The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-06-06

more. I es, you see he's dead again@=S
"a gain! Has he ever been dead
before - fgs siEl d9tsta ne ssidioni1
"Dead before? No. Do you reck-
on a man has got as many lives as q
cat? ! But you bet he's Jaw wful. dead
NOW, poor old boy, and fIewish ia new
er seen this day. i don't know no
better friend than Buck Fanshaw.& I
knowid chin bys The book !; and when
Iknow aman like him you hearSme.
Take him all round, pards there never
was q bullier man in the mines. No
man ever knows d. Bncks Fanshaw to
go back on friend. But it's all up
It amt no. use.ni They'Ve yscooped
him ?"sasai oiai2Bq bHs SslH sfll ai 3
'.Scooped himiy aBeg yd hasogoTsl
"Yes--death has. Well, well, well,
we'ves got to give him upszsY L es, in-
decd. lisa kind of hard world. after
all, amt it.I But pard, he was aIrust-
Ter. Yeuao1ghti IN see him get START
ed onee.is. He was aibuIly boy with 9
glass eye asJust3spit i'm his face, and
4 give him r0oInnl according 81 te his
strength, and itswas just beautiful to
see him peal and go im9 He was the
| worst ssonsof thiefFthat ever drawed
4 breath. ParG, ,lhe was sonsit "a He was
On ~ aOAzE tti01 0Aal III 4A-A
son it Rs Ono what" ylsmif Bsso
son the shoot. 4 On theo shoulder,
4 On the fight.o u Underestimate r. He didn q
4 give a a5continental--for anybodys Beg
4 vour. pardon, friend, ferg coming SO
near saying a cues wor1--but you see
] I'm on an awful strain in this palaveE,
on account aef having to cram down
and drawGeverything so mild But
70, I, -
j amt any getting around that, don q
reckon. Now, if yeican'tf getsyou to
I help plant him. flslaanaoa nssd
.aePreach the funeral discourse? AS
sist at the }obsequies ?''dw Dszsgf 81 q
sObs'quies aisl goodo1aY eso That's
lit; that's our little game. We are go
ing to get up the thing regardlesss y ou
! know. He was always nifty himself.
and so yousbetshis funeral amt 1goin'
to be NO ssloucbs; solid silver, door
plate on his coffin, sixsplumes ON the
hearse, andsa nigger OH the box, with
a billed shirt and q plug ghat--how's
that for high2 And we'll take care OF
you, parsono Well fix youI all right.
There will be kefridge for y0u and
whatever you want you just .scape
.out and we'll tend to iI5 We We got q
,shebang fixed up forsyou to stand be-
! hind in No. rs house, and don { sell O.
clam. Put, Buck throughlasH bully as
you can, paal, ffor4 any body that
know'd him will tell. you that he was
one of the whitest men that was ever
! in the mines. You can't dra W it too
| strong. He never could stand to see.
| things going wrong. He's done more
to make this town peaceable than any
man in it, I've seen him lick four
| Greasers in eleven minutes, myself.
Ifa thing wanted regulating, he warn'ta
the man to go browsing around after
| somebody, to do it, he would prancel
in and regulate it himself He warn't
Catholic, but it ,didn't make no diff.
ference about that when it came down
to! what a, mans right was---and SO,
when some roughs jumped the Catho-
lie boneyard and started in tos stake.
out town lots, in it, he went forf'emis
And he cleaned 'em tools Iswas there
and seen it myself" "vlid.il iIiW III
s'That. was. very WelL indeed-~at
least the impulse Was-r-whe ether the.
act was strictly defensible or not
Had deceased any religious zconyic-s
tions? That is to say did helfeel a.
dependence upon or ackn oWledgei al
legiance to- a higher poweri2ss 1sv9u .
More, ,refiecti0nsfno9sd ssadT .s5oinii
5 Il reckon you've stumped meiagain,i
pard. Could yous say it over once
more, and say it slo W.? 3syaiIsd s1R ed
ts.WeH, to simplify it9somewhat, was
he, or rather had he ever been connec-
ted with any norganizations seqnestcrs
ed from secular concerns and devoted
to self-sacrifee in the interest of NOR
atty Z" saEsYs1 ba. laiIssn.ii 10 ao,si1
seAll down but nine--aet 'em the
other alley,i pard lYao .sxsElo5 lazofoai]
What did II understand You to
say a1om 4. a.1o1 m9af s5le1 hGA .y9ua1
t'Why, you're, most too qmany for
me, you know. baWhen you get in /
with your leftoI hunt grass every
tirne.p III d heJivai 4dsrsas 81 yaiaBl
10 Howl Begin again2Y ,a9nstsiia ID
"That's it." = Ilaiasb 9aisd - iloS94I
Every welLss Was cheoa good man,
Tbere-see that: that do don't 8 nut s,os upo an
other chip till look at my shand.yeA
good man, says you 2 Pard, it amt !
ne name for it, He was the best man
that ever-pard, youlwoulds have do
ted on that man. He could lam any |
galoot of his inches in America. 1t
was him that put down the riot last
election before it got a start; everyol
body says that he was the only dmap
that could have doneslt. nHeswaltzed !
in with trumpet in one hand and a !
spannert in the other, and sent. four
teen men home on o shutter in less
than three minutes He had the riot !
all broke mp and prevented NICE be-
fore ever any body got q chance to-
strike blow. .ssnaaa bHe sbzft q =
"He was always for peace and he |
would have lpeace-he could not stand |
disturbances. Pard, he was a. great
loss to this town. It,would please the /
boys if could chip in something !
like. that. and do : him justice. a He
once, when the Micks got to throwing !
stones through the Methodist Sunday /
School windows Buck Fanshaw, all
of his own notion, shut up his saloon, |
and took couple of six sh ooters and /
mounted guard over u the ,Sunday-l |
School. Says he, ssfNo Irish need ap-'
plyl" And they, didn't. he was the
bullyest man, in the mountains, pard 4
he could run faster, jumpsr higher I
swear harder; and drink more tangle i
foot whiskey without spillings than 1
any man in seventeen counties PutJ
that in, pard; it'll, please the boys
more than anything you could say. j
And you can say, pard, that ne never /
shook his mother.Ds ss.J q, bsIo'soq
t.That's it--TanyIof.the boys win tell
you So" fo aaisnsGl,aaqa sdi saoqt /
"Well, but why should he shake
her?D -i4s, al fie,sb al utYiqlsls1 md
"That's, what l saY-but some pee-
pie does.'Dyd gaiiasane9 edi 10 sn6ii1lh
'Not people ofanys reputelU gH no
SWELL some that average pretty so
SO. L3tH -gust gai oB 4if1HQ hgs 5ffuIts
o." SIN my opinion, q man that would
offer personal violence to his mother
ought to---7's bfss .altty firia fsye
''Cheese it, pard : you've banked
your ball clean outside of the string.
What was drivin' at was that he !
never throwed off on his motherI
give her a house to live in, and town
lots and plenty of monaX and ha i