Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1867-03-28

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Iisbbss ana vsry successful grinder Of
axss aaa hateheis. Like "Falasaz, |" he
vas 's man Of unboandsd stomach, !" ans
soald sas and drink In . way TO assonish
people Of moderate capacity. A good
dinnsFAnd piD1 Of ''eOrn juice" mere
or less~ generally mors-aad the 'Colo-
usl' wosld pat bis legs on The mantle
piese adj ahlOek bic budget Of fan for
ths bone6t Of the company.
0a The evening alluded to be was rath-
81 CLAM and saciturn, until eag host said
to hin, Ia bantsring waY-"OoIs, Bill
tote fair" ''Look here, Jaek, !" said the
Colonel, taking cigar from bis mouth
70 max room for liberal installmsnt OF
whisky straighs-''I don't want TO hear
any more sbous tote faiE'-i'Vs sossd to
ny satisfaetion belong to the Soelety
been dsiy initiated, sure" "How's
that 2" vas the reply. "WeIl," said IV-
ins, 81 sappose PIl have to tell the
boys"
We shall try to repeat bis story, though
it 10 Impossible to reprodace the iEini-
table manner Of the narrator.
SIT is nigh abOus ten years agO,- down
on Wabash, when we bad an awful cold
winter-sa cold that the very wood
ohacks froxs In their holes, and The whls-
ky 10 my jug turned Into q lump Of ma
hogany osiorsd ice, harder than 'John
Sogan's' cheek. One night in the mid.
die Of January, about IL O'Clock, | had
just gone to bed to Try and get warm it
was so eussed frosty that are wooldn's
DC any good, and the snow on ths ground
Was about two feet deep. vas getting
about half warmed through, 40 thinking
bow Geld Il must be for the poor deyns
outside, when thar came heavy rap al
the door. jumped up aud opened 1t,
1gssssa thar stood Major Saith, zoe ps ths
oess @s~S>s~-~-s ssssas n aa3aEa-
sy clever man. "Why, Major,o says /,
"whas oa yarth are ycu doiR here at shis
time Of night 20 ''Colouel,n % says be,
"put on your clothes right OF, for here's
Charley JohusOn out here, drunker than
billed owl, and layin' 10 the snow. I've
tOsed bin from the doggery down hers
about mile, and cas't tote him an inch
further, aud he'll freeze, sure"
Now knew Charley frss-rase-s
young chap veil LEgSs ap, aOd bis father
and mother good old sqaase. soed, hard.
she'll BaptisGs, whO'd die If they knew
the boy ever looked shrouxh the bottom
of iumslss. So jumped inso my
breecbes and boots, and eat | went, and
thar saEe enough laid Charley, stretched
out is shs snow like . dad man. The
Major gathered him by the heels and | By
the hsad, and OF We started. Somehow
or other the Major dida's seem to be
macA 90 the life, and 90 | told bin TO
heavs Charley ap On my shoulder. And
be beaved him up. Bot | hadn't gone
more than 6fsy yards before Charley
showed signs Of Aeasin' up, too, aai |
kneH II be gagged with bis head hangiu'
that way, he'd choke gaioksr than yoa
eousd say jack So layed him dOwn
and pasehed him two or three times, bat
be only grunted- and says I, s'Maies, the
BOY Ia awful drunk he doa's seen to
bare say life Ia him." t'ko,n said the
Major, ''hs asghtn's 10 have, for he jerk
ed che linin' cot Of quart bottle Of pi-
zensdswn 10 the gr0esry, aSd be ain's
used to driakin', either. Let's hurry
Lhim ap, or Pm afraid he'll never come
tor So up h'istea him agis, and be
was powsrfal hsasy. and my lsgs began
10 feel like piece Of sosp after bard
asy's wash, aid | puaFsd aad hlewed like
q yeung sseambsaa. Bat psgged away
fer aaeshsr quarter NATL We sans TO lAs
Court noass, and tie Major, says be,
There light up In ths Clerks oiase !;
lat's tsks the bog up shsrs, aaa hs'il so-
Der OF hy morHis'.n So ! climbed over
shs steps, and ap 10 the doors and thea
az gais Of old fashioned ssairas ohsriey
all she sims layin' on my shoulder like :
ssek n saEd, and gsstin' 90 iafesaai
hsasy that thought he must be mads OF
lead. Hhsa got TO The door ] kicked
is opss, and fhar vas about twsatJ fsl
isas slstln' shas, and thsy all sonnsn- :
ssd to laagb, and Just when vas Won.
asrins what II all meant, Charley jumped
osE my shsaider as light ~ 9 aas and -
sober - . judgs, and be takes ms BY the
band and walks me Up aud, says hss
ssColonsl Isins, have the h0nos 10 ia-
fern yon ahss you ara daily initiassa .
nsmhsr ss sAs ssTsss Fair Sosiety.n - and
shsn found ont shas I'll the crowd bad
sssn axsd 10 the sams way, asd ons Ne
tAeaias presShas bad carried his naa
noss shsz sss nilss. aWsll,D y says !,
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