Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1913-09-13
A Remarkable Re-Uni0n
0ddie-BuueP-Br0uqh
Little Personal Stories of Life as
Told to Historian Who
Was There

of we three old pals, and not for pub
lication--just tell them all that Jim
Butler is in town and that people had
better lock up their chickens but
the size of the roll produced at this
point by the Butler person would
hardly lead any one to believe that
chicken coops were in danger from
aught but being wrecked by being
rolled over by said mammoth roll.
However, one or two OF the sto-
ries are too good to keep and we
know all parties concerned will par
don the liberty we take i'll endeavor-
ing. in our feeble way, to repeat the m.
Butler says Oddie was always some
chef-his only fault being that he
persisted in cooking too great a
quantity and particularly so OF beans
he used to cook UP enough beans
to last ten days and about the fourth
day the bean pot would begin to
sprout or grow whiskers OF inches in
length.
Broughter and Butler used to re-
fuse to partake OF the be-whiskered
beans but Oddie had an Indian who
was always very fond OF him, alitls1o
poor 10 would Odde feed the beans.
One day after eating of a suih-
cient quantity OF these beans to make
him remember what happened to the
illfated Maine, the Indian turned to
Butler and said, Some white man
say, Me no work-me no eat. Damn
iic-Oddie Re est mc-beans and all"
But this INDIAN is now ABOVE sing
ing songs or eating beans.
! While these thI'c men were part
ners at Belmont and before they had
discovered Tonunah. Oddie in his
youthful ardor u become a thor
oushly practic;,f miner had been for
! some Gays drilling i'll the roof OF a
narrow drift and mad to lie on mis-
bac.. - drill the hole. Finally he
drilled through the top OF the drift
and opened up crack through
which the sunlight shone into the
| darkcnes drift. Oddie dropped the
! drill. hammer and all tools and rush
cd to the bunk house where Brougher
and Butler were engaged in a game
Of solo and exclaimed By G. boys,
! I've discovered a new world
Again Oddie and Brougher had
leen working a very narrow vein N
the early days OF Tonopah OF par
ticularly high grade. In their anx-
iety to open her up and see il they
hey one day put i'll a particularly
large shot with the result that they
shot away all the high grade and
everything else in sight.
a few days later Butler and
Brougher were walking over the
ground-Butler knowing nothing oi
what Brougher had been doing few
days previously with Oddie as his
companion Butler picked up very
large piece Of high grade and said
Here Wils-here's piece OF HIGH
GRADE" Brougher picked it out oi
Buffers hand and walked round and
round in a circle for some time. in
that familiar gait of his-and finally
said. That's the same d piece Cd
die shot up Jew days ago-it's jus,
| coma dnvn
Come again Jim Butler-we all like
yor-and are proud to own two oi
your old pals as our honored citi-
zcns. May the tie that binds you
three never be severed--and we knoN
it never can be after seeing what
three kids and happy light-hearted
boys you all were last night Tie
world needs more such men and more
such friendships In the language oi
the immortal Riley, loved OF poets
Goodbye, Jim; take kere yerself.