Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-09-05

A PIoNBRR.-ln company with Lieut..
Hanay and Capt. Stuart rode to the
bottom, where We saw stove.pipe stick
ing above pile of badly arranged logs
that had taken, as if by chance, a sbanty
shape. On checking our horses before
the opening to this curious structure we
saw sitting on the door-steps man
about forty years old, with long light
colored hair and reddish beard that had
sort Of John Brown look about 1t. His
eyes were gray and rathor soft, while his
mouth was working with motion sup.
posed to be peculiar to persons who are
eating hot mush; in truth, the fellow
was taxing his energies to retain and
masticate an enormous 9uid OF tobacco,
which seemed to be great producer Of
saffron. colored saliva. He was bare
headed and barefooted, and on our ap-
proach he stood up to his full six feet.
He looked as he stretched himself as II
he could draw himself out to twice that
length like 8 sliding telescope, but he
was too lazy to do so. He had on
shirt and pair OF ragged pants, and no
doubt he felt those articles Of dress to be
very cumbersome, wearing them merely
to show his respect for society.
How do you do, sir, one of our party
asked; have You got any milk 2
Nary drop; Pm gettinn on bully
came the reply.
Got any water in the house? 2
No, sir but kin get some. Phi
Phil =
After he had called Phil several
times, we heard a noise in the cabin, and
in few minutes huge, dirty overgrown
boy Of nineteen made his appearance,
rubbing his eyes and yawning-Qt was
two o'clock p. M
Phil get some water for these fellers.'
Phil started for the water, and the
ranchman turned to Stuart, and giving
his waistband sailor-like hitch, asked
'Whar mout yeh got that critter, and
how much did yer give for EN- q
Stuart told him the place and, price.
Now, see heah, stranger, yeh've bin
fooled the dogonedestl That same crit
ter Amt worth no SIGH money. I'll give
yeh boss worth four of him for jist half
that money, and l II take that thar wild
brute in part payment. Yeh see hain't
bin long in this country, but knows
HOSES. My wife can break a critter as
we'll as I kin--but wouldn't let Mol
ride that boss nohow.'
Stuart assured him he was satisfied
with his horse, and would run all risks.
Wall, il yer bound on destroying Of
yerself, why 90 in-but I kin say
warned yeh.'
| saw him cycling my horse, so | asked
him what he thought of him2
Wall, stranger he replied, yeh've
got good critter; very fine critter. l
remember as wells yesterday when Sam
Pearson stole that ar boss from q
Comanche chief. Let me see. Here he
scratched his head. Yes, it's nigh onto
twenty-five years ago. He was bully
buffalo animile them
l could not help laughing at his story.
He noticed it, and went into lengthy
genealOgy OF the critter," ending with
a full description ofthe man l purchased
the horse OF. My companions laughed,
and the ranchman continued
Now, mister, I've got pony young
lsenough to be that ar animile's grandor.
ter. Yeh kin have her for that boss and
a Remington pistol
L ulo not leeI ike LTaulDS. AIter
getting drink we mounted our horses
TO start, when the ranchman shouted
OUT 'Whar did yeh come from 2 One
Of the party answered, From the East
Dogoned II didn't reckon so-seein
how yeh got on yer critters.
We noticed, as we rode of, that this
man was cutting raca (ditch) to irri-
gate some bottom land. He will get the
thing started; then leave in disgust for
a point further west, when energy and
capital will come in to complete and
elevate the work begun by the pioneer.
Letter from Colorado.