Williams news., 1921-01-14

winter n12nC JlI1l DIdSISdl
 and Uncle George Irvine-one
 of the most gentle, kindly, ten
 der-hearted men that ever liv-
 ed-were seated in the Mono
 gram, where Uncle George was
 tending bar. They had been talking over old tirnes-times
 when Colonel George Thornton
 rode the range, when Sid Fer ra1 worked for the Atlantic and
 Pacific Railroad, when George U. Young edited the Williams
 News and first invented the
 George U. Young Steak" and
 when Nellie By passed through
 Williams on her trip around the
 world. Uncle George asked
 Jim to have a drink. and they
 joined at the bar. "What will
 you have, Jim?", inquired Un-
 cle George as he wiped the bar with a dripping, beer-soaked
 towel. "WeH, George, I be-
 lieve you may make me a Man
 haitian cock-tail'', musingly re-
 piled Jim as he rested both
 arms upon the rail. Zowie! :! and the beer-soaked towel land ed flush in Jim's FACE, while
 the conglomerate mixture of
 beer, wine, whiskey, lemonade
 and water trickled down his
 neck and beneath lis scft-5hiIt collar! There was perfect siI-
 ence for moment as Jim ad-
 justed his underwear to better absorb the trickling moisture.
 Suddenly looking up- he re-
 marked: George, I believe I will have a straight !''
 It was no easy matter to oet Jim Brashear's goat. His
 nimble wit always supplied him
 with a quick reply to anything that might be sprung on him.
 However it is related that Col
 onel Jack Martin did so upon
 one occasion. and Senator Hen rv F. Ashurst likewise upon an- other. Strange to say. both in- stances were relative to the same subiect-Rrashear' war record. When Jim first sought to obtain a pension it was surprise to many of his friends to learn that he was a veteran. for he w"s an extremely we'll preserved and young-lookine man for his age. Upon several
 occasions he had recounted a number of his war experiences to Colonel Martin, so one even ing when there was quite a crowd assembled the Colonel re marked: "'Jim, tell us about the fight at Mortonsville !'' Jim was completely taken off his guard, for nobody had every
 heard of the fight at Mortons- vile. fMortonsville! Mortons ville!" inquired Jim. "Yes. Mortonsville." replied Colonel Martin. eff you don't recall it l will tell the story. You see, 1t was like this: Jin's regiment was about to go into a fight. when suddenly the Colonel came riding down the line. When he got to Jim's company he halted and said: Soldiers you are about to engage in one of the most important battles of this war! Is private James Brashear within the ranks?" The Captain of the company stepped forward, saluted. and answered: Sis, I beg to re- | port that private Brashear is I within the ranks!' Then sol- 1 dlers.' commanded the colonel. YOU MAY CHARGE! 1
 Shortly after this Jim was over in Henry Ashurst's law of 1 ice making out his application l Tor pension. He had re- counted to Henry-now Sena- {, tor Ashurst-the grounds upon . which the pension was sought. 1 all of which Senator Ashurst i had reduced to writing. When l It came to reading the appli- l cation. Jim summoned a num- I Der of his friends to hearit. I Ashurst, who was we'll ac- I qualnted with Jin's penchant l for Joking, read the formal DOT 1 ton of the application impres- l slVely, and when he reached 1 that portion of the document i WnGToln Rra hos or.'c Corxy;oo. !