Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 25, 1877, Winnipeg, Manitoba I. F l v 1 the Crystal 11kix. It was a country tavern and i sat in Echo bar room for Luck of something bettor to do. Heaven knows there was Little enough to Bince amuse one in that dreary Temple of Bac Chus. There wore five new est a month old lying on the knew every advertisement i n them. There was a picture of the favorite presidential Candi Date hanging Over the lir Opalee which if it tit All resembled gentlemen in question entitled him to a Glass Case in Burn urn s museum rather than a chair in the White House. A Book for registering names on a sort of desk in the Corner Hue my arrival the pages though dated were destitute of a single name. Apply Jook bad Gin and blazing Brandy in bottles of eccentric colors tilled a Glass press behind a counter which was called by Courtesy a bar j and behind this stood a wooden Imago called by Courtesy a landlord. When a Man has no books and no acquaintances at a country tavern lie is Apt to fall Back on the landlord. 1 have met in my time very amusing who could talk about fishing and shooting and politics and perhaps retail to Yon some of the gossip of the neighbourhood for it is wonderful How a Man in a Strait in which i was will find amusement in the doings of people to knows nothing about. But the landlord of the Hominy House was not to to relied upon in such an emergency. You were not to take such liberties with him sir lot to Tell you. He took you into his House As it were under protest. He gave you a. Bed with an air that seemed to say to regretted doing it but still he did not like to refuse and you ate your dinner before him in fear and trembling lost to should reconsider his hospitality and order you out of his House. Whether it was natural inflexibility of joints or whether it was a High sense of per Sjonna dignity 1 do not. Know but certainly general Kubbley Tho landlord of the Hominy House in the Village of hopscotch new Jersey was the most dignified Man i Ever saw. The Halo which lie threw around a of whiskey and water was perfectly wonderful. You might have imagined you were drinking " Green to judge by the lofty expression of his countenance As he handed you Tho bottle. At the dinner table to fairly awed appetite out of one and i shall never As Long As 1 live forget Tho Thunder Cloud which gathered his brow when one Doy i unluckily asked to be helped to soup twice. When Lafayette parsed through hopscotch general Kubbley one of the committee that received him. I did not know him at that period not having been born but 1 have formed a theory that from this epoch May be dated tremendous dignity. Whether this interview with the Fionch Patriot had any thing to do with turning Tho lie Nond s hair Green 1 Monnot say but it is nevertheless a fact that he was remarkable for Pons skin a lock of verdant Olive on either Side of his head. This eccentricity of color i presume must remain for Ever a mystery. As 1 was saying i sat in the bar room general Kubbley stood behind the bar counting the contents of Tho till with olym Pian dignity. Quarter dollars seemed to Baccomo thunderbolts in his hands. 1 was very weary. Weary of hopscotch weary of the presidential and into Over Tho Man tie piece who seemed to have been born with a Patch of strawberries on each Cheek weary of Tho old newspapers i weary of everything in fact except the memory of my dear Annie to whom 1 was engaged and on whose account i left now York Ami in cured in mid Winter at the Hominy , in order before our marriage to Settle Mizuo matters connected with in property which Lay near . 1 yawned in the very Teeth of general Kubbley. The door opened Ere my a oth closed again and u Man entered and off the Snow that Lay in thick Hakes on his j coat to the Wood lire that blazed and crackled on the Broad Hearth and spread out his hands to Tho cheering warmth. To was a very seedy looking Man. He had but one coat old thread Bare evening was tenderly buttoned across a client which deemed to breathe too lest it should burst to frail buttons. His shoes were old and of looking As if to found them after they had been boiled for soup by lieutenant Strain and his companions on the isthmus. His trousers were also wet and very san nov and shrank from Contact with his shoes As if they had been As sensitively constituted As the Mimosa. Toot fellow he looked As if he a i riot had a dinner in his stomach Era cent in his pocket for a Verv Long time. As he entered the general raised his head from the till and looked at him severely. I saw the poor Man shrink a Little but presently to seemed to Muster up Stilliion courage to go up to the bar. I can i have a bed Here h asked in a timid voice Kubbley s countenance. I Don t think 1 Over beheld such a picture of astounded dignity. My heart Sank after my speech was fairly out for really i expected nothing More than to to turned out myself and what is More i believe that i would have gone. To my Surprise however the Gen eral took another tone. If or. Massy was willing to Procter such indiscriminate to said he Wae perfectly for the first time the truth burst upon to that the general was not so awful Asho looked and that by the Aid of a Little Reso Lution he might oven be reduced to the position of a landlord. 