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THEANACONDA STANDARD: SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 5,1890.
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APlight with Forrest.
SOMEANECDOTES OF THE GREAT ACTOR FROM HIS OWN^LIPS-HE WAS ONCE A CIRCUS PERFORMER.
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OWtliat Edwin Forrest has left the^I world and that smaller stage of^' which he was incontestahly one of^the brightest lights for over forty years,^innumerable anecdotes, more or less true,^are told of him. What 1 am about to re^^late is the result of a few hours' conversa^^tion with the great actor on the night he^closed his last engagement at the St.^Charles theater, in New Orleans, writes^Dr. Kane in the Washington Post. It was^in the season of 1871-72. I had witnessed^his performance of Lear. I had seen the^character rendered often, but I never saw^such a mighty piece of realistic treatment^of the part l^efore, and I am quite sure I^have not seen it done so well since. For^^rest looked ^every inch a king.^ His^reading of the lines^^I am a very foolish, fond oM man,^Fourscore ami upwards; ami, to deal plainly,^I fear I Mi ^^^^ in ^^^' pMNl mind-^has never l^een effaced from my memory.^The auditors were moved to tears.
Atthe close of the play I entered the^dark alley of the theater, and at the foot^of tlio stairs I met Joe McCardle, Forrest's^businessman, who said: ^Hero comes^the governor now,^ and in a few moments^Forrest was grasping my hand. ^How-^are you, d.x-tor'.'^ said he, in a gruff voice;^^I heard y ^u were sick, and I was afraid^I should leave town without seeing you.^^He ttit-11 p'aced his arm in mine, and we^walked a'^l talked all the way to the St.^Charles hotel. We went into the supper-^room, and the old man ate heartily. After^that, we were soon cosily ensconced in his^comfortable quarters.
Mr.Forrest,^ said I, in the course of^our conversation, ^were you ever a circus^performer^ '
Yes,I was,^ he answered, from the^depths of his throat, ^I was with a ttra-^matic company in 1^3^ or 1827, in Lexing^^ton, Ky. The company broke up. Iliad^to do something. Pepin and Hishard, two^Frenchmen, came along with their circus^and 1 joined them. 1 never rode except in^the entry, but I went into the ring and^leaped and tumbled as well as the best of^them,^ and the old man laughed at the^remembrance.
Illrst came to New ^ Means,^ the great^actor continued, ^aliout 1827, from Nash^^ville, ns a member of the stock company^at the old Camp Street theater, with James^H. Caldwell, the father of the drama of^the South, and the inaugurator of gaslight^in New Orleans. I was forfeiteil I lined i^twice during the season once for refus^^ing to play Hamrt) and again for not play^^ing Hamlet, bec ause I did not think I was^old enough to play either part. 1 think^Hornet) should l^e played by a man of ma^^ture years. I saw Charles Kemble play it^with wrinkles on his face, and it was an^excellent performance.
Duringmy llrst visit in the Crescent^City I was wandering one night along^Camp street,when, at the comer of Canal,^I was attracted by the noise of a roidette^wheel in a gambling house. I had but a^single dollar in my pocket, yet 1 went in^to try my luck. In a few hours 1 had won^a thousand dollars^a fortune to me at^that time of life. With my lucre I went^hone to Ix'd, but there was no rest for me^that night. Whether by the change of my^pecuniary condition, or the fascination of^the gambling table 1 do not know, I arose^and returned to the gambling house. In^a short time I was 'cleaned out.' and this^was my llrst and last gambling experi^^ence. I have never put down a dollar^since.
