Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-02-22
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We cannot vouch tor the truth Of 4
following narrative, which we trarsf
=" from the Cheyenne Leader of the 4th ins
,.but the great humor pervading the artic
will render it acc. ptablc to many of o,
readers:
III While man is the lord IF creation, he
8 sometimes sorely distressed by the mo-
insignificant objects. just az one of o,
/ Itownsmen, last summer, was nearl
n driven out Of house and home. End Ii
wits into the bargain, by swallows, whlc
came in swarms and built mud nests O
bis house. A few years ago small, re
ants appeared in London in such swarm
f rs 10 threaten to depopulate the city
When The grasshoppers appeared IN Mis-
sourI, the Governor called upon the peo
iip'e to pray. and the bold Pikes, who ha,
faced the Federal cannon, went down o,
their
/ TREMBLING MARROW homes
as straight as a stone sinks in the water
SO much by way of preparing our reader
for story which we have heard, ant
which is not improbable, but for til,
truth OF which we do not vOuch.
! 1t seems that two men were travelling
in Kansas, last summer, and when abosl
fifteen miles from Lindsey on the Solo
mon river, the grasshoppers appeared
lover them in such swarms as to make j,
las dark as twilight. Suddenly they BE-
gan settling down in sw arms right where
the two men We're riding along on horse
back. The jerky birds came down by
COUNTLESS MILLIONS
and all traces of vegetation disappeared
as if by magic. They covered the ground
sevearl inches deep, and suddenly seemed
determined to settle or the men
and horses. One of them, mau named
Dan kavanagh, was thrown to the GROUND
oy the frantic plung,ng of his horse, and
the Prasshoopers. apparently attracted by
u green calico SHIRT which he wore,
sWARMED UPON HIM,
and In less time than it takes to tell il.
had eaten every shred OF clothing from
aim and, horrible to relate, began devour-
ng him alive! His companion. a young|
German named Keiser, had a blacksnak.
whip, with which he managed to fight
hem off end tried to save poor Dan. The
lorse reared, fell and rolled over with
l'm, but he managed to regain his seat,
nd it was not until Kavanagh hadxbeen
SKINNED ALIVE,
nd all the muscles and flesh eaten from
8 breast and ribs. that Keis.r gave up
nd galloped away. About seven miles
rom the scene lie found E. ranch ,and was ,
a'ed for. He was 80 bitten that his
lands and head swelled to twice their :
atural size, ard he lay in the greatest
AGONY AND DELIRrUM Ii
Or week. When he recovered his|
orse was dead. and the ranchemen went ,
18th him to the scene Of the disaster.
hey found nothing but the ske Teton Ut c
is companion, |.
THE BONES PICKED CLEAN Is
I'D almost buried in the mass of grass. 3
oppers. which still covered the ground o
the depth of foot His horse skele. e
N lay near him, tho voracious insects Ic
aving eaten flesh, hide and hair. C
AS the ranchemen own nearly a whole 81
wnship in that vicinity. which they are q
'out to sell to an English colony, they II
vore Kelser to secrecy in regard to the p
fs'r, gave him horse and entire new
'tnt, and let him go on his way rejoicing. RI
says nothing would ever tempt him to a
to Kansas again, as the very memory o
the affair is worse than dea.h itself. el