The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-07-02
How She Recovered Her Property.

A recent letter from Wyoming Terri
tory says: Cummins City is still a crude
metropolis. Society has not yet arrived
at the white vest and lawn sociablc
period there. There is nothing to ham,
per any one or throw tiresome restraint
around him. You walk up and down
the street without feeling that the vigi-
liant eye of the policeman is upon you,
and when you register at the leading
hotel the proprietor don't ask how much
baggage you have. or insist upon 1t that
your valise ought to be blown up with
quill to give 1t robust appearance.
Speaking of this hotel, however, brings
to my mind little incident which
ladies at this place, the only ones in the
tity limits, If my memory serves me.
One ofthese ladies owns lot of poles or
house logs which were at the time of
which speak on the dump, as it were.
ready to be used in the construction OF q
new cabin. 1t seems that some Of the
male citizens of the corporation had
been appropriating these logs from time
to time, until out of good fair ass0rt-
ment, there remained only a detected
little pile of culls The owner had
watched with great annoyance the
gradual disappearance of her property
from day to day, and it made her lose
faith in the final redemption of all man.
kind. She became cynical and misan-
thrOpical, lost her interest in the future
and became low spirited and unhappy.
One day, however, after this thing had
proceeded about far enough she went to
her trunk, and taking out large size of
navy revolver, the kind that sends SO
many w estern men to their long home,
n a ravxb .vxt - x.rl.o -
had scattered themselves out around
camp to smoke. She wasn't large
woman mt all. but these men respected
her. Though they were only rough
miners there in the wilderness they
recognized that she was a woman,
and they recognized 1t almost at
q glance, too. There she was,
alone among a wild group of men In the
mountains, far from the protecting arm
OF the law and softening influences of
metropolitan life, and yet the common
feeling OF gallantry implanted in the
masculine breast WAS there. She indi-
Gated with a motion of her revolver that
she desired to called the meeting to or
der. There seemed 10 be a general anx-
iety on the part OF every man present to
come TO order just rs soon rs circum-
stances would permit. Then she made
short speech relative TO the matter Of
se-logs, and suggested that unless
certain number OF those articles, now
invisible to the naked eye, were placed
at a certain point or a certain amount
of kopecks placed on file with the chair
man OF the meeting within a specified
time that the deuce would be raised on
Main street in about two and one-half
ticks OF the chronometer. There didn't
seem to be any desire on the part of the
meeting TO amend the motion or lay it
on the table. Although il was arbitrary
and imperative, and although an oppor-
tunity was given for q free expression
OF opinion. there didn't seem to be any
desire to take advantage Off A COM
mittee OF three was appointed to carry
out the suggestions of the chair, and in
about half AN hour, the house-logs and
kopeeks having been placed ON deposit
at the places designated, the meeting
broke up, subject TO the call of the
chairman: 1t was not very long ses-
sion. but 1t was very harmonious very
harmonious and very orderly. There
was no calling Tor the previous question
or rising 10 point Of order Tie pale
faced men who composed the conven-
tion did not look TO the casual observers
rs though they had come there To raise
points for debate over parliamentary
practice. They kept their eye on tina
speaker's desk and didn't interrupt each
other or strugglet 10 see who would get
the floor. II Is wonderful this inherent
strength Of weakness. as l might say.
which enables woman amid a throng
ofreckless men to command their respect
and obedience sometimes where main
strength and awkardness would not
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