am &M* ^SAJiTACLAUS, Y*j^T gambler in the place. I took nearly" on some roast bear, devouringit like' where the apple-blossoms sank jJSroum ©o.UBank* any wild animal would have done. FT. Attfderheide, a week to get this wonder on its legs, through the soft air to join the violets As meat and drink and warmth began and the owner was the on the old New England States XAll hail, thou X-mas to permeate the stranger, he proudest individual in the they saw the glories of the Wisconsin C.H. GBADBOUSJT. C. B. BOM, State. I rose gradually from a recumbent seemed to expand and lighten up. maples and the haze of the Indian »of miniature humanity' Presidents Caabi» Manufacturer ot to an upright position, amid His features lost their pallor, and he femdeer o'er onr houses' summer, blending their hues together Cor Min and Centr Sirs. grew more and more content with a confusion of tongues, after the theyrecalled the heather ofScottish *dedge packed high with fire Well Building and Steep*©- the idea that he was notinthegrave. manner of the Tower of Babel. hills, the white eliffs of Britain, reetroii'8 pi oofs— As he underwent these changes, the NEW ULM, MINN. 11 everything, a penny-whistle Of course everybody knew how such and heard the sullen roar of the sea, Briefcr ^4# -4-*J&*gt1:S3B> people about him got merrier and an instrument should be put up as it beat upon their memories 11" for Maud, and "wooly Collectionsan* all bn«1nes* pertaining to fcyfc«| happier, and threw off the feeling of One knew where the "off hind leg' vaguelyi^ Then came all the old XJ, prompter attended t*. ,—.—Jom, l§JP Messed Brick fo* f4i depresssion which he had laid upon should go, and another was posted Chnstmas^carols, such as they had Individual Responsibly, i%"rthe "widow'scurse," them. on the "front piece." sung in church thirty years before ornamentalfrouts..^ -*H I ist lone chimney on Scores of men came to the place "Do you always have your place the subtle music that brings up the $500,000.- every day to assist. decorated like this?" he finally glimmer of wax tapers, the solemn I' hail! The rash lcono- Have the best ol shipping facilities tm&< W*K asked of Goskin. "I'll pat the bones in good "order shrines, the evergreen, holly, mistletoe, Eagle mil Co. ffill pay prompt attention to mail orlsx» tfrctcrypt wheremyths and surplked choirs. Then the "If you want the wires tuned up "This is Christmas Eve." was the reply. remorseless performer planted his I'm the boy." da of promise"' cheer, and -i NEW ULB4, MINNESOTA. final stab in every heart with The stranger was startled.* -f •tand, "I've got music to feed it for a Manufacturers of -*—(-Qtmag "Home, Sweet Home." W "December twenty-fourth, sure enough. iv *t H. RudolpM,' ©QXXER FZ.GUB rand? Another brought a pair of blankets When the player ceased, the crowd •ar St Nich whom chil- for a cover, and all took the Uveliesl "That's the way I put it up,pard." slunk away from him. There was no JM^sit BY THE §iitr%^" interest in it. It was at last in a con "When I was in England I always more revelry and devilment left in 'ence of shadow ne'er be MANUFACTURES OF ft DEALEB HI* Gradua Miction Bell a dition for business. kept Christmas. But I had, forgotten his audience. Each man wanted to Boots and Shoes! "It's been showin' its teeth all th* that this was the night. I've sneak off to his cabin and write the DAN LYON. been wandering about in the mountains &.7Z* System oM folks a letter. The day was until I've lost^ track of the breaking as the last man left the Minn,ft3d N. strs., ^New Ulm, Hiaa*. feasts of the Church."" place, and the plaver, laying his NEW TJLM, MINN. Presently his eye fell upon the head down on the piano, fell asleep. A large assortment of men's aa& piano. "I say, pard." said Goskin, "you boys* boots and shoes, and ladies' tad "Where's the player?" he asked want a little re&t?" children's Bhoea constantly kept "Never had any" said Goskin, "I do feel tired," the old man said. hand. Custom work and, repairing blushing "Perhaps you'll let me rest here for promptly attended to. "I used to play when I was young." the matter of a day or so." Goskin almost fainted at the admission. He walked behind the bar where John Hauenstein, some old blankets were lying and "Stranger, do tackle it and give us stretched himself upon them. a tune' Nary man in this camp ever Obtained, and nil PA1LHT libbihbsb ut "I feel