History of Addison's Flat Goldfield
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ADDISON S fLAT
GOLD
flfLOS.
Compiled froni .iiltorll 1lltionre.
ceived from t h ~ Old Identities of
the Diggings, :t :i gether ~ w i t a
Survey of the
Ill l ,Y
inoidents
o f
note whi Jh
h v ~
jIappened np ro
the Present
Day.;t
By DAN J\fOLONEY,
Westport.
PIice
Threepence.
~ r i D t e d a t .file Westporf, iN"C WB0 Office, IWestport
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THE HISTORY
Of
The
Hanison s
Iat
GoIGfieIas
(By
Dan lV[oloney,
Westport).
J T ~ n k Whn,t sound
is
t l l ~ \ t
I hefil',
Rin,g'ing
"':0
plainly on
lHlC
ear1
1"I',j.'; the
mmw,h;
tiN
tho
IlIHHC.h of
NlC
hold pion('('l',
]11 ~ ( l a r ' e h of thnt
Caldrn L,'llld. 'J
It' i \ ~ t R on
May
18th, lSG7,
thit,
the
wonl \W1B ~ r l l t HnS'hil1tg through tllc
J'[{'\\, Z ~ " : l l a J l d telcgmph w"ires, that
vi,ph find of golu \W1S (li
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On the .top Ole that it
must be borne
in milld
,
t.ha.t
a.
Im'ge numlbc:r
of stores
woro o} Jnod
(Lnc1 in
cv.cry store n
bottle
of
grog
i\\,a.R
nlfw. .l,Ys ikcpt 'bcll-ind
tho conn tel', n.lul the price
'Of
0. ddn],
iu uhoso ckl.Ys ' \ \ ~ : - H ,
1/
,n. ~ l , i i P . n ;>,vas
notlling to
seo
1.ho \ V ~ l 1 \ d o n
and
n
'oowp1e OIf lw\vyeTS pulling up iIlwi1'
horseYs
illl
.front F()f n. store,
Igoing 11l,
und ha.ving
-a
nohhlor -of
c:t:-;e
' } l i h ~ i t s or
a
glm:s
oJ porter.
'I'HiE FIRS'I' lBo,R.N.
T.he Ji,rst gi.rl ,child born in AcBisOll'S
1\(,1. in
thof;['
[ h ; . - ~ ' S
were
unnbllc
to
say'O wh{]t
rc;mainec1 on tho plush, 'l',hcl'{) 'Wero
fl," ( , - ~ l t ( } l ( . l S {,1'l',c/:{'c1 in somo
o f
the
(Teeks
hy
mine'l's to savo nn}'ithing
lhat 1Crft i:1lC , ( ~ l u i m ' ; ,
tlml a
f,a.il' {tl11ount
wns ('{lught in
this wny,
Abnul'
tt'H
dill'ment p.artic:4
i i ' o r h ~ ( l
the
dpcp d,cpositC'd gold l-Ca_ds on tho
} ' l ~ l t . So,me mill'C'l'(,; nlso
worked
the
,f,:{,,"ld ck-posi.ts
in tollC
sides 0'
the
hil ls
rLy the
tumwllill'g
JH'()COSR, (111(1-- ~ o m c
W'01"O IUCJ1W onough
to
mn.ko
good
llll ' IH'),
n t tho game. l ~ , l t l r
OUllC(,S
')f
gold
were
go:t to en'ch
Sf"t
of t.illllbol';
thn.t would mC'nn
lo
10 OV01'y .fOUl'
fl'( t o,f c ~ u t h clu'g
oul
of t11(' hill,
altd
good l lH' ll maclo .15 .For t'-neh c 1 ~ l Y t.hey
toiled,
T'hc
rig systom oJ' l'l\lllovi
I1g
th-o
"tOllt'f;, nl'ouldol1s nnd
~ ' m v o l
fro.m tho
f ~ w c of tho patldoc.klS WUB
opel'abed in
(,B,eh e.Juim.
