Richland beacon., 1880-07-03
Just From DesdWoOd.

A Brooklyn boy, who had spent some
ak months in the Bis ok Hills, struck
home last week and sau1tered up Fulton
street. He was dressed in an antelope
skin shirt, pair of black tail deer skin
pantaloons, beaded moccasins and
white felt hat with brim like a wagon
wheel. He wandered into a saloon,
thumped his fist on the counter and
howled for tan juice with glittering
eye.
"Will yer jine me, strangers?" he
said to three or four gentlemen sitting
at table, adding as they hesitated, al
reckon ye'd better. With me a invite
means liquor or blood. Ye'd better
come up"
They approached the bar, and all took
beer, except one, who took cider, e1.
planning that he had never touched
spirits in his life.
Wall, I'll be dogged!" roared the
skin decked traveller. Ef yer was with
me whar hang out ye'd be inter q
hole. Cause thar's whar yer got ter
drink, whether yer drink er not.
'Sluck! And he poured in the poison.
Where are you from, if might
ask?' inquired the cider man.
1" From. right from the gulch. The
clean up put me few thousand ahead
and I'm wandcrin' to see the sights. You
bet!"
From the mines?"
Straight from jist whar yer reckoned
/" as, stranger. l been inter the Hills
Pa aned big and now Pm in fer a reg'laI
ole He. You bet."
How are things in the Hills now? Is
business depressed or are things -four
ishing?',
"I don't know nothin' about them big
words, but eff yer want fer ter know how
things is, they're thar; right thar l
seen twenty millions O money taken
out o my mine in fourteen hours. That's
trade. That's hittin' gilt every wash.
and don't yer forgit it; you bet!"
9" How does Custer City seem to pro-
gress?"
al amt no bizness with no Custer
City-I m a miner, am"
{" saw in a recent paper that num-
bcr IF troops have been moved to Fort
Meade. Do they think there is any
danger from Indians?"
"Injuns, Injuns, pard! Why there's
more n seven millions of 'em settin'
around on the rocks waitin' for a chance
! to lite in. Injuns! Why you don't
know nothin' about Injuns here. seen
ten hundred thousand troops killed in
an hour and half. But | don't mind
no Ihjuns. tunneled under four tribes
camped half mile from my claim, and
every doggcd one of them went up in the
blast. You bet! There can't be no Ir
juns git away with Hitler, and do,.
yer forgit it,"
Deadwood must be rather danger
Gus locality. had no idea it was so
exposed"
Deadwood! Dangerous! Say, stran
g,r, il yer ever learned to gamble, jisi
put yer money on the statement that
DeadwOod is dangerously placed. Yer'll
win, pard. Yer'll scoop tine pot each
.ussle, or count my judgment deuce
box"
"Going to be in Brooklyn any length
of time?"
''.Jist come to take squint at it. Say,
show me around. Show me to faro
bank. I've got too much dust fer COM
fort. and I'd like ter drop or pick up.
Show me around, stranger, and I'll make
yer proud of yerself."
al don't think you would find me a
very good guide, for I've only been here
a comparatively short time, but perhap,
one of my friends. who reside here,
would"-
Don't belong here? Whar yer from,
stranger? Whar's yer tepee?"
81 live in Deadwood, responded the
stranger. "I'm only"
If the young traveller will come around
and pay for those drinks all will be for