The Red Cloud chief., 1874-01-29
TAc-S O. MATTERS.

E<DiTOs Ipp3Diy Some Oh Nv cSut
Of Tn CHIEF would like to hear from the 20
called Bachelors Desert"
Bachelors Desert /. a small scope Of coun,r
. on the west ide Of Webster county. OH the Re
public tn River. taking in all Of section siI.
part o! section FIVE. town one. and = part 0
section thir.y-one. town two. range twelve. il
Webster county. ard a part ofsection On . towI
one. rangs thirteen west; in Franklin county
II might seem strange to some persons to heal
Of people living in a desert. bat there are small
: ipace ein the desert OF fertile soil. II appears
tha, the all-poveriul Ruler bring everything
around just right,
have heard il arzuei that there is noth,1g
On earth bu; what Is here for some use. Ard l
believe il. Some persons say that bachelors, as
l.-ge q thing a. they are. is a nuisance. but
gues. that God knowt his business better than
some Of the persons ofihis vly-out west knows
it for him.
Those spaces are too small for the support Of
large faI. lilies. consequently / thiak that 50
many Of the crestur.s called bachelor were
created on purpose. for the occupancy hose
spaces. in order 60 have the whole Of the coun-
try settled up
Idon't GO much on bachelors myself. but as
~ shylHk Es teti IL III 1AiA psa
Nick. " it is better to have the good viii Of a
dog tina. the bad will give the Devil his
dues" even III takes all the bachelor.
The first one Of those space. o: which will
speak. contains 81 acres. is a part Of section 5,
town I. range Il, west, and is occupied by SEN
| ator Wilson. = robust staiwart, light-h tired
sandy-whiskered. rather quick tempered good
honest. industrious. educated Grange-strisken,
hachelo- Of about 35 winters. Senator Wils,n,
hiss all of thir'y-tw- acres snder cultivation n.
lie raised last year 100 bushels oats. Is bu she,s
wheat. so bushes corn. strange 10 say he fat
tened with n part of the same corn. Eve shoats
Of which he bn 'chered three a, tie age Of SIX
months. which averaged IN weigh: l65 pounds
eacn. lie has on bis premises tro dwelling
hou.es. corn. crib, and The rains of II hen house,
t o down all of which was c"usei By a nan
trying 20 burn a FIRE break r ouni his hay stack
while. the wind YVES Blowing a lively gale FROM
tho west.
Another ono Of hose poductive spots con-
tain - Acres. AM ia a part of section 81. town
=. range IL. all # which il occupied by the Rev. /.
James Knox.
Hes a man ef high repu'e.
Does all the good he San.
This no one should ce-pute.
fof ne u ficneOOS man. |
Rev. Knox has all Of the * acres broke out. !
and il yielded a crop for him las. year Of 60
bushels of corn. potatoes. pumpkins. squashe'
plenty of just such stuff as bachelors use. |
He has n fine team Of young mules. a T. p. was- !
on. I bog. 2 yearling calves, a cat. dog. etc.
He lives a dug Ut at present. but expects 20
build a new house soon. and sell the dugout for
n post hole.
There il a road tina. leads rom Rev. Knox's
down the canyon to the ~ n. of g inter- Point.
the ruins of that once famous place. is
an her one in progress. though Of very peculiar
+ habitarts. In the summer i'm in passing the
Town you can see them sitting by the side Of
their house talkinzt % you a. if they W re asking
You in. but they are go ill-manaerly that when
you start for the houee they always 80 in first
and Of course yol wOul turn back. | guess
from the looks. this part Of the desert don't pro.
duce 90 vel as other p Is, though it'may be the
fault Of the creature that lives there. Yes.
guess th { is rizbt-the saying is. you can tell
a WORKMAN by his chips" The place is pretty
grown up with weeds. There are . acres
Of the productive portion Of the desert, all
broke. and n good crop Of wild sun flowers
thereupon. II is a par, of the south Z. of north
VtSi afi 2 VI c'tf"Sst u VI ScVttpu u
town ]. range II. west. and he's a log house on it
is called the residence OF Ire rye w. DE
Long. Likely you will know him if you see
him. AID you are very apt 10 see him. for he $
p~rowiing about somewhere. He is of
size. dark hair. dark fur On his chin.
he calls whiskers. dark eyes. dark com
III fact he looks as though he might
have lived in the dark sses though never
mind. Mr.. Rose live, with him. and is hoped
hat he will raise a crop this year that will
bring him ont If the kinks.
There is one solitary evecsreca on Inc desert
one grass widower. Prot. Chaplin occupies
one Of those spaces which contains Il acres
he has it all broke up. and raised last year. 30
bushels of corn. and other things in proportion
lie has one yoke Of work cattle. one COW. sew
head ofswine. He has a log hoase at pres
ent, but he is going to build a new frame house
soon.
The next residence in rotation, is the solemn
house Of Bishop Hayer. The Bishop is an easy.
w-but-sure. good. homes. matter of fact
of thirty one years of age.
Though let him be so solemn,
He's hones,. just and true.
He'll 10 the right with every one.
As the world de travels through.
~ hl~hip says luat
Bachelor, he knows is the best, L..
Drunken or sober he can go to his rest,
No wife Ia scoid. no children to b-avl.
80 happy is nanwho keeps bachelors Hall.
The Bishops fsvosite song is:
My wife will neith.r C urn NOR scrub.
She's went and Joined the lazy cub.
Leaving jokes. ami going to the Facts Of Nat
ters. the Bishop is doing about the best of any
in the desert. His portion of the vegi;abl and
pr..n -ra... ,o-s II
and ma part of the soathwos, !. Of s~ectior6.
town |. range Il. vest. lie raised 80 bushel. of
corn. 50 bushels potatoes. pumpkins. Squashcs.
etc. He has 1--WE head of cattle. & or 10 b ad of
and three dozen chickens. Il hens and 10
The Bishop says that now he 'as al
the mi k. ou,t.r and hen fruit he can make use
ot. tha; vaEmin's rrs not so bad az they were
last winter. lie is very seldom heard to swear,
kut he n I NJ ana Tina hos FL CO..,