Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1868-04-08

away from il he lost, that he could jump thirty
five feet 1t)dh6 Jump, helto select he ground.
He ascended . bluff near by and leaped from
,the top,of it1nt0 the mud at its ,base. sinking
into tle eo4 e5r& y n rs earl 70 - fe
got out. For long time thiS circdlhstdnce
caused him to be known by the appellation Of
Stick-in-the mud, !" term that has now be-
come quite eepnon z.
ward nor to put himself back; his fav0rite
method in an emergency was 70 shove out side
ways He, never distrusted himself nor any
body else, and never had any misgivings as to
his ability or inability to do anything. His
talents for Indifference and rep0se were about
equal. His selfpossession was als0. remafka-
ble.. Henot only possessed himself, but was
frequently ambitious to possess other people.
An example of il occurred when he was about
twelve years of age. He was. sent to convey
two young ladies in buggy distance Of sew
eral, miles to their fathers house. On the way,
in passing through broad, deep slough, the
horses became stalled, and could not proceed
an inch further, The ladies' begged Hans
Patrick to wade out of the slough and 60 for
assistance. Sitting quietly between the two
he replied |" Not il / know myself. I've got
as good thing as / want, and Imean to fight
it out on this line if it takes all summer" And
there he sat, until the father OF the young la
dies came and rescued the party. He still re-
tains In his possession the sole of one of the
old mans boots, which he captured on that in
teresting occasion, efsxE 1T x h.8sg
The first phrenologist that ever came to our
part of the country examined Hans Patricks
head through microscope. There We're many
persons present, all eager TO hear what the man
would say, and the boy, for fear that he would
crush the two dozen bird-eggs concealed in his
pockets, remained perfectly quiet
while the examination was going ON. The
muttered 70 himsel, rs he pro-
ceeded: "This is no common head: tits a
huge head, tremendous head, saphead."
l asked him il he thought Hans Patrick would
ever come to anything. He replied: From
the deyelopement of particular organ here
(digestive). think he win come TO bis meals
three times a day rs long as be lives. or as long
as heshas the meals 10 come to-" This gratifed
me very much, for there Is no snrsr signsof
future greatness than n good appetite. In the
afternoon, the phrenulogist and / were walking
near pond where Hans Patrick had been
skating. He had fallen upon the ice, and the
Professor discovered the indentation made by
his head. marvellous head, he said TO me.
lit 10 hard rs copper" Hence the term Cop
perhead, sometimes applied TO men whose
heads arc too hard 10 bs affected by the slip.
perry sarface of ianatical opinion. All the
who caine To- our place for ten
ears predicted that Hans Patrick would be-
come President. They predicted the same
thing of Nil the other boys In the neighborhocd.
None of Theses prophecies have come true as
yet, but you may look for perfect whiriwind
Of Presidents from Nabbia Ridg. one Of these
days. ea&@s e.46ew s&ae@sn
In respect to looks, Hans Patrick wss most
beautiful child lie was the losrliest little
creature | ever saw. Ills complexion was
white as alabaster aud bis eyes gIoacd With a
prismatic glory that astonished the natiyes
We used % let him out by contract tu' fnsnilies.
when they had child 10 chris.en. They would
take him "a be- christened and leave their own
D, home. thus exhibiting 10 their friends what
4 beautiful babe they had Ladies used ~
come miles aud miles to Kiss him. Frequently
there wer. so many OF them ON a pilgrimage
Of this kind al time that half of them bad TO
sleep in the barn and do their own cooking. /
do not think be grew up 10 b. a handsome p
man % the rest ii The children. Ladies' rould
not ga far to kiss him now they would proba-
bly, go farther to avoid it. ~
My nephew's passion for hard labor was
never sufficiently strong TO damage bis health. |
Most OF the work We had to do was chopping
wood, and he was always very awkward at il, |
have known him to break half q sduxen axes |
IN q single day. IL cost so much io buy axes
that used to let him go n fishing in prefer
ence TO chopping wood. One day, however,
W. were short OF hands, before shurthufd men
came in fashion, / toll him he must 20 into
tae woods and chop He said be was willing
~ assist me until be could get money enough |
% run away with. and then be isfeHied 10 |
cave. told him did not want him TO chop
against his will. and asked him what trade he |
would choes.-- whether he would be o sopr-
n;Eker. soup boiler or apriiiter. Subsequent
b be cl,ose The latter He made capital
printer, but while an apprentice, hsesas always
lvcrse to distributing ..pi"' When he chaslcesl |
% knock down a line of type, be would slip it
IN his pocket. aud at light, on his way HUME,
he would throw it% In somebody's well. He
broke UP two or three printing Offices before
he learned his trade. sgsaq
Many persons regard the name Hans Patrick
[.e Conner as q very curious and Significantly
me. 1t is not thu ualpc BIC vas chrisiened By,
put was tackled on To him BY on accident. Onc
lay hc Was ut d lDg-rolling, where the men
consisted Uf Germans, Irish and French. They
we're dyidesl up iI clans, mud zach clan had
treat deal Of, cider to drink, Of which bayer.
lge my nephew was always very fond He
irst went among the Germans; aud, seeing . /
inc lad in their midst, one OF them asked his
lame. lie replied "lians." They then gave
hin oil the cider hs wanted, thinking he wasaI
5erman. When no went among the Irish clad /,
10 told them his name was Patrick, aud they
lao vayn him ssidey lv mud la, Ia. "a. ma. -