The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-11-19

..lM in luck. hurrah' cried Conner
Magyar, rs he threw up his brimlcss hat
into the air--the ringing. jnbilant shout
he sent after il could only spring from
the reservoir Of glee i'm the heart Of "A
twelve year-old bov. Giving a push
% the skin in which his father sat wait
ing for him. he jumped from the shore
u the boat, and struck ont INTO the
Ohio River.
Tim Magyar. father. and Connor Ma
Gan, son. were central figures in a very
strange picture.
Let a. take in the situation.
II was Western spring freshet. The
Ohio was on rampage--a turbulent.
cotlce-colorcd stream, II had risen far
beyond its usual boundaries, washed
out the familiar landmarks and. still
insolent and greedy. was licking the
banks. as II preparatory TO swallowing
MP the whole country Trees torn up
by the roots. their green branches
waving high above the flood, timbers
from cottages. and wrecks from
bridges. were floating down to the Gulf
o. Mexico.
II was curious TO watch the various
things in the water as they sailed slowly
along. Demijohns bobbed about.
Empty store boxes mockingly labeled
dry goods elbowed bales Of hay. Some
times weak cock-a-doodlc-d doc from a
travelling chcken-coop announced the
whereabouts Of helpless though still
irrepressible rooster Back yards had
been visited. and oyster-cans. ash-bar-
relsand unsightly kitchen debris brought
% light. II was mighty revolution
where the dregs Of society We're no
longer suppressed, but sailed in state
on the top wave.
III Is an idle wind which blows no
one good" and amid the general de-
struction the driftwood was a God->cnd
10 the poor people. and they caught
enough to supply them with ire-wood
for months. Logs. fences. boards and
the contents Of steamboat wood-yards
We're swept into the current. On high
points Of land near the shore We're col
lscted piles bristing with ragged
stumps and limbs Of trees. The great
gnarled branches Of forest trees some
times spread over half the river. while
timbers lodging among them formed a
sort Of raft which kept out Of the water
the most wonderful things pieces Of
furniture and kitchen utensils. which
shonc in the sun like silver.
Cullom Ripple is a few miles below
Cincinnati. Here the deep current sets
close 10 the shore, making wild kind
OF whirlpool or eddy that brings drift
wood almost 10 land; the ripping water
makes sudden turn and scoops out q
little cove in the sand. IL Is splendid
place for fishermen, but quite danger
GUS for boats.
Not far above Cullum's Ripple is stu
shanty. The river is on one side and
two parallel railroads are on the other
On the top Of the bank, and on level
with the railroads, is piece Of land
not much longer or wider than a rope
walk. and on this only available scrap
the railroad company have built a few
temporary houses for their workmcn.
They are all alike. except that morn
ing-glory grows over Magan's door.
The colony is called Twinrip, possibly
the short Of Between Strip" OF the
name does not mean that. will some one
skilled in digging up language roots,
please tell me what il does mcan3) The
atmosphere around these cabins il as
il,ed with bustling. whistling confusion
as q chimney with smoke.
Besides the water highway. on the
other side, just few feet beyond the
iron roads, q horse-car track and a turn
pike oiIer additional facilities for
iocomotion. Birds perchcd on the
numerous telegraph wires amid wrecks
q kites and dingy pennons--on kite
'alls-nothing hurts them; and below
thc children Of Twinrip appear just As
Tree and safe. and seem To have as-much
delight in mere living as the feathcrcd
friends.
lhe Magans were light. hearted
irsh family, whose chcerfulncss seemed
DETER than eucalyptus or sunIlowers To
Keen of the fever and aguc. and who
male the most Of the little bits OF sun
snine that came TO them. Tim strong