Word: settlement
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...need of an auctioneer to sell property, I can recommend a Western friend of mine whom I chanced to meet this year. While travelling, this summer, I was obliged to pass a night in a Colorado mining settlement composed of men of all nationalities, and it was there that I met my man, as follows...
...middle of an open space in the aforesaid settlement, there stood a thin, gaunt specimen of mankind, holding in his hand a weather-beaten hunting-case watch, whose virtues he was expounding thus: "My friends, I would call your attention to this elegant silver watch; but before asking for a bid I will give you a short history of its career, and show you some of its good points, so that you may see that you have a veritable treasure in your midst. In the first place, let me tell you that this beautiful timepiece was ordered by Lord Gladstone...