The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-05-01
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III. Beadle in Western wilds
r. was a borrid NIGHT had neve
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An'~n 'i,e se'oie "in.ei ""'n, w ,1.'
on so early In Utah; Tor tate faii AKA iat'
spring" is the weather formula for the
mountains. But now the fierce wind from
a., 80. aos.-. ,r,, s,ro.n;n, o.s,u,,a
VIC s.e"' "c %,
bringing with II lnky snow-ciouds, ano
sending down into the canons fierce sleet
which rendered walking on the mountain
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On Tue MI the Saloon iiSh's i'll ophir III.
burned bluely. while every hour increased
the storm that gathered strength In Rush
Valley, and drove fercely up the canon.
There should have been comfort IN shell
ter and warmth; but that night there was
little satisfaction In Ieeter S cabin, where
half dozen OF us cronched over the hire
anu "rumpiea al our luck. we nau Jusl
come down from Gay picking ano
Id ,e1S ~, In ,.nn.h amo ,ua .Lonoh,
,,ood Gov COOL r,;li;nn ras nou- yvprit
aabo,t ss ~ snsb r,arLot. nd aS Gov ths
A. V.Iora,nWwaii Too,ar s,;J tba las,
finn. ba saw an, ORC tbe re;n VAS abon,
tha ih;clness Of tr;fe.blada AMI n;tch
inc into the hui nearly ON n je,aI and y,
creoLed as worm fenca That mean,
.:no rao,I,r yainMpo OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
den.b ,'snJ consaorentIv NO SeIi;na val
no 60 as asnreSa;d ws hawa;ln5 on,
incl
Suddenly ont broke Inc Allk;re. ere.
hoIS 80. a., tha Jn,oL :,
Ha mo-. o;ron 20 20 oJd farro. of snooch
hut tb;s Ala not Jessen pnr s,rnr;Se. 60,
be was ,ha ,n;ot.s, staoJ;ast nan Of tha
iot";ns. the nartnsr one wonid have n;cted
ont E.r lncL. hrt ho ,srS;stad. ..Wby
tbe rsrv town 7 was horn in was w;naJ on,
-notb;no ,eft Of II bnt a ta.ar match
.Tell ns about II :" was The nn;vars,
rsone,t II wos sons,b;na anyth;no n
"a ne ,..,rnwalco,,a tbonoSts loo siowlS
FLIED his oiass seeing that the onart bottls
of v,iioyetan oIreoJ,, Iootad nrattv sol.
and
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~ Al "c,e ..In.se 70 o.. .ug ~aihAe man
". '''s 'A VIC ''' NO 'A.' 'es"A'
Yes, reckon | started on the worst
streak o luck IN the State of llllnoy.
took my first shot at daylight in the town
o Union Flats, and In dom that made
the big mistake o nv life. The town was
settled by lot from Botetour, Virginia.
folks that said bin gone done it, and
made their women do the milking; and
then come some caowpaling Yanks from
Cnnecticutt, and Quakers from Pennsylva-
MA, and natives from Indiana, and so they
named Union Flats. It's fiat enough now,
but as to the union-you ii hear my gentle
voice
"Lemme see; there was FIRST Wing and
Democrats-Just about an even divide,
and sitter n liberty pole on both sides;
but when 1t comes TO lectln constable,
l reckon the hgntlnest man stood In with
the boys, and as for the whlskey. w-h-e-uw!
1t was sod corn barefooted. The valley
IAN these Mormons make amt nowhere.
Imind old Gardner drunk a pint of 1t, and
went home and stole one Of his own plows
and hid it In the woods. and didn't know
where it was when he was sober. and had
to get drunk again to find IT.
These was only the common fellers.
The good folks was awful religious. The
Old School Baptisses never went nigh the
Methods meetin' house, and 'tothers was
list as stiff on thar side; but thar was a
sprinkle o Quakers to soften things, and
little blue spot o Presbyterlans. but not
enough for meetin house, bein there no
more'n six or seven hundred people in the
mnI h place S 20 time .ney was s only Two meet