The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-02-18
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,hat | spent at Helena there was a
tableau. 1t came near being a stri-
king one. A female and l held sweet
,,onTer.e She was music teacher
.nd stopped AZ the Cosmopolitan.
She was full enough of music to
soothc anv gentle savage that ever
iiourished one Of those things George
washington cut cherry tree with.
Saws she, ado your children
play"
Says |, "Thcy do play consider
able.h
Saws she. "Hail Columbia :"
Saws /. ''Not that Pm aware oL |"
Saws she, Home, Sweet Home"
Beautiful Dreamer p old Folks at
Home?' Love Not?
Saws /, mo marm."
Saws She. Thought you said they
plaved
saws /. $50 they do. ! can't stop /
'em tbev are all play.
Saws she, What in the world do
they play?"
Saws "Hopscotch, marbles, ero-
ouet, checkers, backgammon, and lots
of things"
She vanished into thin air, or
something else, and | never saw her
again.
CROSSING THE MOUNTAINS.
We left Helena before davbreak.
The sun wasn't up, so there wasn't
ANYTHING to break il with. The
stage was drawn by six splendid
horses. We crossed the main range
Of the Rocky Mountains the highest
we had vet crossed. / was cross
enough crossing those mountains.
So was Mr.. Flint from New York.
He, his guns, and his powder were
going with us as freight. All day
we rode through deep ravines and
canons. One Of 'em was immense.
Itwas large enough TO hold anything
perhaps, except, the authors of The
Beautiful Snow"
Just as the sun went to bed we
reached Deer Lodge. 1t is town OF
about /, 500 inhabitants, with plenty
of room to grow. | didn't see the
whole of 'em, because some Of 'em
etaid in the houses. The town is
named from the Deer Lodge river
that flows by it, IL is the county
seat Of Deer Lodge county, and con-
saius Jail, Court house, State prison,
and other evidences of civilization.
stopped at the Scott House, and we
had real meat for supper. | didn't
get of Scott free" and / didn't ex-
pect to. staid here several days to
get rested. We didn't have any
fresh shad. Salt water eels and
oysters caught the day before were
scarce, but antelope steaks and hunks
of Buffalo, and small game, We rev.
ellea in. Antelope meat is tenderer
than the affections OF the heart, and
better eating.
Easy-aOINa PEOPLE
The rivers in this section all have
something Adam never had, and
that's forks. found the people Of
Deer Lodge didn't appear to care a
darn whether there cash balanced or
not as long as they had plenty oft.
They are fond of dancing, and prefer
balancing TO their partners OF ball
20 balancing their books for their I
partners AZ the store. They iiva SO
high up among the Rocky Mountains
that, although tbe measels is usually
rocky disease, IL don't appear TO
spread there any better than cold
butter. The whooping cough is al
msst entirely confined to ths Indians,
sut their wboops are seldom heard
now in the vicinity of Deer Lodge.
Lodge. Deer Lodge is not apropos
70 the Scott House. had as cheap
a lodge there as 1 eould desire.
Mr.. Flint from New York. with
his new clothes on, was the most as
tonishing thing that had been seen
IN Deer Lodge for years. His sue
cess at cunning astenisbed even me.
Every day be brought in immense
quantities of ruflle neck mountain
grouse, every one of 'cm with their
heads shot of and not q feather of
sheir bodies disturbed. Snch evil
dence Of superior craftsmanship was
enough TO nstonish anybody. Rufie
neck mountain grouse got to be so
plenty in the market that you could
buy them at 40 cents gross. Early
one morning / followed Mr.. Flint
from New York to see how be did ID.
When be got outside the town / saw
him load his double barrelled gun,
then be lay on the ground, then be
put some corn in the end of the bar
rels, then be hitched string to the !
triggers, then slowed himself away
out Of sight and kept still. Pretty :
soon saw those mountain grouse in |
all the he autifnl simplicity of their {
innocence poke their heads into those I
gun barrels to eat the corn. Then i I
saw Mr.. Flint from New York pull {
the string. beard two detonations, S
and those mountain grouse passed I
from their sphere of usefulness in :
sbis world so quickly that the use Of
pain paint was rendered entirely un- =
necessary. 1t wssaproved to my en- s
tire satisfaction that Mr.. Flint from
New York did not put head on {
rutfie neck mountain grouse, but he
was some ON taking their heads OF. I:
Theyare delicious eating. | had a
can Of mushrooms with me, and one
slay had .ome mountain grouse
garnished with 'em A man who sat
opposite me appeared to be very :
much astonished at something.
spoke TO him I
Says !, an business in Deer |
LODGE u
Says be, mo I'm q miner" 4
Saws /, you ere the oldest look {
ing minor ever saw (
SAYS be, There are miners over !
sixty, and I'm only forty" t
Says / "You jnst told me yon was
a minor" 8
Says be, so am q
Says ], ~ minor il under twenty- i
one"
SAYS be, Il said miner. not min i
or"
Says ], "0b, ahin 5
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