Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1871-01-05
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AN ORIGINAL CHARACTER,

or a'l the great crowd Of '.nece<sary
evils who fouvishei a. Detroit ina eoas-s
bimaiion" DAYS. under the name II hnas-.
runners. Frcl Emmons bore of the palgs
for practical jokes. rerartec. song. jcst
and laugh. His frequent maailia ccuti-
ton ~+ci. prevekei attack. but tAc asssil-
ant always "rccSonei without his host"
Fred dill Eot always wal, for atsaek. Ills
keen sense Of the lulicrous. ID s:tual;aa.
action and speech. kept his faculties utsu
she stretch to crafty his inicmissble pro-
Poas'ty for fan--a propensity which re-
I LSshiifaTf.. NJ. 5rt s7F. syi-a's .s ass.sa
Gus, arainSt pillar ia W { MS saloon.
in p.t.oit, he formed one Of 1 circle wha,
were listening to sca!ar,r who had pas
ID some years ia the South American
L. Tie tides @! taiS man flr outrau>
+. Rilcy's Narrative" or W'irt's LIZ. Of
Patrick Henry" in food for wonder.
/ Already had tbs a,,-levouring mlicncs
swallowed snakes AMI scrpca:s offahulQus
length, ana t>a>.,i ,Aeir eyes upon fruits
! Of Il ,an:ic growth and upon birds of par
( atlSc Of the rarcst plumase. when the tale
OF wonder took turn, AMI the sailor, by
way OF O..~e; - tn terrible and the beau,
utul III his description. introduced the
Dis justin" III thc form OF insects and YER
min. Egypt, with her far fl.nci a.a-
zines of crawling things, could show nor
parallel with South Ancrica in lice. Tho
sailor, with his osu EYES, had seen tho
ground alive with them; had seen them
carry of small boys: had lain down upon
the ground TO sleep. and hai awokc in
the morning covered with them: finally.
he had >crapcl million lice from the
alak of his head, AMI hal counted them.
T.is last proposition crea.rl marked
s'nsa'ion but before disbelief could b. ex-
pressed Fred intcrposad: That's SO.
gentleman He's n friend of mine, and
| don't believe he will lie about a few
lice
The crtc:. with Frcd's drunken rravi-
y AMI srpulchral tones, Was iastantane-
Gus and terrific.
The opening Of he navigation. in the
days when Buffalo harbor was the only
ou;lc; for the region Of the lakes, was
looked forward to with high anticipation
The course of the wind was closely WATCH
ed. in hope tha; i: might be so shaped rs
20 drive the pent-up mass of ice down The
Niagara and when il came righ; fer that
purpose, thc Buffalo docks were thrnngd
by an eager crowd. pom such m occ,,s-
ion, one Gnc Spring morning in 1896, =,
''treaAing no" causei h cqu.e to ;,
fs,,o a ! .g.l C4iv Ehicf haI wTTff,..ss
gathered around il were a score dr ~w
loat,rs, among whom, towering above the
rest by mead or two. WAS Fred. One
after another Of the rcd-nosel crowd, ike
m5uruc-S at a funeral. came mp ana ,azcd
his fll at the horrii lincamcnts. the
yawning mouth and the empty sockets.
and gave place to whoever WAS following
him. One old pimpled faced srakcr lin
gcrcd longer than the rest, and shaking
his head with drunken gravity, remarked:
Poor fellow. | don't know him" No.
said Fred. reaching over 10 get a look NJ
the corpse, he don't seem 10 recagni1r
you"
Sometimes Il jokes of Enmons wore
practical. \ gawky in iividrI,l nril his
appearance from the interior upon the
! ,cs ut Detroit. one day JUS; as some boat
for which Frcl happened 70 be running
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