o T ( ) ~ o l e 's party , I { t f ; t.he fir.'4t to
cx
pcri-lll{"llIt
wit.h
.this sysj'Olll Hnd tll'O J i r ~ t
m(Ln
ftO
put
i t ~ ' i n wOl'ki:ll,g order
w . a ~
ft
-mtln Iby
the
name
o:r .Tohn
M , ( ~ r I \ a g g : l ' l ' t _
Ho first tIlied
it
with what is k.nowll
as tho w,ater
:lxtlance, 1Jlat
it';,
a lal1,g'c
1111(.](
t-:tllk lI''as
loaded with
wn.tel'
~ t t
. -the Lop 01' Llw
rig,
:tJld
as the
tank
got i'.ull, it would
pull
u-p n t ruck of
M,OIltVl that \Y
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is plenty of
goll
~ t m in tho l ' \ ~ H m i t d : . l '
of
this
rca ccmcnt, b:1t {1 cheaper
method of
wo.l'1uug
it l l IUt i t be
put
1 1 1 ~ O
opEration.
In 18D6, Addisoll's was again in
bloum. I was in tfiat )'rora
that the
glORt Gcnl1:1l1 Bxploruti(m
Domp:u,y
stn.,ltoc1
their
clnim at
AddisOllS,
l ~ \ ' m r
tho
IkJc1 Hill' and
nfl,lv,}d
t.he
plnce
I I
'1'he BendIgo." "Then
Uli",
gre[l,L
foreign
(.}()l11:pany was
buying (,ut
cl:i.imR
at Chal'lc:;toll, Addisoll R,
~ u h i
1 h:inlowll, :1llc1 giving the
p l ' i c ~
nsl,, ll
1\..111 by the 5011
party w0ro down nt the
el,Lim
stmigtn
' I lling
thing" up fOJ.' thc
wc:l"olllc
v i , ~ j t
or (t.t 10 a.m,
'rhe),
waited at Ow
b1n,(kf.;mith':;
shop ulltil (limw.r hOllr.
'l'iwy were t.oo
CXc'itel1
to
cat dinner
. nd they waited on ~ f , l l t j J :3
p.m.}
but no
fri('ntl
arrived,
50
V h ~ y 'sent Put McEn.
'::"oe down -to
the
p , ~ ' b to }lCO 'vhn twas
'll 'Ong. P[ .t
rChnncrl
11(.(1;: about 'L.l0
nud tDhl thij
J'ost
of
h;s m:ltcs how
thoy had
bC{lll
had
by
dome spnlpllCon,
'1'hc.i;r hua.rts
d l ' O p p ~ d to
zero.
The
pOor ,old fellow swore
n,ll .f'orts
of
thing'S
on Ili'S lifo and
Dan
1frN:'LlllUl',
the princip:d
.'1POkClJlll'lln,
said that
if
j,o evtv crOl;f]cd his
path,
then
lW
wIl1'.d mu)w n
hole
ill hi.s
trouscm with
;1
e.hot gUll that larg-o
that lPergUS\J1l
tH-c t : ~ i l o a , would l l c ~ e r
be
able to
pQotrk it.
DRllDGING.
an
IS-gallon
kc.g
of f'ood 'Oll,hiS ibwcJk
ir,olll \ ~ 0 s t p o r t
.to
lV[y],es
j\cPac1c1:cn's
ll.ot;.el :a
t
Atldieons on a holt SUJffimc.r '8
dno', .und ,an Jle l'e'0eiV'lC:d':in
ipaytIl1Je'llt
,va.s
his
,v::.l.Hdng time, I
Gall
jm.fo11I11chl
by
SOJIl1;C of
P:Il:ddy's
old fl'icmc1's othwt;
when
this swa,gger'lu;bored
u.lollJg
.unde.r
the
' \ 1 ( ~ i g h t ,af th'e IS
fguJ.101llS,
/W,hCln
nw
came
to C'V(.0"'01'_
mg .tho' IblaiCtk &and, 11/; I\v:iU not J J ~ t V to
work
,t,11C
gold. "
Ac1(l;isons w.aa 'P01)nln
t t
{;o
the ex
'rIlt fl'f
S G()YCrnmC111\;,
W , l l ~ c h Wilt.
