Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-05-14
THE PUFFIC GENLMAN.
ANara,ive by an Old Citizen.

ANarative by an Old Citizen.
Well! you talk about your stone" !"
but if you had only known Col. David
Slash, who lives at Opelligga (called
Kurnel Dave for short), you surely
would have thought no "high tond
genlman" ever lived to pull trigger.
You can risk your bottom dollar that
the niggers used to holler when they
see the Kurnel come to stir them
round. Yes. And how the little darks
used to scatter when they heard that
"Massa Dave was on the ground. He
could hit silver dime with his rife
every time at sixty PAGES, sure as you're
a sinner; and, I'm lying p'raps, you
think, but by thunder he could drink
twenty Bourbon straits afore he got
his dinner. He dEUays turned the
joker; and he held such hands at DO
ker that he gin'rally went it blind, and
raised the ante; which reminds me of
a game with a strange man, who came
down one evening at Major RUSSELL S
shanty.
We were sitting there-Judge
Noyes, his two oldest grown up boys,
Dr. Sanders, Cap'n Jenkins and his
brother, the stranger, Dave, and me
when Kurnel Dave, says he, "Come,
gen'lmen, let's step up and have an
other" So we stepped up to the bar,
had drink and cigar all round on
the KurnePs invitation; and every
body present felt agreeable and pleas
ant, and we had reg'lar friendly con-
versation. Then the stranger chanced
to say that he'd never learned to play
draw poker, but he wished that he was
able. ''Well, in case you'd like to
learn,' said the Kurnel, s'let's adjourn
to the other rOom-ther's candles and
table,"
So we all, with one accord, sat down
around the board, and who should get
the deal but the stranger. Lor! he
shuf1ed up the pack, and he dealt with
such a mack that I saw in a momen
) there was danger. Says the Kurnel
quite resigned, 81 go twenty dollars
blind. Let's see; l want l ke-ard
Mr.. Dealer" Says the stranger, "Well
so be it. I recon I can see it, and GO
you fifty better for a feeler." Then
J we all of us withdrew from the game
except them two; but they went at il
regular business fashion. And never
! shall forget the way they both did bet
till 1 saw the Kurnel getting in pas
sion. Says the stranger, with a frown
( "There's thousand dollars down on
, the table; that's my pile, Kurnel; size
: it. Do you call me?" Said the Ku
t mel with a smile that was Internal
2 ''I'm a gen'lman. Where's the party
who denies it ?'' The stranger, ver7
l cool, answered, ''Kurnel, you're fool
l Show your cards. Gen'lmen, steady
: Keep your places" Then down tn,
Kurnel filings a seven and four kings
= and the stranger, family smiling
4 shows four aces.
: disremember quite who it wa
G blew out that light, as l swore the mex
e day afore the Corners jury. Mind
1 saw no one begin it, but in anothe
q minute the pistol balls were goin
d round like fury. AS many as wer
s able to, got underneath the table;
o shot up the chimney like cinder
s Cap'n jenkins hugged the floor; th
Judge slid out of the door, and tt
Doctor bolted smash through the viii
dow.
Well, the mount of it was this :
~ The Kurnel didn't miss, though
- - fired in the dark. But what was fu
- ny, when lie brought in the lamps an
~ began to count the stamps, why, t
i, half of it was counterfeiters' none
-
~ A striking case occurred last we
- - at Bridgeport, Conn, showing the i
y security of those who commit Grim
= and the trifing incidents which som
lo times afford conclusive eviden
20 against them. ''The man arrested he
f. yesterday, on suspicion of being col
- nected with the Collinsville robber
ie had upon his person an iron 'jimme
- or bar, such as is used by burglars
ie their operations. This tool had sms
triangular piece broken from the fla
= tened end. Word was sent to Collin
~ vile, to look after the missing pie
VI of the tiimmey,' and on searching Il
~ floor of the Savings Bank under Il
ES safe which the burglars had failed
le open, was found a small piece of f
ot angular iron or steel freshly broke
eF This was brought to Bridgeport, al
ol it proves to be the missing corner
IL III the Jimmy found on the arrested ma
ce No more complete piece of circul
VI stantial evidence could be desired, al
= the tell tale .jimmey' will probah
~ ~ send this man to State prison. . N.
" Observer.