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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-01-26
"TKE DAYS OF 49,"

Is Satan's Pride" and .' HELPS Delight.
Virginia City New Enterprise.l
Last Wednesday night members OF
The Association of Pioneers Of the
Territorial Days of California had n
grand banquet in New York City.
The telegraph informs US that "plac.
ards vAriously inscribed with the
names Of famous mining camps of 40,
epithets and slang fairly covered the
walls Of the restaurant where the ban.
quet was held, and in the after. dinner
remarks, many an episode of days
gone by were revived"
We can imagine with what gusto
these "boys" Of the olden, golden
days, long bound by the trammels of
Eastern society rules, would turn
themselves loose and fire away in the
free and easy lingo Of the OLD mining
camps. 1t was
"nellov' "Hsllor' why. Jim!" why DAM
"Good Lordl want to known!
swell, well old fel! give us your han
But, Jim, how does II go?
But where ye been. Lon. ever since
We left the stsnislow
And pulled up stakes down thar at Dents
No mere'n thirty year ago?''
wall, sence that time that we put out
On that stampede from Stoney.
Been mos the time knoclin about
Down into Air-ezony.
"started from Alpha on our trip.
And passed up the Divide.
Through Tangle-Leg and Let .Her.Rip
Red Dog and whisky Slide.
"Then, after lesvin' thar. We went
Down by tho Tail Holt mill.
'Crost Greenhorn mountain to Snow Tent,
And up to Gouse Eye Hill.
Next, Pettico.t, then Shirt Tail Flat.
And on by Murderer's Bar,
'Crost Bloody Run and thro' Wild Cat.
To Parker and Lone Star.
"Then Angels Camp down by Rswhide
We took a run one night.
Through Chinese Roost and Sstan's Pride
Aerost TO Hells Delight.
Through Nip and Tuck and Old Bear Trap.
Coon Hollow and Fair Play,
Along the Scorpion and Fur Cap,
Kanaka and Ed Rey.
"Then came along to Poverty,
Dead Broke and Battle Ridge,
BY Hsngtown, Poor Man and Lone Tree,
Gxrrots and Smash up Bridge"
"Wall, Lon, sure you've seen . heap;
I'd like to make the rounds
As you huve done, and cast peep
Through the old stamping grounds"
| "Y.a-as, but tell you what it is.
Tie times they amt no more
In Csliforny as they was
Way back in fifty -four.
1.-THE ranchers now have got the upper han
| Honest miners rank thieves,
| Debris spies sneak through the land
| And mining claims now pasture beeves."
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-01-26
DELINQUENT TAX LIST
Alturas County, Idaho Territory
For the Year 1887.

NorE.-When taxes became de.
linquent, 10 per cent. was added,
with SO cents for each lot, piece or
parcel of land, to each name for cost
of advertising.
All taxes upon personal property
are lien upon the real property Of
the delinquent.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-01-26
LETTER LIST.

List of Letters remaining in the HALEY t1dahol
Pustoifice for the week ending January 81, lhs7,
Persons calling for any of these Letters will please
say advertised"
Avis WIN Levi, G
Baker Miss Hattie LnmaS, PIT
Clifford Miss Nettie Nordvke,
Ch,ce Eli Right, Nv
Folker Charley SimIaOns. Otto
Foley p II Shisa, John
Hopkins. John usig, Will
H6tchctt DE Young, WI
GUY HAMMER. Postmaster.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-01-26
A CHANCE FOR BARGAINS.
Clearance Sale at Cost, or Less Than
Cost.

In order to reduce my stock before
taking the annual inventory, ! will
sell or give away, at cost or less than
cost, but FOR CASH ONLY, my entire
stock. ;. j. FRIEDMAN.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-01-26

FOI TWENTY YEARS DIR. Williams
Indian File Ointment has been the
standard Pile remedy of the world.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-01-26

JUDGE CoFFINBERRY,o Of Cleveland,
SAYS that DR.. Williams Indian Pile
Ointment cured him. 1t never fails.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-01-26

