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Show HOW ARKANSAS WAS RECONCILED RECON-CILED TO MASSACHUSETTS. A few days since a resident of this city, who had been passing a year in Texas, started for home with his wife to renew his business connections in Boston. He reached Little Rock a few days after the 17th of June, and having hav-ing recorded his name and residence, was shown to his room. He bad , scarcely dusted his coat and washed i up, when a rap at the door was given, r Upon opening it he found three strangers. "You are from Boston, I think?" said the spokesman. "Boston is my native place and Boston is mydestiuatiou," replied the gentleman. "Well, you are the gentleman we are looking after," continued the Little Rocker. "We want you to step down stairs a few minutes." "Don't go," said his wife, who had unpleasant reminiscences of past unpleasantness. un-pleasantness. "We want you to go, too," continued con-tinued the gentleman. "Well, what does all this mean?" said the Bostonian. "Has anything hrnkfin. o-nntlfimRn ?" "Broken," reiterated another member mem-ber of the sol f-appointed committee, "haven't you read the newspapers?" "Have not seen a newspaper for three days," was the reply. "Well, my friend," he continued, "Massachusetts and South Carolina have buried the hatchet on Bunker Hill, aud Maryland and Virginia saw it accomplished. Buf como down stairs, for we've got something on ice, and as you are tho first Bostonian that we have got hold of, we proposo to have the deed of reconciliation between be-tween Arkansas and old Massachusetts Massachu-setts signed and witnessed right here and now." The Bostonian was a little dazed, i but he went down stairs where he was received with cheers. He was inter-i inter-i viewed by the local editor; ho and his wife were shown the beauties o( the place in the best turnout in the place; and he was sent on his way rejoicing. Boston Journal. |
