Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1873-03-08
From "Whiskry Drips."J
Forgot to Unsutp the Handle.

"You see, Mr.. Davis, twenty cows, 4
dist llery, and a farm of a hundred acres,
give me aud my four boys a heap % work
tn do but we do il all ourselves no hired
folks about anywhere. 1t don't pay they
pry into things too much. So for three or
four years past we've done pretty well, and
only tor our stupid Joe leaving that handle
in the pump, they'd never have found US
out.n
Pump 2-haudlc 2" interrected Davis.
"Yes. I'll tell you how il MAS. The
whiskey we made aud put iii barrels w
paid tax on. That We put down the well
We"
Put down the well 2" interrupted
Davis again.
Il forgot t. say" continued Mckrruy,
"wc have "A well that has ogcn dry three
years anyway. So | GOT "A Tub Il ieetlo
smaller iii circumference than the well, aud
made tight at both ends. and Slipped Il
down, connecting with it the old wnoden
pump that still stood there. When we
! took whlskey out We had To gear her up,
but unshipped her lively soon as we were
through. So i'll looking ut that toriuru old
post without an arm, nobody suspected il
was head-bUard tor the grave % whis.
key"
Somebody did, it secns," said Davis,
getting interested.
The officers suspected something, and
at different times searched my barns and
stables and cellars, and lay out in TIE fields
/ 10 capture the stuff as ii was taken away.
! They frequently seized my tax paid goods,
I but a!Hays released them again in Il few
/ hours. HO,U did oct the lChiSkey dtcuy :?
| Why, just the easiest thing | had to do
| You see, | ran two milk-wagons and
! sometimes only one can in five was filled
! with milk, aud that for USE i'll case Il
stranger stood, with pitcher III hand, by
the roadside To purchase. such INSTANCES,
though seldom, occurred. The rest we
| filed from the pump"
And was caught at il - said Davis.
mo not exactly. The filling was I'LL
thrOuIh, and the wa lon gone, when TWO Ot
those revenue fellows popped III on me he
fore break o ddy--the Inspector hadn't
come yet and turned things over genrr-
ally. They got through at last, and seemed
satsh d all was right. Their hands were
pretty dirty SO | said, leading the way to-
wards the house. 'Gcmtlamen, come IN and
wash your hauds.' One ~ them started
after me. the other made for the old pump,
aud when | turned to look, felt Just like
sinking uut o. sight. Joe, who used the
pump last, lad forgot TO unship the handle,
I
yelled 10 him. That pump don't suck !
1t waru't no use. 1t did suck, and sent
out pretty good stream, which he com
menctd rubbing over his hands. He suitl-
ed some, and. pultinl both hands under
his nose, gave Ian. whistle. Then | knew
! - wac all up with NC
"G Guu'll 20 10 prison." remarked Davis.
Not ii the entire Congressional delega-
ton - the state can save me-" said the
dStiller.
Only sn much as lies loose on the farm
and in the slill-hnuse, and that don't take
a hundrrdth part Of my four years gains, y
replied Mckrlyey.
PROTECTION TO THE RAILROAD EN-.
PLOYEEs.-Mr Beebe, ut Sullivan county
recently Introduced 4 bill in the Assem-.
bly,. IL is designed for the better protec,
ton of men in the employ Of railroad com
panies, and provides that such may receive
compensation for personal damages sGs'
tanned in the performance OF their duties
The first section provides that any
railroad company in this State shall bC
liable for injury or loss of life happening tC
any of its employees, aud that compensa'
tien or damages may be recovered in an nc.
ton III any court ot competent jurisdiction
The second and third sections provide that
in case of accident to an employee without
his fault, resulting in the loss Of an arm oi
leg, or permanent disability, the person 81
disabled shall be entitled to recover COM
pensation or damage in an action at law
To an amount not exceeding I've thoIsand
dollars and in case ofdeath resulting from
such accident, the legal representatives o.
the employee may recover "A sum nnt ex
ceeding seven thousand dollars nor less
than two thousand d0tlsrs as the court may
determine.
ALL the petroleum that has been found
in the United States has been in. strip o.
territory twenty miles on an average il
width. extending from Canada to Tennessee
parallel with the edge of the secondary for
nation and the Allegheny mountain range
Nine-tenths Of the present production 7: