The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-01-17
SNUFFS UP SILVER,
Males in the Colorado Mines whose Bow
els are Small-sIzed Banks.

The teamsters. driving up Aspen
mountain early yesterday morning, to
take advantage of ttM hard frozen
road before the thaw, we're surprised
to see a dago, as they called him,
opening old Pete, says The Aspen
Chronicle. The latter is the old bay
mule that, it is claimed, has been
working in and around silver mines
for many years, and which fell down
Aspen mountain week ago and broke
his neck. Old Pete was pretty hard to
cut open, and he was frozen as stiff as
the proverbial poker, and the dagO
hacked at him with an ak for two
hours before he mined into his NAV.
He did the opening act with an AK,
but when he got into the bowels he
drew a butcher-knife from a sheath at
his side, and commenced to cut in
with it.
Two teamsters who were passing
down the mountain with load of ore,
at this time. were so much interested
at this iuneture that they stopped to
see the end of it. Their curiosity was
not long deferred, for they soon saw
| the Italian throw the knife to one side,
make Il dive into the beasts belly with
his right hand and produce an oblong
black ball, which he field up near his
| face and examined critically. The
mule-skinners could stand it no longer,
| so tying the reins to the breaks, they
| Jumped down from their wagons and
made their way down the mountain to
the place where the dago held up his
| treasure-sOme twelve pounds OF sill
yer that looked like it had come out of
a retort instead of a mules stomach.
..Who told you that mule had ball
of silver in his bellyP" asked one of
the teamstcrs.
.sMula worka in silva always has a
balla silva in a bella" replied the
dagO.
"Who gave you the pOinterP' urged
the teamSter.
s.Mea worka in silva nina in His
pania Tonga TINA. always killa mula,
take silva balla outa bello."
but who told you old Pete had this
bonanza in his bellyP
..Mea knowa old Peter Tonga time
in San Juan compana, me knowa he
snufra upa heapa silva in his bella,
keepa there tilla you killa him, cutta
open, take out bello. He wOrka in d
heapa damnO lcngO. richa tunnello
where breath silva, keepa, in bello
tilla he expire. He no usa Longer
nova, mea knowa; cutta hima open
take outa bello. In Hispania de Cas-
: tilla mula no Iva hundred ammo, llk;
in Colorado. He worka in SILVA min;
deeem ammo. He geta killa fora sIlv;
i'm hisa bello. In uispania man know;
, heapa more as ina Colorado; heap;
namno much more smarta III His
} pania."
T The teamsters insisted the heap
, damno mucho smarter Spaniard shOul
ride down to the Rust Sampler wit
them, where the ball of silver wa
weighed by Mr.. Vary, and sized u
a twelve pounds and four ounces
" was there examined by represents
. tive of the Chronicle, aud was yer
: interesting subject to the student
. curiosilies. The dago wanted to Sc
q it to Vary, at its par value, but al
:, other man came up and advised I'll
Z Spanard to take it east and sell
some museum; where he could prot
ably realize large price from it as
curiosity. This the Spaniard d
- termined to do, and took his treasul
v trove with him to his cabin, where
will conceal it until he can dispose
it to better advantage,