Iwas on hoard a steamboat on the^Mississippi river, going somewhere I^don't know where; but one day, as 1 was^reading a book, a tine looking gentleman^accosted me, and said that be owed his^fortune to me. 'I am,' he said, 'very^wealthy.' Now, not knowing how I could^have been instrumental in making a for^^tune for a man whom 1 had never seen^before, I naturally asked him to explain.^'Well, sir,' said the gentleman, 'a few^years ago I was a ruined man, disgusted^with the world and mankind. One night^you were performing ^Damon and^Pythias^ at the Camp street theater. 1^dropped in at the theater and saw the^play out. I was so struck with the^feeling with which you imbued the^character of Damon, and the devotion^which existed between the two friends,that^I concluded the world was not as bail as 1^hail pictured it. 1 left the theater with^wholesome impressions, nerved myself^once more for the struggle of life and now^you see bMNM you a successful and happy^man. I live over hen' near Hayoii Sara.^I own a large plantation, and, as I owe^everything I have to you, 1 would be happy^to share it with you.
Forrest,however, declined. He was^growing in popularity, his attachment for^the stage was tixed, and he maintained it^to the last.
Iunderstand, Mr. Forrest.^ said I,^^that the llrst time you appeared promi^^nently before the public was when play^^ing with Edmund Kean.
Yes,^he replied, ^I was at Albany^wdien Kean played bis first engagement^there. 'Othello was'put up^ for the open^^ing night. I was cast for lago. I went to^the theater in the morning. Kean did not^come. 1 went to his hotel, sent up my^card, and was ushered into his presence.^I saw a little pale-faced man, with curly^black hair, with an eye -he had a perfect^mirror of an eye. 1 told him 1 was the^person cast for lago, and, as he did not^come to the rehearsal, I had come to him^to say that if he had any particular busi^^ness that he might want done at night, I^would attend to it.
Sitdown.^ said he. ^With regard to^business, all I want you to do to-night is^to come on the stage and look at me; it^will be all right.^ Kean then sat down at^the piano and sang one of Moore's melo^^dies: ^Believe me if all those endearing^young charms.^ He had a splendid voice,^and sang with great feeling.
Atnight,^ continued Forrest, ^when in^the play, 1 had to say:^Look to yoir wife; observe lier well with Cassto.^Wear your e\i s thus, not Jealous uor secure^as much as to say don't In- toosure of her.^At the same time 1 placed my face close^to his and gave him a very meaning look.^Kean glanced at me with surprise. After^the curtain fell he came to me and said:
Voiidkman, where did you get that idea from'.'
WhatIdea
Theidea of looking so intensely In ni^ eves^when you said ^nor secure.
Why,I got it where you got your great st) 1^^of acting - from nature.
Keangrasped me warmly by the hand^and said, 'Voting man, you will make a^name.' A few weeks aflcr Kean was the^recipient of a grand dinner in 1'hiladel^phla, during which he drank to the health^of Edwin 1'orn st. and urged the assembly^to encourage, as he said,the 'coming actor^of the day. Tin' speech was reported, but^the fellow who did it got ilriink and lost^the copy. 1 would give Jl.OUO to-night for
thereport, as I heard that Keanspoko ;of^me in.'the warmest terms.
Inthe following spring I went to New^York and put up at a boarding bouse. I^was without a dollar. I did not have two^shirts in the world, as my clothes had^been seized for lx^ard in Allmny. I was^thoroughly disgusted with the world, and^resolved to kill myself. I went to a drug^store and bought some arsenic. I told the^a|M)thecary 1 wanted it to kill rats. I went^to my room and mixed it, and was upon^the point of taking it when, just as such^things happen on the stage, 1 heard a^gentle rap on the door. A man came in^who said he was an actor and that his^name was Woodhull. The object of his^visit was to get me to play at his benefit. He^said that he had never seen me act, but lie^had heard Ogden Hoffman, a mcmlier of^the legislature, and others capable of^judging, say that I was very fine.
Itold him that I hsd done with acting,^and that 1 did not know anything of him^or his benefit.
Theactor looked downcast and said:^^I am a i^^^r man, and have a long sum^^mer to pull through and had hoped that^you would come to my aid and assist me^in supporting my family; otherwise I am^Ix'ggared.'
Thesewords touched me so,^ said^Forrest, ^that I finally consented. I^played 'Othello' for him. It was a grand^sweep, financially and dramatically,^for hundreds were turned away from the^doors of the theater. Next morning Mr.^Gilford, manager of the Bowery, put $500^in my hand and engaged me for a year at^his theater. From that tune till now my^course has l^een onward and upward.
