Lewisburg chronicle, and the West Branch farmer. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1849-1849, 1849-10-03
H y RI 0 R o U S .
The INT tiAely OSlluary.

ia the village Of Washington, Fayette
ca Ohio. there was a transient sort Of Il
rsona.e, a kind Of floating farmer named
iIinkie-Jacob Hinkie, common'y called
old jake tlinkle- originally rrnnsy IVA
MIA, lancaster county Bu,chman. Well,
lake Hinkle owned or had squat,ed on Il
-,nalI patch of Iasa just beyond old Mother
Rogers .. bostom," that lies mile east
If Ra,ile Snake fork Of Paint creek, which
every laundering fool out Vest knows
cmp,ies into Big Paint. which finally
rolls out into the Muskingum and then into
the Ohio. Very well: having settled the
geographical position Of Jake Hinkle. let
m, 10 on 10 state how i, cnme about that
ne was pronounced dead one cold morn-
ing, and how lie came up 70 town and de-
hied the assertion.
Jake Hinkle loved corn; lived on it. as
most Ieople do in the in'erio OF Ohio and
kentucky he loved corn. but loved corn
~hlskey more. and this hove many time
,rousht Jake up 10 The Court House Of
Washington through rain, hail and snow.
10 get II uiPper, dll his jug. and 90 home.
Now, in the West, il is a custom for
,.lIagers to play all SORTS OF fantastic 'rick'
rrpn old codsers who cume g up To town"
nr down to town." hitch their horses to
rhe fence, and there le, The " "critiers"
stand from 10. A. II 10 10 p. NJ, more
or less, and longer. The most popular
i,dge is to shave the horses tail, turn it
Loose, and. let il go home. OF course that
horse is nut suUn in the village again, as
sorse with shaved tail is about the n,ca.
nest rhlug to look at, (excep. a singed pos
>urn, or dandy,) you ever did see.
One very cold night in January, 1899,
like HiusIe came down 10 the Court
iInlise, hitched his horse TO the courl-,a ard
.;.ncc, ,sade STRAIT coat tai" Tor San
r.rI'scrocpry, and began 10 wo"d up"
: ID Jake > tongue was a perfect bell clap
sy. nrd WHEN oiled wi h corn uice could
rlp into the hiah and low Dutch like an
npr'easier in a field of broom corn. Jake
: liked and talked, and drank and talked,
aud abuu, mid nj .h', The cocks c,owing,
.ha Stars winking and blinking, and lhe
mlpd wais,iing and nippng around the
= -ncers. S,nders notified Jake and others
ihst he uas-a gnin. TO shu, up the concern,
and the crowd NEST be pulling out. Jake
nade break. for his nag but she was gone.
:. She, broke der brittle, and gone home,
:.nd by shure sail valk"-and of Jake
pu, through the cold and mud.
N.x, morning, when the Circ!evil'e
Anse came along. between old Murm
Hodger's and the Rattle Snake fork ot
ssint, The driver discovered p"or Jake, laid
"ut stiff and cold as wedge. Alas. poor
I'D Jake-eone Qni,e a gloom hung
over the grocery ; Jake was an inotlensive,
.,.".d old le!I,w. nobody denied that +; and
e. rlain Young fellows, who had shaved
,hr' tai Of Jakc's marc the night previous.
and >et her loose, now fill sorry for the
.,rd. The cdirr Of the 4" Argus of Free
s,.m' cams down 10 the grocery 10 &c: hi.
,r,raing nir. heard the news, wen, back
10 his ofii.r, sci up Jhke's obituary notice,
l,,n IN q few mrurnful phrases, and tnen
sent his parer 10 l'ress that afternoon the
- hole edition distributed, and luke HinkIe
e rs pronounced stone dead.
Two or that days afterwards, a man
aver-d with mud and sweat came rush
-. mo, Washington. ffe paused not.
unr 'u-ncd he righI or left, until he found
he. office of the Argus Of Freedom, where
i,,, rushed in, and confronting the editor he
tratl f,r'h.
f,u der primer Of dis paper-der noos
,aper n
" YES" say, fI'e "rcsponsbae." 81 am
he man."
Vel, bine de grea, Jehosapha', ~ha,
.,r vnn'n make me deaf -
me make you dead" said the no little
~ .tonshed editor.
"Yaas." bawIed old Jake. f,r y was he,
''yeu'n dsss de people dre-Ir's a Lrr!-
, I'D do you ueil,r Do II nga'n. and fools de
n""p'e>, mi.ou, you giis ,c,iitm order
I ON M -"
That editor ever afterwards insisted
np"a seelng The funeral before he recorded
4, obuuasy so'r'e.
The editor Of a paper in Lancaster, Is
akins lun oi Gcn. Tay lor's speech there,
:. 1,.,i>e he alluded to The "hor>es, sheep,
,., f..,rfIe ,,F 4 ,uca,yer county IL Is SID.