To-. n M p.,,o,,s.rw,, ho,.su H,oo
wagon S25. Tux 80 IS pen $50. cost SOC, -,
1.,,., W., v...,,,,, I,., and b,k
,nn' -, ,1.,' ,o' 100 s..,
school district No. q tax and penalty
,,,, ~ Eo,,, w.. , III M and
i',, ~ , IN ,,,naI,y * nnst So,.
School district No 8 tax and penalty
I,,,is II ~ o, .i Eccbr,sTwo mort
,,.,,,. ~, II ia n.naItr d, 4. c,.t nnc
eSnhnnI ii.,n - NJ, r. tux .s,a n.ns,,v
NV -o VI" ".
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-01-26

Miner. NJ a, Rellevue-.w y NV = Sec %.
% sw a w !. E y sw Sc !. See "a.
and imp, SlO77: six cattle 800, fifteen
horses $50 three wagons TO- two hogs &;
tax SOL 80, penalty 10, cost I.......... 81 ~
Poll and hospital tax and penalty..... 20
Montgomery, George, Kctchum--Lots , and
4. block 90, and imp. 100; tax 3, penalty
Soc, cost Il dol. ................... 80. &c
School district No. G tax and p. nalty.. leo
Monks, John, Ketchum-Iot s, blk IS. and
imp, 100: tax 80, penalty 45c, cost y dol 6 u
School district No tax and penalty. 10
Pol and hospital tax and penalty...... -
Miley, Ketchum-sE !, of lots. blkl7.
and imp, 800: tax ., pen so cost y dol. 40
School district No tax and penalty. 8 ~
Poll and hospi, al tax and penalty So
Welcome, Thos, Ketchum--Lots and 6,
blk lG and imp, 100; tax 3, penalty 30c,
school district No. 6 Tux ana penalty 70
Poll and hospital tax and penHity...... 5 SO
Monks Foglina Ketchum-Honse on river
west Of K,tchum. 100: TWENTY-FIVE catf.a
$50 three horses l2j, two wagons IS, h,r
10: tax - S. penalty 80, cost l......,.. % u
School district No 6 tax and penalty. y26
McPheters, A Z, k"tchum-I Lot 8, blk il.
and imp, $50, tax 40, penalty 46c. cost
school district No. tax a d pena'ty.. ais
Poll and 1t spta tax and pcnnlty...... 80
Mosler John, Kctchun,-Lots : and 8. blk
', and in p, 100: tax 3, pea soc, cost = dol 80
School district No. tax and penalty. leo
Poll and hosp ita tax and penalty. 70
Mosser. P, iiroadford- Cow %. horses
100. harness 10: tax 1 80, Per atty "a cents,
cost Z dollar. Observation-Disclosures. $50
school district NO. 'tax ana penalty. ~
Morse, J p, Broa,lfnrd two cattle As i've
horses l7j, wagons end harness 80: tax
9. penalty % cents cost y dollar. 10 ~
School distrit! No. 9 tax and penalty. $40
Poll and hospital tax and penalty. 20
Monroe ID h. Shosh one--Lots IS and "A. blk
10 100: tax ), penalty SOC, cost u dol 1890. SO
School district No u tax and penalty Us
Miller. August, Shosho ne House north of
,Slp tn :.
dol..... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 29S
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-01-26

