Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-07-15

The living remsius OF q once man saa
In the GFisWold Houso the other after.
noon. he he'd q wooden lee, ware q
pair Of orutohea, had . Vsnetian blind
over bis Left eye and no two hnReFn
pointed in tne same direction. He
looked 90 sad that be miRht easily have
boen mistaken for q person Who had
been selected as a candidate fer glue
factory h0nors. Ons Of the clerks of
the house felt ssfry for the cripple, 80
be approached him and said:
"Mhere we're you wOundedfp
"Weii, ! should say ail over" an
a9ered tbs remains, working hts lover
Jaw with = string tied on has lelt f0oa.
What struck yon2'
"umpirin'. Yes, sir, umpiFin'," and
the ex-basebali iudge rcaoned forward
and tried % make q thrse-bass bit With
one Of his eratehes on q eookF0aeh thaA
vas walking Of With meal ticket that
it had stolen from the top Of she safe
In tue ofhoe. II was 40 good. i0okin' q
man seven years ago As ever shot ornn-
berries on the plains Of Mes JeFaoY.
vas struck on bein' an umpire, and Qot
position down East. | Get along
hrst-fate for awhile, never haVin' more
that q few hRhta on the ball grounds
until one day IN Pennsylvania. Tha
sBasswOod EaFs' Wers plAyin' tha
Happy Boomerangs.' bad the Booms
almost beat, although they wsrs WoEkin'
like hired men. They belonged In tbs
town where the piAy waa Roin' on, an
thought had the seven dollars prom-
ised by the 'BaasWooda' Jess Abont w my
vest socket when / made q tough de-
cision aRin the 'B5oms'. and then u
seemed a. though that hall town les .
laid aside buainsss and come foF mo. I
always thOuRht before that the town
was small, Out I bet that ninety ave
thousand people reached fer me ali 70
once. was Z IN tas baek and aleppeA
on hy men, boys and old lAdiens and
nons % them people weighed less than
q aoai yara. Them town ball playeE9
began dancing the german al over mo
with their spiked shoes, and Wag 20
full OF holes 4 looked like q big minnsy
pil. tried % aet up and take % the
woods. I thoaaht if cot out theFe
miaht die q cave and live on berries foF
three or fouF years and keep hid ana
then sneak cot and 20 % some e5un1fy
whsre they didn't have 70 treaty With
this country % sEiFafits 8 man By. Bal
= , .NMtANNAA 49,
gone on the idea of entsFtaininn me .
sssing was a stranger IN town ] sup
pose they thoaRht they oomidmt Do too
much for me. Well, I spsnt the baianos
81 toe aummsF 10 the hogpital.
"FsF two years I didn't monkey wifh
the national gsms. Then l e0t Tired
seain' men cot into brackets and cottage
furnisars in chs aawmila whsre ! worked
- .f.-.~a $1,000 A - - So NIInFa
homs % shs widows, and - ! thOuEhb
after al was about ~ safe behtnd me
baa, ~ nsHi season l w4s back aaia
nmpirini. saase oid lask though.
Ab5at the thifd wesk ] had smother
togn hit me for heipin' an Outaide y
yin. I bfoks aNay FROM tha crowd And
ran under ths grand stand, and rm
darned u ths hail tang didn't fall %
ma. Nobody ei9e 80 q aofstoh. ! bad
% have my isg ssagd O9 after tha2
Well. I'm goan' 40 10 Ltke Superior -
ahippin' clerk IN . giant powder factory.
Befars I lfft tons, i1 Neu Jersey,
had brsasipin mads Out Of ny opp1E
ssi of fsias tseth and gave u % ths Rigl
I've bssn shRassd % thfss diGsFent
tines. Every time ! Rot hnfs that Rixi
Uoald atgs 'Miiiyum, yoa'rs hardly
TIE sans nan yoa wss Onoe. ist's eit
inaaRed oviF aein' asd Rivs haF thres
diHsFeua rubber riggs. bansnAh na8
Rrosn % b. tbs Astioual Rtmes ena .
100 0f umpiFia' b iast tbe thing % Rive
I patrsutis FounR maa q ahauo1 - de
for his oountfy, has III taks my ohanas
az saparinteudrnt % . cyclone Or an
eaFthqaske rsthsf th4n insist % any
more amPiriii."