The Bessemer indicator., 1894-10-06
JUNGLE jim" SAMPLE.
kccentric Genius Who Saw the Wei Ida
Fair for an Outlay of 80 Gents ane
Who Afterwards "!vrote 1t Up"

nscentrtr Genius Who saw the Wei lus
Fair for an Outlay of 50 Gents an6
Who Afterwards ".vrots 1t Up"
There lives near Gallipolis. Ohi, q
men on whom John Boyd Thatcher
should have had chance to train l,ia
awarding committee. Never again
vii! John Boyd have sncii an oppcr-
tunlty to appreciate the right of IN In
dividual to have medal for eccc:,-
tricity.
The name OF the old Buckeye u
James Sample, n blacksmith of othes
days, but now Is IL gentleman of leiS-
ure. Whether or not he got his queer
notions while blowing his bellows
"under a spreading chestnut tree"
Longfellows man was not more
mighty than the smith in the matter
IF concoctlnG schemes for making lii
tie things 20 long way.
Uncle Jimmy ii entitled to the pnl:r
in taking IL ten days look Mt the
Worlds Fair with the least cxpendt-
lure of funds. lie clalms-and reput-
able citizens of the Ohio valley.
throughout the length and breadth OF
which he is well known. believe h.
states only facis-that he took in
everything inside the big board fence
that stretched around jackson Park
'ast year at an outlay of just 81 cents.
He can prove that he successfully
worked" the Hooking Valley and tbs
Chicago Il Erie railways, ns well ~
the publicity department of the be-
"hiskcred Handy to the extent OF
transportation aud admissions. lie
Got corner in the 63d street cottage
tome of a cousin by marriage and he
lived on what lie carried from home.
FIe constructed belt, around the en-
fire circumference of which he sewed
three rows OF pockets. The contriv-
rncc when adjusted TO his form pre-
sstnted the appearance of the belt
Which Uncle Sam furnishes his regu-
YRS for carrying cartridges.
Into each of the pockets the eX-pre
R,ietor Of the Buckeye emithy Dropped
Il biscuit, between the halves of which
h I'D been placed n slice of fried bacon.
Earring the trip from the Ohio river to
Lake Michigan the resourceful bel
ld US blower would take one of these
"iaclls" three times "A day, with clock
lie regularity, and he had buckicd 10
his body sufficient rounds to last him
III 'iuch the show
.'he only thing that Uncle Jimmy
cos.!d not work were the orange.
clGsr and lemonade stands, and rs he
has made up his mind to sample as
maay as possible. he made the rounds
aftyr an expenditure of 10 cents,
whiNh represented the sum total OF the
funk given up by him on the memor-
abla trip.
In the matter of eSpedicnts of all
Einda, the Ohio smith "lool;s the whole
wottl in the face and owes not n
man." He Is equal to any emergency.
Not only did the eccentric mode of Ills
IL ftvh N In RI
tract considerable attention, but his
home life IL II study. He hns II wife
and six children, with none of whom
does he agree in the matter of eating
and sleeping. He sits not at the fam
lily board, partaking of mixtures of his
own compound that tickle his own
palate.
In respect to sleeping Uncle Jimmy
is freak. He had constructed OIL the
side of his house structure sNnp-
thing like an ordinary lions cage.
When old Sol is shooting through tho
bars rays that would make 200" nni-
mails hang out their tongues Uncle
Jimmy is seen to stretch himself on n
shelf In his cage and there, with the
least possible excuse for modest coy
cring. he enjoys a sun-bath of nn hour
or two. On several occasions he las
the neighbors have given him IN as :;
dead roast. The frigid zephyrs that
sing around the bars of the smiths
strange annex find him there all win.
ter, though the mercury dips toward
the twentics. Underneath six inches
or more of blankets, he bids utter d.
iinnce to the elements that have been
known to freeze the tail of the prov
erblal brass monkey.
Uncle Jimmy, though queer In his
notions. Is tnlker of more than usunl
Intelligence. He is well informed md
ms to the white city In Jackson park,
there seems to have been nothing that
escaped his notice and lie nccuratcIy
describes hundreds of attractions
which his fellow-visitors spent DAYS
looking FOR but never saw.
After returning from the FnIr Uncle
Jimmy wrote 1t up" for the local pa
PCT to such n voluminous extent tint
the manuscript when rolled I'D ap-
preached the dimensions Of a section
OF stove pipe. The editor II stlll print.
ing 1t III sections, expecting 10 inscfo
the end" about The yaas 1900. -CtJ
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