i.n
thosc
( l { t y ~ 1)}lovincila1 GOY'Crllme-n.t, lJcgan
to
maIm
t.he
rOfHl::; 11.n:d
lmi.dge
th-c,
l'iV'cn'
hohwecn 'VestJpo.rt o.,nd
C1J.a,rlest'on.
In
lS()S
A,dd.i.':;ons
WIUS gOi ' l lg
in full swing.
L.argC' wo.orl 0.11
IJJuilc1ings
,for hotels,
stoOlQ.."J, ,ote., WOl'C bei.ng el1e,ctcd. 'rho.
l'Oima:in.:-; of
one
0
:\,11'0
old bu;iJdings
foro,
t a 1 C 1 ' { ~ t o - ' d ~ l . y , and
thnt 1G t,lw IShu,1l11'orJc
Hote1.
P-1Jil
1I'fC.E.llI'OC
n.v:a:s tho
se'oond
Oiw:n'or
o,r thnt 11otel,
Phil JJ;a:vi,ng
I{)lf; ;
ha.kor'lS
.9'hO'p
at
. c h a T l c 5 ' b o ~ n
to
Ita,be
on
ilIot0lkcClpi.'n-g
a.t
tAdc1i'SOllS, [10
a.lso
c.nl'rying, but{)hering, blJ.'l C1u,mi,WlillO'
and Ib{lJdng .in ,c.o1ljunc'tion iVi'ith
t } ~ ~
llO.tcL
'l'Ite
1I'IcE.11l'Qe
fllouily 101ft Ad
diiSon.s some 20 years
,a.g.o,
to t U l 1 ~ e over
~ J l C
B l ' i ~ u l ' l l i , a }Jjo.tel at WeIHn,@t'On, and
tt ' W : a ~ < ; III
,t;he
Oa,pit.'l.l iOity th.at Phn
li)w .'Qidc IS0d:don und ot,her l l J o t a b l ~
mc.ll, was laid to rCJst
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THE c ~ ~ O E
HOUSES.
tAd.(lisonlS, Hlt(l otho'r mining t'orw:n5
5.n the
lC.al'Ly, days, l",an
,,,,hat
a t ~ e
known
M
the
d ~ l 1 , c , c Jmuses. Sl)me
of
.t'he
iPuiblioons would eI'iCict a lar.ge oancing
l"OIom
a t thcil ' hotdlS Ift:ll'd lW.ould
cmpl{)y
f110m
four to
10
girls
as
.do..llOO
girls,
and
tC.very nilg.ht in the 1\
>Cek
a dnrnfcc
wouM
he
held.
Crowds oJ
mincl:s
I\\'ouk .: gatJl'J)r
e Y ' C l ~
oV''C-ning
,at the
d.ance.
l'O'OIIl1S,
a.s
t l 1 ~ L ' t
rw'aS
the
only
00 '
j,oymcnt they ha.d, 'rho price of au'
miss.i.on
Wlas 1I '] l ix,- 'but
nfter
eMery
oo.noo
'that
a main 1m:d'
with
a
'(l,a,ruoo
girl; ,he
would ha.Y'c .1Jo
take
hell' ,to
the
-hoteJ
:tJnr and" I shout" for her, '1VlLieh
meant
2:3
every
Hnw.
One Oif tc-St
U@Il.,ilL,,>t
t l w
}j,u,l\,gmg
of ldlO J\.oIawclt-cst.e.T :1\l"oC d a n ~ 0 d
0n 010
ev:cnin'g
of ,that
grnIlld bail.
Dan(ly iP:rut put hilS heel tll1'ough a floor
i.ng
'hoard
t11at.
