Nebraska advertiser., 1867-06-06
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STUFFY SHOWERS MULE RIDE
AND
HOW HE SUPPOSED A CASE.
By wAD BEACH.


On the west hank of the Tuscarawas
River, bout fifty miles above its junction
With the Whltewoman, there is a small
village known in all that region Of Buck.
eyedom 5y the unique name of Pinch
gut. Time was when there were but
few places in the West that contained a:
many rare specimens of the genus homo
and certainly none that possessed as many
haEumscsrum, dare. devil youngsters, a;
this same Pinchgut. But death;has sem
many OF the former to that "Undiscover-
ed ;" and OF the latter. few now remain
In the years l write Of, there was g
Dutch widow, who kept little cale and
beer shop in the outskirts of the village
and thither lhe choice spirits were won
resort when boisterous sports had become
stale, TO transact minor deviltries, and
listen TO the widows quaint.told tales.
".she was fat and fair,
As.widoWs are,
and Madeline Maus was she named-fa.
military called by the youngerlings, old
Mother Mouse. Blessed with content.
.pent, and possessing a fair share Of
worldly gear, she remained a widow foE
many years after the Gemises of her first
husband, and in all probability would
have continued to travel the journey of
life alone .Gnll she went the way of all
flesh, had it not been for an one-eyed
tailor, who pressed his suit forcibIy, and
painted in glowing colOrs the joys of con-
.nubial bliss; or, it might have been, that
the kindness shown her by her first
spouse, induced her to accept a second.
At any rate. e.lhe tailor did not sue in,vain,
for Madeline Mans because Fran Huff.
man. But happiness is evanescent; be.
fore the honeymoon waned, the tailor
laid down bis goose, gave up'the ghost
and was numbered with his falhers.-
SOon after the angel of death captured
Huffman, end Made Madeline a widow
second time. a party of frolicsome
youngsters, who spent their
s'dsys in riot most uncouth,
And Yex'd with mirth the drOwsy ear Of night"
determined 10 pay her a c1nsolatory visit
Accordingly, few days after her de.
funct lori had been planted, they pro
ceeded on their mission, certain of re-
ceiving that rough though cordial well
come they had been the recipients Of 81
often during her first widowhood. Ro
were they disappointed; they found be-
dispensing her stock Of '..prelzels, .
'stinkcase, aud "lager bier" to a doz.
en- or more of her Dutch customers.
When she .discogered an accession 4
her company, she eyinced intense pleas
ure, exclaining: "Cot IN -Himnel! j
here amt dem tam boys Already" al
expression simple of itself, but of snG
cient import to make the previous part
decamp instanter. The widow, wiihoun
paying any attention 20 the sudden de
parlure of her counlrymen, continued
'.Vell. boys, I'se clad you has come
Huffman ish dead agin he hat de shill
and feber Doctor Mac coined on him
pu: it all vas no use, he went died.''-
When she, had proceeded thus far witt
the recital OF her late affliciion, her feel
ings oyercsme her. The boys epdeav
sored to mitigate her grief expresses
their sorrow at her loss, and told be
that she must be reconliled and although
the departed possessed many good qua
isies--the most prominent one havIn,
been induslry-yet, however good W