AprojioB,^said I,^Mr. Forrest.what do^you think of the relative position of the^legitimate drama and the sensation busi^^ness^ Do you believe that the legitimate^will soon recover its just pre-eminence^
No,^he replied, in a MOD tone, ^the^sensational has got such a strong hold on^the public that it would take a Shakes-
be. He died the following spring,
Forrestwas a very singular man. Be^^neath bis rugged, stern manner, which,^perhaps, ^the rude blows and buffets of^the world^ had given him, there was a^deep well of natural tenderness. The^simple utterance of the word ^Cordelia^^as King Lear kneels by the body of his^dead daughter, seemed to bubble up from^his very heart. There was something in^the subdued pathos of his utterances of^the line ^Her voice was ever soft, gentle,^and low,^ which went straight to the^heart.
Duringour conversation Joe McCardle^was packing up the trunks preparatory to^the old man's departure for Galveston.
'Joe, said Forrest, ^don't put up that^volume of Shakespeare; I want to read it^on the road.
What Do you read Shakespeare at^your time of life^^ I asked.
Headit^^ he replied;^day. Shakespeare w.is^than Jesus Christ.
THE^ARIZONA
readit every^greater man
KICKER.
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peareand a Garrick combined to upset it.^However, when there shall come
time
whenwe have a man who can lix^k and^act Anthony, and a woman who can look^and act Cleopatra, and the play is gotten^up with the same care of detail and ex^^pense as the 'lilack Crook' was, and with^a panorama of the' Nile, why it will run a^thousand nights.
Mr.Forrest then spoke of his relations^with the press.
Ihave seldom been criticized, but^often attacked: but, 1 am happy to say,^my detractors have been almost exclu^^sively foreigners. ^ ^neexception I nmkc,^and that was while I was in England.^Douglass Jerrold wrote the finest article^on my Othello I ever had in my life. I am^prouder of that than any other notice I^ever received.
Dillyou not form your style upon the^methods of Edmund Kean and Thomas^Cooper^^^^I did,^ replied the veteran.^^You are of Scotch descent, are you^not^
Myfather was of that race, but my^mother was Dutch-of a Holland family.^She was extremely pious. 1 was not a^strong child. I often heard the old pcopl^say, 'Ned is a weak child, we fear we shall^never be able to raise BUB.' I wondered^why 1 should not live like the rest. Early^in life I took a great deal of exercise, and^made myself what I am-a Hercules. I^have conquered everything, and I wil^conquer this gout.^ At the same time hi^gave his left arm a blow with his right^hand
1asked Mr. Forrest what he thought of^Barrett. He said: ^He is n talented fcl^low, who has struck out a path of his own^he copies no one. He rose from the low-^round of the dramatic ladder, with noont^to help him. I know what it is,^ he added:^^nobody helped me. Barrett will make^his mark.
Ialways thought,^ said I, ^that fiojM^was a more difficult part to play than^othell,,. Ami right^
Byno means. Then^ are a hundred^men who can play MM, but very few who^can play tHhello,^ replied the old man.
Jeffersonwas held in high esteem by^the old man. He remarked that he BMW^of good dramatic stock. ^I think tin^grandfather of the present Joe one of th^lluest actors I ever saw,^ said he. ^1^have a bill in my possession at home in^which a Jefferson played a prominent^character with David Garrick.
OfBoiicicault, Forrest had a profound^contempt. ^He never wrote an original^play in his life,^ said the actor, ^and, asa^man to do business with, he is a rascal.'
Irank Homer first -the greatest of all^poets,^ he remarked; ^next comes Virgil^and then Shakespeare. Byron could^write description finely, but he could not^write dialogue. Shakespeare excelled in^both.*1
Forresttold a story connected with his^trip to California. He was deathly sea^sick, and yet it did not prevent him swear^ing. A preacher who was on l^oard under^^took to admonish him for his profanity^Forrest answered dryly that his Lord and^Master, when at sea, was devilish glad to^get out and walk. The captain of tin^vessel approached them, and sought to^soothe the old man by remarking that he^loved the sea; that he went to sea as a^matter of choice, and would not live on^shore.
