Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-07-23
And old ..ZanesyiiIiau. >,

A correspondent. OF the ZdneSUlLLe Times
is giving the readers of that sheet olden
time "reminiscences of that city. In doing
this he has the following of an mate Irish
man, long one of the institutions of Zanes-
Vile: = -r-- l.s...a-. ....[ [.5Tf ..-. II
"But let me get back again to reminisen-
ces. The old residents will remember Cor
nelius Boise, an Irishman of the old school,
who boasted of the purity of his Milesian
blood. The wags of that early day had so
teased and tormented him by charging that
he was Frenchman, and that his true
name was Du Bois. that it was perilous
to give him the latter name. 'Fhere
had been family-living in Zanes-
vile of that name, and those who were not
well posted as to Cornelius lineage and
name, always spoke of him as Con. Du
time L speak of, Judge of the Common
Pleas Court, and had one blind eye.
Samuel Culbertson was leading Attor-
ney, and eminent in his profession. A suit
was pending in the court. the subject mat
ter of which was the digging of cellar for
one Esther Karnes, and Cornelius was call
ed up as witness. Being duly sworn, Mr..
G. asked: do you know anything about
the digging of this cellar, Mr.aDu Bois?"
TO be sure l do, you id old bible-back ]"
was Cons answer. The Judge, indignant
cried out !: "We'lI have no such language
here, Du Bois !" Con looked daggers at the
court, and yelled: 'sTake off your specta-
kills. you d--d old goggle-eyed cuss, and
yell see who ye are shpakin' till" Judge.
Jury and bar were thunderstruck at Cons
Outrageous language, while the Milesian
himself was wondering If a court OF JUS
tice could SO s'Bully and insult a dacent
man, Mr.. StillWell thought to set the wit
ness right by saying "You shall have a
fair hearing, Mr. Bois," when Con turn
edupon him with "Give me none ofyour lip,
you id wriukled potaty."1 Mr.. Silliman
interposed with MIR. Du Bois-" but Con
turned upon him and yelled out: "Sure
you're silly by name and silly by nature, or
you would not put poor man to the tor
ture." By this time the Judge was about to
commit Con TO Jail. Tor contempt of Court,
when the Sheriff, who knew what the trouble
was, whispered to Mr.. Culbertson to call him
Mr.. Boise. Mr.. G. then said: "Mr. Boise
can you inform the jury who dug that eel
lar?" Con at once, with smiling face, re-
piled: please your honor / can ; dug
that cellar" "Who furnished the tools,
Mr.. Du Bois ?" said Mr.. c., forgetting in his
interest tor his client, the true name ot
the witness, and again provoking an irate
and profane answer: Il furnished my
own tools, you spindle-shanked, leather
Tipped cuss." AS often as he wasladdressed
as Du Bois. he repelled the fancied insult
in similar language. Many, perhaps, will
remember him only as old Bacon, tor
he was as often given the one as the
other name, and that he was re-
garded by the whole population as one oi
the legitimate objects of waggery and fun
| always to be found in small towns-and
was q p lrt and parcel of the ''early his
tory." He loved his potheen, and coulC
have beaten Daniel O'Connel himself il
abusive epithets. Poor old fellow! car
see him now marching down street, with
his shovel on his shoulder-one shoulder
higher than the Other-with a crowd o
boys shouting '.Du BoIS !" and Con swear
ing at every step that it was "Burnin
shame to give dacent man like ME such g
dancin'-master's name." Ionee saw Boise
meet and quarrel with De SCOT; but th'
scene is beyond the power of pen or pencil
to describe, it beat the StOnestreet quarrel
Why is it that those who so gallantly
came to my assistance in writing for you
columns, of ye olden time, have ceaseC
their labors? l have written oftener thai
| have been punched; and it is sad los
to me. in looking over your paper, to fin,
that 1 am solitary and alone. 1t is tru
you have .'fair correspondent"-and
she be GAINESVILLE lass she must be fair
whose writing 1 read with pleasure an
profit; but the boys seem all to have give
out. Can't you blow in them? If the.
knew how much good the reading of eac
article does their absent friends, the,
would write every week. j. S.