Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-03-02
Srlrtt Storp.
THE OLD CARTMAN,
From the san Francisco Era.

FROM lilt san francisco Era.
! havea little mind to tell story That
it is brief may be seen at a glanco-that it
is true, | most emphotically avow:
About five years ago, or thcreabouts,
John Ainsley-or Pap Ainsley" as he was
iamiliarly called--was the owner Oft hand
cart, and earned u living BY conveying mis-
,ccllaneous parcels from one section Of the
city TO another, and receiving therefor the
reasonable remuneration Of fifty cents per-
load To designate the occupation in the
prosiest language possible, he was "A hand
cartnlan, and when not employed, could al
ways be found during working hours at the
corner OF Montgomery and California streets
Ills hair and long beard were quite grey,
and his limbs were iecble-and if he could
not shove AS heavy load through the deep
sand or up the steep grade above him as the
,talwart Teuton ON the opposite corner,
thereby losing many n job and many n dollar,
all the light loads in the ncighboihood fell
to his lot, and kind-hcartcd men not un-
frequently travelled square or two out OF
their way to give an easy job to Pap
Ansley"
Four years ago last September, Il recol.
lect the month, for had II note of toul
thousand dollars to pay, and was compelled
!. to do some pretty sharp tinnnclcrimg to meet
it, having two or three dozen volumes t,
la,'i tha t,' NJ tra,,.,,n,t,,t;nr Hrr;,;n' .,"
nt INV room ;,,., ~ bn baJ L.
= armiul on the table, and observing that tn,
old man looked considerably iatigucd aftc
climbing three flights Of stairs two or thre,
i times, invited him totakc glass of brand,
= IA bottle Of which | usually kept in III,
. room for medical and sophoriic purposes
Although grateful for the invitation he po
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NV o'a iIii 'o,' ne N'A'cc" years "s'
W ~ M"S "oi',I Io-do i'riieri near syracuse
: NV, NV iu'N' 'o nIu o'ir ''''lai n"'shIcr
n''e "uon"'nS poaiu'l'S Schooi' III Una
10y, '"on s'i' 'iA.ocn years VI "Sc' sue
iol'icu a.. ".'prillicnt 'or "Ho"hs physician
Aclunlhtlhg her laeher WIN the crcnm
a'nhccs' hc lia'ly refused ms consent 10
UNION 10 man wnom ne had never seen
ana removing her ir3h school dispatchcd
hote TO me young gallant WIN the somewhat
pointed information that ms presence IN the
> he,shoorhooa ol the AninSiey farm "ou''
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y suni'i'ivS Ii .no result, ior S"eh Processing
oooia 'aVc pu. one result In tTSS r man
n'h noun 'llete was an elopSm'hl Inc lathe
lonucu MS uoupi' par!eie.1 Shot gun, an'
s;t; swGte yehseancG' but iallnE to ma th'
iug'tiNeS, he took to the bottle Us goo'
= wlie i'hbiorGd hlinnot to give way to despair
put nc drank inc deeper ana accused her
encouraging the elopement In three
months the wifc dlcd, ana, atthe expiration
oi year, when the young people returned
TO syracuse from Connecticut, where they