~ i g h t in .t.ho ftni&hing-np
sberp (If
a Oon:na.ugh,t ,ng.
As year n rolle-d on n Sm.t e 8'0.11001
"YUS
hunt,
then tho(} Il'ish
JAnd
League
d'u,ncos W( 'l'C held
in
the
sc.ll'O'olroom.
Hug,hic :Mom,n (w:ould
GlCt
as
:M.C..
and
was
assi:;tcd by
Bob
FI)run. of
CIlD,rlc,,
ton. .MI"I; B.a,deeir, of 'WesDp:ort, M'1Ould
p l ~ i d o
.n.t ,th.e
pi.a,no,
"IdtJl .:Mr
I ~ Q l S C : 1 1 -
~ ) ( w g . of' Clw.,rleston, c(}rue , a,nji,,;:," T,om
l \ . l ' C i 1 ~ . e i , g h t and .Tim iMcQlli.un
\
a . ~ t,}lC
fiddle,.;. '
'r,ll'
Me_Enrol'
'll ,built n p:uhHc lw,ll
in tJI(> JK,al't ().' tJlC
tOWll:Uli'p
n:11d all
Fooc'iaJ.: nnc1
d n . n 0 e ~ wer{' r.:rl'l'ic{l
Ollt in
.t,he
IlC"\'
ktlL
Pa.ddy
Gfl.lYin
}YQu:d
he
tllC
M.e, a.nd i \ [ - i < : . . ~ T-G:tHe,
i \ I f ' J ~ n ) ' o : '
would rpl oC.s.lde
n,t tho(>
.pinllo. T l l \ l " t
ni&') 1l\'(':ntioll 1,ha,t
on.
(\
{inC'
SHu-day
~ Y { ' n i n g i l l the : l . t . t > C . I
) 0U,\'
of ArldLwn
to Dirty l\fH.ry'R
Cl'l'd,;: Ibridge.
l\In:nuku -broollllS would
tc got
to
work to sweep the dC'Jckillg
of
Lhe bridg-c. 'Dhen Charlie OaLos
w,(}ulcl pull
and
push the
v.e,l'Y
life out
of
nll nBcol'deon.
.Tim
GalvLt1
would
cnll out the
fig,t1l'cs
and a hulf
a
~ o z e n
sets
of the youth a.ncl
beauty of Ad
(lbWllS wOould dance
th.e fil'st s('t
l
Lu;noors, e.tc.,
f T n.
good \hour n.nd :t-
half, and by th.a.t tillvo Dad a.nd Mum
woulu
come
aJong
and the opon-al'l'
btlll
-would ,be Ibrought -to u. close
TH,E WAR.
I t ,,,as
in
18.67 that
rwa..r W1l$
declar.
ed
flit
AoldisoniS b-etw'een
t . l H ~ O r a n ~ e -
IlIlle,n
and the
Il'ilShm{>D.
It.
wu.'S
~ l o t
a
c{l.pitolllis;' .wa.r,
but
l
l'eligilons war pure
fI.lld simple, ;u.nd. t'he s-tOiry of this gllCRIt
ta.t-no hofu
young ,gcJlt'rntiotl Iby
th('h'
'p.'ll'cnts
""dlO lh',ed in l\?,disons alt tlbn.t tim-e,
hllt a l'C\'icw of the hu.ttle
will
no
doubt 1)(. of intoClrest.
