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So quickly and firmly was it settled that, a month later, Erastus Beebe, leaning over his counter in conversation with a Boston traveling salesman, said, as Galusha passed the store: "Queer-lookin' customer, ain't he? One of our town characters, as you might say.
"I took the trouble to find out the market price on my way down here and anybody can buy plenty of it for two and an eighth, without being good looking at all." Erastus chuckled, rubbing his fat hands together in delighted appreciation of his companion's wit. "Come," he pleaded, "when you get to making eyes at that clerk, he'll buy anything you offer, no matter what Irons told him.
Aphrodite with Ph. rosea, and proved it. Our garden hybrids are two: Ph. F.L. Ames, obtained from Ph. amabilis × Ph. intermedia, and Ph. Harriettæ from Ph. amabilis × Ph. violacea, named after the daughter of Hon. Erastus Corning, of Albany, U.S.A. Oncidiums yield only two natural hybrids at present, and those uncertain; others are suspected. We have no garden hybrids, I believe, as yet.
Then the Honorable Erastus Hopkins, quick to catch the lack of sympathy in the audience, stood up and begged leave to reply to young Forbes. He said the objection to advertising signs was only a rich man's aristocratic hobby, and that it could not be indulged in a democratic community of honest people.
On the 12th of the same month the four vacancies in the quorum of the Twelve Apostles were filled by the calling of Charles C. Rich, Lorenzo Snow, Erastus Snow, and Franklin D. Richards to the apostleship. Thus the Church was firmly established again, this time in the peaceful valleys of the mountains, away from the persecution of its enemies and the anger of mobs. Topics. 1.
Erastus Morgan and his wife lived in Paris, and once a year or so there would come a package of pretty things china and ornaments of various kinds, odd pieces of silk and brocade for cushions, gloves, and fans and laces and silk for gowns, as if they were still quite young women. Uncle David had the "Knickerbocker History of New York," which everybody now knew was written by Mr.
The following year the townsite was surveyed and there was occupation by Henry J. Hortt and a number of others. The name was suggested by Erastus Snow, who visited the settlement in its earliest days, naturally coming from the fact that many of the residents were from Utah, seeking freedom from the enforcement of federal laws.
Galusha Bangs." Martha's hand shook as it held the receiver to her ear. He had refused the greatest honor of his life. He had declined to carry out the wonderful "plan" concerning which he and she had so often speculated.... And she knew why he had refused. "Erastus! Ras!" she called. "Hello, Ras! Hold that telegram. Don't send it yet. Do you hear?" Mr. Beebe's voice expressed his surprise.
"My name's Smith, Erastus Smith." Ned grasped his hand eagerly. This was the famous "Deaf" Smith destined to become yet more famous although they generally pronounced it D-e-e-f in Texas. "Guess we didn't come out of season," said Smith with a smile. "You certainly didn't," broke in Obed. "There's a time for all things, and this was your time!" "I believe they're real glad to see us.
While Kossuth was addressing his audience at Pittsburg, a special envoy from Massachusetts arrived, Mr. Erastus Hopkins of Northampton, one of the Representatives of the State Legislature. Hopkins' credentials to be read; upon which that gentleman said: "Mr. President, after the soul-stirring proceedings of this afternoon, I dare hardly venture to obtrude upon your attention.
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