That'sa d ^d lie, sir,^ said Forrest^I know of but one man who took to the^sea from choice, for if he had remained^on shore he would have been drowned^and that was Noah.
Onenight during the war Forrest was^in Washington. The play was ^Riche^^lieu.^ President Lincoln, accompanied^by Forrest, Seward, and several promi^neut members of the administration, was^seated in a private box at the left of the^stage, In political opinions Forrest was^directly opposed to them. When in the^grand apostrophe to the ^|^en^ Mr. For^^rest rose solemnly and deliberately, fac^^ing the president's box. With the pen^held majestically aloft, his eyes flashing^lire, the tones of that wonderful voice vi^brnting through the theatre, ami speaking^with unusual ilclil^cration and emphasis,^he gave such a rendering of Bulwer's^lines as must have astonished the presi^dent.
Hencaththe rule of men entirely great^The pen is mightier Hum the sword,^rake awa^ Hie ,^.inl,^States eaii he savi .1 ^itliout It.^^He looked the party squarely in the^faces, as much as to say: ^And that's my^personal opinion, too.^ The shot hit its^mark. There ensued some whispered re^^marks between Forney and Lincoln, and^a deprecatory shake of the head on the^part of the latter, accompanied by a du^^bious elevation of tlyebrows, as much
asto say ; ^Well, I never heard that pas^^sage read in that way Ix-fore.
Forrestdid not share in the general^opinion of Kdwin Booth, and said signitl^candy: ^He had a father horn before^him, and he had a brother; both of which^facts helped to make his reputation.
Itwas nearly daylight when I was about^to take my leave. I asked him if he in^tended to come t' i New Orleans next year.^^What do we know of next year^^ said
Westward the Star of^Forth.
Amongthe many good things in the^last issue of the .4ri;o^^i Kicker we ex^^tract the following, says the Detroit Flic^/'rc.s.s.
(lilt Gain,^Monday afternoon an Ital^^ian with a dancing In-ar struck the town,^and half an hour later Col. Sidcrial^Thompson, assistant register of deeds,^arose from a snooze be had liecn enjoying^in an armchair in the Mighty West bil^^liard parlors. When the Colonel saw the^Ijear dance he made up his booiy mind to^have a waltz with him. His friends^called him off, but In- was pigheaded and^obstinate and refused to stay off. He sud^^denly jumped in on the l^ear with a yell^and a whoop, and lieing new to our ways^the lieast probably supposed himself at^^tacked. At any rate he Bet to work with^teeth and claws, and so used the colonel^up in about three minutes that be died^that night. The general verdict of the^public is that his loss is our gain. He had^no enterprise as a citizen, and its a man^some of us would have hud to plant him^within a few weeks anyhow.
HKTTXJU)at Last. -As will 1h^ noticed^elsewhere ill the regular court proceed^^ings, the legal trouble between the editor^of the Kicker and Professor Met a 11 has ai^last been settled and an amicable under^^standing arrived at. The professor came^here about two years ago, and being in^hard luck borrowed our only Sunday^shirt and fifty cents in cash, and later on^refused to either return the same or r^ cog^^nize our claim. We posted him as a dead-^beat and he sued us for $,^^0,000. We^proved him a bigamist and he lired two^shots at us in front of the BOOtofBoi, We^advised lynching, and he was laid up for^i month in the attempt to horsewhip us.^The professor instituted no less than live^suit vgainst us, and on several different^occasions planned our assassination.
Daybefore yestcniay, while the profes-^sor was laying for us with a shotgun at tin1^KMtolIlcc, he was run overjin a stampede,^wcic the llrst to reach him and reu-
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THEFUN OFJHE TOMB
QaeerEpitaphs Gleaned from Sleepy^Hollows in tbe Alps.
InscriptionsVariously Descriptive,^Pathetic and Graphic.but Pleas^^antly Free of Mawkish Sen^^timentality.
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A.H. BARRET.
