Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-02
PURE "PINE.TOP."
AN sxpeRlekSof WITH THE PECULIAR
WHISKY Or THE SOUTHWEST.
A Natives Diagnosis Of tho Articie-An
lrrssistib'e Desire for Sky -bockets--
Making the village Red-Hot-A
Monstrous Ccntipede.


New York SUM-
A gentleman who recently returned from
the south west gave a reporter the following
graphic account Of his experience In that
region:
ave were twelve hours getting to Silver
City. There was no city there, so we set
out 10 find the silver To get rid of this
part Of my story, I'll Just say that the mina
was there. but for some reason or other the
silver had gone somewhere else. We
monkeyed around there for day or two
and thcn we found that our c1mmissary dc.
partment consisted of two or three empty
TASKS. Then, Of course, we had 10 forage
l asked a native II we could get any whisky
In tho parts.
avail, l reckon II ye can't git none
round h'yar', said he, that TIL haint no
dog-gone use yer totin' yer Jug any whar
elssr
rs It goodr said we
'Goodr said the native. Good: It's
plne-top whisky, it is! Why, dog. gone it,
it'll fire ye up like burnin' the hair off dog.
Two drinks Of pine-top is bett er'n gallon o.
yer no.'count greasy rye or urbin. Is pine
top whisky goodi Wall, it's got more tooth
nor cross-cut saw
"This native, by the way, kept a saloon
at Silver City. We toll him we liked his
diagnosis Of pine-top whisky and would take
gallon. We did no, and we drank it by de.
grees. 1t left tho dark brown taste in our
mouths that you could see when We
breathed. When we got back to Hot Springs,
can't answer for the feelings OF the Others,
but vas seized with wild desire to eth,r
get up dog fight or set fire to a load Of hay
that stood In the street. wasn't drunk,
but the pine e.top was working. When the
train th6t was to take US to Malvern juno
ton was ready, the steam escaping from the
locomotive suggested 10 me that life would
henceforth be burden unless had 100 or
20 Of sky rockets to fire of there and then.
Some one said could get them at Malvern,
and boarded the train with my friends, and
got of again three times to II * the con-
ductor because he wouldn't start the train
until his time was up. My desire for sky.
rockets had awakened similar desire for
sky rockets in the Others and we asked one
another how we had ever managed to get
along thus far without them. The train
had hardly stopped at Malvern before we
were out Of II. boy, innocent and unsus-
pecting, stood with his mouth open, gazing
at the train Something said to me that
this boy knew where there were sky rocket,
galore. grabbed him by the arm and
whirled him around and yells
tet me the esxy-rockets, or III slice you
upr
"Ihe boy was scared half to death. The
rest OF the party got hold Of him and yelled
FOR sky rockets Pretty soon he broke away
and tore up the street like mad. We tore
after him He ran into store and we fol-
lowed him. Whether he led US there on pur-
pose or merely ran in to escape US don't
knnn h,f I dn knp hot bo eto al,ao
kert little OF everything, and had fifty
ceeded at once to set them oh. There Is one
street In Malvern, and 1t is built right up a
hill. We set our sky rockets going plumb up
that hill as fast as we could touch 'em off.
When we commenced there were hors and
wagons tied In front OF every store in the
street.
1'Fs-s-s-s-h. .h-bi Whiz! Bangr would 90
Q rocket, and snap would GO n halter strap
or two, and in less than three minutes there
was nothing to be seen in that town but rum
q way horse, and mules. 1t was equal to a
stampede Of cattle on the plains. Tho more
they ran the more we bombarie', until
there was q stretch Of fire going up mat hill
without break In It from one end to the
other. People were shouting and bowling
from windows. Storekeepers came out and
put up their shutters, and il ever
there was red-hot town it was
Malvern about that time. The train we
were to take was about due at the junction
then, and the agent Of the company, who
knew me WE'LL managed to get within speak,
ing distance Of me and make me unde stand
that they were organizing q committee Of
citizens to take US in and ride us out of town
In q way We didn't care to go, and we
gathered up our remaining rockets and
made for the depot The train didn't come
. minute too soon, for it had hardly ulled
out when the committee came sweeping
down to the depot Then we fired rockets
At them from windows and platforms, and
left the town in blaze Of glory.
@After the rockets were gone thought if
there was one thing that would make me
happy It would be to kill centipedes, and as
there were none on the train fully in
tended 10 get of at the next station and go
back south some where and kill centipedes.
after ward changed my mind and said
dogs, and then 90 to Texas and spend a week
or 90 at centipede hunting. When l got to
St Louis the pne-top was working of, for
hadn't had a drop for two days
Still the centipede idea was strong within
me- went to my room at the Lindsll house
and went to bed As lay there with the gas
turned very low saw one side Of sloping
roof obtrude itself through the window Of
my room On tho roof lay q centipede
Ssuai SsS SIZE ~ was "o.klh2 its hunureds OF