The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1884-04-25
LAWFUL" AND "HORRLBLT
GARDNER.

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Back now to that fight in 1860. The
list of victims of che Riverdale disaster,
which occurred the sane day that Uncle
Bill Tovee was buried, contained the
name of the Rev. Howell Gardner. It
could never have occurred to you. of
course, that the Rev. Howell Gardner
was the same Horrible" Gardner who
was knocked out by Bill Tovee twenty
odd years ago, after hard-fought bat
tie of thirteen rounds. He was, though,
just the same. except that he had given
up pugilism for preaching, which GER
tainly was to his credit. Back some
five and twenty years ago there were
| two brothers in Gotham who, had
distinguished themselves as mighty
tough cases, and who, if cutting the
same pranks to-day, would be known as
"terrors." Their front names were
Orville and Howell, and their back
name was Gardner. But no one knew
them as either Orville or Howell. The
elder Gardner rejoiced in the cognomen
of Awful Gardner, and the younger in
that of Horrible Gardner. Famous. in
deed, were they in knock-down and
drag-out scrimmage. Awful was the
hardest hitter and the readiest for a
fight, but Horrible was not far behind.
A tougher pair than the two brothers
could not be found in all the highways
and byways of Gotham. Remembering
what they were, you can easily see
how their names became changed
from Orville and Howell to Awful
and Horrible. The story of how
Awful Gardner got religion and be-
came a man of peace, has been told
a hundred times. It struck him SO
suddenly that he went whooping
out on the highway and scared the
whole neighborhood. The conversion
of Horrible Gardner took place later.
The two brothers then became active
revivalists and honestly, I believe, tried
to make amends for the misdeeds and
general mischief of their early life.
Orville, who is now advanced in years,
has been an inmate of home tor the
aged and infrm for some time. Before
his admission to the home he had be-
come so poor and helpless that his con-
dition was but little better than that of
a tramp. Howell, being several years
younger, Jared somewhat better, and
has contrived to get a decent living.
| Does it not seem rather strange that
the cause of his death occurred the
same day that the man who whipped
him in the prize ring three and twenty
years ago was buried? Not a coinci-
dence, of course, but curious.
THE RICHEST CHINAMAN IN
THE UNITED STATES.
Cor ST. Louis Globe-Democrat.
I sat on the piazza at Ell Paso, Texas,
and saw approaching a repulsive-look-
ing Chinaman, whose face was disfg-
ured by long, CHASTITY scar. It was
Sam Hing, the richest Chinaman in
America, who is said to have salted
down four delicious millions.
Washer" you ask. 'eNot muchee
washee!'' Sam has too "soft thing" "
Rumor has it that all the Cinnamon
employed in constructing the Mexican
ment through Sam Hing, and that each
Chinaman (about 100000 pays him 81
per month, besides bonus for the job
of work obtained through Sam. Sam,
in fact, controls the labor market, and
Cinnamon who ''go it alone" have an
odd way of disappearing-to China,
perhaps. The men whom Sam pro-
vides with employment must also pur-
chase all their clothes and provisions
of him, and so, "by simple mathemat-
ical process you will conclude that
Sam has bonanza.
Why don't tell you about the scar
that disfgures the face? Twill. Com
mon fame and Chinese history say that
Sam Hing was once upon time
hanged in the Celestial Empire for a
crime unknown. After a Chinaman has
played Mohammed's coffin for given
legal length of time his body is given
over to his friends, who are at liberty
to resuscitate it if they can, in which
event the resuscitant must, like the late
Carey, and others, pack up and 'go"
for foreign shores. Sam Kings vital
ity was restored, and he lived to become
an American millionaire, with head
quarters at FL Paso, and branches in
California, Colorado, Mexico and Ari-
Zona.
STONEW4LLiS BRLDGE-BUJLDER
Louisville Courier-Journal
A useful man to Stonewan jackson
was old Miles, the Virginia bridge
builder. The bridges were swept away
so often by floods or burned by the
enemy that Miles was as necessary to
the Confederate army as Jackson him
self. One day the Union troops had
retreated and burned bridge across
the Shenandoah. Jackson determined
to follow them, summoned Miles.
"You must put all your men on that
BRIDGE" said he; ''they must work all
night, and the bridge must be completed
by daylight. My engineer shall furn-
ish you the plan, and you can go right
ahead" Early next morning jackson,
in very doubtful frame of mind, met
the old bridge-builder. "Well," said
the general, did the engineer give you
the plan for the bridge?" General,
returned Miles slowly, "the bridge is
done. don't know whether the picter
is OF notw
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