pretty sick. I guess I won't BB3E2WER tended to for UOlirRATU fEES Our offioe had the nerve to wrestle with that last long. I've got a brother down opposite the fc IVuent office, and we iau obtain music box." I'attnt* in less Unie than thow remote from in the ravine—his name's Driscoll. T*MS///A'G20iV. "-end UODHL, DRAWING or His pulse beat faster, for he feared and He don't know I'm here. Can you TH0T.0 of Invention We advise as to imtentabjlity free of chnrfio and wo nuUc AO (JUAJiixS that the man would, like all others, get him before morning?" UA'l£$i PA7LX1' JS bKVbR*l MALTSTER i. refuse him. Tor Hrculir. nlvie, terma «n«l references to Goskin started. He knew Driscoll actual clients in Tour own *»iate County, City o* "I'll do the best I can," he said. well. lown, write to mmmmawmm There was no stool, but seizing a "He your brother? I'll have him candle-box, be drew it up and seated Our brewery is fully equipped and able to Opposite Patent Office, Washington, 1) U. here in half an hour." ill orders. himself before the instrument. I out Pli 3 Tl 0 1 TlWf a TTIp I We'd like to have it spit As he dashed out into the storm Bingham Bros. Mr. Grebe has charge of the bottling establishment. only required a few seconds for a the musician pressed his hand to his hush to come over the room. "That Alas! there wasn't a man to be side and groaned. Goskin heard the lew Ulm, Minn. Uristmas Carol. old «oon is going to give the thing a found who could play upon the instrument. word "Hurry!" and sped down the __ might have been five Goskm began to realize DEALERS IN that he had a losing speculation on or later, this is not hispublic his hands. He had a fiddler, and a schools—there was Mexican who thrummed a guitar. A ip about ten miles from pianist would have made his orchestra Dealer ia upied by upwards of three complete. One day a three-card LATH, SHINGLES, DOORS, monte player told a friend confidentially iers, every one of whom that he could "knock any amount acked his prospecting JSASH AND BLIND. of music out of a piano, if he only CANNED, DRIED & GREBJf nd left for more inviting LMe, Cement and Coal. had it alone a few hours to get his ie before sunset. "When I S hands in." This report spread kffi *rer, these men did not about the camp, but on being questioned F'lo'ar eundL Feeci*. he avowed that he didn't labors, like the honest Lotvest prices always* know a note of music. It was noted, agriculturist, but sang, STONE,WOODEN AND W I O W however, as a suspicious circumstance, ^led, and shot each othod Opposite Railroad Depot, that he often hung about the WAKE seized them. instrument, and looked upon itglongingly, NEWULM, -**. ,- -r MIOTJ HEW ULM, MINK/ like a hungry man gloating ijr the report spread over a beefsteak in a restaurant window. street (which was the There was no doubt but that that three men had been this man had music in his soul, perhaps er Reef, and that the his fingers'-ends, but did not dare to make trial of his strength omingm. Presently a alter the rules of harmony had suffered 1 conveyance labored up Manufacturer of and Dealer so many years of neglect. So by a couple of horses, CIGARS, the fiddler kept on with his jigs, and with their pull. The the greasy Mexican pawed his discordant OF PORE GOD LIVER OIL ,« ^TOBACCOS, good-sized box, and guitar, but no man had the nerve to touch that piano. There its outlines become HYPOPHOSPHITES were, doubtless, scores of men in the the glimmer of a camp who would have given ten oun Almost as Palatable as Milk. nere and there, than Cor. Minnesota antTCeatr© ces of gold-dust to have been half an So disguised tba it an be taken, effect the idlers. hour alone with it but every man's streets, digested, a assimilated by the most nerve shrank from the jeers which the enforces respect, and sensitive stomach, the plain oil cannot he tolerated and by the com crowd would shower upon him should "N. pe had caught sight in a on of the oil it the his first attempt prove a failure If phites is more efficacious. crowd gradually got to be generally understood thai a» MiS Remarkable as a flesh producer* and when the the hand which first essayed to draw Persons gain rapidly while taking it* stand-still the cart music from the keys mubt not slouch Dealer in SCOTT'SEMULSION is acknowledged by its work. surrounded. The DRY GOODST,. Physicians to be the Finest and Best preparation in-the world for the