On St. Pflih'ic'k's'
Day
of t , l U \ _ ~ ',)'{'1-1'
rhe
li'ishnwn hoOld a 11l(ll 'ch pa. e v { ~ l ' y -
1hing
went
g,:dling
Il1r'ITUy along'
lllltit
It \.:1.ru,v hy the flin.me ,nf B('lln )I,e'woton,
who \ \ ~ l , < ;
mounl,cd
Oll :\, g ' l " l ' ~ ' horse,
('{\n:w alo.ng'
in the
Plo('{'ssioll,
and
n - ~ 1 . 1 l by
tll-{,
nnl1le f
}.ri.wilt W ~ m ]
could
,..;.talld
it lJ O
lO'l1.gCl"
He w(mt forth
and
pulled Bella dOiwn ,hom th.e hOl'se,
nd this
a.nge:r0d
the
men donn{}i1
in
th-e stl,fic-rn
soohet
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with chem's and the singiug of II God
Salve 1 1 " ( l ~ ' M 1 a . "
A licuteIJ.'n:n-t jn tillC AdMsons arllly,
,,,,110
sul1e,l'c,d from
hC{l.rt
Cli\SOOS0,
went
int'o
Paddy
Byrne
IS
store to
get
u
drink
OlE
WIIJter, loud t'hell sc:odte.d
out
1ho ,bacik .do,or
and
11id i'n
u. hole
,
U5 ho
.(';Iaime-d to
'1>.0
a
consci'cntious
objector,
'. 'l'ho A ~ l d i s o n s
urmy
we-re :lIl'mml 'wit]l
{\. heavy stono tied
in
the
toe
olf
thoir
wiNcs' stockings, pick handles, pitc.h
fOl'iks
and - C I r ovc.nuuat,cd.
'., A tCl1t
to
.the tm.'rrtccs,
t l L U ~ cmo,lng onc of'tlle grc'll.test
slangh
t..c'ring lUat"t lhcs tlto:t 'Would CV{ a "dlOOJ. XITIR
D u i l ' ~ '
WHoR
the tcn,rJJ.Cl',
and whell shc 10ft and
woCnt to RN"rtoll, a 'l\f[ss MiUs tooJt
cltal'g,e.
'r,lw
church was
o'l'ectC{l ,y
~ l u h , " c r i " P t i o n , and t'lIC Hev. FHther
\ Y ~ \ . l . > ; h
WhS
tho priog't
in
cllm,gc, and
relllained so until Tccently.
']'he ,(1hurC h
oop
EngJ.a.nd W'US c'r(}ct(,d
u1bout
I{;hc samc time
nt the side of th..:
SId'bc'l'C'cn road,
lnhl out at the
' l ~ h e
ceme
cry Wf{S
side of tho Oatholic
0111ul'eh, '1 nd thcl'O_ Itoday
l'e:'lt
the l ' e ~
.l1lll-iU.; '1'('-;; tI'Oll t,,,. JVJ',;tn y ~ r C H l ' ~
ngo the
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,
,
\
is situu.tC'd tho G i n n t ' ~ DraNC,
(he g g y p i ~ l l l
pyn\.lniu-s,
this
gl' is the
first one
1
hea}'(l {H'.coulltillg" for
the
.g-r:we-lilw
mound: l \ f ~ M 1 Y years
n,g-o, w'h-en n
youth,
I,
with
n llllllllhcr
of otho)'
yO'l1ll'g f.ellows, was
lwing
driv011.to
{1
s.POl't;."
ga'l:h(,Tlllg at: Ohm'1estol) ,by i:lw
l.rute G'conl'i,c
Holnws, in 11lS
>timo
one
of
tho h's t
l m ' ( ~ w n and most popular
m(m 1m Uw
r 1 i s - l T i , , ~ t . He
e0l11r1
nlso
t.ell n.
:s.t.Ol'y
well,
:l,nd
Imowli.ng" thn,t
110lH'
,(Yf 11S lwel
over
h p ' I ~ H -oyer tho r o ~ } o ( l
he',fol'e, ,Yf\.S e m l t h h ~ t I to play
his
;joke
upon m;. ,As 1:ho jovlal ,Jehu bowl-cd
us .nlong
in hi:"> bost fo.Ul"in-hand style,
ho l ' e , g n l ( ~ d 1.h08e of \IS
w'ithial
earshot
w'Lth the st(H'Y
of
the
Y.o.uo'" {111d Greom
dlsi.1Jl1hHlIlCC \yllich your Jl.i"tol'.i.n.n h ~ s
nl,rC:l'dy chron'j'cled, but
aftcl '
Jcconnt
in.g-
the
fads and, as I n:ftcl'w(Ll'rls
l ~ a r n N ] ,
coloring thcm
a
Ibit, IHl
added
a cImp'lrer aU on 11k:: own, As a
Imtt
te. .of' ifm:t, wnd as t1l0
t
N-oW1S" his
tOl'iarn
r e ' c ( H ' d ~ q , no fjght took rphtc'c,
(Iue
to 1110
.f.nct
\HlJrl
strategy
of J\(t1gi$>trat.e
KVllllcrs oy
(not
l{iillllCrly).