Castle, Mrs II A. B.llevue--Lots and and
imp. $50; horses, $50; cow, S25: tax
81 G6, penalty tic, cost sl...,............
Cline, G, Bellevue--Mdse 100; fixtures. etc.
BIS; tax II As, penalty 70. cost &C.,. IA
Cowan. J F. Bellevue Imp on y NEh
Sec 81. 7 N. l3 Il, 100; tax 3. penalty
SOC. cost sic. ....................
Poll and hospital tax and penalty.
Christensen, c, Rellevue-Mdse 400; tax
II, penalty 20. cost SOC ............... IL
Chappell, Mrs NJ A, Bellevue--Mdse 800;
tax 3, penalty soc, cost SOC. ........... 10
culp, Allen. Ketchum-- 4. blk As. and
imp, $50; tax I 80 penalty i5, cost 5Oc....
School district No. tax and penalty.
Criswell. Mrs J, Ketchum--Lot 5. blk y.
ana imp, $50: tax go pen Use, cost 50c.
School district No 4 tax aud penalty. )
Criswell. James. Ketchum Lots !, 9, blk
a, and imp. $50; tsA So pen sc. cost SOC
School district No. tax and penalty.
Carter F NJ. Shoshone- House in Mormon
+ town so: tax 80 penalty l5c. cost SOC. 2
School district No. IL tax and penalty.
Criswell. James, Shoshone-House on Wood
River 10: tax D. penalty 23c, cost Soc. .
School district No. IL tax and penalty.
Cameron + D. Hailey-Lot Is, blk 9G, and
imp, 1875. cow u.s. horse so; tax g. p, nalty
6Uc, coat Joe OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
School district No. tax and penalty. 2
Cross, John. soldier-Imp on NE !. Sec 2s,
T N, X IA =. $50: - horses $50, wagon
40 watch 10. machinery Snd harness 30.
tax % ~, penalty 90, cost 1............. Is
Crnmer. NJ. Corral Imp on Sc \ Sec IL, T
s. Il Z. I59: horse %. wagon 20. har.
ness Is: tax Z 20, penalty 7jc. cost .... 9
Poll AMI hospital tax and penalty.
Clark. Geo, Mountain Rome Cow IS, horses
100. wagon 80: tax %. pen 53c. cost Soc. 6
School district No. II tax and penalty.
Poll and hospital tax and penasty...... 8
Chapel, c ", Ers--House west side Ban
mock street, $50: horse 80: tax 6. penalty
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-01-26

Frame, Jos, Bellevue-Cow S25, 2 horses
$50, wagon S25: tax SO 81, pen 39c, cost soc
Poll and hospital tax and penalty.
Flovd. A C, Bellevue-Lots 5 and &. blk %
and imp 200, ten horses 500, three wagons
100 prop not enumerated 100; tex 2S 80,
penalty ? 81, costs l. Observation-Disclosures.
Poll and hospital tax aud penalty.
Fitzharris Marcia, Shoshone-Lot 2 blk IL
and imp, 600; tax Is: pen so, cost soc
School district No. II tax and penalty.
Fl-ack, n C, Soldier-Lots ., ), and 1, Sec
10, II N, x u Il, 100. horses 100; tax
7 80, penalty use, cost observation-disclosures.
Poll and hospital tax and penalty
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-01-26

Cannot l. F., Ketchum-- Lots 3 and 4, blk
81, and imp $50: tax - so, pen I5e, cost soc
School district No. 4 tax and penalty.
Green, Charles, Soldier--2 horses 81, wagon
and harness 60: t,x4 20, pen ~, cost soc
School district No. Is tax and penalty.
Poll and hospital tax and penalty....
Griffin. D W, Bliss-El4 Of SEA, SW,1 SEA
ofSWh Sec 3, L 4 S, II l3 +, imp only 100;
one hundred and seventy five cattle 1915,
y-four horses 1860; tax 1871 %: applied
so %: balance 81, penalty 10, cost 81
School district No. IL tax and penalty Il
Gillian, John, Bellevue-Five cattle 95,
two horses $50, wagon and harness 70; tax
Q As, penalty CSC, costs soc. ............... /
Poll and hospital tax and penalty.
Graham. George s, Toponis-Ten cattle 900.
four horses us, wagon and harness G5,
farm i'm pits 20; tax II 60, pen l &c, cost
QUO .'.''. ...... d
school district No. - tax and penalty.
Poll and hospital tax and penalty...... o
Grant. L =, Howe-Imp on poss int. Little
Lost River 200: tax +. penalty GOc ct st soc
Poll and hospital tax aud penalty.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-01-26

