The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-02-18
Cold In Colorado.

The Fort Wayne Sentinel has been in
terviewing a gentleman from Colorado
in regard to the cold weather there, and
the following incident by clone Bill"
the Colorado gentlemen mentioned, Is
the result:
One night Scared Pete, the biggest
man and best euchre player in Helena,
was beatin' all the boys at the game, and
gittin' away with thur stamps like light
MIN. 1t 'ud cum. up awful cold that
afternoon. Thar warn't no thermometer,
an we couldn't tell how low she'd got.
But tho we'd red-hot fire in the stove,
and all sot round her, our breaths friz
right up, and we had to knock off the
icicles from our mouths every few
minutes.
The handle OH the ace of clubs cracked
and fell of, and no one would tech
spade, COS twas so cold. Well, Scared
Pete held two bowers and three kings.
Long Jim had three aces, a queen, and
the ''little Joker" Scared Pete put down
his right. Long jim followed with the
"ioker.n Scared Pete took an ace with
the left. Long Jim gobbled up two Of
his kings with two aces. Pete swore no
man ever before'd 'played it so low" on
him, and he'd be eternally caterwauled
if Jim hadn't stocked the keerds. Then
there was jist the pret.iest little row
y'ever sawn. Pete got Jim down, and
afore minute their breaths had friz up
tighter'n vice. The boys saw it was all
np with both on 'em if they weren't got
free. You see there wasn't no water nor
nothing to thaw 'em out'n that, so they
pulled Jim and Pete 'longside the stuv.
Twant no use. They'd friz so tight that
hot pitch wouldn't melt 'em.
We had to let 'em lie thar all that
night. You see everything was friz up !;
| no axes nor nothin' to chop the ice of.
Next day they staid thar, an next night.
Yes, stranger, for three days and nights
they were friz together. They stuck
closern brothers, now you may bet your
bottom dollar. The fourth day it began
to grow little warmer, and by night the
weather was topable. We all sot roun'
playin' keerds, an me an Ugly Sam had
jist begun to get in some big licks-men
Sam was pards, you know.
All of suddink like, we heard an aw-
full crash. looked round, an condemn
nv picter If them two Yahoos on the
floor hadn't thawed out. Yes, sir, and
thar they were "clawin and punchin
and gougin" just were they'd left oil
afore they'd friz together.
By that time we'd all warmed up to it
and there was a neat little fuss. Well,
stranger, an Pm telling you fax, knives
was used purity lively. But burned ef
'twasn't so cold no one could draw blood.
After an hour or so the fun let up. Jim
and Pete got onto their feet lookin' as
fresh as roses. Hadn't made no more
impressions on themselves than flea
buttin' 'gainst barn door. Well, that
party broke up about morning. We
didn't think anything of it till a day OF
two after. Then she began to thaw, an
stranger, there was the awfullest time
you ever heard on. Them as got cut In
the little muss in the store begun to bleed
like stuck hogs. Fact, bled more'n
gallon, an thought I'd have to hand IL
my checks.
But all but one fcller got fixed up and
did pretty well. Scared Pete and Long
Jim was purity we'll tuckcred out, though
You see when she got warm, why we be
gan to sort O. thaw out, and the jabs anC
cuts we got that night began to tell OF
us, and the bigger the cut the more w
bled. Now, stranger, that was only on
of the effects of that little cold snap
: t'wasn't nothin' to what happened after
ward
Here Long Bill began to move uneasi
ly about. Noticing that we watched hin
rather curiously, he remarked: "4o
see, soon as git trifle warm, l feel ur
: easy like and smart, an have to ligh
e out into the air. This climate don't sui
t 'xactly, an I'm goin' to strike for oil
Montany again. / cum down har in il
!. iiany to see bout some people, sort of re
atives like. tried to get 'em to git on
# O this, pull up stakes and 60 whar ma
:, can breathe easy" =,
n Saying this, Lone Bill spat with ANA
l. ing accuracy at nail head on the wal
# and wiping his mouth with the coat-ta
e of his linen duster, turned hismelancho
e face and No. IA boots toward the door.
n Hating with his brawny hand on Il
h door knob, he hesitatingly said, lf yt
7, should prent anything I've sed, an,
q you've got room, just say that Lone ii
'e will swar to anything he's said. !
le home Pm sometimes known as the cat
n mount an no man don't call me Ii
'e twic't."
ID We fastened to assure him that '
lie supposed him to be the truth embodie
10 and that any man who could dispu
n his word was no better than he shou
u be, and horse thief into the bargain.