The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-08-03
THE FIRST PIANO.


HE FlKSI PIANO.
In 1s57-;t NAV bave heon fvo voors
earlier or LATER tL;s 10 not b;.torv wv for uo tho
nuhlic schnoI tLoro ,roe - al, aa.a',,
about ton milos from, p;ooba naou',;ab
Inv nnyor1s ~ about aoo ,n;,,,,a - -
one Of whom hacked nn b;s nrosnoct;nog
imnlemants and Ioft Gov ,a,.a ;,,,,it;,T,
fields INV tima hefore snnso, ~ WIZ VIZ lie
duv wos over tbe mon d;J not roat fr",o
their labors like tha honest Nav Ennl
land oor;cultu,;.t hrt sona aoron1
oombled and shot eacb otIer os tbo
mood seized them " '
One evening a report spread along the
main street (Which was the only street,
that three men had been killed at Silver
Reef, and that the bodies We're coming
in.
Presently numbering old CONVEYANCE
labored ,lp the hill, drawn bya couple of
horses, we'll wornout with their pull
The cart contained a pood-sized box and
no sooner did IFS outjine become visible
through the plimmer of stray Toht
here and there. than it began to affect
the oilers Death alwoys enforces re.
spect. and even though no one had
caught sight of the remains, the crowd
gradually became subdued and when
The horses came to a stand.still, the cart
was Immediately surrounded The
driver, however was NOT in fine least i'm
pressed with the solemnitv of his com.
mission.
"All tbere?" asked one.
"Havn't examined. Guess So"
The driver filled his pipe and lit it as he
continued;
"Wish the bones and the load had
gone over the grade"
man who had hoo, IooL;ro y,
stennad -, tn tl,e man at nnca W"
81 don,t tnow WHOM, Won boyo IN n,ot
box Int if thev hannan ~ ba anv M fr;ends
of mine Ill law Won alnnosida y"
eve can mighty soon SEQ" said the
teamster coolly V"Just Inst the lid off
and if thev hoppen to he tbe men vo,,
want, I'm here
The two looked at each other for
moment and the crowd gathered n littIp
closer ontic;nntinp trouhie
81 h,lieve that deod men arc eut;tlad
to rood treatment and when Won toll,
about hoping to see corpses go over
bank, all | have to say is, that it will be
better for You if the late lamented aim
my friends.
"We'il open the box. / don't take
back what I've said, and if my language
don't suit your ways OF thinking, | guess
can stand it. ~
With these words the teamstcr began
to pry mp the Id. He got the board
off, and then pulled ont some old rags.
A strip of something dark, like rosc-
wood, presented Itself.
eastern collins, by thunder.' said
several, and the crowd looked quite as
tonishcd
Some more boards flew up, and the
man who was ready to defend his
friends memory shifted lis weapon n
little. The cool manner Of the teamster
had so irritated him that he made up
his mind to pull his weapon at the first
sight Of the dead, even if the deceased
was his worst and Oldest enemy
Presently the whole of the box cover
was Oft, and the teamstcr, clearing away
'he packing rcNe"ie' 10 '''e as'oil'S'le"
group the top OF something which puz-
zled all alike.
Boys, said he, "planner.
A general shout Oh lauBiter went up,
and the man who had been so anxious
to enforce respect lor the ueau' nl.'t'e,eo 1 .ea
something about feeling dry, and the
keeper OF the nearest bar was several
ounces petter OH ny .he 'ilne 'he oos'
had given the joke all the attention it
called for.
Had half dozen dead men been in
the box their presence IN the camp
could not have occasioned half the eX-
cltement that tle arrival vi 'i'a' iohei,
piano caused. BY the next morning it
was AloMm M,r5 ',n, m,r'Iv .Iv '' saloom nwn"d Nv
n, ~ SonL;n fho LEADING gambler in
LON uoSA'il; I,; .DI ,nJ noa,I,, o rraal 70 oot
u'c n Piace; II 'GpA ~ Ino. ho arJ y tba owno, 9
tllls mon,'sa ,,9,. 1n - ;nI;SSinaI S in tle State
was tne plo'uoI,,, ,,., Sow, rannmbomt 90 @ 10
lt rose glaoua,i ,,ori n,;a = nn,sus;on
af af ,"na,1as ",Sn after the manner Of the Tower
Of Of Rnhel %
VI ,,,u ;r., how
OF course everybody knew lnse iio"
% snch @ an lrS'nInvn' r'1,nra tho % ..off hind leg"
Che hhe" Wneao t ,os nosted IN
shouia 80 au.. "'''''''i !" "'' ~
the irolt I'ieoo' ,,,or,,