The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, August 28, 1896 Page: 3 of 8
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' Y • ^TER, MANY YEARS.
Throw wide the window! Lot Ul atasd
And Helen to the ('hrlstnjaa cbimss, - ■
Whloh rain (lad miiBiu^W the land.
▲a In the old dear bygone time*.
While life waa young and hope waa new,
And Wf two dreamt sweet dreams together,
And thought that summer brasses blew.
AlHeaigk ’tWaa wintry weather.
The path that wind* aorose the luVn - "
la white with oriap and glletonlng enow—
The path that-led me to yonr door
One golden"Yulptlde long, ago,
When; by the gloaay holly tree,
Where knots _of ooral berrlea shone, ( '*■
With many a softly uttered plea
I won yon tor my own.
How, time, which shows but littlet care
For maiden charm or madly grace, ’ ,
Has left lte silver on your hair,
Its telltale,i furrows on ipy face;.
And down the pleasant moorland way,
Amidst the joy bells' merry din,
Our'laughing ohlldren trooped today
To bring the Yale log In.
Sweet wife, uplift your eyes to mine
And tell me—are you happy stillf
My heart has aye been trne to thine
Through all life’s mingled good and ill.
And In this memory haunted room.
Our merry tribe about my knee,
I vow the years have held no gloom
Since you kept house with me. '
—E. Mathoson In Chambers’ Journal.
M "bo oould, groped about in the
rain and darkneaa for his machine,
put it on its -wheels onoe more and
trundled it alpng, trudging by its
aide: He longed for a habitation of
any Sort, bat the road seemed abso-
lutely deserted.
Tramping gloomily in the down-
pour, bb cursed bis inventive facul-
ties mat had led fijm astray and the
bad weather which made hiB jour-
ney a misery. Onoe or twioe he,
mounted the machine .and tried to
makS quicker progress, but the dark-
hOss Was SO iTrtense and the' roads
so bad that he finally abandoned all
thought of wheeling. At last he
oametb an avenue of trees -whose
thick, overhanging branches formed
a kind of shelter from the storm.
He .stood his machine up against one
of the. tree trunks. Ailed bis pi]Je,
and after many futile attempts suo-
oeeded in getting a matoh to burn
long enough to light the tobaooo.
Although it was a wet night, it
was hot oold, and he bad some I
M*KINL€Y*8 HEAVY LOAD?-
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TRACKED BY AIWHEEL i
I smoked a pipe or two and rested for
perhi
t
Rogers fell a victim to his enthu-
siasm for the new wheel. Added
to the postasy of the devoted oyolist
was also the passion of the inventor.
Rogers had plenty of money and so
oould indulge hid fads. He had an
ingenious brain, and consequently
when his craze was photography be
invented several perfectly unworka-
ble oameras, and now that he bad
taken to "cycling with all the ferVCr
of youth he had haturallyoonoocted
many improvements, so called, upon
the machine.
The wheel uppn whloh he was
now. mounted was practically- his
own invention. ' If was- exceedingly
light and strong, the framework be-
ing -made of aluminium, and its
pneumatic tiro had a covering which
he was positive would make it abso-
lutely Donslipping. The ordinary
geometrical raised, work on the aver-
age nonslipping tire, he held, w;as
inartistic, and so he drew a design
for a nonslipping tire wbioh would
leave bis own antograph, as it were,
along the roads, and which would
prevent the wheel from going side-
he made up his mind that anything
was better than ibis, even the piti-
less storm, which showed no sign of
abating-. So, still trundling bis ma-
chine, be tramped on in the. slush
along the lane until he came.out in
the open onoe more, where half an
hour in the pelting rain made him
wish he had remained «nder the
shelter of the trees. Another grove
presently gave him the shelter he
had .abandoned, and there he relit
his pi^e and shnoked gloomily.
