The weekly Shasta courier. [volume] (Shasta, Calif.) 1872-190?, 1873-08-30
ANECDOTES.

one hand. One eye was covered with a
handkerchief and one arm in sling. His
bearing was that of man with a settled
purpose in view.
II want to see" said he, &" the man that
puts things into this paper"
We intimated that several of us earned a
frugal livelihood in that way.
"Well, | want to see the man which
cribs things out of the other papers. The
fellow who writes mostly with shears you
understand"
We explained to him that there were
seasons when the most gifted among us,
driven to frenzy by the scarcity of ideas and
events, and by the clamorous damands of
an Unsuitable public, in moments Of emo
tional insanity, plunged the glittering shears
into our exchanges. He went off calmly,
but in voice tremulous with suppressed
feeling, and indistinct through the recent
loss of a half dozen or so of his front
eeth
"Just So presume so. | don't know
much about this business, but want to see
man, the man that printed that little piece
about pouring cold water down q drunken
mans spine of his back, and making him in
stantly sober If you please, 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 on the stick as though he
was weighing it. After studying the stick
a minute, he added in somewhat louder tone:
mister, | came here to see that ere man.
| want to see him bad"
"He is not in Just now"
inst an | Dresuma On Thpv told mo
before l came that the man / wanted to
see wouldn't be anywhere I'll wait for
him. L live up north, and I've walked sew
en- miles to converse with that man.
guess I'll sit down and wait"
He sat down by the door and refectively
pounded the floor with his stick, but his
feelings would not allow him to keep still.
suppose none of you didn't ever pour
much cold water down any drunken man 8
back to make him instantly sober, perhaps. -
None of US in the office had ever tried
the experiment.
"Just so. thought just as like as not
| you had not. Well, mister, l have tried it
| yesterday, and have come seven miles on
foot to see the man that printed that piece.
1t wasn't much of piece I don't think
but want to see the man that printed IT.
just a few minutes. You see, John Smith
he lives next door to my house, when am
at home, and he gets how-come-you-so ev,
cry 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 dishes and tips over the stove and
throws hardware around, and makes it in
convenient for his wife, and sometimes he
|
neighbors, and it amt pleasant.
{" Not that want to say anything about
Smith; but me and my wife don't think he
he ought to do so. He came home drunk
lately, and broke all the kitchen windows
out of his house and followed his wife
with a carving knife, talking about her
liver, and after while he lay down by my
fence and went to sleep. had been read.
ing that little piece; it wasn't much of q
piece, and thought if I could pour some
water down his spine, on his back, and
make him sober, it would be more comfort
able for his wife, and square thing to do
all around. So | poured bucket of spring
water down John Smiths spine of his
back"
well" said we, as our visitor paused
"did it make him sober?' Our visitor
took firm hold of his stick and replied
with increased emotion:
"Just so. | suppose it did make him
sober as Judge in less time than you could
say Jack Robinson; but, mister, it made
him mad. 1t made him the maddest man
| ever saw and, mister, John Smith is a
bigger man than me, and stouter. He is a
good deal stouter. Bla- bless him, l never
knew he was half 50 stout till yester-
day, and he's handy with his fists
too. l should suppose he's the handiest
man with his fists ever saw"
Then he went for you, did he ?" we
asked, innocently.
Just SO. Exactly. suppose he went
for me about the best he knew; but don't
bold no grudge against John Smith. sup
| pose he amt good man to hold grudge
against only | want to see the man what
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
a drunken man acts when you pour water
down the spine of his back. That's what /
came for"
Our visitor who had poured water down
the spine of drunken man back, remained
| "
then went up street to find the man. TIE
man he is looking for started for Alaska last
evening for a summer vacation, and will moi
be back before September, lS78.-UicC
Herald.
Thompson and Simms live opposite eacf
other in narrow street, up town. They
were going on fishing excursion the othel
day, and as they wanted to be sure to wake
in time to catch the early train they ran 9
bit of clothes line across the street, into the
second story windows, and each tied an enc
to his leg, SO that if one awoke, the Other
would Immediately feel pull. The scheme
was an excellent one, and we know of nc
reason why, under ordinary circumstances, ii
should not have worked well. But about
five O'Clock that morning, some aborers
stopped in front of the next door above
Simms for the purpose of erecting tele-
graph pole. When the hole was dug, they
began to put the pole upon end. But un.
fortunately it slipped, and came down with
tremendous force upon the clothes line
| Mrs Simms was very much surprised to
see Henry suddenly go over the foot of the
bed and shoot, feet foremost, out ofthe win.
| dow; but even she was not more amazed
than Mrs. Thompson was when Archibald
performed the same feat. They met in the
middle of the street, clustering, as it were
around the pole, both with leg broken
They wake themselves now with alarm
clocks. 1t is safer, aud less exciting.-.Sat
urday Euening Posi-.
| Giving seventeen hundred pounds of coal
L = a. Il
dark"