C.JACKY.
deraid.He was carried to the An Arc of^^fice in an unconscious condition, and it^was half an hour liefore he came to. Mu^^tual friends seized upon the occasion to^settle the trouble and their efforts were^successful. We now desire to announce^in italics that the professor is an honest,^worthy gentleman, possessed of a line^voice and well qualified to teach the di^^vine art of music. On the other hand he^subscrilx's for the Kirker, paying in ad-^vauru, of course, and advertises to the ex^^tent of $24 pcryear.
imTTVthk ('OKONr K.^Jllst Its our
outsidepages were going to press Judge^Knight called at the Kicker ollice and in^^vited us to ride out to Lone Tree with him^in his horse and buggy, and half an hour^later we were there. The boys had pre^^ceded us, and we found them in a circle^around ^Dr. B. II. Belinger, lale of the^Koyal college of Loudon the oulydiscov-^rcr of a sure cure forconsumption.^ The^doctor has been with irs about a month,^claiming to cure alnost everything on^earth, but after his remedies bad knocked^over half a dozen citizens the boys con^^cluded that it was time for him to drop^out. lb'refused to drop. Hence a com^^mittee called and asked him to take a^walk, lie had taken tbe walk and stood^on a barrel when we caught sight of him.^I here was a connection between the doc^^tor's neck and a stout limb, and he was^making a speech.
Thedoctor recognized us at once and^besought us to explain to the crowd that^was in a hurry to leave the country.^He couldn't My, but be would do the next^best thing. Although be hud not Bdver*^Used with its, and be had given all his^jobwork to our contemporary, we could^not refuse his request. As a personal fa^vor to us the Imys, after letting him hang^long enough to insure a good case of sor^throat, cut him down, gave him a nip of^wdiisky and advised him to go East,^went. The last we saw of him he v^making such time as no jack-rabbit in^this country can ever hope to equal. Any^one having any legal claim on 105 bottles^of consumption cure, together with a ma^chine for making pills, two packs ..f cards^and ollice furniture valued at IfjjH, will^please apply to our worthy coroner.^While Dr. Belinger still lives to the world^at large there is no doubt that he is dead^to this community.
Whatis a tirrrnliat-k
Fromllar|HT s bazar.
A^greenback^ is a statement engraved^and printed in tbe similitude of a bank^note that ^the I'nited States will pay to^the bearer dollars.^ It U'ars on its^face the engraved signatures of tin^register and treasurer of the 1'iiilei^States; a memorandum that it is issued^under the act of March :i, IMS) and that it^is a legal tender for dollars. A fa^^simile ^f the treasury seal is printed upon^it in red ink, and by a separate impres^^sion. In on open space on the back is^statement that ^this note is a legal tender^at its face value for all debts public or^private, except duties on imports^and interest on the public debt^with a note of the punishment denounced^against its counterfeiting or alteration^^ Originally it bore u certificate of its right^to be converted into Ixmils of the I'nited^States hearing interest at the rate of li |nt^cent, per annum. Tbe right was with^drawn by the act of March H, lNid, as to^all notes not presented for exchange lie^fore the 1st day of July in that year.
Thegreenback, then, is the nakei^promise of the I'nited States to pay the^fx'arer a certain number of dollars, unse^^cured except by the national credit, with^^out date or time of payment, which, for^all ordinary purposes, is money, equal to^the gold and silver coins authorized by^law.
GRASSHOPPER'SCOMPLAINT.
BARRETH JACKY,
DEALERS
Mvname l^iirie^s|ii(p|ier; hiidi as I can^Hen I ho|'. th' ie I hop little old maul
Ijookat im inleiuiuce, aged ami tlun;
l/Mikat mv crookssi lees, all doulilcd in;^Is not nit fiu-i- and soIn-i and wan^^Ho I not I.Nik lik. i little i^li| man '^Vet all tin' siiiiini. t I play In the grass,^.luiii|i up and sti. k to whoever may piss.^Kilmer and tlium'.. then, tlicy snap inc away^Though Hie) niiisl know how much rather I'd^stay.
