Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-19
From the Daily Of the 18th
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rom the Daily Of the 18th
CesA.nsye Cocktails
Henry G. Noslcr, our cnterprising
cc man, is an old sport In hard luck.
Henry is in the ice business. 1t will
be remembered that ice last winter
was so scarce that twas packed IN
tissue paper. Henry was afraid to
haul his ice too far and built an ice
house on the bank of the river near
the guard lock. The rains came, the
river Is on tremendous high, and
Henry's Ice house isamong the things
that were. The water undermined
the concern, the bank gave way, anu
about go tons of ice was floating
around promiscuously this morning
There was about five hundred tons in
the house, which was built in COM
partments. and it is supposed that
Mr.. Nosler will save about half OF
this amount, although it is by no
means certain that he will save any
of II. This is a serious loss, not only
to the owner, but to the city ,inasmucf
as the ice supply is very short at best
and taking out two hundred and
fifty tons makes quite Q difference
LATER.-Since the above was writ
ten We learn that Nosler's ice house i
entirely ruined, and the ice q tota'
loss,
sWOAE or.
He lives high up on the Hill on on
Of our principal cross streets. He i
fond of cards, affects pin-pool, and i
and adept at "niggcr billiards. 1
rained the other evening, and as !
usual with most people, his umbrella
was at hone, and he remained dow
town to have some fun WITH the boys
With few congenial spirits h
whiled the happy hours away at tn
intellectual game Of spool" until tn
g clock in the steeple struck one.
Then be Mea4degsd forth into tn
dark and gloomy streets, and leisNrel,
made his way homeWard, re-resolvin
for the handredth time that his goo
resolutions should not again 20 to tn
land paved with good intentions, TIL
good wife, wearied with long an
continuous watching, had retired
leaving a light in the window to guild
the weary feet of her husband to hi
home when other places had cease
to be attractive. Like other thought
fnl wives, she had prepared lunc
of cold meat, horse-radish, bread an
butter, cold coffee and the like, whic
was left in q convenient place 70
him. He eat very hearty; lie dote
on cold meat and horse-radish, bu
some how that time 1t did not agre
with him. He had no recollection Z
eating anything else, but he felt sicl
deathly sick. He made another rese
, | lullOn, anu tiidt WAS " cAt No uiot
cold meat OF hqrse-raaish. His indis
erection had the effect to make hil
wish that even he were dead. II
walked out in the rain and locke
for the moon, and there with the pi
iless rain beating fiercely in his fac
he swore off eating cold meat an
: horse radish after one o'clock in til
morning. He felt better, and returne
to the protecting shelter Of his dom
!, cile and took seat to ruminate owe
; the follies Of too much appetite. II
!, forgot his good resolutions when /
remembered how he had lost gam
betting ON "twO pair" on "misdeal
. and that made him sick again.
IL Another time he wandered fort
into the rain, and with one Ion
"yoop" he cast up his accounts an
squared the books with the cold me,
! and horse radish, and the next day h
: name appeared in the Viadicator ,
one of the repentaHt not preyiousl
IronOrtnd