Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-01-30
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The other evening several Of than hap
psnsd 70 drsp int . salosa. one sftsr ~
other. and naturally ths eoavsrsaisn
nswsd somewhat - follovs: "wsl1.
shscksltsn's Dad; sastAsr q ~ 'sld
boys gone. All we'll. that's IL way
we're all droppin' on. One By n he
rsses fsds.' you know. We've all rot 70
peg out. soonsr or latsr ; knsv shaeksltsa.
didn't ysu. Kurnslr' "ksss hiAf I
I should ssy I did! Melody knsv old jim
better than I did. But The bsst q NJ hAs
10 20, - you say. Lst's take . drink. Dan
good man was cid jim. you bet"
Thsn In came another: "Fello. old
fellsrs. how's thingsf Heard shaeksltoa's
dead. didn't ysrr Dent oftsn hnd . bst-
Ter man than 10 Vas. bstchsr life. Us old
stiffs hasn't get many Of NJ lsft. and Ne
can't affocA 10 loss such fsller - ed jim
Shackslton. He and I ussa V st beans
together On the Yuba In ifty. Dam splsn-
did nan ; lsss all take . drink. Here's
hopin' he may strike 10 geoa. Wherever b
goes. You're . Pioneer. ain't you. Judgsf"
'sOf eourss I am ; I shsuld say ! sas.
Must drink 70 ii. mensry. s.rs. Bet EN-
up again. barkssp."
"And now lsok a.here." says the Cel-
oael. - the idea rudsly struck hin. how
many Of ~ u going down 10 the funeral
Tomorrow" All hands at NEE Agreed
that II wss i~mpsrativsly necessary hat
they should 10 dovn BY al means. and
help TO "plant old Jim In COED styls."
such - WAS due 10 . frst-elAss member Of
the Society. such a. he was." Twill cost
US something" says the Judge. "No
won't says the Colonel. "bst you nvs
dollars slime Oyy would hitch up . big
team and take US all down 70 the funeral
to morrow. free /; wouldn't charge . dam
cent"
but" psrsistsd the Judge. "thers
would be Q drink all round. 10 start with /;
iAsf don't cost nethin'. I 'sposs. Then .
drink al Silver City; tksf don't csst
nothin'. And at every house ON The road
whore there's anything passabls we'd have
10 STOP. all Of which don't cest nothin'. OF
course, and before we'd Be among the
saloops In town twenty minutes we'd gstso
Jsrned tight we'd forget what We went
down there for" This slandersus prop
ositisn was Indignantly discouraged d
once. and old Msrss swors that II eost was
tno tTuuulss NO u toot ~ -
expedition himself. He was a. old stin.
10 was. and he had the heart OF A old
stiff In him. and dam u, s~sntlsmsn. We
must do this thing right up 70 The
handle. We mast 20 down and bury old
Jim ; don't never know whom we'll have
10 pick up and start out ever the same
tran. and probably not need 70 pack any
blankets along either. Drink with ss
boys. this time ; dam IL aiat githn sad
over this thing"
And then they discussed the nattsr for
Q couple OF hours longer. with old herse
propped up In the corner on . barrel weep
ing. and finally all hands took another
drink and sadly adjourned 10 bed. arm In
tho resolution 70 BE- on hand bright and
Early Sunday morning and 70 down 70
the fuusral sf their deceased brother Pie
nssr. But they didn't. Most Of them
GENT with . slsishing party out On the
Gsigsr Grade. TO the raos trask. and had .
jolly good time. Zine Barnes met than
coming back In the evening. and ssksd
about the funeral. AL Who had watches
Immediately pulled them q with the fol-
lowing remark That's too dsrnsa bad ;
forgot all about 1t. Al. we'll. It's too late
soa."