The
1:(1C
ti:lJJ:"
{),f
NNll'SC, denwbiliJSe,d he rOTe
ltl'l'c,fin,g, hut
G(;ol1'dio's
v'cl"sioll ignol'cd
this rat,hoT important.
f:wt.
tnd hr re
('o:,lJl/:('.ii
how thoy
In:),1"(>.lw,d
011
aTld
Oll
tl('.t'OSS
[ho Pa.hikLs lmtil HlCY
]Hot
at
n
spot: S{}Jn0\\'hcrc furthCol' 0.11
~ h ~ f n
.th:c
t ( ~ w n s h i l ) ' poillt:ill'g' the
wlnp
l.ll
tho ell
)"t)t'tioJl
oj'
t l u ~ a l 1 . e ' g t ~ d
bn-ttJ.efid(l.
And didl I:ho
H l ( ~ t h e l ' ' ' ' ~ o n of
th('im
i",{W 1 ~ ~ 1 ' t
ali',.c; t11 'Y'l'e (111)ur'let'l '111 OIlC
gnl,\'{', I ' l l
s'hnw
ii' to you f'uI'j' hel"
on."
1,Vp
,told lilm t h : ~ t
we
thought
l:{'
\\'i\;." I"f'l:ttivr
ot'
An-a.ll:ktO>,
~ L l l ( l ,
Hl l y '
Jww,
,I \\,hat
f 1w
11--1 wa.:-; 1;he {li"tl1l'h
nll(," { ,ll-Oll '?" "DnmlH'll
ir
I know,"
:-laid
Ot'onlie, Ilbut I suppose they
'thO l" '
they
:;hould
hal'\ '
a crack at
(,110
7wot-hcr' on
prillt'ipl.C'."
A.rriYing
r.tt
J \ r r ' E n r o ( ~ ';:; pull, we
pullL"tl lip
rot'
f : i ~ I l t ' ll1:brieniiO'lI,
:tIlL
stal' tpd a.t
OlWP
1,0
tt'll
Ph.il t.lwt wp t.hOll': ;ht. ( lNll 'd '\ ( '
wa,;
no
George \Vn&;hingtoll, rbtlt, t.he
'wink lltlvillg lWI'1I pa'';:-'I'll, no (hHlht,
PIli1 ::;npprvrt'{,ll G('ol"' lir' to
t l ~ ( '
l m ~ t
tl P]W 11 or
11
~ l l u k a h\.",11,
Hnd, III
:-;up
p}r '.. }"('f{'lTcd us j (l :t
pninj'.in. r r , I ~ l . ( l : : d there's
thOll;SH,IH1s of
lH('ll
,j,urlol.'d
ll ill1s
(for
w'h.nt
ds r (,oulti it
ho
h11t a lu,gl' gl"lVO) ,Jt;.;.ton J'olltbtl.ller.g
who mot,
;{Ol l l 'S, etc.,
SOL01\rON 1,f,AJ.lAPROP.
Thl'
N('ddoJl Rhi{\,ld
l ) 1 ~ l t ( ' . l H ' S
:\.1'(' 0110
of ill(' gn 11tt "
pIny
o}";; fl'om Addisons in that j,pn,H\ w(','C'
T ' : 1 ~
MI'IL';nroc,
Jim
Haden, .Timmy OJ
Rilev,
and Hughio
1\fO';lll (I'hr pre:"onl:
(nn:tn'\;{'.J' \ f tl.10 "\V(,l'.:y.ort DOlllaill).
