The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1879-01-30
STUFfIyG A STRANGER.
A Man will get Hold Of the Wrong Gus
toner Once In a While.

DO yOu IcIucIuucl, SOluc Wccho
since, was greatly annoyed by an
inquisitive man down ia Maine, and
abruptly closed my letter for the
purpose OF stuffing the aforesaid
man.
Well, I stuffed him.
"Much of place, your town." he
said.
"Oh, yes" 1 said, with the matter
0f course carelessness OF citizen of
the great western metropolis, "about
forty-flve thousand, / guess"
The man eyed me with keen,
awakening interest. 80 big as
that?" be said.
nodded. and he presently said,
"Well, / had no idea there was
such a large city in Iowa. State
must be pretty we'll settled up, /
reckon?"
said yes it was. Some portions
Of it pretty wild, though"
"Any large game In the State?"
Herds OF It," I said, / killed deer
last winter not two miles from the
Burlington courthouse"
/ pacified my conscience for this
lie by explaining to that rebelllous
and vociferous monitor that there
was no Burlington courthouse. that
it was burnt down sew eral years
ago, and the county was waiting
until it could buy a secondhand
court house for $l75, before repla-
cling it. There fore, could truthfully
say that l killed all the deer that
came within two miles OF our court
house.
II want to know?" the native ex-
claimed.
do you, thought" thought /,
then I'll tell you." And SO l went
on, why the wolves only two years
ago, made q raid right iuto Burling-
ton and killed all the chickens ON
South Hill"
Conscience raised a terrible pro-
test at this, but l hushed 1t up too
quick, by citing the we'll known
case OF Dsigs Schenek's wolf tha,
got loose and in one single summer
night ate up everything on South
Hill that wore feathers. The native
looked astonished and doubly inter
ested.
ANY Indians 2" he said.
Land, yes" told him, yawnine
wearily, as one who talks of old
stale, things. Sitting Bull was edu
Gated at the Baptist collegiate insti
tute. In Burlington, and was expelled
for trying to scalp Professor Wort
man with q horse shoe magnet"
"You don't tell mel exclaimed th'
na/i.e in wild amazement. BY thi
time / was perfectly reckless ant
told conscience to keep its moutl
shut and give me chance.
"Oh, yes," l said, yellow Wolf
old medicine lodge Is still standing
right out on West Hill. The Indian
come into the city very frequently
tearing through the streets on thei
wiry little ponies"
Ever have any trouble with them
the man asked.
"Oh. no." / said. carelessly, 9Th
citizens seldom do. The cow boys
who come up from Texas with cattle
hate them terribly, and OCCASIONAL
; drop one in the streets just for re
volver practice. But nobody else In
terferes in their fights
I Il suppose" the man said, "you a
, carry revolvers strapped around yol
out there?"
"0h, yes" replied, @of cours'
, We have to; q man never know
) when he is going to have troubl
with somebody, and in case OF an
[ little misunderstanding. it wouldn
3 do for fellow not to be heeled."
' think the man shuddered a littl,
!, Then, fearing he might ask to look 6
q my revolver, ! casually remarked thi
!. never carried my barkers when
/ came East.
q He said no. he supposed not. The
!. he looked out OF the window a Ion
0 time and said nothing. Finally
n asked him in what part of Maine b
q made his home. He looked up at m
> in surprise.
|. mel" he said. Lord, don't Ii,
d In this rock patch. I'm only on heI
4 visiting some relatives"
!. In feeble voice asked him whel
. did he live then.
4 The man yawned, and again locke
: listlessly out OF the window.
q "Ob," he said. Il live on a farm ju
!. out by Leffler's: about six miles OF
4 OF Burlington. / wish / was bac
v there now."
), SO did I. 1 wish he had never le
Q there.
a We didn't talk together any longe
4 Shortly after that the weath'
Il changed, tho car grew very cold, al
II l went into the smoking car to loo
J. for q fire.