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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-31
Steamship and Railroad Competi.


ton.
New York, January So.-Thsre 10 an
open rupture between the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company and the Pacific
Railroads, and o fierce competition In
Pacific slope ireights is anticipated.
The old contract expired in May BY
which the steamship company agreed to
raise its passenger and freight tariff and
to carry only heavy freight, the railroad
companies guaranteeing GOO tons Of
freight, or about $55,00o a month.
Since May there has been only an i'm.
piled contract. aud the steamship com.
pauy has relied upon the honor OF the
Union Pacific road TO make good the
payments aud the promise to make .
new working agreement upon more
favorable terms. Recently the Pacific
Mai Steamship Company made arrange
meuts for extensive carrying facilities,
and under their agreement with the
Panama Railroad they claim, In . oircu.
lar 10 be issued tomorrow to stockhold-
era. that they can afford to carry freight
and passengers at rates 80 low 40 to pre-.
vent their being cut under BY the rail.
roads, and yet to save loss. The new
schedule OF passenger rates 10 $50 for
cabin and $40 for stserase pssssngers-
A reduction OF over 80 per cent. on the
,,...rt r.,s. The steamship company
raye notice to the Union Pacific mana.
gers q few days ago demanding . new
CONTRACT a. promised. On this claim
being refused or ignored . competitive
war has been declared. Az an earnest
Of their ability to successfully compete
The circul.r states that since May the
e%arpipes have been sufficient to pay not
only The floating indebtedness. but .
large portion Of the %. 000. 900 owed to
the Panama Railroad Company. The
officers Of the Union Pacific Company
DENY that there had been any contract,
expressed or implied. with the steam
ship company since May. and that none
was desired. However. this 10 known
to DO incorrect. ss the Pacific NAL
Company have rejected several proposi.
tons from tho railroad company 70
make a contract, a. they were deemed
to be against the interests Of tho mall
COMPANY,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-31
BiiIs Againss abe County.

Persons having bills against the coun.
ty are requested to hand them In at least
one day previous to the next meeting Of
the Board, which will be held wednes-
day, February 4. All bills must DO
handed in on or before Tuesday. the Sd,
for registration. In case they are not
handed in till Wednesday they will DO
referred and will not then be allowed
until the next month or the next meet.
ing. As new accounts are to be opened
with the several funds according to law.
bills must be classified and not Jumped
a. hsrstofore. This will make trouble
for claimants and costs for the county;
but II Is Law and cannot DO avoided.
The Auditor will rejoice, In his pocket
at least. over the arrangement.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-31
MINING ACCIDENT.
Thsoss LAWN Paints on The Cage
as she Hale 4 uorcross and
Falls Against she Timbors-His
Recovery Doubsful.

At the time Of the changing Of tho
shift last night at the Hale & Norcross,
an accident occurred BY which Thomas
LAWN, station keeper. was seriously
aud probably fatally injured and John
Kennedy, shift boss. considerably hurt.
The new shift was going down |; and
when the cage was about $50 feet below
the surface LAWN tainted and fell against
the wall.plates Of the shaft. At first the
men ON the cage. as they heard his din.
ner bucket drop. thought he was stoop-
ing to recover 1t +; but as he commenced
humping his back against the timbers an
endeavor was made to reach the bell
cord and signal the engineer to stop the
cage. which was unsuccessful at first. a.
LAWN, by being station tender, had
taken his position on the orn Of the
cage nearest the rope. By the time the
rope could be reached and pulled the
cage had descended from Is to 80 feet,
as the miners say. but probably oonsid-
erably further.
The falling OF LAWN, who Was q large,
heavy man. threw those opposite him
ON the cage out Of balance and Kennedy
went against the timbers on the opposite
side and had quite Q hole cut in his
cheek and received Q severe cash over
the y Q Another nan had his wrist
s~prained.
Az o o as the mon could be arranged
on the cage again II was RUG to the sur
face and LAWN properly cared for. His
principal injuries are in the back and
internally. His back 10 completely
skinned and the flesh terribly bruised.
especially across the kidneys. He also
received bruises on the head and cuts
over his right eye. After bis injuries
were attended to he was conveyed to st.
Mary's Hospital. This morning he was
suffering terribly and appeared much
worse than Immediately after the acct.
dent. His recovery Is doubtful.
It seems that Mr.. LAWN. before he
went down last night. complained to the
engineer Of not feeling we'll, but said
nothing to tho others. II he had told
the shit boss he would not have been
allowed to 60 down into the mine.
As 1t was, no q can be blamed for
the accident. superintendent Dsides.
heimer Is now planning frames Of iron
rods which can DO put on the cages when
men are going up or down. and then
removed, and which will render It i'm.
possible for any one on tho cage to fall
against the timbsrs or down the shaft.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-31
fHE GREAT AMERICAN -FOUR,