It seemed to tom tbgt daylight
would soon reappear, but on strik-
ing a matoh and looking at.hia watch
he foupd that the night was not yet
half over, it being but little after 12
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and thoroughly miserable, in> a con-
dition of mind to welcome the rough-
est fare. •
As he stood under the trees Rogers
noticed that the rain slackened, and
finally it ceased.^ The moon now
peered out fitfully from among the
clouds, and, yearning for the com-
forts of home, the young man push-
ed on with a determination to make
ways on turning a muddy corner. . a final effort to reach civilization of
A oelebrated rubber manufacturing , some Bort
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oompany had_ constructed a tire,
faithfully followingRogers’designs,
at tremendous oost, and now the
young man was for the first time
mounted on bis -new machine, find-
ing, to his Relight, that it worked
beautifully. -
In his eagerness to test the ma-
chine fully he went farther afield
than he had intended and was some-
. what tired when ho oame to the
forking of the road, whero it branch-
ed off in three directions with never
a finger post to guide the bewildered
traveler,
Nighf was coming on rapicjjy and
earlier than the season oalled for,
because the olouds hung low in the
sky and the weather seemed threat-
ening. Rogers bad come too far to
| Shortly after leaving the grove he
.oame to a gateway that evidently'
led to a bouse. As there was no
porter’s lodge beside ‘the gateway
he oame to the oonolusiCU that the
house oould not >be a very important
j one, and that perhaps the inmates
Hanna—It may be hard werk, William, but you have me to .
help you. —New York News
woro two oooupants of the kitchen.
One tnhn sat by the table, on wiiioh
was a huge joint of Cold meat, broad
and butter and foaming flagons of
o’clock. He wan hungry, wpt, tired beor. This oviclenoo of -good cheer
■ was most grateful/to fbd feelings of
the oyolist.
“Gome in, ” whispered- the man,
“but don’t make a noise.. We dpu’t
want master wakened at this hour
of the night. He’d make trouble if
he was.’’ *
“I’ll be very quiet,” whispered
Rogers, “but I wmt a out of that
beef, and if you oan give me a place
to sleep I’ll mako it all right with
you in the morning and get away
unseen by anybody. ” , ; .
The - man at the table bad not
spoken, but he now mado -a motion
toward the cold meat as if he invited
the oyolist to help himself.
While Rogers ate and drank with
the energy of a healthy, hungry
e<i at tiie iangpage and ooolness oi
his guest.
“ You. are the master of the bouse,
I take it. ”
“You are quite oorrect. Is that
your bioychrourtn thoyard?”
Ygs, ” answered Rogers. “At
ground aa be did.so. ,■; Y • Y .
“Look here I” he orieil to the old
gentleilian as he oame bur redly back.
“These men have taken what they
didn-t know was an autograph bioy-v
ole. Here you see the name in the ,.
mud, ‘Rogers,’ marked' quite dis-
tinctly. That was a litjle idea of my
own. In making a nonslippiog tin* 1
had the name written,-as it were, ip
raised letters-all around the cireum?
‘ferenoe^of the wheel. If we are ^ea- ,
sonably active, there will be no trou-
ble in iraoing the thieves. I shall
mount this wheel they have left be-
hind, an<f if yout son'and the officers
will follow me I think^ \ye4oan traok
them. I had ray name on the tires
largely to identify my maobine if it
happened' to be'stolen, but it peter
struoi^ me that it might write my
name all along the road. ”
Rogers, after a hasty breakfast,
sprang.on She burglar’s bike, and
put in his best licks along the lane .
and down the byroad be bad traveled
the night. before. Even when they
came to- the main road ton milps
AwaySHo oould still desory his naipe
Before noon they had run down the
burglars, much to- their surprise, ’
and Rogers, pointing out. the merits
of his machino to the oaptured man
who had riddon it, explained to him
In the most kindly manner that ii
he had not stolon that particular bi- *<
oyole he would very likely not at that
moment be in oustody.- Whereupon,
the burglars loudly cursed the auto-
matic autograph registering bioyole,
which oonduct' the indignant Mr.
Rogers resented. All of whioh goei
to show that burglars have no real •«
appreciation of talont.*—Detroit Fre*
Press. ,
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PIaIh Beef and Rad .Hannerfl*
A historic example of unadulter-'
ated rudeness reconnected wittrtWr
-w_ ________ ______... life- of Judge-Samuel ChuBO of the
least I placed it in the shed last j "supremo court of the United States, \
night.” I who, in 1795, was entertained at
“Ob, did you? We found the dinner by a wealthy citizen of Phil-
wretched maobine there* this morn- adelphia. He was placed at the right
it led to our search for "
would hot resent'being aroused at man’ nothing was said.- The. two
that untimely hour to give shelter j aa* looking at< each other
to a weary fellow creature. Push-1 soom'nS>ly'tb some dismay. At last
ing open the gate, he Wheeled his y°un£er °f the two men rose,
maobine ip to the avenue, and after I °Pendd a door-cautiously, went up a
a ten minutes’ tramp- along the 8^0De Pave<l passage and opened.an-
winding road saw before him the 1 other door' He returned with a
lighted oandle in his hund and nod-
ded to the elder man.
