Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1863-05-16
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{, Aochsp Of Hibsrnian prosisitiss living
se WsA~|es1 In this 'StaAes *as tsts,sy
employed By we'll hasvn eis;ssn Of that
place to dig o. gssvs Id the Protestant
Ceesesery dss that to~ngsor hdJ ~hs bad
died after long siokn bsl,o1di od o.
a1 Pat va not fsniliAr, With ths business
Of sexton, and consequently needed
much dinstruction befoSe ks had lduk the
grave: Afterwards Z rbah from town left
without = word Of sxplasa,ion, - box OF
ease with the lid sailed on)o hold the
uothn.es7vu 126tons s@dt ssveiiod ad
Pat sapposing the box contained the
corpse. was much nchagriued, bslievisg
that through his want of exper.nsss, the
coffin had come 70 the grave begorc he was
ready to receive it, doubled his exertioss,
and soon had the grave completed. He
asceadsd to sha surface, pufine e,asiblow.
ing like . porpoise, aud wipins-.he pses-
pirstion from his brow, began to ls.okc fps
ths procession, which he imag ioed could
not be fas behind the cofn but his aston.
ishmsnt was great when DO found that 90
one was in sigh.l nena - t..,4, f~a.
.saH HArrah!' be exclaimed, "bus yes Ynn-
kes hav divilish hathsnish eustonas intire.
~, tu lave = poor woman wid stranger,
whia shs shud b dsceatly bnried"v M
?, After tvaitipp .sr . considerable time
for some one to lower ths supposed cofiu
iate the grave, he became i~ps,isDt, and
thus soliloquizsd :.baa a:s...,ast. .ar
4"Be ms .sowl, Patherick, and il it YER
self that is the only funeral procession
and !. is yes that i'll hev to, bury the lady.
acting at the same time as chsif mouraer,
psais. and saxton,' aud then beginning
active operations. ts maufully seized the
empty box and began to lower it into tbs
grave When be had lifted tho imaoinary
codip up, Le exclaimed With genuine As.
tonishment: .-.,..t
,""Japers, and isn't she light? The poor
Yankee woman is lighter nor a feather
she's faded entirely, until she's 10 account
an that's why he: countrymen is afther
neglec.ing her but faix, Pat, 1es it never
be said that you would BE- afther doing a
dirty trick-so here goes And suiting
the action to the word down went the box.
Soon after the pit was neatly covered
up, the earth on top artistically patted
into shape By his spade. and the head and
! foo. boards put up! .I
Pat walked of to town, bought pin,
, Of ~hiskey. aud while drinking it tooa
occasion to denounce in nmeasured term,
the "heathenish Yankees who "left thu
poor woman trus.en to lone boy Of ar
Irish lad for q dacent burial.' In . few
moments, to his great CONSERVATION, ht
saw the procession move slowly ant
solemnly past. towards the grave yard. -
He followed in deep trouble al a respect
full distance, and saw the procession arrive
at the ground, and observed fruitles'
/ -
search tor the grye. He heard . person
declare that man had been employed (
dig the grave, and heard another say tha
through some strange mistake another
person must have been buried there, a
the very spot where the grave was 10 b.
dug was now occupied by another corpse
but when the parties came to read tn
initials Of the name on the head board
they discovered the mistake. The bo,
wa. quickly uneartbed, and The coffin b.
ing placedin it was lowered into tho grave
Pat generously refused any money 70
his services, and said as an apology 70
the error, that he "never heard Of Chris
tian before, being buried in two cotins |!
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