The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-05-03
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"No, sir, 1 don't; but see sassy boy.
When you have torn up the soil, and
hoed, and planted, and reaped, and
moved, and been to Mexico and the
Centennial, you will begin to think you
know something. What do you know
about communing with Naturel. What
glories do you see in the rising sun z
What do you think when the sun fades
away into the golden dimness of no
where W
~ think it's about time for dad to come
home from the wood yard" softly an
Hwered the lad.
BUah looked long at him, gave the rug
another shake, and went in, saying;
"Ohl Nature, how grand are your
works, particularly the icicles and mud
holes"
NTHE WAR.
When the police escorted William
Richards to the hanging gardens for dis
turbing the peace with his mouth he
didn't limp in the slightest. When he
came out for regimental inspection he
limped horribly. He imped on both
legs, had stiff neck, and something allied
one arm. His face wore an expression to
match, and most any judge would have
given him a dollar and sent him to the
depot in a hack.
"Oh, why do you limp, and why is
your face all puckered upf" asked his
Honor as he looked over the desk.
"Shot clean to pieces in the war;"
sighed William.
At first Bull Run they shot him through,
At Fair Oaks he was wounded;
At Fredericksburg they sabered him,
At Richmond he was pounded.
They shot and shot, and crippled him,
And filed him full of leadj
And 1t was quite mifaculois
They didn't kill him dead.
"You saw service, then, did your?
"Idid, sir"
"Killed three or four hundred men,
suppose"
"Yes, sir-twice that number"
"Talked 'em to death, Isuppose ?" OBJ.
served the court.
"No, sir, 1 didn't. I went right in to
kill, and l killed. I'm wounded in seven
places"
"You can't hardly get around, and
have no money or friends, and you don't
draw pension"
"No, l don't draw one. didn't feel as
if 1 ought to take Uncle Sans money
till times get easier"
"Well, William, Tll send YOU up to
brigade headquarters on sixty day fur
Tough. Transportation will be furnished
from the door,"
81 don't want to go. There's some
drive about that" remarked William.
Yes; a drive of mile or SO in our
ambulance. Goodbye, William, and
don't forget to limp as you walk of"
az won't limp now, just to spite you'll"
muttered William, and he didn't.
SOMEBODY'S COUSIN.
George Holt, aged thirty-four, and
having a heap of meekness in his face,
explained his position as followsI
"You see l don't live in town, l live
way off in Mitchell County, Indiana, and
came here to look for my cousin"
"Ah, hal And what is the sex of your
cousin 7' asked the court.
"She's female, sir, and though /
know she's here, 1 have forgotten the
street. She's working here, for some
body, and was going to take her home"
"Well, go on with your sad exper-
ience," said his Honor, as the man paused
"Well, was walking round last night
to see if 1 couldn't meet Sarah on the
street. l met big fellow up here, or
down there, or somewhere around, and
he borrowed some tobacco, and asked my
name, and was go kind that / told him
who l was looking after. He chuckled
and grinned and laughed and said he
would take me to Sarah on bee-line." /"
Sad-very sad, but keep back your
tears and talk away" sighed the Court.
"Well, sir. that great big demon took
me into a woodward, choked me till l
couldn't holler, and would have robbed
me if some men hadn't come along.
run out, and l suppose l yelled, and
l suppose the officer thought 1 wa:
drunk, and suppose 1 was brought here
and locked up"
" Yes, that's about it and near as
can find out. l shall let you go, hoping
the experience may warn you to beware
smiling strangers. How are you goinl
to find Sarah?"
'Pll be hanged if know" unused the
prisoner"
"Pll tell you how. Go up to tn,
Soldiers Monument and take position
: near one of those chaps who is sellin.
diamond pins for forty cents and who'll
sets of jewelry for quarter. Sarah viii
: appear sooner or later. She's bound t,
t hear of it, and she'll ache to decorat
5 herself. If she's got dollar, or cal
? borrow one, she won't rest till she gor
: geously fetooned with cheap jewelry."
3 "I remember that Sarah alway
jumped for pins and earrings and so on,
A replied the man, and he went out of tn
4 station chewing sweet-f flag root and feel
ing as if he had been talking with hi
r father in-law.
Bijah called attention to the fac
that no respectable citizen would lie
a dead dog lie in frent of his hous
over six weeks, and then adjourned tn
3 court.
| COLONEL JOHN W. DIX, a son of Ex
E Governor Dix, died at the home of hi
D father in New York city recently. Il
l was Secretary of Legation with hi
: father in Paris, and Private Secretary a
r Albany while his father was Governo
of the State. He had for several year
been his fathers Private Secretary, an
had the sole management of valuabl