Campbell. ] J, Mountain Home-lmp on l6O
acres 3 miles south of Mountain Home,
tax 10 -, penalty / TO- cost l.........., 10 O5
School district No. II tax and penalty. l 80
Cummings, W l. Era-1mp on NV Il
8 penalty Soc, cost soc. ................... 3 so
Poll and hospital tax and penalty. 80
Cumberland Gold Mining Co, Rocky Bar
machinery 1900; tax 30, penalty 3. cost SOC 81 SO
Collier, T +. Deer Creek--Imp on SIC u Sec
80, t N, IL Z, lSi, - cattle $50, q
horses 100, wagon and harness 40, farm
implts so tax is 80, penalty / 80, cost / 81 ls
Poll and hospital tax ana penalty. 80
Converse. d. Deer Creek horses IT'S,
wagon rs: tax 4, penalty 60c, cost soc 10
Poll AMI hospital tax aud penalty. so
Crawford, Mary. Hailey-Mortgage $40; tax
10 A., penalty Is. cost soc. -. :...... Is 60
School district No I tax and penalty. 81
Deslsy. D II, Bellevue-s y lot and inn
prevement block p. $780, tax "a 80, penal
Poll and hospital tax and penalty. 50
Dawson, G G, Bellevue-Mdse 800; tax y,
penalty 90c, cost zoe. ...... $500. 10 40
Poll and hospital tax and penalty. so
Dow. J c, Ketchum-Iot s, blk Is. and imp
200: tax g. penalty Coo, cost 5Qc.......... 10
School district No tax and penalty 10
| Davis, G. KStchum-Lot 8, blk IA. 30; tax
so, penalty lSc, cost soc ............... is
School district No q tax and penalty ! O5
| Poll and hospital tax aud penalty. ~
| Dickson, II +, Ketchum-Lot ., blk 81 and
imp 100; tax B. penalty SOC cost SOc...... "
| Srheoi district No q tax and penalty &c
| Poll and hospital tax and penalty. 80
Davis. Evan, Shoshone-Iot IL, blk and
| imp, $50, lot IA. blk =, so; tax II, penalty
| l ~, cost Mc. IL ~
School district No Il tax and penalty "
Daniels. r p. Mountain Home-Imp on 100
| acres miles south of Mountain Home
| 100 cattle 40. ) horses 100, wagon Is,
| farm implts 80; tax 10 9a penalty l 10,
COST .:.:.....'...... ,..'.'.... 10 U,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-01-26
Program

OF exercises to be given by the High
School Literary Association, on Friday
evening, the 9th instant:
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-01-26

James, Geo, Ketchum-Lots and 6, blk 10.
and imp. $780, and horse, $50, tax ~ 90.
penalty 75c, cost Observation-Disclosures. .
School district No. 6 tax and penalty
johnson, A NJ, Bellevue--Lot 3, blk d, and
imp, 80; tax ., penalty sec, cost &c.,. 10
Poll and hospital tax and penalty. 8
Jenne, b A, Sheshone--L Lots 10 and 20, blk
II, 100. tax >, penalty Doc. cost SOC. ...-..
School district No IL tax and penalty
Jones, j b. Corral--Imp on NV i of NE y
NE !, of NV i, Sec 80, It a, r Is E,
$50. three horses 100; tax 7 So penalty Toe
cost 49,. 800 - -. ''''''.''.
Johnson h Clarity, Mountain Home-Lot
blk 10 and imp l75; tax %. penalty Sc
cost Soc. ......................
School district No II tax and penalty l
James Bros, Antelope-Inp on W y Of
" i, Sec %, and y of Sc u. Sec %, T
An, II &c 100, twenty horses SEQ, seven
wagons 2i5, farm implts 80; tax IS IS, PEN
atty 80, cost Observation-Disclosures. 70
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-01-26
LOCAL JOTrINHS.

. Below 10.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1888-11-09
COST OF POLICING BRITISH CITIES.


According to q recent English
Parliamentary return, the total
cost Of the police in the metropo-
lis and in boroughs in Great Brit
ain witn over 100000 inhabitants
is as follows: The cost in the me-
tropolitan police district is f527,-
O25, City of London f109, ,2o6,
Liverpool f134,O76, Glasgow
f1o0,4so, Birmingham f4s,3s7,
Manchester f77,773, Leeds f37,-
lit, Sheffield f31,274, Edinburg
f42,7e5. Bristol f31,73s, Brad
ford f21,369. Nottingham f22,-
317. Stafford Gao, $40, Kingston-on-
Hull f30,s40 Newcastle-on-Tyne
f2e.30s, Blackburn f10,322, Boil
ton f16,564, Dublin metropolitan
police district f15O,531.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1888-11-09
IN SCHooL.DAYs.

