The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-06-26

A Pioneers Big LIT.
[virsini. Chronie,e.I
An eldpioneer was hugging the his
tQgic soIDfp Judge Knox's courtroom
l4kev6lrE and, as is usual with the
pld< pe1L Nho visit that temple of
st &wA ma reminiscent frame of
md hd4gtpoor now, he had, as a
o. ttefD2 eoGese been once rich.
M WI &16<3i3 citizen of Muckal-
RNHin5A&Ehe said; " in them
daX III 1T -buyin' business.
4 NdRy kiG QG. Conpra Ora
s4k3 ~ 16w, and all that
~ - III We, it takes smart
Co., Wing in that 'ere trade.
u c. was the boss at it when l
6r1 " into it at MuckalIamy Hill,
ut fS9~asn't six months afore I'd took
IF their trade away. had to husfieS
To do it. You zee the boys was allda snxs'
ious to do we'll, an the first that e1aAed7
the coin made the rifle. yspkIas q ca
was pretty high-toned, ~ 3sedto Wait
the hill to the ezpsess sH M bring
up their money % ha1ltart. l saw
my chance andusSd U heon hand when
the stage came in, an jist shouldered
my own coin when the driver throwed it
of Nick Monkinss was the driver in
them days. He was afterwards killed
By road agentsa Msny,s the time Nick's
thfewed me down my seck with a clean
four hundred thoussnd dollars in gold
coifin hahd pvechucked her across my
shepMef saH trotted up that there old
hill Add Ind every bit of dust breuEht
up befole Jenkins g. Co.'S. hapd-cart
How much did you say you packed
up the hill on your sbeulder9' asked
Judge Knox's clerk.
-Four hundEed thousand oftener than
less" replied the pioneer with melan-
olypfide.
Sea shere," said the clerk. figuring
,rapidly, "gold's worth eighteen dollars
ssn ounce, and there's twelve Ounces to
the pound, Troy weight; that makes a
pound worth twQlhpndred and sixteen
dollars. Now tydbnndred and sixteen
into fours hdSdfed thousand leaves
over one hoSssnd eight hundred ~saS
fifty-pps 1oduds-pretty nearly i tdp:
Heg ~, t. the hill did you csfy fhat'
SThe old pioneer looked It the clerk
with fixed contemPt5e 5era moment, and
then merely saying, g You're plagued
Johnny Come-Lately, that's what you
arel" arose Ind left the courtroom. =
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80 DunerIn's Dog. %
q A bulldog that was stolen from Lord
Dussrin Iv erin in e ottaxaaEsar a ago, turned
where she kiNys ysxas steer i9 street
fight fight; GSeQss sarns, Of E&syiIle,
dsl41ofd fastened Nn ~ his stable
{h4 eansville ISrsal ays: "While the
4 a6nel was Naline a horse worth ops
thousand sdp& past the. dog. szshe
leaped tQE3tthe horse with such 4re-
mendous 16fce that thepc&l1Sr snapped
I,ake string. She bffAd hef teeth in
rthtshorse's flesh. seGnldpN Burns seized
the dog by ther Aro& With both hands,
and, hurlint her back, threwc,,Hihself
upon her a. he fell. She tore his shirt
intg fM1ds. 1t last, With hi, heavy boot
fsef ID planted blow sn the forehead
yhich stunned Ne Nesbeast." The next
day as Colonel SBdrns was sitting @
horseback at IBIS front gate, the spotted
bulldog dashed out of the, SD egatA,
having snapped the cast -jRe6HHAiL He
.whipped his horse into, 4 gtfldean fol-
Vowed. Captain Appspl ~ police, was
coming down the &re& " his barouche
when the dog dashea Toward his horse
and made leap at his throat.S The
horse SHE'D to escape the danger, over
throwing the barouche, and hurling
Captain App againsta q shade tree with
such force as to dislocate the right
! elbow. On Parrett-street the furious
dog met lad and seized him by the
tcollafof of hiseQaSs Bothseo4,td of fhe
IplanfrAlk aud dow 4thGf uA fhkme6 It.
fEapfatR Buns satta6k ID l&anaog wztk
the butt of heavy whip and knocked
her senseless. TheshQyperan away dur
ing the fight and ahai not been recov.
cred. The dog I'D home still
senseless The Jh7 Friday said
sEfafHhal G6 u &herAtables te
see the d03 Ehe lahily
ltAtnad apd Rkete lawn, while
her ereat - q lown, were
foVened an0 Gl6 q 5H Langolt
/ vent q psfs lief hssil + \, when she
Eiesped at his throat k6zstout tract
ibe6 her back, thonf ~ 5aWs caugh
In the Marshal's 4eef r. brought hin
down on his kpciG rev his re
yolver and put to o hrough he
hdgd With 4 1eN etsNggles the fero
cious beast died z r i