“How,” ho said to Rogers, “if
you have finished your meal, oomo
m
hulk Of a large oountry house with
numerous outbuildings, afad, what
was more to the purpose^ a light
still burning in the windows of what
was apparently a kitchen.; He was
QhCored by the thought that perhaps
some of the servants were sitting
return homo that night. Ho knewH
In a vague and general. way that tip late-
Y ot*uuit>auury -was ahead of to a erftte that. Iwf to the
he thought he must b© within ten kitchen door, he entered it. Passing
miles of the place, but whioh of the * shed, he saw, partly by the Watery
three roada led to it waa a question moonlight and partly by their own
beoonldnot answer, and there was lights, which'were still burning,
none abroad that lowering even jug two bioyolesin a corner of the shed,
from whom he oould make in-i He placed his own beside them, and,
quiries. After a moment’s hesitation , tired as he was, he looked with an
he again mounted his wheel andexpert’s eye at the two Other ma-
took the road whloh appeared to be'’‘‘chines. They were of an old pattern
the most traveled, hot after follow-
ing it a mile in increasing darkness
this road again branohed,and neither
of the new ways seemed particular-
ly ftiviting.
It was now sesdark that he resolv-
ed to light his lamp, and then dis-
covered that in bis intense absorb-
tion. regarding tho improved quali-
ties of his new wheel be had neglect-
ed minor details. He had no oil with
him, and nis lamp, a new one. was
entirely empty. He oonclnded to
risk arrest by th.e looal authorities,
So he onoe more mounted his wheel
and drove ahead. The rain now be-
gan to come down steadily,-and the
moon, whioh be knew had risen,
i entirely obsoured by the olouds.
»roads became wet and slippery,
found that his new invi
i was still oapable of improv
i, for on turning an
1 from unc
l on bis 1
- Nothing
this way and I’ll find yon a bed
Ho led the tired oyolist up the
stone passage and to a small open-
ing off, in whioh was a small oot
bed. , .
“That’s the best we can do for
'you tonight,” said the man, setting
down the candle.--“If you had ^pne
- earlier, we oould have found you a
better plaoo. ” . •
“Oh, that’s all right,’^said Rogers.
“I' couldn’t ask anything better,
and I hopeffi sha’n’t get you into
trouble by oojping so late. ” Saying
whioh be slipped some money into
the hand of jbho servant, who took
it without oomfoeut, bade him good
night and retired.
Rogers took off bis wot clothes.
and did not have pneumatic tires.
He wag astonishod that such ma-
chines should belong to a houso so
pretentious as the one he was about
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htto the matter at the time, spread themout so that they might the sauio timO portable.
moment later he kpoaked at the
in door. He thought he heard
be reasonably dry by the time he
needed them in the mornihg, and
within just before he knook- ! fel1 nsleeP as soon as ho had thrown
ing, and
you.”
“Wretched maohinel” cried Rog-
ers, sitting up in bed. “Oh, oome
now, I’ll stand sudeness to myself,
but I’ll be hanged if I’ll allow the
bioyole to be slandered. I want you
to know, sif, that this is probably
the finest and most expensive bi-
oyole that exists in this oountry. Its
frame is aluminium, and the oost of
it is as great as if it were made of
silver, and I flatter myself that.the
nonslipping tire, although it skids
rather badly in the mud, is a unique
invention, if I do say it myself. 1
want you to know that I am the in-
vewtor of that b'ioycle. It was oon-
struoted under my supervision, and
if you will allow me to show you ifs
merits I fancy yon will change youi
opinion of it.”