Nsers. Peuingiii, Gale. Daley and Hosy. pro.
nounced By the Eastern and Ban Francisco prees
and public % the Greatest eonR and Dance
Artists In America, In their original spectaltiss.
Mile. Marsitta Rosed. the Premier Daneause
OF the world. assisted bv Niss Jennie Waltoa.
Miss Dlx1is Leroy. Misc Hattie Kelsey and kiss
Laura Bell itr IN the leading Eastern thssesrsl.
In . urand Ballet.
Mr.. Charles Adams. the Wonderful German
Comic. In his specially.
Miles. Camis and Ortort. the celebrated Pre-.
misr Danseusss, IN Q favorite Pas de Deux.
Mile. MAgersld Davene 10 Q choice selection
Of Foreign and Rnglish Songs.
Low Rather, Pioneer Comedian OF the Psciae
Coast. First appearance In eleven years.
4 full and efdcient Orchestra, under the dirss.
ton Of Isadors Frank.
Prices or ApxrssioN-Dress circle and OF.
chestra, 81; reserv,d seats. 81 so gallery. 70
cents; boxes, according 10 location.
Reserved seats ct the usual place. boz
sheet open from 10 A. n. to II H.. and from > :
4 and Q To Q p. ~. 5s10td
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-31
Monument to Thomas Paine.


CHICAGO, January 3O-The New Music
Hall was crowded last night, the audi
suce having assembled to hear Colonel
Bob Ingsrsoll lecture on Thomas Paine.
his life and services to this country.
Ingsrsoll touched briefly on the theo.
logical side OF Pains's character. and
dwolt for nearly two hours on bis dis
tinsuishsd ability and patriotism. al
displayed during our troubles with
France. The proceeds Of the lecture.
which are to BE- applied to the monu.
msnt to Paine, are about $500. besides
which q subscription was taken for the
same object. The monument will be
placed In one OF the parks.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-31
Morrow's Fight with the Apaehes,

MOrrOWb rlSus WIN sno hPeSnos'
WASHINGTON. January STA telegram
bearing date, Santa Fe IN. NJ January
25th. has been received BY the Adjutsnt
General, stating that Major Morrow,
who 10 pursuing Victories band Of
Apachss, was forced to 60 into the Ojo
Csllisnte from the San Mateo noun.
tsins for rations. The command had
been in the mountains without rations
for two days. and were fighting daily.
In the last two days fght Major Nor.
row captured 100 horses and mules. The
Indians abandoned large quantities OF
property In MsXico-bolts Of calico. cot.
ton cloth. sto. Major Morrow 10 report.
ed a. having punished the Indians
severely. All the indians who have
been living In tho Mexican mountains
are spoken Of a. being very rough. Tho
loss OF tho troops occasionsd by the
horses becoming disabled, has proven
quite severe. General Sherman has no
official information regarding tho alleged
killing Of Chief Victorio. He says. how
over. that he has no doubt that 1t ID .
fart
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-31
A Pass to the PenitentIary.