relief and cure of was not in the least Hat8, Caps, Notions, It was Christmas Eve, and Goskin CONSUMPTION, SCROFULA, ^""""""i he solemnity of his according to hi& custom, had decora GENERAL DEBILITY, WASTING Groceries? Provision^. DISEASES, EMACIATION, ted his gambling hsll with sprigs oi Crockery and Glassware, asked one. COLDS and CHRONIC COUGHS. mountain cedar and a shrub* whose The great remedy for Consumptian, and, Green, JDried and Canned* r.etammecl. Guess so." crimson berries did not seem a bad Wastvng in Children. Sold by all Druggists. Fruits, etfy etc. imitation of English holly. The piano or llled his pipe and lit it was covered with evergreens, and all H. HANSCHEU, 'med I will always take farai produce 1B exchange that was wanting to fill the cup ol bones and load had ror goods, and pay the highest market pricefor at) Goskin's contentment was a man to Contractor and Builder, kinds of paper rags. ie grade." plav that piano iO had been looking on "Christmas night, and no pianopounder," In connection with my store I brrre a first-clan he said. "This is a nice laloon furnished with a splendid bUUrd table a*f ib once. Special attention given to mason country for a Christian to live in." my customers will always find good liquors "«$.' "ow who you have in cigars, and every forenoon a splendid lantfc. Getting a piece of paper, he work in the city and country. if they happen to bescrawled the woids. New Ulm, Minn. All goods purchased of me will be deUrered &t of mine, I'll lay you any part of the city free of cost. The North Star Lung and Throat Balsam $20 Kewdid Minnesota Street. New Pirn, MIBM ia a sure cure for coughs and colds. To a compliant Pianer Player rattle." The sight of a man at the Meat Market* ravine to Driscoll's cabin. I was aighty soon see," said piano was something so unusual that quite light in the room when the two This he stuck up on the musicand. oolly. "Just burst the even the faro-dealer, who was about men returned. Driscoll was as pale therack, though the inscription AND they happen to be to lake in a fiity-dollar bet on the as death. glared at the frequenters of the room M. E E ant, I'm here." tray, paused and did nob reach for "My God! I hope he's alive! I until midnight, it failed to draw any MOTKESOTA ST. N E W ULM.MINN&1 Doked at each other for a the money. Men stopped drinking, wronged him when we lived in England, musician from his shell. with the glasses to their lips. Conversation ,.,.,.,$ the crowd gathered a twenty years ago." So the merry-making went on, the rpHE undersigned desires to Inform the peoptS%' appeared to have been They saw the old man had drawn nticipating trouble, hilarity g*ew apace Men danced I New Ulm and vicinity chst he has re-esUWih* struck with a sort of paralysis, and the blanket over his face. The two ed nia meat murket and is now prespared t« vs# and sang to the music ofthe squeaky began to pry up the on Ms eld customers and friends with only cards were no longer shuffled. The stood a moment, awed by the fiddle and worn-out guitar, as the best fresh and cured meats, sansages. lard and im board off and then old man brushed back his long, white thought that he might be* dead. •rything usually kept a nrst-cla«« market TV* jolly crowd within tried to drown ome old rags. A strip locks, looked to the ceiling half closed' Goskin lifted the blanket and pulled the howling of the storm without. rf^^Es:^ool,^rt? pawUor *AT0A*' dark, like rosewood, his eyes, and in a mystic sort of reverie it down astonished. There was no Penetrates the Centres of Population Suddenly, they became aware of the M. E passed his fingers over the keys. in, olf. one there! presence of a white-haired man He touched but a single note, yet the "Gone!" cried DriseoU, wildly. 