“That may be so,” rejoined the
oldman, putting hi* pistol in his
pocket, for he saw that this was not
the criminal he'thought hb had oap-
.tured. “I don’t know very muob
about bioyoles, so perhaps you will
be so good as to dress and give me
some explanation nf b«w you oame
to be here. ”
“Oh, that’s very simple,
Rpgers. “I lost my way lost nighl
and came up your lane seme time
after 12. There was a light in the
kiflJbfcn, and I found two of yOur
'servants bavirig a late supper,
asked them for shelter abd they put
me in here. ’’
“Ah, I see,” said tho old man.
"Well, those fufco wore burglars, and
have made off with all they oould
lay their hands on that was valua-
now there waa intense 'si-/
and no response was made to
i demand for admittance. After
Waiting a reasonable time h4 raised
|is hand to knook onoe again, when
je door'was oautiously opened a
inches and a man peered Out at
“W
man i
hat do you want?” said the
in a hoarse whisper, and Boeing
land still on the knocker
Don’t wake up everybody.
said that
1 some-
inside.
the man,
the door,
raltb-
himself down on the oot bed.
His awakening in the morning
was somewhat of a surprise to him.
He found himself rudely shaken by
the shoulder, and on opening his
eyes beheld an elderly man of gen-
tlemanly appearanoe standing over
him with a pistol in bis hand.
countrymen, one evidently a groom,
stood near the door regarding bin/
with every appearanoe of tear anfl
horror. They both-held cudgels and
were apparently ready to atMot him
Id he make a dash
My son has gone to town for the po-
lice and has not yet returned. ' Pe?
baps you oan aid us by giving a de-
scription of the men. I thought at
first that you were one' of the gang
who had perhaps taken too muob
drihk and overslept yourself, but 1
see you are nothing of {he kind. ”
. “I shall be glad to givo you every
assistance in m'y power, " said Rog-
ers.
In a few minutes be Was np and
dressed, and on goin^ outside saw
that the burglars bad a keen appre-
ciation of bis invention, and had
taken away his new machine, leav-
ing one of their own in-tts place.
oourtTO^Bly^tbat^m diking
tave*
robbed ot a valuable cycle. Let tu
hand of his hostess and adjusted his
spectacles, with the greatest oom-
plaoenoy, to overlook the superb re-
past before him. It was the work
of a Frenoh cook, and in its way ab
artistic triumph. The judge' looked
tho table over deliberately and then
turned to the lady.
“A Very pretty dinner, madam,
but there is not a thing on your ta
bio that I can eat. ” , - .,
But the hostess had tact, if he had
none, and she atonoo inquired with
the utmost Amiability if she oould
prooure anything whioh might soil
his taste. Y *
‘‘Madam,” w.as the reply, “a
beefsteak or a piece of roast beei
will suit me better than anything
else.” • -
She whispered a direction to the
servant, knd he vanished, soon tc
appear with a plate of roast beef,
which the- judge attacked with greai
vigor and appreciation.
V “There, madam,” he said when
be had finished, “1 have made a sen-
sible and excellent dinner, but nc
thanks to your Frenoh cook. ”
. ing this no dne will be
ibed to learn that in 180* -
said- Jo^8e Chase was impoaohedby the
house of representatives,' bis offense
having been the delivery of politioal
harangues from the benoh and grose
abuse of counsel and Witnesses.
His own oounsel pleaded suooess
fully that his offense was "rather a
violation of the principles of polite-
ness than ot the principles of law,’
aind although a majority of the sen
ate voted him guilty tho neoessary
two-tbirds was not obtained, and he
was therefore acquitted.—Youth’I
Companion. _
Bast Man and Best Caoaa,
However the’ election may go, no
voter, ou. either side, oan fail to know
how he is voting. The straddle lias I
effectually eliminated. McKinle
gold monometallism. Bryan n
ver bimetallism. The Democrats have
the best man and tho bewt oanse. If they
cannot win wity these it is bqpause the
people, while they cannot be footed al-
ways, may be fooled often.—SI Loots
POAt- Dispatch.
Ha’ll Bara Something go Say.
Mr. Bryan is not a laay man or 6ns
who stands on flimsy conventionalities.
If it shall be deemed beet for him to
take the stump in the presidential i
paign, he will take up the worh i
rally. No doubt he would be \
divide time with his
A candidate for ]
enough to do
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Lillard, L. D. The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, August 28, 1896, newspaper, August 28, 1896; Fairfield, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1126520/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fairfield Library.