CHICAGO. January sl.-An Lnter.0ean
Omaha special says: Hsnlon. . detective
Of the Union Pacific Railroad, returned
from San Francisco. bringing a prisoner.
John q. Moore, formerly agent Of the
vsndalia line at San Francisco. A few
weeks ago Moore went west to San Fran.
cisco on o pass issued to W. P. Mitchell
by Sidney Dillon. on application Of Con.
gresham Ellis, OF Louisiana. It was
suspected at the time that the holder OF
the pass Was not Mitchell. but Moore
protested that he was the right person.
and signed Mitehsll's name. Moore Is
an unmarried man. about 40 years old,
and lived In nns style In San Francisco.
with his aged mother. whose heart was
nearly broken by the arrest OF her son.
The railroad will prosecute the case
strongly and Moore will probably be
booked for . long peuitentisry term.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-31
Rsiigisas Nosiess.

There will be Divine service at the Mstnoois'
Episcopal Church. Gold Hill, tomorrow ~ "
p. n. Rev. NJ. Graham ofacisttng. NC
morning service. Sunday school ct sSo.
st. Johns Church, Cola Hill. Rev. r: .
Eastman. ministsr.in.shsrrs. Services on 6un.
DAY at II 4. 4. The sesfs are me- ana MINI
cordially invited. Sunday school q i:0.
There viii Be divine service q %. fsnIi
Church, Virginia City. tomorrow ~ IL 4. h
Bishop whitaker Officiating.
Tners viii b divine service ct Dayton g
morrow svening q TO ?. -, ksv. 0sofes ~
Eastman o6ciaklg.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-31
Gesusg aesdy.

The Chinese arc preparing for q big
splurgs over their nsw.ysar festivals
which will commence February 8 and
last q week. There will be much tum.
tum on the ton-jon. intense scraping OF
the two. strinesd post-Hddle, Q close pur.
suit Of devils which will b driven
from holes aud hiding places BY FIRE.
crackers and bombs and awfully fooled
with bits Of g~littsring paper. Tea and
Chinese lillies will abound and presents
and postings Of delinquent debtors be
made % usual.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-31
Omcsn Elect.

At q ssmi.annual meeting Of Junior
Volunteer Hose Company. No. /, held
last evening. the following officers were
elected: President. A. Riley; Secretary,
John Mclaughlin; Treasurer. Alex. Nc.
Coy; Foreman. Dan Mclaughlin; First
Assistant Foreman, James Shields; Sec.
ond Assistant Foreman, George O'Don.
nell. Trus,ses-Jos Riley. Lee Ketton.
William Donovan.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-31
Funersl.

The funeral Of Willie W. Duprey. who
came to his death Thursday by falling
from the window at the new Central
School Building. was very largely at.
tended this afternoon. The most inter.
ssting feature OF the procession was the
presence In 1t of about 100 OF the do.
cessed's schoolmates and plsymates. He
was Q member Of Junior Liberty Hose
Company. and the Hremsn also showed
their respect for HIM by joining In the
rites and ceremonies OF his burial.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-31
Might seAoel.

Next Monday evening February %
Prof. E. J. Hines will open . night
school to teach Bookkeeping ct the
school room In the rear OF the Catholic
Church. entrances on tho north side OF
the church, mp stairs. Here 10 . chance
for persons TO At themselves to b
experts st small cost.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-31

Articles Of incorporation have been
nl.d below BY the Humboldt Sulphur
Mining Company, having headquarters
ct San Francisco, with hsld Of opera.
lions located In Humboldt county, Ne.
vada. Direstors-Morton @. Fishsr.
vincsnt Neal. John w. Ferris. II. N
Chaunosy and Lucisn Hermann. Cspi.
tai stock. 500. 600. divided into shares
Of $40 each.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-31

The following criminal business was
transacted in this court today
State vs.. Joe Morrison-Charge. dis
turbing the peace; acquitted.
State Va. Mrs. Joe Morrison-Same
charge; cause dismissed on motion Of
the District Attorney.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-31
A BREATH

