Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-12-02
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On the Plains.
A PILGRIMS REMARKABLE ADVENT RE WITH
SOME LEARNED BULLwIACkERs.
IN Drk Mal,ne m Ortoi,cr talt6,rntanI


SOME LEARNED BULLwHACKERs.
flock Malone In October Californian
Perhaps every person who is somewhat
advanced in life can remember some incident
of his early life which he would really like
TO forget. something that resulted from the
freshness and vast nexperience Of youth.
remember one which have spent good
deal of time irving TO forget. just before
the Union Pacific railroad reached the Bitter
Creek country made my first overland trip
to the Pacific coast. | staged it from the
then terminus of the Union Pacific TO the
Central Pacific which was pushing Fast.
The stage broke down on Bitter Creek, and
the passengers had to walk to the next
station grew tired of walking before
reached the station, and coming late in the
afternoon to where some teams,ers were
eamped. concluded TO stop with them for
the night. On asking them to let me they
assenied 80 heartily that | felt a home at
once. Life in the West was something new
to me. was Young aud buoyant and jus,
out Of college. vas fond of talking. |
thought it would be novel and deli Ightiui to
sleep out with these half.sayage ox-driyers,
with no shelter but the vauied. star gemmed
heavens. There were four ieams;crs and as
many wagons. while thrty-two oxen grazed
around IN the vicinity. OF the teamsters,
one was giant in stature. and wore a bushy
black beard another was shorter. huf
powerfully built and one-eyed the third.
vas tall. lank and hame- lawed, while the
fourth was a wiry. red headed man. In my
thoughts pitied them on account Of the
hard life they led. and spoke TO them in a
kind tone, and endcavorcd to make our con-
sersa,iou instructive. pluckcd a flower
and pulled it to pieces. mentioned the names
Of the parts-pisiil, stamcns, cal,v and 80
on-and remarked that il must be indigenous
tn the locality. and spoke Of the plant as be
ing cndogeuous. IN oontraiistlncilnn TO eN-
ogenous, and that they could see that II was
not cryptogamous. In looking at some
fragments Of rock. my thoughts wandered
of into geology, and among other things |
spoke of the tertiary and carbonliernus pc
RODS, aud Of the ptcrodactyl. ichhyosaurIs
and diuoihurium The tcamsters looked nt
me. then u each other. hut made no re-
sponsc. We >quaitcd down around the FRY,
lng pan 70 take supper aud a, the big fell
low, with his right hand, slapped or sori Of
larrupcd. long piece of fred bacon over n
piece Of bread in lis lcft hand. sending a
drop % hot grease in my lett eye, he said to
the ore cycd man.
"B,ll. j, my copy Of Shakespeare IN yo'
wagon missed it to-day
No. Nv Tcuucrson and volun, Of the
Italian poets is IN ihar-no Shakespeare. :"
The lank looking tcam,tcr. biting OF a
piece Of bread about the size Of q saucer,
.aid 10 the biz man, in a voice tha, came
hu,k.ly through the bread.
JAKE. did you ever read that volume of
pom, that wr., ?"
No. bat I've often hcaru tell on en-"
Yer mean the Mu,in', Of an Idle Man ?"
"Ycs."
'iIc, read every line in /, dozen times. =
said the tcamster with the red hair and ns
he ,oppcd 4 four inch swath with piece Of
bread acros, the fr,ingpan, he repeated some
lines.
Them, they" nodded the poet. The
Emperor or Au>ir, sent me a letter high!,
complmen,in' them poms."
They're very teehin'," added the Wiry
man.
took no part in these remarks. some
nov did not feel Ike joining N,
The siry man having somewhat satisfied
hi. appetite, rolled up piece OF bacon Eind
into a sort Of single barrelled opera glass
and began to squint through il toward the
northern horizon.
"Wha, are yer dom Dave r" asked the
stout man.
''rakiu' observations on the north star,
Want ter make some astronomical ralkerla-
tons when get into Saokrymenter.'
We'll. Yer needn't ter made that tcles-
cope could er tux yer observation for
yer. bein' a. hain't but one eve
Git out, yer darned old carboniferous
p,erodactyl." yelled the hame- jawrd driver
TO an OK that was licking piece OF bacon.
Il give a good deal OF m, time 20 ',,rou-
ms when vas in ioorup," remarked the
tall man.
Over thar long ?" asked one
Good while. Was Minister TO Rooshy.
Then | spent some time down to Rome
Rome" CALCULATED the lank individual.
WAS born thar. Ny father va, a ,culp-
tor"
Good SCULPTOR r.
"Yes"
well, one wouldn't a thought it, to look
at yer"
never was ~ io"I"p' leHhal Aei tl'c
one-eyed man. When occypied the cheer
Of ancient languages IN Harvard college my
health failed, and the feller. that had me
hired wanted me to 90 ter foorup tor an
out, but concluded to come West to look
Hold up thar, yer Internal ole tiea-bitten
ichy,'saurus," he bawled to an OK that was
chewing a wagon cover.
| telt hot and feverish aud a long way
from home.
81 got ready ter go ter Rome-wanted ter
complete my studies thar-but give Il up
What for :?
They wanted me to run for guv'ner in
Nirglnny.'
''ier beat 'em'
Thunder, yes.
Why didn't yer stay thar
'N'