Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-08-07
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bearing was that of man with a set
tied purpose in view.
81 want to see," said he, s'the man
that put things into this paper''
We intimated that several of us
earned a frugal livelihood in that way.
''Weh,H want to see the man which
cribs things out of the other papers
the fellow VITO writes mostly with the
shears, YOU understand"
We explained to him that there were
seasons when the most gifted amo ong
US, driven to frenzy by the scarcity of
ideas and events, and by the clam
erous demands of an unsuitable public,
in moments of emotional insanity,
plunged the glittering shears into our
exchanges. He went on calmly, but
in voice tremulous with suppressed
feeling, and indistinct through the re
cent loss of half dozen or so of his
front teeth.
Just so. l presume SO. I don't
know much about this business, but
want to see a man-tbe man that
printed that little piece about pouring
water down drunken mans spine OF
his back and making him instantly
sober If you please, l want to see
that man. l would like to talk with
him"
Then he leaned his stick against
our desk, and spit on his serviceable
hand, and resumed his hold OH the
stick, as though he was weighing it.
After studying the stick a minute, he
added in a somewhat louder tone:
mister, came here to see that ere
man. l want to sec him bad"
We told him that particular man
was not in.
Just So. 1 presume so. They told
me before came that the man l want
ed wouldn't be anywhere. I'll wait
for him. l live up North, and I've
walked seven miles to converse with
that man. guess I'll sit down and
wait"
He sat down by the door and refec-
lively pounded the door with his stick,
but his feelings would not allow him
to he still.
Il suppose none of you didn't never
pour much cold wafer down any drum
ken mans back to make him instant
ly sober, perhaps
None of US in the office had ever
tried the experiment.
"Just SO. l thought just as like as
not you had not. Well, mister, have
| tried it yesterday, and l have come
seven miles on foot to see the man
that printed that piece. 1t Want
much ola piece, l don't thinkS but
want to- see the man that printed it,
just a few moments. You see John
Smith lives next door to my house,
when I'm to home, and he gets how
come-y you so every little period. Now,
when he's sober he's all right, if you
keep out of his way; but when he's
drunk, he goes home and breaks dish
es, and tips over the stove, and thro ows
the hardware around and makes it in
for lis wife, and sometimes
he gets his gun and goes out calling
on his neighbors, and it amt pleasant.
''Not that [ want to say anything
about Smith; but me and my wife don t
think he ought to do so. He come
home drunk yesterday and broke all
the kitchen windows out of the house,
and followed his wife around with the
carving knife, talking about her liver,
and after Il while he lay down by my
fence and went to sleep. I had been
reading that little piece; it want
much of a piece. and thought if could
pour some cold water down his spine
on his back, and make him sober, it
would be more comfortable for his
wife, and square thing all around
So I poured bucket of spring water
on John Smiths spine of his back"
WELL" said we, as our visitor
paused, ''did it make him sober ?''-
Our visitor took a firm hold of his
stick, and replied with increased emo
ton:
just so. I suppose it did make
him sober as a judge in less time than
you could say Jack Robinson; but,
mister, it made him mad. 1t made
him madder than any man l ever
seen, and Mr.. John Smith is a bigger
man than me, and stouter. Bla-bless
him, never knew he was half so stout
until yesterday, and he's handy with
his fists, too. should suppose he is
the handiest man with his fists I ever
saw"
Then he went for you, did he ?"
we asked innocently.
s'Just so. Exactly. I suppose he
went for me about the best he knew,
but I don't hold no grudge against
John Smith. l suppose he amt a
good man to hold a grudge against. 1
want to see the man who printed that
piece. / want to see him bad. feel
as though it would soothe me to see
that man. / want to show him how a
drunken man acts when you pour
water down the spine of his back
That's what come for"
Our visitor, who had poured water
down the spine of a drunken mans
back, remained until six p. m, and
then went up street to find the man
that printed that little piece. The
man he is looking for started fOr
Alaska last evening, for summers
vacation, and will not be back before
September, 1873.
When man goes to Colorado
no matter what his social standing
may have been, he rests on what the
miners there would call the 'harc
pan" He goes to the bottom and
works up, by brain and muscle. A
graduate of Harvard is a butcher oui
there; and one of Yale a printer; {
rancho man is a son of General in
the British Army; four other rancho
men are brothers and the sons of {
former Governor of Bengal; two are
the sons of London banker, and ar
Alumnus of one of the English Uni
versities is manager of dairy Such
is society in Colorado-very mucl
mixed, and every man proving what
is in him, and asking no favors.