AND PEARLY TEETH are easily obtained
By cleansing Jour teeth daily with that iustis
popular dentifhes. soz0DoNT. Composed
Of rare antiseptic herbs, It imparts whitenesa
10 The teeth, q delicious aroma 70 the breath
and preserves intact, from youth 70 old
sge, the teeth. Acidity Of the stomach will
dostroy the strongest teeth unless IL
sfects arc connterscted with SOZ0DONrI
aud this pure tooth.vash protects the dental
surfaces By removing every impurity that id
here's TO them. Ask your druggist Tor 500
DON'T. ~
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-31
Miscellaneous

NEW Yoax, January STA cooperate
colony il forming in Brooklyn for the
purpose Of settling upon Government
land In the vicinity Of Puget Sound. A
meeting TO promote the movement wa
held In Union Hall, which IVES addressed
b. d, 2. z. vandsrwsds. sdites o. "
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-31

JLoventhal. L Manich. J L Brazsll. 7
Merchant, " Koran. W B Buddsn. Mrs.
Hyds, A Helm and wife. George Curnow,
Aehills Roos. r 9 Nasis. L W Lee. 8
Hughes. W J xagss.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-31

y Phillips. p Il MCGOWAN. II Frank.
4 B Frsnksl. L Lsussa. jas Moore. WE
french, J K Esssp. J n wilds. jos Silva,
v Bradley. TT Gallagher. 1n Baldwin
Pssmors, Nia I cassin.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-31

r. PhIiIipas Superintendent Of the
karrs mine, Dsvil's 0sts District. Left
ar Sen 7rssoiseo Last evening 10 look
ps nashinsFy.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-31
Celebrated Davene Troup,

Nile. Msfesreid. Nile. Lotto. Mile. Alxs ana
Mons. W. n. Dsvene. 0ymnsstA Acrobats, etc.,
who had the honor OF Appearing before the
whole royalty OF Europe, and who Are pre-
nounccd the superiors OF any In their line In
the world, who viii appear In their wonderful
Parlor Gymnastic Bntsrtsinmsnt and en- the
Triple Tfapexe.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-31

sTSCK REFOnT.
-
san Yraesisss Beard.
LAST xvxxrxo.
800 Raymond 4 Ely. $50
60 Eureka Con-. 10
so Belmont. SOC
go ella. 30, loo
$50 Metallic, q
20 Northern Belle, II
295 ArgsntA, I. ! 05,
100 Navajo. $50
100 Grand Prixs. I 30
500 Eadswmsnt. 400
100 Independence, SOC
200 Star. 500
l5e Belle Isls. I 10
200 Day. Csc. Toe
$50 Paradise. soc
$50 Hillside. IN. I 45
60 Real del Monts. I 40, IL
800 Albion. $50
70 wales. 10
ITO NJ. Diablo. 40, 70k
$50 North Belle 1sls. 500
72s Nj. Potosi. ~. 2 Is, Az
$50 East NJ. DiAblo. 2. I 60. N
W Bodice
10 Beohtsi. 1'zle'1
625 NeClinton, 700
80 Summit. L. ...
l90 pulwer, l0S. i0k s10. loH. loat
$40, l0k $40. lok. II. l0k sl0
2lS Syndicate, I 60. I IS. I 70. I 90
200 9oodshaw: .
$50 Oriental.
90 Bslvidere..i ~ ar.
2So Champion, VIC, -
2s3 b~iaokhavk. foe. oso
S2S south bodis. JUG
500 Booker Con-. NC
$50 oussn Bse, 10
90 Mono. s
ass Dudley. zoe
l2os south buiser, ~
stoyurlssr. 600
80 AddsndA eoss eoo
$50 Neo1e1U, ~
iSo Nertn soSndsy's
ss5 Mammoth. 90
400 South Noenday. 10
TiAtnn Y Au-
az aiivsr Rins a.
1s0 Is,tin Whiss.i
ias q. p.cies
ooo ~ a.
wv o' ~,,~r~o
u~
aco VPsaI,A',. "a ,,a
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3oeio SIrIy'
IS California. $50
sv,se e1sS$
y Choilar. ..
i6o aososi.
y aAiee No.osos ~
~
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s.stnpsriI's"'' y"
.sIsus,
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19c Ss,i,.a H.
10 e.. Bslohsr, 20k
400 ovsruan. 1S.7
2!o ysstios; a, q
40 Ii,s
$40 LADY Bryan, soc. $50
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-31

