The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1869-12-17
For the jasper Weekly Co,
Dead! Dead!

truthful chrOniclcr of passing events j
becomes my duty to notify your readers
But before giving the name | will Civ,
the cause. Duicndach undertook 10 TAX,
, the Photos OF the HuntingDurg crew =
, lac grouped them together, made the ef.
Tort, but it was no 20; couldn't cutcl
their ugly pliizs he tried and retired
} Tor probably "a thousand times, but al
ways with the same result. The fellows
blamed d., said he did not understand
ms business that they would send to
Louisville for an Artist. .sw earring in their
wrath they would NOT die and be forgot
ten by the rising generation. The Louis
vile Artist soon reached the spot, in
iobedicncc 10 tho call, and announced his
readiness to do the fellows for immor-
tality. lie grouped the fellows, made
The effort, but to his surprise, with the
same result as D. hc couldn't catch a
} shadow of their ugly visages; he said he
hid in the course Of his life met with q
} large number of ugly fellows, but that
lic had never in ali his born days, (and
he doubted whether any other living
man hadJ seen 80 much ugiiness congre-
gated together. lie adjourned the con-
gre.ated mass OF uglincss to meet the
next DAY. The next day at the appointed
hour the fellows were all present except
Arnold IL. Miller, ESQ., Who, the crowd
said was busily engaged with his chick
ems, ana could moi come ior some hour
yet. The b'hoys being urgent 10 have
,he Artist MAKE another effort, did sol
without Miilcr's presence, and TO his
and the crowds utter surprise and as
iohisiiicnt, lac was able 10 obtain lie
like picture; the thought then struck
him, that the instrument would onlyl
take Il certain amount OF uglhicss, that
without Miller, The crowd filled the bill.
but with him he could not take theirI
Ipic,ures. The fellows determining to bel
remembered by the coming generation
ordered him 10 proceed without Millcr.t
which he did. Miller after having fin
ished with his chickens, rushed 10 thci
Artists room, 10 find himself excluded i
the Artist, informed him Of tie cause.
and made known 10 him the fact that
Notwithstanding each one OF the forty
odd fellows, would, outside OF Dubois, |
county, be taken to DC the ugiiest man in
the word. yet il they were all moulded
in.v "". .siy ',."-s. they W ouid not ---''"e
Is person nan SO ugly Is he and that mel
group OF by himself.
Miller seeing that the others would bel
preserved Tor immortality, in picture.
land he lett out, could stand III no longer
lie rushed wildly from the room snatch
ed u clo,hcs-linc, hurried OH and lungl
himself 10 "sour apple trce" whciherl
the same one that Kirby smith was hung
OH or no, can't say.
Poor, poor, dear friend. what bitter
tears oi anguish | lave shed over his
luniinl,ly and tragic taking oil. And
lthcn too. if the poor fellow had only stop
lped 10 think, Lc had u more enuuriig
erected TO his memory than
any his co-laborcrs in intrigue; theirs
MAS only copy OF their ugly visages,
lwhilc his was an intellectual monument,
which will stand and endure a. long as
lime itself. What is il. his friends will
ask. Nell il is "A Wonderful production
written Tor the ''Jasper Courier. True,
1 am told the article does not have his
name 10 il, but every one knows that 1t
| is his production, Tor he was here two
days, reading his manuscript 10 every
Ipei,on, m,ssi. woman child. lie read il
i 10 the Teachers Institute. the Democratic
Conveniion, 10 the crowds gathered in
1.-THE stoi es. bar-roOIns, and wherever Inc
lcoul,rgel person 10 hear II, and Away
latter finishing the reading. he would
stand up ia tragic manner and say,
..now fellers, when you see this in print,
tcll your fcllers, that NE, Arnold III. Mill
her. Esq. ex-J usticc of the Peace Of Hum
Itingburg. writ that" SO you see any
lone win know that its Mlller's fertile
brain conceived this wonderful literary
production. Another incident will also
| fix it upon him, after every man, woman
and child in the town had heard the
Wonderful production read from manu-
script, Miller came across Col. Edmon.
ston's bull pup, happy thought occurred
10 him, that the ''purp' must hear il and
make it known to his species; the dorg
seeing what was coming, broke like
a quarter horse, but Miller is about as
quick on foot as streak OF grcased:light-
lining, and he soon overllauicd Mr.. pup,
the pup thinking discretion the better
part of valor, surrendered ut discretion,
land submitted as qliictly as lamb, rared
himself on his hind legs, and waited
patiently for the reading to end. Miller
|aiter the reading, threw himself back in
his theatrical attitude and repeated. nov
Ifellers when you see this in print, tell
|. YOUR fellcrs that ME- Arnold III. Miller
/ Esq. cx-Justice Of the Peace Of Hunting
burg writ that"
Il This was too much for the poor dorg
.lhe keelcd over and kicked the bucket
4 Miller, alarmed at the obstruction he had
u lono rushed wildly and 1rantically to the