Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-07-03
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As vievad by an Observing Tondsrfoot.
-FOUR Special Correspondent.
DEADwooD, June rs, 1871 believe
ssidI would write Of Deadwood just as it
4iooked:to me, tenderfoot, and just as it
.,yeald be likely toilook 70 any new.coner.
81 find that things look diaersli to ne aAsr
being here week or ten days. Climbing
stairs to get from one street 10 another =
some one hundred and fifty steps-gets mon
otonous when you have to do it three times
aday and as often after that as you can.
I About the first-if not the fnt-thins 8
man says to you after you get acquainted, by
introduction or otherwise, is s'well, ho w. do
you like it?" or what dye think of fher?'
referring to the country. To this, of course,
courtesy and respect to the iuterrosator,
compels you to say ''she's the biggest thing
out Of doors." Alas, you've opened the
door to general '.puf6ng' Of the country
that varies onlyin intensity. according - TO-
the puffer's wind. They're proud of their
country out here-and they have cause 10
be from all appearances. l have no doubt
Ihave related the fact that this country is
"old persimmons" thousand times in re-
sponse TO that number of questions ~ to
whether she was or not. I've orde red an
illuminated sign setting forth the fact that
the hills are Cuisines" in nay opinion, that
things are lively, and that, I am most, tre-
mendously astonished At the appearance Of
the same. Then I'll wear it regularly.
Deadwood looks IS if it fell down out of
a mixed up sky few days ago, and got
stuck in between two hills. You come
down into it through Chinatown and slaugh-
ter-houses, 90 first Impressions are not of the
best. Men, too, seem to be awfully thick.
Where they all come out of in the morning
can't see. I've got theory that they are
piled in some warehouse nights. like sar-
dimes in box. Business is all down in the
gulch. Up farther il the residence part of
town.
peadwood has no street commissioner yet
to dig out a hole and fill it up again from
another, and then send in bills for teaming
and sundries, consequently everybody must
build his sidewalk to suit himself. The
residence streets are sources of wonder to
greenies. There's Centennial avenue, for
instance, That's nice name, ;suggestive of
trees, and pavements and things. but it amt
that way. Its roadway cut out of the side
Of hill. It's about ten feet wide. It's
rather rough. On the upper side, where it
is improved 1t all, . terrace is'built up, with
stone wall about six.feet high Ito keep the
owners dirt in, instead Of front fence.
believe that's called terrace. On the low.
er side, by stepping down foot or two, you
can sit on the roof Of somebody's barn, and
write correspondence to newspaper. Res
licences are nearly all on the hillsidea, 40,
when man wants to enlarge his back yard,
he digs out placs behind and walls Il up.
Hesthen got I conrt- yard. cool, but apt to
be limited. If he wants more lawn in front
or croquet ground, concluded that be
would have to build an extension on his
front porch, THAT is, If his neighbors below
were not particularly But even that might
have its drawbacks. 1t would keep the sun
OFF that fellows backyard and clothes-line.
Again it might be dangerous. A dog or a
baby might knock the props out from under
the lawn, and the whole concern fall and
mash somebody. Anyhow, something's got
to be done, because space is limited. To be
sure it isn't all occupied yet, but it soon will
be. n IL Ii u
was surprised at the number of big men
to be seen here.-big perpepdicularly and
cross-wise. An undersized man is seldom
seen. Six, footers and up two or three
inches are plentiful, and from that up to
seven are not looked upon as dangerous. If
an eight footer would walk into town some-
tine. l suppose we would simply say, "but
what was you fed on when you was young?''
Nine footers and over we'd cage for our
fourth Of July. And as a general thing,
the bigger the man, either financially or
physically, the smaller the house he lives
in.
You will perceived have used the word
tenderfoot indiscriminately in>the course OF
my writing. I did it because everybody
else did. 1t was only Just the other day
learned how that name came into use; al.
ways wondered how the outlandish thing
valSapplicabls 'onev comers.~. am s.tis
fed-and Likewise a"tenderfoot. This eter.
nal going up hill and down, and over stones
and around. works peculiarly. Going down
hill your feet all run into. the toes Of you'
boots. Of course that's q law of nature
and would be satisfactory if they would onl,
stay in the toes, but they don't. You star
up hill step, or two and they all run back
This last performance, if the down hill
stretch was long one, and the toes ge
packed pretty tight. brings more or lea
"hide." As itsup or down hill pretty mucl
oil the time here, the result must be only to
apparent. Now you hobble over stones o