Ju.siee Court FisnninEhsm. J. r
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-31
AMvsENESrs.
PlPER'S OPERA HOUSE,
VIRGINIA CITY.

TREMENDOUS ATTRACTION FOR FIVE
1 nights only and Saturday Matinee. com.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-28

said not only Keene but the Vanderbilt fami
| " loaded up with stock and bonds OF the
Erie road. In the same way Wabash was
manipulated. pending the contamination Of
the scheme fol, INSTRUMENTATION of.the Pacific
roads while commissioners from the Kansas
and Union Pacific were arranging the details,
A prominent director In the former positive
~ denied that such plan was contemplated.
Then he was selling puts" on the stocks, and
At the same time those who were Ia the secret
were buying ILLEGALLY Of the shares.
The break In Wabash and Missouri, Kansas
and Texas, near tho close, was caused by a
dispatch from Washington that the House
committee on Territories refused by vote
OF TO TO change the political status OF the
Indian Territory. Little Pittsburgh waSstrong,
Using from q to 2SIz, closing %.
The transactions aggregated 100000 shares,
OF which 1900 were Canada Southern, 1000
Central Arizona, 1000 Chicago. st, Louis and
New Orleans, 5000 Chesapeake and Ohio,
800 G. Q. & |. O., G,0O0 Chicago, Burling.
ton aud Quincy, 1900 Lackawana, l2i, 900
Erie, 1900 st. Joseph, $4,000 Iron Mountain,
! 700 indianapolis, Cincinnati and Lafayette,
2, 200 indianapolis, bloomington and Western,
81, 900 Kansas and Texas, 5000 Lake Shore.
l on, Louisville and Nashville, 100 Lake
Erie and Western, 1900 Michigan Central,
4 900 Marietta and Cincinnati lirsts preferred,
!, 000. Northwestern, Il, 1000 Nashville and Chat.
tanOoga, $500 New jersey Central, 1900 New
York Central, 400 Northern Pacific, 8 800
Ohio, $500 Pacific Mail, $500 Reading, II 900
st. Paul, $40 ST. Louis and San Francisco,
8, 700 Union Pacific, 10000 Wabash, 81. Louis
and Pacific 1000 Western Union, 1000, Lit
tie Pittsburgh and 5000 Quicksilver
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-28

Eli Perkins leCtured last evening to
large audience at the Park Theatre, says
the indianapolis Journal, aud in the course
Of his talk said:
"Now, my friends, there has been n
good deal said about lying In the country
lately. IconfeSs that have been called
n great liar myself, In fact, the Tyre has
been struck a great many times. Laugh
ter.1 You remember that Henry Wattor-
son, OF the Louisville CourieT-J Journal,
saii publicly on the stops Of tho hotel Of
Saratoga last summer, that he was person.
ally acquainted with three OF tho biggest
iiars-the biggest living liars in tho world
and, when they asked him who they
were, he said; "Georgs Alfred Townsend
is one aud Eli Perkins Is the other two. /"
LGreat laughter
Now, my friends, speaking Of lying, !
maintain that all great humorists are great
liars, and that the funniest men have
always been tho biggest liars. But do
not say, vice versa, that all the great Ian
are great humorists. II this were the case
then tho lawyers would be the funniest
men In the world. daughter. The lie
10 be funny, must be purely innOppnt-
Il mnst be told 10 make our fellow mer
happy, anil 70 harm no man, or 1t mus
he told TO make wrong rilieplons, as die
IVDon Quixote, "Ciinx's Baby, and .tht
sStires n Juyenal and Dean Swift. II
fact. the lie told mugt be an innocent
Baron Munchausen lie. II the old hu
morists we're not great liars, then Deai
Iswiit's "Tale Of Tub" was q true story
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-28

