The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-10-04
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there has new light appeared upon the
horizon Of newspaperdom from Beaverhcad
county. yclcps ''Skimmerhorn." who vaun,.
tngly proposed to bring the inhsbitsnts 1T
Bannack out upon the stage, like scenes
brought out BY the magic lantern. Now,
then, a. Skimmerhora has trotted out, In
bis feeble wav. some Of the inhabitants. he
will not find fault II, in turn, he 10 brought
out. The history of Sk'mmerhorn Of the
l"d<pendsns, past and present, I propose to
give for the enlightenment Of discrimina
ting public. ''skinmer" first saw the light
IN Wayne county. Ohio. From thence be
followed the line Of the canal upon which
his pater f.milias had. with pick and shovel,
upheaved much Of the turf.
But l digress, this over truthful history
beng Of Skimmerhorn, Jr., who - I said
was following the line Of the canal, which
he continued to follow until be arrived at
Portsmouth. on the beautiful Ohio. From
thence he worked his passage 10 the mouth
Of the Wabash, which 10 in the State of In.
diana. where he was engaged in carrying y
chain for the surveyors around the boys and
swamps of the Wabash River. Being of IN
ambitious turn of mind he found bis way
into the Office of lawyer Of the Hooser
State. who imagined he saw in young
''Sklm's" countenance the cunning that has
since been demonstrated by Darwin ~ con.
elusive of tho link IN the chain between the
monkey and lawyer; whereupon the limb
Of the law advised young "skim" to study
law; but young "Skim's" affections being
not yet weaned from the verdaut plains Of
the Buckeye State, he sighed for its cider,
and WAS recommended to lawyer in Mans.
field, Ohio, whittier he repaired.
After young "Skim. had tasted Of the
law for q short period. he was induced to
commence the publication of Lecompton
paper in central Ohio, which he ran for
about three months, running the paper into
the ground and leaving the village with
small carpet sack and all Of the debts Of the
establishment hanging over him, which are
not cancelled to this day, unless Outlawed
by the statute Of limitations. The war
coming on President Lincoln called for
three hundred thousand men. which made
it too hot for Skimmerhorn to reside in the
States, hence he levsntcd, vamoscd the
ranch, got up and got; he took himself of
nor stood upon the manner Of his getting 20
that he got and that quickly from the re-
gions where the draft was being enforced.
nor halted he until the shade Of the Rocky
Mountains, like the shadow of great
rock In . weary land" encompsssed him.
Since his advent among the Rockies he has
distinguished himself in various ways: nrse
- l,cing dubbed ''old mathematical capaci.
"" BY Virginia City lawyer; then rs an
Assayiss who, like Mark Twain's man. can
make even the fragments Of a grindstonc to
assay up into the thousands, hos even teen
known in extreme cases, 70 make ordinary
granite, where little limestone is blended,
assay tl4.4OO per ton. As an essayist he
has. distinguished himself in = prcemincnt
degree by bis onslaught ON the action Of
Judge Knowles In reducing the bull In the
case Of Rugg. one Of the alleged stage RIB.
bers, his limited knowledge of the law being
co~extepsiye with bis know ledge Of ossayIng
woul1 induce him to let the whole outds Of
robbers go scot free, rather than libera,e
one Of them for the purpose Of convic,in2
the balance.
MOxo.
BEAvERuEAD VALLEY, Sept. 20, 1873.