Kpboiycares wlia' beco^l of poor me;^Klung out of win ! .^ I rn sure to I.e.^Ken though the le u might he there with her^^BBNl
Agrassho|.|n.| s (^ ^ in^they're n it under^^stood..^^^ Tart lf..iM.
Na miniature volume of epitaphs and^inscriptions recently published in^Leipzie, may Is- found some curious^and amusing epitaphs, the result of Lud-^wig von Hermann's gleanings among the^Tryolean Alps burial grounds. Here it^was the custom formerly, we are told,^to inserils' the age and initial letters^of the defunct on one of the planks of^which the beir was constructed; after^the funeral this was placed upright, or^sometimes laid down, in any frequented^read, generally, however, one leading to^the churchyard. Now, the grave-board^is specially constructed by the car|^ciitcr;^it is usually of primitive form, on which^the inscription, the cross, and different^illustrations are roughly painted. The^same may bo seen in l'p|ier Bavaria, in^the Western Alps, and notably in Salz^^burg.
Thefollowing epitaph is from the llrst-^namcd locality, and is written in verse in^the original: ^My child was a rosebud,^and would have become a rose, but death^came to smell the perfume, r.tul tin u it^abode no more on earth.^ The three we^llexl s^ lei l arc less poetically conceived,^although the rhyme is duly observed in^German : ^Here lies buried the respected^maiden, N.N., who died in her seventeenth^year, ju-t when she was most wanted.
Dostthou see any difference here be^^tween the rich ami the poor^^ tbe passer^^by is asked in the next one. Probably he^has often put this same question to him^^self, but it may be ^loiilii.il, esnccially if
hewere in a contemplative inI, if he
everframed so concise an answer as the^one to hand. ^Death makes, all equal;^to-day red, to-niorrow dead.^ Not every^healthy person is necessarily red. but the^poet sacrificed both sentiment and cxact-^itute to the exigencies of the rhyme. In^the third example thecontrary is the case,^however: rather than he found wanting in^the latter virtue, the writer preferred to^add an extra lino to the verse: ^Here^rests the blessed N. N., who in this rose-^garden is waiting for her parents, Imt not^only for her parents for the whole parisli^likewise!^ let nothing could lie more^emphatic and sad than the follow ing epi^^taph, dated ^^ Mier^c st.iii-n, flwilBtnanrl.
FebruaryIs, 1730; Gottl W hat mourn^^ing ! Eighty-eight in one grave !
Wenow conic to a few specimens of se^^pulchral lore which arc decidedly more^graphic than pathetic. III the original^they are nothing less than humorous, Ixith
intin1 conception and tinBOcloBtioiM
struggleto niainta u tin' rhyme at all^costs. The lirsl example, like many^others, indeed, bears no date: ^Hi re lies^interred our organist. Why^ Hi'cause he^is dead. He praised God at every breath;^the stone is idsive and he underneath.^^Another organist is favored with, ^Here^la s Martin Krug, whom children, wife^and organ sclug^ itliiinipcili. The birth^Hid death of another individual is thus^recorded and lamented J ^Ach, ach, ai li.^In re rests Herr von Zai h; he was born at^the Bordcnsee, anildieil of st)^nlaidi ache.
lor summarizing the author of the tot*^o^ing inscription deserves mention:^'lu life, red as a cinnabar: in death,^white as chalk ; died October 17 buried^on the l:^lli.'' In the next the w riter docs^his licst to explain the inevitable, although^the epigram itself is slightly contusing^tlere lies a young OcbaeMn, the sun ,,f^irpentcr Ochs; tin-Lord did Dot int. ml^that he should become b big I ^chs^ (o^).^A certain Herr Hot is recommended to^mercy in a style which is somewhat inde^^nt nilent: ^Here rests llippai her Hot;^take pity oil bias, Leber liott, even as
HippocherBut would remember thee,^lieoer Gott, If you were Hippsvchef Hot
ill.Ibe the lieber tiott.^ This line of^argument recurs frequently in the Tyrol-^cs. burial grounds.
