The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-09-27

ae DioCloeee 8is Adventures in
Hades, and the Various Tor
lures He Was Made to
Endure.

dades, and tho Various Tor
tures He Was Made to
Endure.
Territorial Enterprise.
Out In Candeiaris lives u middle
ased gentle man Of the sporting fra-
ternity, known to fame and more
particularly to his fellOw-countryn,en
~ the descriptive aud very sppro-
pirate sObriquet Of Butten,lOutb Rill.
The name Is smooth and the man n
smooth. He h sDeoth In every Wav
-Mentally and pbysically, Internal
" aud externally. He 10 always
smooth-shaven o. Though Just from
under the hands Of the barber; not a
single sprout Of beard Is LETT on any
part Of his face, and he IL even mai.
ticular about having the hack rart Of
his fat neck regularly shaved. His
hair IL .lways smoothly coinbed. his
cravat smoothly tiesl, and his coat,
vest and rantal0Ons are snloOthed Of
every wrinkle that dOcs not yn,oO,h.
" fold into the natural crcases of his
plump person. His glossy shirt front
always stands out fill and round a
the breast Ofa swan, and the two
sides Of his standing collar lean out
gracefully in gentle support Of his
two smooth, round cheeks.
UTTEEMoUrm's GLcSExs.
Butter,nsuth Bill belongs. a. We
hav.aAid, 10 the sporting fraternity.
He y Grand Chamberlain or s.,,ne.-
thiIg .! the kind, at the Court OF old
X .ng FAM. so sinoOtl and cuuita-
b ain i'3mper and IN all else Is Will
~ = =. the butyrace0us mouth that
sin in him seems no sin. He may
Ike guilty Of all the sins In the C:aieu-
dar, yet In him they seem to lie no
sin. He does not make sins Of them
-dOes net feel them to be sins
hence lie may do what are generally
held to lIe the Llost siufu! and out
rageous things without In the slight
degree ruifiing Ills normal smooth
ness Or disturbing his habitual equa-
nin,ity. 1t seems to be NO Gin for
Butter'nOutll to play faro or poke,
or old sledge, casino, euchcr, or any
other game with cards, dice, bones
or halls; he may get "full 4. . tick"
and it secn,s all right in him-no one
thinks any the less Of him, If any
thought ut all bc given 10 the matter,
and lie certainly thinks none the less
Of himself, sinlI,ly iccause lac never
thinks Of it Mt all. All that he does
and Is seems quite right and fitting
to Buttermouih. He II 40 filled with
sin, 80 thoroughly inOculateti with It
that lie cannot sin. He II as good
and smooth and gentle ~ ever in his
life in the very midst Of what in 9TH
err would be the most deadly Of >ins.
He passes through aud comes out Of
them oil unscathsd. He il like those
kings and p0tentates of old of whom
ws read that in order to guard against
being poisoned, they gradually SO
saturated themselves with pOis1is Of
all kinds that dose Of even the most
deadly poison given them by secret
enelny produced no effect.
The idea Ofsuch q man ~ Butter
mouth suffering from . dream Or
anything else, except severe physical!
torture, seems prepOsterOus, yet he
most agOnizing.
BCTTER1tOUTH'S WANING DREAM.
Butter,nouth told his dream to his
friend. James Davids. ''Janles,"
SAID william Of the butyric fa..ia!
opening, ''Janles, / have lad q
dreanl-a horrible dream-and it
shall I've a warning to m,e, as indeed
! think it was meant to be. feel
that 1t was sent for that purrssc.
! James, the Lesson IL teaches Is that
the earthly things loved in this life.
followed and dotted upon here, shall
I've ou: punishment hereafter. James,
We read that in Switzerland they
cure dr,imkartls Ot ti,eir love Of st ron <
drink hy giving them brandy In ey-
; cry article Of itn,d Of which they par
take, and in every drop Of fluid with
which they attempt tn assuage their
thirst. 80 will it I've with all things
Il, which W. have too nIlirl! given
our hearts and souls in this world
when We come to lsass into the next.
What was our f0<si here shall lie our
poison there. l feel It, James, and-l
know il.
James. = few nights since | drsn'l,t
that { sliesi, and, as . matter of
course, went directly tOthe bad place.
Even before the big iron gates were
opened I heard sounds If iildlinx
and dancing and shouts Of laughter.
James, l need hardly tell you that
these sountls grated l,ar.isly upon
nv cans; that they aads!enetl me. l
felt that | wanted reSt and quiet.
| These so.l,,.!~ told me that ! was not
about to enter \ place of rplHsse-t'lat
the gates before me- were not those III
heaven.
1.-THE gates were moi res!-llOt, James,
neither did they crcak upon their
hinges a. they we:e swung open.
There were no sevel,-:'eadet dog;
about. We entered what >ee,s'ed an
/ immense square, all brilliantly X
iun,inatcd with electrical lights. At
first WIS so .l::zz,e.i thar I could
hardly see, but this soon passed
away. On all sides were great build
ing, more beautiful than I had ever
| bcl,r. seen. reasl Of, or imagined. All
were brilliantly lighted up and
thrOnge. with leOple-nen and wO
men Of al. ;ges, but no children.
"Ja,nes, i was wonderful I had
! hardly takel three steps inside the
| gctss upon tie beautifully paved
walk-ali laid In mosaic of the most
| artist. pattern-be!0re | heard some
one shout: 'WhoOp. hurrahl Herr
comes old ButterIMOuth Bill!'
uvrrERMourH MEETS OLD FRIENDS.
| "Turnins about l saw dancing to-,
| ward n,e obi Sugarft,ot Jack, dead
til. se ten years. 'WhOop, hurraii!
and on taine Whisiling Dick. big
neck smith, H"rse-heatl Brown
p; Toothrick Tommy. Cranky Brooks
s;tinkit.ot Cllarly, sleepy Jake. Stut
/ tering Smith. Liver and Bacon. tht
! pic.i'ittcr, Shotgun Taylor: and
scores nf other old friends. 'Whoop
! hurral,,' cried they all; Welcome
= thousand times welcome, butter
! mouth Bill!'
! "Janles, this hearty reception from
old chunls and men who had all tse,
friends in life ought to have made
me happy. but somehow 1t didn't
! .Who.r,. hurrah!' cried they again
.iIuttern,ou,h must he dry; he ha:
had . long trip. Let's ell 90 and TAKE
a drink! Ca,np!,ene Bills II only
! step from here, and his b the boss Sd
! loon for chain lightning; he makes
II on ths spot and You always Know
| what II is.