1 plucked up courage from this supposed discovery and having opened the breach pushed on. 1 want some supper Jon Oral said 1, peremptorily. Sir you have had your answered the general clutching madly at the last rag of his importance that was being torn so ruthlessly from him. No matter i wish to sup again. I some times sup frequently during an 1 was reckless wit i Victory and began to talk wildly. You shall by served and the general abdicated his Thunder and disappeared into the Kitchen. I had conquered a hand was Laid very gently on me and the stranger now spoke audibly to me for the first time. I am very very much obliged to he said for All this kindness but if in getting this supper you put yourself to in convenience on my account May 1 beg that you will countermand not at i replied diplomatically but As you have reminded me of it per haps you will Lavor me by supping with m is if you have not supped i o o h Miffy us o 0 u o n l m 0 h c o d a co o o Fimi o n a a in o o a Ift o t it 3 i 3 o o w o o co o o a 3 a 3 0 3 m w m n m m 0 a o m t o o 73 Monk kor Book bindery. Us a 1 i Chicago Milwaukee is old and new books bound or repaired. B1 o n p c o i have not said with a Poablo smile. 1 sen the stranger through your kind he added and to a gentleman who can act so feelingly As you have done t i i. I i a i have Little shame have not dined it come said i away those confounded in confessing that if i was because i had no try in tears to that bluster always will get in my eyes when 1 hear such things come we will have a Holly Good supper to Gether and then we will talk of other mat tors afterwards. Lot sit by the fire until it is ready and meanwhile drink so saying i invaded the general s olym Pian domains and pouring out a still Horn of Applejack forced it upon my now Friend. It did him Good 1 am certain Lor i saw the dim eyes brighten and the thin Cheek flush and it was not thy ire Light that did it cheery As it was. I never met a More delightful Man than this seedy stranger. To had been every where soon everything Dono everything knew everybody. To was a finished Scho Lar an original critic a delightful Singer an epitome of wit. He so fascinated me that we sat up in my room until almost twelve an unearthly hour in hopscotch where the people go to with the it never once entered my head to ask him who he was what to was called or How to was wandering about in the Snow without any Money. Oven went to Bod without Locking my door or putting my watch under it o o maps charts etc., mounted in any style. The great through line Between Chicago new York new England the Canadas co o cases portfolios and pocket Joha Wilde to order. And All Hastern and Songho a cat North sym Conne with All Kastern and iils Ami Trio n my Pillow. To continued i pm Ual annual me Cluni of mils held on Mono May in the City Council chamber Wynn annual the polls will he submitted and the Gem i Mon will he o clock . The several the directors elected for the ensuing year ill other necessary i Aii Shelci l. I persons Conn member.-, of lir corporation Ami Aie eligible for elect Ion As us to the treasurer of t lie Mim of he i Ore i he f election. 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Tup Scott Iteli Hinc co., ii this Kkt to inc continue their reprints of the four lkad1xh w a a Tori a Rev re View for strictly household a per allo i her the to Lake i is a Mallei o har , Malar is it a hokum r Tkv i re View i1iutis1i us re View a Vail am full sir full Caid the general a own ing until his old eyebrows besides we Seldom have for the poor Man gave a glance at Terra 1 Bare coat and smiled. Kit of How Sai thes Mikowas patient but Ful fairly creaked very sorrow it is a very bad said the strange pleadingly and i am not particular As to Worre i sleep. Any a have would do for to stranger a worse method than a confession of heedlessness of Coin Init could not have been adopted to win the general s favor. If he had blustered up to the bar and shouted fora bed of Rose leaves with every Leaf ironed out the Majestic Kubbley might have overlooked Tho seedy coat but not to care where to slept f that bottled him. Sorry sir but can t accommodate you and with this Brief intimation the Jove of hopscotch commenced More to make ii aver dollars look Liko to under bolts. The stranger sighed looked wistfully at Hie Bright gave another hopeless Giance it the wooden Dubbles and then moved slowly to the door. H was More than j could stand. Olympus had no terrors for to at the moment. F cried advancing from the of Scurini Corner in which i had been seated stay sir for a moment this weather too inclement for any human being to wan Der in at night. 1 have not the pleasure of knowing who you Are but there Are two Beds in my room and i esteem it my duty to Olfer you one of Thorn. 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