The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1888-11-08

In the JOTRNAL OI 9th ut. we
noted the marriage Of Miss Ella
Shanahan aud gave a brief sketch Of
the marriage oil her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Patrick ShanAhan, ~ years
aV,,. We left them In the beautiful
valley of the COnemaugh Mt the
western foot of the Alleghenics, we
now propose to following them up
in their journey through life. Ii
will be our purpose In this srticle to
show that there are exceptions to
all rules, aud in some cases les
pecialIy In Patrick's) very great
ones. Shanahan worked In the or,
and coal mines in England and al
ore mining in Penna., until he came
To Kansas. He was an expert miner,
we always liked Patrick, he was
honest, upright, plain spoken, and
as determined rs q baking TeXa-
pony: he had, and We believe has
got, 10 our notion, one great iauil,
TINS, however, is n fault Of the head
and not Of the heart, he il a Repub-
Iican. Patrick was a constant
read, of the y. Y. Tribune, aud n
great adnITer of Horace Greeley, 81
much 90 that he even took jireeiey's
advice and came west. When
Greeley ran for President on the
| Democratic ticket Shanahan voted
for HIM, and were Greeley alive to.
duy. Shauahau would lie the Demo.
| cratic trustee Of Elm Creek town
| shin. but We will drop politics and
continue our narrative. About
1883. when the father Of the writer
| returned from q trip to Kansas Ia
the AlIghenies aud gave q glowing
/ description OF this beautiful cOun
try. we remember hearing Shaua'
han say, 81 believe I'll take a triI
| out there myself and see tina
country, IL will be better for my
children, n not myself and wife.
Mining IL dangerous, and Mike, my
bow who H. 10 years old and driving
a mule I'm the mines will I've ruinet
body aud soul II he continues" H.
came west; was delighted, ant
bouyht q farm and traded u Tor OH,
that suited his fancy better, tlIeI
commenced farming. and here J.
where the exception to the rule, We
referred to, comes in. Patrick was .
miner, and knew as little abou
farming as q COW does about sun
day-but he thought he did all tn,
saine-he came to town, bought
pIow and harrow from Briggs
ii.bhart, and when he started To us,
them they wouldn't work, 40 n,
brought them back aud insist e,
the manufacturer made a mistake
Briggs went out with him aud show
ed him how to use them, and spoi
Patrick caught on he bought -
Of work harness from X. ii. Dihlt.
who fitted them on the team. Pa
went home. Embarrassed the horse
and unbuckled every buckle an,
STRAP on them, he wanted 10 barnes
M again, WAS half q day trying T.
yet the harness together, but no 90
40 he got . neighbor TO bring hin
and the harness To tJwn. he went &
DihIe, ard insisted Dihle had no
made the harness right. Patricl
had gotten the different straps an
psrts 80 MIXED that it took Dill,
nearly an hour Ca get them together
but Patrick watched and caught ON
He bought several good cows, Mrs
shanshan was q good butter maker
aud Pat still better butter seller
for he always got 5 cents q Poun,
more than his neighbOrs-eyel
IL hy chance At times wa
not 80 good rs It might be, PstricI
made up the deficiency with Eruu
Inc Irish assurance, and got tue
cents extra alice samee. There va
about so or SD acres OF unim
proved land lying right west q
Shanahen's farm, . gOod portion q
which was set, and at this
time YES thought to be nm
Dc for the pillow, Patrick eOuvinC
ed all Who wanted to buy q Of tbi
fact He used this for or 10 year
for pasture. He had = near heiEhbo
who invested In q very choice shot
horn bull and several cows, but thi
|. man was not cut out for \ short hor
breeder and his fiue stock didn't d
we'll. Patrick In the Kindness Of hi
heart proposed 10 the neighbof {
herd his bull aud two cows with h:
o1n snd save the neiehbOr niue
trouble and annoyance, 90 which b
consented, this got Patrlek's eov
into good company, which great
inzlsfas9d his stock increasing greal
~ n namber and quality. II
realized considerable both froi
ldairy and beef, and added eonsidel