It seems strange that any one will suffer
from the many constitutional arrangements
brought on by an impure state OF the blood,
when Guysott's Yellow Dock and sarsaparilla
will restore perfect health and physical organ
ization. thas proven itself to be the best
blood purifier ever discovered, efIectually
curing Scrofula, Syphilitic disorders, Weak.
ness OF the Kidneys, all Nervous disorders and
Debility. 1t corrects Indigestion, etc, reju.
yenateS the old, exhilarates the young, and
invariably drives out Of the system all the ills
that human flesh is heir to. Price OF large
quart bottles 81 90.
Full directions accompany each bottle. i.
Laughlin Bros. & Co., and Logan, List d
Co., wholesale agents. D&w
Sold in Bridgeport, O., by West & Gilmore.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-28

Gulliyer's travels were as true as Moody'i
sermons, Thackeray's "Yellowplush Pa
pers" were Sunday.school tracts, and
Baron Munchausen's four hundred gigan,
tic lies were Us true as "Macauley't
History OF England" Almost all
fun Is exaggeration-all exaggefa.
ton is lying. Mark Twain Is
a fearful liar. Nasty never told the truth
single truth in Max Adeler's elbow
Room" Artemus Wards works are pure
fiction, pure lies, with no satire, but told
simply to produce innocent laughter.
Laughter cannot be produced without act
ing, painting, or writing an exaggeration,
lin plain English, without acting, paint
ing, or writing an innocent lie. Tho hu-
morous artist, the caricaturist like John
Leech and Crrikshank, had no other Gle
ment but the lie TO draw upon 10 produce
laughter. They had to make a long nose,
big ear, q crooked leg, or cockeye. No
one ever laughed at true picture unless
1t was the true picture OF a lie. liza live
man really looked as Cruikshank or John
LeeCh painted him, we would have to
shed tears at his monrniul condition. II
real man acted like Don Quixote, we
would weep ut his misfortunes. Sometimes
people laugh at a great truth, for
truth Is often stranger sounds like big
ger lie) than fiction. This has always
been my great trouble. Laughter. have
generally told such great, strange truths,
that the people would laugh because they
thought 1t was lie. So / have got the
reputation OF being a worldly-minded
humorist, when, in fact, am great
truth.teller. To Illustrate: One night l
was telling about the big trees in California.
l said rode into big tree, big, hollow
through the knotholes. [Laughter.1 The
people laughed because they thought 1t |
was lie, when, in fact, 1t was the truth.
The trees are thirty.fiye feet in diameter,
and the hole through them is twelve feet |
in diameter,-as wide through as barn
door.
To illustrate what l mean by an limo.
cent Baron MunChausen story: had an
uncle William once, who got caught in q
fearful rain.storm one night when he was
on the way to attend q prayer meeting at
New London, Conn. He started for New
London on horseback, but when he got
about halfway there, there arose dread
ful storm. The wind blew hurricane,
he rain poured in torrents, the lightning
cleaned through the sky, and my uncle
got in behind big barn. But in mo.
nent the lightning struck that barn and
Knocked it into thousand splinters, and
sent his horse whirling over into neigh
boring corn-patch. "What did You do
hen, Uncle William" asked. "Well,"
aid he, ~ didn't hardly knew what to do
was very much discouraged, but to tell
you the honest truth,-the honest Con-
iecticut truth, Eli,-I went right out into
he cornleld, took OF my coat, bumped up
ny bare back, and took eleven strokes OF
ightning right on my bare backbone,
rev the lightning all out OF the sky, and
hen got onto my horse and got into New
London in time to lead at the evening
,rayer.meeting." [Uproarious laughter