1TVOLI I N O I S I O W A •ffins, by thunder!"said crouching near the fireplace. His sound thrilled the room. I twas the „"Gone!" echoed Goskin, pulling crowd looked quite garments—«uch as were left, were wet, W I S O N S I N key to his improvisation, and as he out Ins cash-drawer. "Ten thousand with melting snow, and he had a halfstarved, wove his chords together the music I I A N dollars in the sack, too." ards flew up, and the half-crazed expression. He AND laid its spell upon every ear and The next day the boys followed a ready to defend his held his thin, trembling hands to I N N E S O A E W E heart. horse's tracks through the snow, and shifted his weapon a ward the fire, and the light of the A O A lost them ia the trail leading toward I manner of the teamtated blazing wood made them almost He felt his way along the keys, like N E A S A a Pioche. him that he had transparent. He looked about him a man treading uncertain paths but W O I N There was a man missing from the JOS. SCHMUCKEB, once in a while, as if in search ol he gained confidence as he progressed, nd to pull his weapon camp. It was the three-card monteman, something, and his presence east such and presently bent to his work like a jilt ot the dead, even if NEWULM, MINNESOTA Its TRAIN SERVICEis carefully who used to deny point-blank a chill over the place that gradually master. The instrument was not in vas his worst and oldVsently arranged,to meet requirements oi Pure beer sold in quantities to suit tb au-that he could play the scale. One the sound of the revelry was hushed, exact tune, but the ears of his the whole of purchaaer. Special attention,paid to tb local travel, as well as to furnish day they found a wig of white hair, and it seemed that this waif of the dience, through long disuse, did not osyjff, and the team1 bottling of beer. the most attractive Routes tot and called to mind when the "stranger" storm had brought in with it all of detect anything radically wrong. Sthe packing, remished through travel between important had pushed those locks back the gloom and coldness of the warring They heard a succession of grand groupe the TH E HE W I when he looked toward the ceiling elements. Goskin, mixing up a chords, a suggestion of melodies which puzzled all TRADE CENTRES. for inspiration, on the^igh of December cup .of hot egg-nogg, advanced and here and there, and it was enough. 24,1861. •*-££%•.* s\**« remarked cheerily: •», "this isapianner." "See him counter with his left!" Its EQUIPMENT ot Day and CITY PLANING MILL of laughter went said an old rough, "Here, stranger, brace up! Tins is Parlor Cars, Dining and Palace who had been so the real stuff." Sleeping Car-t is without rival "How many rooms in your new "He cal&s the turn every time on r,espect for the The man drained the cup, smaked house, my dear?" inquired a good Its ROAD-BED is perfection, oi the upper end of the board," responded 1». Zvir MANOTACrrBES something about his lips, and seemed more at hoine.^ stone-ballasted Steel. a man with a stack of chips old-fashioned mother ofher daughter, DOORS, WINDOW SASH,. the keeper of the "Been prospecting hey? Out in 4 The NORTHWESTERN is the in his hand. S fc^f^ who had just acquired a West Side several ounces betiie the mountains—caught the storm? favorite route tor the Commercial .VENETIAN BLINDS, home. "Ten apartments—receptionroom, I he player wandered off into the boys had Lively night, this!" Traveler, the Tourist and the Seekers drawing-room, jgjning-room, old ballads they had heard at home. attention it "Pretty bad," said the man. after New Homes ia the Ooldei teOULDINGSAND VRAXX&-<*$j£ larder, cuisine, lavatory, and four All the sad and melancholy, and "Must feel pretty dry felfH^V*£ Northwest, ||CS 4 touching songs that came up like chambers, besides thef attic and furnace-room." men been in the Detailed lotormtition cheerfully Planing, turning and all The man looked at his streaming dreams of childhood, this unknown was the reply. "Dear si in the camp could tarnished by clothes and laughed, as if Goskin's work with rib-saw promptly phyer drew from the keys. His me, how your father gets things med half the ex-remark was a sarcasm. hands kneaded their hearts like C. W.H. HEIDEMAN, Agent, mixed," exclaimed the old lady. and neatly executed. arrival of that $ & & dough, and squeezed out the tears as "He told me after he bought the KewUlia,Minm the next morning from a wet sponge. As the strains house, that there was a parlor, sitting-room, the instrument All work ^narsnteed. Bates ir* J. M. WHITMAN,' H. C. WICKER, flowed one upon the other, they saw dining-room, pantry, _^dy-gurdy saloon, ablte he man rose up, and walking over their homes of the Jong ago reared kitchen, bath-room, four bed-rooms, General Manager, Traffie Manogcx 4dn, the leading: to thu lunch counter, fell to isork up- C. ZELLER, Pr»pV again they were playing once more a Cellar and a garret." m, -iL, E. P. WILSON, Gen'l Passenger Agent mw«Mia«Bi*n3A »«ttMM. ml Mi-iiinri II *1 II fktrmtxmmi ifnmi *BJ ii