Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-05-31
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A Lima (Ohio) correspondent Of the
Cincinnati Gazette writes: Nothing
worthy Of note has transpired since
the execution of Jacob Brentlinger,
until last Tuesday evening. On the
4th of this month one Mrs. OCOnnOr
died at Tontogany, a little north OF
this place on the Dayton and Miehi-
gan railroad. As this Is the burial
place of the O'Connor family, two
sons Of Erin were sent down from
TOntoGany to make necessary arrange
ments for the burial, which was to
take place the day following. After
making all the arrangements, the two
Irishmen landed at the depot with q
coffin, and as they had several hours
to wait, they put the coffin in the
freight depot, and went in search Of
something to queneh their grief,
which by this time had become too
heavy to be borne without the assist
anee Of the soothing balm used by
their eOuntrymen upon all such oeea-
siOns. They drank deep, and soon
forgot their care and their mission
also; nor did they think Of what they
were sent for until they were nearing
Tontogauy.
The time for the train to 90 to Fole-
do came, and the Irish friends got
aboard, thinking that all was well,
and now they were going home to
wake Mrs. O'ConnOr in the real old
Irish way. At every station on the
road between Lima and TOntOgany
the Irish people were coming, and as
Mr.. OiCOnnOr was one Of the bosses
Of the road hands they all had free
passes.
Conductor Stephens wanted to know
where all the Micks were going. The
one to whom he had put the question
said: "Sure, yez have the coffin in
the baggage oar wild ye, and it's Us
that's after going up to Tontogany to
wake Mrs. O'COnnor, and tomorrow
we will finish the funeral at Lima"
The conductor said there was no
coffin on board, whereupOn one Of the
party went into the baggage car to see
for himself. Presently he came back
with both hands high in the air, cry
ing, "Jammy, you have forgotten the
coffin !n Mrs. O'COnner was" "dasent-
ly" walked, and after making a rough
box out Of marble slabs, they lined the
bottom Of it with straw, and placed
the body in it. After arriving here
they took her from the box, and
placed her remains in the coffin that
Jammy had left at the freight depot.
An old man has been sent here ne
less than q dozen times-first from one
country poor house and then from an
other, and as this poor old pauper
loves strong drink, he has been q great
annoyance to the men who have
charge of the railroad station, by his
frequent nightly visits to the sitting
rooms in the depot. Last Tuesday
evening he was found there dead
drunk, and as Mrs. O'Connor's tempo
rary coffin was still on the platform,
Mr.. John Dunleavy, night baggage
man, did Allen county good turn by
mailing Mr.. Pauper up and sending
him to Ottawa.
Upon the arrival Of the night ex-
press at Ottawa the supposed corpse
was carefully carried into the depot.
Soon after the train had left, the night
operator, who was all alone, heard q
noise in the direction Of the box, and
you can imagine his horror as he sp-
preached the box to see an old gray
head sticking through a hole that had
been left to admit air.
The operator will soon be able to
work again, and as for Mr.. Pauper,
he VOWS he will never go back to
Lima,