The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-02-16
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THE Denver News gives an account of
Il fatal avalanche which- reccniiy oc
CURED 4t the head Of ,aia galcb,
Park county, ColaradD, a boarding
house containing six men, ,one woman and,
A child, was buried henca.a iis snow
and not even the bodies en- Be found
until the summer thaw reduces the
drift
It is noticeable that the ca, Who
mounts the ridge-pole ofthewc lsousa,
and sits apart at TIE concert. an IS
wrapped in 1hough.fui abs,rctcd
silence until the programme is out
half through, opens out when hc dccs
come in, with u wall tiat cnrdlc- Inc
blood in a frozen beet, aua rodscs ..G thc
other members Of the troupe % sery
agony of frenzied emulation.
Happy, happy indeed is ,'e .aan
Who bending daily over Ifs patient saw
horse and supplying the people of the
republic with wood too loug 10 so into
10y stove IN the house, thinks that this
croniA they are ali talking about IS
new actor come over from Europe 10
play ShakespeIean DRAMAS and believes
the slectora, college TO be en- ordinary
institution of learning, looking around
for am endowment. Where ignorance is
bliss, wisdom Is blister
- sEhenshishcr RudgS ieA8 fI.sl-lg pun
painted by Rosa Bonhuer sold FOR 3 eco,
he remarked TO his vile that he ddn'
see how coat Of paint could 20 greatly
enchance the value Of the animal, but If
Rosa didn't charge more than $50 he
would get Der 10 paint hi' bull in the
spring. And his economical wife re-
trlied that she thought De might paint
himself and save his SO. The indica.
tions are now that the bull wil be
painted.
Speaking Of die distress Of the pooF
this spell Of weather, old si said
% Oars one sine dat sho's how mon afous
bad De niggers Is suGIini" Whis
that" +" Why dere 50 menny ob
dem round ,ryin' fer ter swap Of der
dogs fer cord-wo0j F." Oh, ssei"
80 Vas, s.,h, dat's dc oufallerbil sin-. fer
when a niggar oncupplcs frum his dog
yer kin kno dat his nlbors is staudin'
cvard ober deYe fences an fome cuilcd
geniman's toes Is in Jack irOss's jaws -
When man gets out Of cutter
backwards, while going over the jolts
in the streets, and finds himself standing
/ on his head in "a snow-drift, when lac
Thought Lc was enjoying sleigh ride, D.
eases his feelings to have man ask him
/ if he's going TO join the circus next sum
mer'; and another IL le didn't know the
ground was frozen leioIe lie liit 1t, and "a
friend wants to know # We couldn't find
a less pubic place to make a fool OF him
-olf; and, TO crown his crown OF serrows'
along comes his girl riding with another
fellow just as he Is picking himself up.
Then that poorfel foels asiithere wasn't {
but one thing left for liini, and that was
to commit sllicfS and have a marked
copy Of paper which said be died OF
unrequiucd love sent TO that girl.
Almost every season brings some
meteorological condition hatpeople style
D. up..mmon." Tlis winter the special
feature * the uncommon amount Of snow
in localities where there Is ordinarily but
a .rodcrate quantity, or none. We hear
Of snow storms W the southern si'r% y,
well as Of exploring parties lost in the
Rocky mountain driiis.' In some sec
$ lions Of northwestern New York il is
Il said that ihe sDow-bcuni condition oI
G the railroads during the month Of Jan
+ uary IS without a parallel in the history
+ of railroad travel IN this country. How
! ever this may be, wcrisome railway
e journey Is reported on the Erie road
g pearly four days being spont in going
o about ninety miles. The drilts cut
!, through for the train TO pass made banks
a of snow higher than the car windows,
r. The aspect Of tie country in north
g western New York il represented rs
D. dcsolate-a Yest snowy waste, with half
d hidden mrm-bou a., untrodden drifts
's aha on isolated PEOPLE. One family in
o ihe vicinity of Rochester was literally
l- 8. showed in," and unable TO hold com
20 municaiion with neiehbors for nearly q
week. By accidnt ihe condition Of the
inmates Of lhc hons WAS dicovered
and men and plow sent q "shove
~ them out If the drifts.
/. memorial 10 congress has been re-
, Gently prepared, asking for $4,000 T.
y erect monument over the remains O
!. the prison ship rprtyrs ut fort Greene
y Brooklyn. The memorial gave q review
of The sad history About the years l77'
and 1880 number Of dccaying shiT'
= were moored by Tie British in Wallaboui
!, bav. on Lond land shore, and IN then
= were confined hundreds Of American
!, prisoners. On tie Jersey, one Of thesr
dreadful prison ships, frequently more
:. than thousand we're confined at time
They endured untold suferings, and dice
!, from starvation and diseases OF the mos
'' roolignant character, induced by foul al
End rnwholesome fnOd. The muililuo'
~ If dad were buried on the shores OF Tho
- Wallabout After time the tide, wash
= ing upon the shore, exposed the bones o
s The victims to public view. In leo'
'r the.e h-nes were removed, with publb
~ ceremonies To- vault near tle- navy
.e ward. In 1873 they were removed agaii
y IN fort Greene. and buried on ono OF th
slopes. The numbar VI martyrs VIII
died in these prison ships is stated TO D
about eleven thousand, and as they cam
" from all parts of the country, u
y thought that the expense OF an afpio
re pirate monument should be borne Dy 10
$ whole country
N cHEOP.ITRI'S NEEDLE.
y, There seems AT least a reasonable prol