why Is that plcturo turned townrd tho wall?" "Oh, that Is a haying scone, and wo havo to hldo it whenever Undo Thom as visits us, becauso ho is a hny fever sufferer." VISKY GOOD FORM. Rodrlck "I wonder why old Three score took his bookkeeper along when he went to select a young wife?" Van Albert "Oh, I guess ho wanted Bomo ono who was good at figures." Pictorial Rumor KNEW, what is moro delightful thnn a kiss? AN ALTERNATIVE. 1 s-smumuu - Mrs. Hayaccd I sco thoy'vo stopped tho roof gardens In Now York for tho winter. Mr. Hayseed I reckin they'll hnyo to rely on their hot-beds for Into vege tables, then. FOSER, every living animal Into tho ark so , mi . 1 t Johnny (pointing to a centipede) Mrs. Nowrlch My dear child, don't thouBnnd-llmb. TII15 ONLY TIMK. "What a great boon hairpins aro to women," observed Pennington. "And to men," hastened Meokwood. "How so?" "Why, when n woman fills her mouth with hairpins a mnn has a chanco to get In a few words." First Burglar "Why didn't you snoak that chap's chalnless blcyclo yor went after last night?" Second Burglar "Well, I found out thero was a chalnless dog In tho yard." . " anmnmtemmmmm TOOK A UI.CFF. v "I was In a hotel In Indlnna n few weeks ugo," said tho Now York drum- mor, "when tho talk turned on Gen eral Grant. Pretty soon ono of tho crowd referred to hla two terms as president, nnd I felt cnllod upon to correct htm." "How correct him?" was naked. "Why, as to tho two terms. Of course ho served only ono. Tho fol low was ono of tho obstlnnto kind, however, nnd ho finally oitored to bet mo a hundred to fifty .that ho was right. It mado tho cold chills go ovor mo. It wns n dead suro thing formo, and yet I hadn't tho monoy to put up. Geo! But I novcr felt so menu In my life. Being dend broke I had to tako Mb bluff. I'll bo heeled on my noxt trip, nnd I'll try and find that1 chap nnd rako In his wnd." "1 wouldn't," snld tho man who had spoken before. "Why not?" "I'd use tho monoy to buy a history of tho United States nnd have your cars shortened!" Itcctor "Rcmembor, my young friend, thoro nro better thing's In life thnn monoy." Young Friend "Yes, I know. thnt, but It takes monoy to buy them." ALWAYS ItlCADY. "You're not tho man that answers tho questions, aro you?" Inquired tho stranger. "Yes, Blr," Btild tho man In tho chair. "I suppose you'vo been asked a good many times beforo, but I'd llko to know tho exact pronuncla " "Ito-zo-v'lt," Interrupted tho .man In tho chair, turning again to his work. "Thanks." 1 TIII3 ACTUAL COST, "How do you llko my. now hat?" asked tho first woman of tho other at tho matinee. "Tho total cost was only ?20." "Pardon mb, madam," chimed In tho disgusted man behind, "but you slioiihl lncludo tho prlco of my scat, which makes tho total $21.50." "How do you know ho loves you?" said Miss Cayenne, j jyf ' "Ho writes mo such beautiful .let ters." "m w "Humph! That Isn't lovo. That's lltoraturo." . ' Mamma, look at that thousand-leg! sny such vulgar words. You mean a ISN'T HAl'IC "Chosnoy lives In Brooklyn, but bo longs to a Now York club. When he huppenu to meet Bomo of tho old boys ho stays nil night." "Why Is that?" "Ho's afraid to cross tho brldgo with a load." Till! NEW ITAD Btubb "Slnco my wlfo has taken un bowling sho Is nlwaya after mo for monoy to play tho gamo." P'onn "Moro pin monoy, eh?"