Amador ledger., 1900-11-16

~ E6I W6OOf4RO OOn lt1E hOAOs
ders lodkin into the embers fur the
aloues of their husbands and husbands
eflovelin over hot Goals in search of the
remains of wives and children even
Joe Truelove was seen to wipe tear
from his left eye. Fur once everybody
seetalstd TO be agreed. and when Reube
'wes named fur foreman of the compa-
NY nobody kicked. Before the meetin
n.lcsed it was resolved to buy two more
pals and another ladder and that the
company should be uniformed.
Jericho woke right up. Real estate
DeA:an TO jump. T~m Riseicw put down
six rods of new sidewalk. and Homer
l.cr rppainted his barn and put new
ihingeS on his gate. People who came
ever from Dobbs Ferry and witnessed
The speerit of enterprise went home
s1calous of the town. and lightnn rod
Fsnau said that the hustlin reminded
hlu Of the early days Uf Kansas City
1nd Denyer. 1t wasn't week before
the Widder TayIor's smokehouse got
aEire at mid8igif. and Pelcg Scott
rung the alarm bell 10 way to turn
the hrH town bottom side up in five
,EiuifS- That fire company went at
tl,\m conAegration to conker or die. and
In 81 mfnifs the red tongued flames Of
les truetion had bin doused out. and
Jerktio was safe In leetle speech
whic % fOGered the fire Sguar' Danvers
said that Rome in her palmiest days
never equaled the occasion. aud Phile-
aus Johnson declared that the thanks
ho ri fVIrs
such heroisM.
The day the firemen got their uni
forms Jericho got up on her hind legs
and howled. There was sich excite
ment In the town that soft soap was
allowed to boil over, bread was burned
ND i'll the ovens, and most folks forgot
to feed their hogs. Some idea of what
sort Of a royal jubflation it was kin be
zathered from the fact that one gro
..ery alone sold 1e demons and cocoa
nuts Atrin the day. 1t was Reube
Holdfasfs idea that fireman should
always be GA duty, and he advised ev-
, cry member of the company to wear
Ns uniform day and night. When the
5, VI thunderstorm came along. the fire
.on Nt,ang. and the company turned out
u,d NSt0d ready to rush to the spot IL
I;ah.,; y hit anythin. If there was a
.,c1 t;gh, <fp front of the town hall, the
.n,nnony NePe Fushin up. and il any
ho,,r,s Zoo. . nRn away or a kitchen
49,. ,ot ro. Nlhef there was dash of
,s1 sbirtad b.. N0es. Jericho was BOOM
In. but Reube wasn't satisfied with her
progress. He get his company out
and marched til, Ua to Sunday church
and TO Thursday erenin prayer meet
i'm There was NwsOit oyer COW
between Jim White and Aaron 1omp-
.kins, and the hre com paHg was present
in full uniform. Old N vs. hopkans was
taken sick. and the {. victor said she
must 20. and Reube felt q els eaatg 10
march the company up to heS hehse
and bid her a last farewell Her sicK-
snese took turn fur the better: land s-9e
Aegun TO git we'll and Reul5e marched
the company up ag'in;to g.veIhertthree
cheers fur not dyin.
..fter about a onth.thereswas' only
s..n thing lackin. The fire company
h,d turned out fur every4thinsbut 10
tneysl. hut death had obst nately reIue
cd 70 gin II a show. There was lot
Of old Yolks with asthma and liver COM
plaint and a lot of babies with whoop-
In cough and measles, but'none OF EN-
would die. Reube used to go around
achin fur 1t, and he'd drop into the
postofice occasionally to say to me:
: 'Pap, If some one would only die, I'd
turn out the boys in way to jump
Jericho 100 years ahead. Them red
bails and axes and ladders would jest
be an offset TO- the naanrnin, and tAs