The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1871-07-07
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NIX. EpIok:-l Hihy Mth callabie q
correcting errors either a; your dcss
NY desk. "r any other mars desk. ! be,
leave 10 correct just one in an ar,icl
icaded Town Court published in Ia,
COURIER. June % II, l-.l. II is state.
IN that article that my friends secured
,he money To cicase Ia. from llcrbiy'
Hotel but the Statement, is not correct
because II was my own money that re-
leased me from the comfortable AM
romnodious Hotel. However l an
happy to know that goodly number u
friends were ready 10 release me whci
they supposed navigation possible, buI
their calculations were anticipated by
my sleeping of the poison three hours
sooner than was expected. Oh delight.
iul condition! When | awohe from a
sound refreshing nap. bcheld my sell
reclining crosswisc uron very mario W
bed. one half ofmy body hanging down
upon the staumch iron floor. the remand
CIR was upon blanket which the Sheriff
neglected TO shave last spring. and it
was shedding its wool very freely. My
garment much rescmblcd a mans who
had slept IN Il pile OF hair at some tam
yard. would advise all gentlemen
who intend TO board at this Hotel TO
take one suit Of linen in which TO sleep,
by so doing tscy may, perhaps, not cat
more wool than bccf-stcak.
Upon examining tho peculiar structure
OF this superb Hotel, l found it sur
rounded on all sides by huge iron walls
and cross-bals above, through which a
faint light glmmers. Not being in con-
dltion TO solve gcomctrical problem, no
discovery as to the size, shape, and posi-
ton Of this Hotel was made, but suppose
II to DC somew here near the center Of the
world, and then commenced examining.
my bedstcad, which was also composed
Of iron. Then the thought occurred
whether that was not the identical bed
stead rsed by old Napoleon in his great
European campaigns, or perhaps this
might be Napoleon himself in purgatorv
where the devils had been on n spree
md let the fire go out. But not seeing
my uniform or sahcr, like unto Napo-
cons. and beholding sufficient euanti-
y Of hair from the aforesaid blanket
ticking to my buttcrnnt trowscrs to pa.l
buggy cushion. came to the conclusion
here was no BOny there; then from ont
hcse iron walls through which nothing
mt a scvcnty-six Parrot Gun could
mock n hole. was heard the cry Of wath-
r! wather! watlcr! wonder if any
old water man ever enjoyed quart of
Adams Ale better than that was enjoy.
q. Well the flames bein. somewhat
xtinguishcd. the thought suggested it.
elf whether I had ever read in history. ]
ancient, Modern. or Profnnc, Of any .
rcat meg, except Napoleon. JEFF. Davis.
nd myself.ever sleeping upon iron bed
leads. or whether all men who have so
cpt arc doomed to banishmcnt from
&c land of their nativity, aud the blue
~ that bent over them in the days Of J
'eir childhood and inncccncy, to end |,
'iscablc existence upon some dcscr, !,
land in the Sea, by rejecting over I
lisspcnt life. a
In that sclf-samc article il is stated i,
'at your star-spangled. hifalntem, grand
lasticutis, high cockalorum, brand /,
'lintcr new Marshal, threw of part $
his fees in the Vincent case, but like I,
hylock Of old, from lnc he exactcd the !.
ound Of flesh. Is that according TO
eneral Jackson's motto? Equal and I
tact justice to all men, exclusive priv :
cgcs to monet" Mr.. Marshal, which is :
'e Oldest citizen Of this county, Vincent a
~! Which has contributed most to
'ur town, civil'y and publicly? Well
will be h Of long time before
'ur Marsl'al's pocket and Town Treas
~ arc replenishcd again BY your hum \
e servant.
Lawsuits and Lager Beer are calculat- \
to make man very tired nd'slcepy ~
I'd when II. Enthofcn, Just ass of the
as" closed court, sleep aud rest were .
ry essential to me then as tI,e.Nlarsl,-
charged for carrying me 10 Herbig's
otel it was his duty to pcform the
Dor. Had il not been that was COM 81
etely exhausted from the forenoon OK.
ciscs, the fine should have been settled
soon rs the Marshal could have walk. h
to the Court house, and would have
tired to the graveyard on the hill,
lcrc the weary may rest in quiet and A
. boys cOmeth not. yea. and nj the
nd hour Of midnight when the lamps r
RI blue and Pickering, may be seen
the magic Of great bottle, the :.