Still sits the school house. ~ the road
ragged heggar sunHinV;
Around it still the sumaciis grow,
And blackberry vines are running.
Within the masters desk Is seen,
Deep SCARED by raus nfieial;
The warping fnor, the battered seats
The jackknife.carved irit;al.
The charcoal frescnes on the WALTZ
Its doors worn sill betr-s, ing
The feet. that creeping si6w to
Went storning out to ssyins.
Long years ago. wintess1sun
Shene over it at setting
Lit up Its western windoa.panes
And low ewes icy fretting.
1t touched the tangled gsi,len curls
And eyes with grief n'erd"wing,
vi one VIII" in her steps delaved,
When all the rest wersgoing.
For near her stood the listle boy
Her childish favor singled;
His cap pulled low uponIbis face.
Where pride and shame were mingled.
To right and left he fingered,
As restlessly her tiny h5nds
The blue. checked aprG.. fingered.
He saw her lift her eyes. he felt
The soft hands light & ressire;
As,d heard the tremble IL her voice.
As if fault confessiig.
Tn sorry that I spclt tie word;
l hate to go above you
Becarse-the brown evSs f0wer fell
Because you see ! love you.
Still memory t" erESsifTH man
That sweet chill.fncei is show ing;
Dear girl. the grasses ri, her grave
Have forty years heep growing.
He lives to learn in Effel1srlsar.l -,hnni
How few wh" pass sat,v. Kim
Laments their TRIUMPH Frd hi- i-tsS
Like her because they l"ve Kim.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1888-11-09

Still sits the school houss by the road
A ragged heggar sunlin9;
Around it still the sumaciis grow,
And blackberry vines are running.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1888-11-09
A TRYING PROFESSION.

! "Ours is profession that trie'
mems souls,' said train de
/ spatcher. Notwithstanding tha,
lin late years the different railway.
have adopted rules which thor.
oughly systematic the business
even with all the safeguards lit
tie bit of carelessness or derelic.
tion of duty is liable to cause
trouble, and not only loss of prop
erty, but in many instances is at.
tended with loss of life.
II remember, some years ago,
when l had charge of thestrains on
a Southern road, where telegraph
Offices were few and far between,
of giving an order to an operator
at a certain station to hold the
north bound passenger train for
orders, so that l might help the
south bound passenger train to
make its meeting point, the latter
being somewhat late. The opera
tor repeated the holding order, for
which l gave him o. K / then
gave the south bound train an Or
der to use some of the north bound
trains time to make the meeting
point. Instead of holding the
north bound train for orders, the
operator let it 90 by him. The
road was crooked, and both trains
were between telegraph stations, l
started to walk the floor and wait
until l should hear of their COM
ing together. The suspense was
terrible, almost uniting me for
my other duties. As good luck
would have%it, tlles norti,-snound
train, which had undisputed right
of the road, was delayed before
reaching the meeting point.
When the first train reached a
telegraph station / felt relieved,
but the strain had been so terrible
on nv nerves that was not good
for much for several days. and the
exp ri.nce will ever remain in my
Louis Globe Democrat.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1888-11-09
OLD-FASHIc NED MUSTER.

/
Bill Arp thus DISCUSSES old times
in Georgia and Inc old-fashioned
Training day seems:
| An old fashioned muster was
equal to moderl 'Mardi Gras.'
The governor was the commander.
}in-chief. but - could not be
personally press eine militia were
reviewed by proxy Every county
had an aide de ca{np with tie rank
of colonel. He held his rank and
title as long as the governor, held
his Office, and he was expected to
holler for him and boom him, and,
if necessary, he must fight for him
on a suitable occasion. If the
governor failed of reelection.
these colonies had TO retire too.
and new set were appointed, but
the old set never lost their title.
and so the state in course of time
got pretty full of colonels.
On muster day the colonel wore a
cockade hat and a red plume and
epaulets and a long brass sword
and big brass spurs, and horse pis-
tolls in the holsters of his saddle,
and he and his personal staff rode
up and down the lines reviewing
the militia, who were drawn up in
a double crooked straight line in a
great big field that was full OF gul-
lies and broom sage. Some wore
coats and some didn't; some wore
shoes and some didn't; but none
wore boards, for in those days none
wore boards but gamblers. Some
were armed with shotguns and
some with rifles or muskets. but
most OF them carried sticks, and
cornstalks and umbrellas, and they
stood up or squatted down al
pleasure, and about half the time
were hollering for water.
The colonel and his staff rode
up and down the lines on fine
horses that danced and pranced
like there were tacks under the
saddles. The roll of each COM
pany was called and every man
answered to his name whether he
was there or not. Then the col
Ionel took a central position and
faced the long audience and wav-
ed his glittering sword and ex-
claimed:-sAttention. battalion!
Shoulder arms, right face, march!'
Then tho kettle drum ratified and
the fife squeaked and some guns
W. mt off half cooked. and militia
gave three cheers for the colonel
and were disbanded until the next
muster. Old man Brooks was the
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1888-11-09
HOW A JOURNALIST MET HIS ENI