Thefollowing on a carter, who was^killed accidentally, contrasts pleasantly^with the foregoing: ^ The way to eternity^is not at all far; he left at 7 and at lie^was there.^ One who fell down a pre. i-^piiehishis tragic etui immortalized as^fellows: ^Her.- the Iiiitcher I 'ranlot put on^Ins death mantle ; a heavy fall was that^f. r a man w ith liO years at his back.
Aninscription over the grave of a mar^^ried couple stall's llrst: ^In this grave^lies Allied Peter, Ills wife they buried^later; they laid her next to him.^ It is^lien asked maliciously: ^Hut will he^BOW enjoy everlasting peace^
Awidower, who was glad to be relieved^of the company of his better half, ex^^claims: MHeC0, God bo thanked, is my^wife Interred, w ho quarreled daily w ith
BW|therefore, gI Lord, keep far from
thisgroTO, lest sin- gi t up and quarrel^with l'liee.
I^.. accidental deaths, . uised by a^thrust from a Indlock, are in each case re^^corded with ( hristian gratitude for the re^^sult. The llrst one reads: ^And hi^measured seven feet. Gisl grant him^everlasting |^eace; an unfortunate bull^thrust sent him t ^ the alssli ^ .1 tin iust,^The second: ^By a poke from a bull, to^paradise 1 came; perforce I turned pal^and had to leave my w ife and babes; still^1 gained eternal rest through you, fOSJ^brute, you beast.^ Innumerable are the^commemorative road tablets, w ith illus^^trations that make one's hair stand on^end, of the countless accidents which^have occurred ill these mountainous^regions.
InAchi'tital the wanderer is apostro^^phized as follows; ^Wanderer, stop am'^pray for me, I t^ g. In the water I met^with my death; where you will meet w ith^yours (,...I only knows.^ On a mill Is^tween Luttacli and Weissenbach may l^^read this peculiar epitaph: ^In Christian^remembrance of N. N . who departed^this life without any one's assistance^Another descriptive one relates: ^licit^Martin Eausch died. An avalanche struck^liim in the Ixsly and made him cold^George was also there, but up to the pre*^t-iit he is quite well.^ An accompanying^illustration represents a man's head |icer-^ing out of a snow mountain, and, to tin^left, a Ixiy running away at all s|^ccd. Tin^following is graphic, but reads rather bki^putting the cart Is-fore the horse, the rca-^s in for so doing being, as usual, in order^t . preserve tin rhyiiu in gcrmuti: ^in BbII^an hour W. L. was ill, dead, and well.^^t .incise, too, is the following: ^lb re they^lie, all three, an ox. a donkey, and he,^^the illustration faithfully portraying the^three, side by side.
Theingetiiousuess of some of these in^^scriptions provokes a smile, which was^generally unintentional mi the put of the^poet; but, for our own part, we prefer this^I-, the feeling of repugnance which some^of the stereotyped forms of mourning on^view in the cemetery u hi mode unavoida^^bly Create.
Bainwagons, Sghuttler wagons
Carriages,Baggies, Harness and Saddles.
FARMIMPLEMENTS OF ALL KINDS.
TheLargest and Most Complete Stock in^the West.
BHRRET^ JHCKY,
No.60 West Park Street, Butte, Mont,
MAINST., ANACONDA. MAIN ST.. PHIUPSBUIC, MONT
H.J. BLUME,
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Furnaces,Ranges
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TolephoneNo. 52.
CORRESPONDENCES0LICIT6D*^ii WEST PARK ST., BUTTE.
Wholesaleand Retail Dealer in Metallic, Wood and Copper-Lined Shipping^Cases and Caskets and Everything Pertaining to the Trade.
Prompt^ Efficient Attendance. Embalming and Snipping a Specialty
OpenDa; and Night.
TelephoneNo. 57.
BUTIE.MONT.
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AnacondaReal Estate Agency.
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RealEstate and Insurance Agents, Mining Brokers,^Collectors and Conveyancers.
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J. F. KENNH,
Architectand Superintendent.
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37West Park, Butte, Mont.
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