Tho pUlhlj.(':tns
'look
11l.1W1l'('d:-; of pOlln(h;
at
tlw
c 1 l ' i n ~ d n g booth",
nJ
1/-
n nob
hl.;,l". III th{'
('\'Plling
n graml ball
\Va." Iwltl
n,t
( ~ l w r l r " L o n
to
filli",h IIp the
\ 1 n ~ ' :-; SpllJ ' t . POl' many Ylf\:l1.> n.ft(''I'
j ' .::l g"J"(':lt { , ' ,ml f'oo.H):ll1 went dead,
hnt
t\:hout Ow
year
HW:-l it {"L1l O to
1 i { ~ ' h
ng:l i l l
,dH\'Jl
iI clllh
W:1,o.;
i'orllH'(l,
nIld among"'t.
tllr
m d ~ playt"l"S w{'l'c
,Tim
Il('phul'll
alltl
Billy
Arlllstrong-,
.Tu"t
{thou nlHt
time
1)t'nni&i"nll ]l1;1.o\
,
Lc.en
winning
:111 the
mat,chos
on tho
CO l,,.:t, but
",he'll
t'lwy
mD.t t.hc Adc1isons
1)0-)':';;
in a m p, mutch
at
1 \ J ~ c j P a t l " l e u '(,l
padllod;:
on Augnst 4, lSfH
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ITigh-
JamIel'.'; Jll{'t OplO
n'n]
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tu,l'netl
out.
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Cluh.
\yawn the
said Clnb
lwc1
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honors :for them
:--.(,J.ye-s, '[
wrote
sJv{)ral verse,", in the:ir
pmi,c:c, and in IOO];:l'llg thrQ.llg'h
myoId
s ~ r n ; p
'book
I
lind
I h ~ l N o
lUy
,poetry
.still ill
s:d {
lwcping,
and
the vorses
wo.rc wl'itkcl
uHller
HlO
titlo of
" 'l 'he
ArldisOll'S Crilclwt '1':c1vm,"
and ,the first
;lnd 1:tst V(lI"se:; l':m as fo11ows:-
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acrOss
thto 13..11]]er
J1Ji VOl',
Tt':; a to:'Wl tlltlt e;(n Eck croatioll, they
arc
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ihOlrtC
of t.he
hpst
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and
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SL:1'lltOll
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-lIy thr. mune of Cop-hr:ul(',
1ll>('(1
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j l i { ' hi ' ] l pipes, alH] (;Odll"lllll ' , wl\C'Il ill
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il
did
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hill'
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the Old P.ooplo's Homes in the Domin;. live dow-u
in
Galvin's house on tho
ion,
:few 0.1'0 at prc..'icnt iu Wcstport;k1:#2 riv-or fiat down Mount..'1ill Or-('o1\.,
Bob
nnd
the
0
conol'
Home '100
this
taWIl_ Ned,
,\ 110
is
l'coiding ill
tho
old
house
'1'0 meet them and tn.1k to them,
of
tho of his
parents and
who is:J County
aId golden dnys of the
Coast, their con rou,dma.n, :Ml's KaaIo
and S.
WilHamsoTI,
vorsa.tioll
of tho
oyg-ono
days me must at
Bald HrH.
Tlw gold
mining days
int.cl'csting. 'l'wo
of the oldest
luau-
a.a
fLllishcd and
from
the
top
of
~ t c
tities
(lIE Adclrl..so'll's m'e
in
tho
0 'Conol' Paddon's
Hill on the
N ol,th
until
you
Homo. Pat
Gu.1viu)
abou.t 92
years
of l cuch tihe Totm'a. river
on tho
South
ltgc
n.ncl
Ml'
Bill
Mil1iki \
who
i6
just
tiwl'c i