$50 you are from Arizonas"
eyes"
aHow is the Tombstone Hooter
coming on?'' -.-..--.
sBusted."
"What busted it,"
GA prominent citizen shot the
editor"
"What fora''
.tYou see he wrote Horrible
Blunder' as a headline to 60 over
an account Of railroad accident,
but the foreman made mistake
and put it over an account of a
wedding.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1888-11-09

The facetieus father of a pair OF
twin babies complained that al
though they filled the house with
music, he could. not tell one heir
from Observation-Disclosures Re
publican.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1888-11-09

don't quit her gigglin', I will pint
her out to the congregation We
have more manners now, though
our morals may be at discount.
Bill Arp, in Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1888-11-09

l
Office with the king of England
He always played "Brooks' March
for the militia to locomote by
They never marched or kept steI
by the music, but they got alon,
somehow by walking and tr6ttin;
and pacing and fox trotting b,
turns.
| Old Father Brooks played hi
Ipart well in the drama, or farce
or whatever it was. He magnifi
ed his Office. He loved music
He said his fife was his life ant
his fade was his riddle. On hi
last bed he sent for my father t,
come and see HIM. Old and wrip
kled and cadaverous, he motioneG
to be propped up in his bed. and
then, with an inverted chair be-
hind his pillow, he pointed to his
fiddle that lay upon the shelf neal
by. and it was handed to him
Hugging it to his old bosom he
smiled amid his tears and whisper.
ed:-'1 wish that / could play you
one more tune" That night the
old man died, with his lett hand
closed hard and rigid around the
neck of his violin.
After the muster was over then
came the horse racing on quarter
nags and horse swapping. and of
course some pugiiistic exercises in
front of the groceries.
Jim Bowles was the centre of a
crowd from his beat, and stripped
to the waist he pranced around
and popped his fist in the palm of
his hand, and jumped up and
cracked together three times be-
fore they struck the ground, and
gave wild Indian whoop and ex-
claimed:-"I'm the best man in
Pinkneyville district About
that time big Jim Robinson jump
ed up in the centre of another
crowd. and gritted his teeth and
shook his hair and yelled:-"Gsn-
tlemen. my Betsey Jane says Pm
the best man in Rockbridge dees-
trict, and / reckon she ought for
to know"
Il, was just like gamccocks crow
ing in the barnyard. and, like the
cocks. two of them soon got to-
gether and went to fighting. and
everybody stood around and shout
ed, ''Hands off, gentlemen; stand
back, gentlemen. Hands off, let
'em fight fair and square," And
they they fought hard and fought
long. and when one of them got to
be the bottom dog in the fight and
hollered ..eneugh," the show wasI
over, unless the victor dared tol
crow again, and had to tackle
another rooster. | have known
Nick Rawlins to whip three brag
men in one evening, and Nick was
no bad man either, Everybody
liked Nick. He had fit and fought
and fought until he had lost a fin
ger and snip out of his nose and
a piece OF his left ear, but he was
never mad. Nick told me not
long ago that he never did love to
fight, but when he courted Betsy
Jane she lowed that when she
married a man he had to be man
all over, inside and out, and so he|
got to fighting on her account.
But these old times are gone
gone never to return. Even the
preachers who used to take off
their coats in the pulpit have con
formed to more polite customs.
Their sing-song sermons are heard
no more-nor the nasal attach
ments that were something be-
tween a suffle and a snort. Old
Father Dannelly and his wooden
leg are dead and so is old Barn,
Pace, who said to the Rome girl
who went out to hear him just for
the thing:-"If that town gal with
the green bonnet on her head and
the DEVILS martingales around her
neck and his stirrups in her ears.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1888-11-09
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