The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-11-12
the -Four Bull -whachers or Bitter
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. From the Californian for October.

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oh From the Californian for October. y
= Perhaps every person who is somewhat ad-
vsnced III life can remember some iucident
Of his early years which he would really
like TO forget something that resulted from
the freshness and vast fnexperience Of youth.
Just before the Union Pacific Railroad reach
ed the Bitter Creek country, I made my
first overland trip to the Pacific coast. l
81 aged 1t from the then terminus Of the
Union Pacific railroad to the Central Pacific,
which was pushing east. The stage broke
down on Bitter Greek and the passengers had
TO Walk to the next station. Igrew tired Of
walking before T reached the station, sid
coming, late In the afternoon, to where some
teamsterss s were we're camped, I Tconcluded to stop
With them Z for the night. On asking their
2 permission 4 TO do SO they "a sssented
% heartily that I felt at home It once. Life
In the w west was vas something new to me- !
was was young and buoy yant, and just out Of coli
lee leee. / was fond of taking. o'I thought II
Y would be novel and deiightful to sleep with
these Ilalf.sayage ox-drivers, with no shelter
but the vaulted, star r-gernmed heavens
There were four teamsters and as many wag-
ons, nls while thirty-two oxen grazed around In
the vicinity, OF the teanisters, one was :
giant in stature and wore "a bushy black
beard another was shorter, but powerfully
built and one-eyed; the third was tall, lank
and hsme.Jawed, whileo the fourth was
swiry. red-headed man. N In my thoughts
pItied them, on account Of the hard life they
head, and spoke to them in kind tone ana
lendeavored TO- make my conversation IN
lstructive. 30 plucked flower, and, pulling
! IL TO pieces, mentioned the names OF the
parts-2pistils,I Istamen, calyx and so on--and
remarked that ID must be Indigenous to the
locality, and spoke Of, the plant being indog-
ienous, ,incontrsdistinction In TO exogenous, ana
bthatt they could see that Ii was not erytogma-
ous.ou In looking 1t some fragments Of rock
INV Thoughts wandered of into geology, and,
among other things, spoke of the ertlary
and carboKibsreus periods, and Of the ptero-
ICdactJl, ,ichthyossunis and dinotherium' fhe
teamsters looked at me, then at each other,
but made no response, We squatted down
around the flying pan to take supper, and as
| the big fellow, with his right hand, slapped,
or sort Of larruped, long piece OF fried b.
&, CON I over piece OF bread in his left hand
sending d drop Of grease into my left eye, he
| said 10 the 'one-eyed man: % l'iFotam 'l-' !
aBiil, is my copy o Shakespeare In your
1 wagon 2 missed it to-day" ". IT.. .'.....
y aNoa. Ny Tenherson and volum' Of the
| Ttalihann, poets is in thar; no Shakespeare"
The lank looking teamster, biting, on .
piece OF bread about the size Of q saucer,
said to the Big man in q voice which came
| huskiIy through the bread: '2i'." '.12'''@
aJake, did YOU ever read that volum' Of
poems that WRIT" .'-'
mo; but hes often hearn tell on 'ern."
f'oa Yer mean sMusin's Of an idle man"
spoke up The fed-headed man, addressingthe
1rsa BIOL ns9Ht9d Si1 9Lcrn iiiT 9tEic
aYrae.:: :siSIo.baa ,7a1asaaas72 bas asoiI I
.IHev I read every line in II dozen times, y
said the teatnster with the red hair; and q
\ be sotped & four- inch swath With Z piece ol
I bread across the frying pan, be repeated some
IL, uh.oT ,9aRo sf!5' 2fl5d doES .ytio sid5 :
afThsaml'sT Il 'Tslhsi them, S nSodded TIE poet.:2f~The
Empror Of Aastry writ me letter highly
complimenting them PONIES" ---s ."''
"Thsy,r very aseshin,"' added the WHY
\ msn.1srlq9Tg- Tor .yoE .E0T0Zm.LW =
ulae Iseok no part in the remarks. Someho"
Idia not feel like seinings in in the eonyer'a
n ton. ri sA19.ropnG!rG cd ZGiEGd n,tJim-I
l1n The viry man, hsying somewhat satisfied
his appetite, rolled up 2 piece q bacon rint
into q, ssrt Of fsingle-barreled opera glass ant
j tbegan so,squia. through Y toward ther north
!, syn herizensrbbG 90 DfUods ,oatdlEa 9Jt 10
!. 81. Wha. ysrdoin', Dase'" asked the ''oa
man. ,Ho-nqi
"Takin' observations on the North Star
Want to max some astronomical calkilation
when get TO sacrypenter:n 20 -. ..r
II aaaWslI, Yer needn't ter made tht telescope
could q NH Yer sss y. fpr YER beir
Il a. / haipt but one eye:.4"~% " ~ eos '-5I aro
'aGit sssta out thaar,, ,yef dafned oid earbonifsr
, ous Gus pterodsctyl" yelled the hame-jawedt dri
yer to an OK that was licking apiece OF ba
con. .si7E1aemsQ Ain1ol.Is3
rIkve \ gpoddeal Of my time 70 'stront
!1my when 0wasa in Europe Il remarked III
ettalln1AnsSHaa hoiav .ETA,Ie zooanaH
I Ttua0ver thar long?" asked one. iiIsuEq
Il ueGood while Was minister TO yRoosh!
2, Then Ispent some time down Ter Rome
"Rome !" exclaimed the lank indiyidus
8 "Was born thar. N father was-a sculI
Tor y1ptisF 7oi bsfssTTA ya1oA
EfsqadoSd scuiptcf.".of .yoE ,o?Aorro'
vi roasYss.pDH tsdt Eraa aa030TaEd afi -
sta4 Wen; one wOdldnter thought ii to loo
atSa Sef.s ahT 'uJ ,aQiszSfToo 10 'fsHfo'sts
never was in Yoorup," remarked u
. one-eyed man. 6whcn occupied the che
Of ancient lsls lsnguasss IL Hartard College pu
{ health failed md the fellows thssI had hifs
!. Z ne M xahtsd me to 90 to Europe sf0r9 Snio Su
MI II eSiicefddsa u come West look Abo
Il uSp thsf, yeY internal Did 'hsa- bitten itchfhy
d ssur,us, Ke pAyisd out 70 N o1' 'that "
ri chswths gxseDn SS6ver.9 iAao ,1aa9ed
ssfE IfSit hos md fsaerish and I ions 'way 1ffd
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! ! f5s 5sIis.af;ss@n s.safy ss@nss u 10 81 tefRom.a~aas'
~ u eomplets my studies thar--bnt give II Up
% : isad al Snas2 esileS Dsve. io.q9a gl''od
: r. aWhaf tf6r ssRs sseie srs2i'dHqsa OIL
= 4They waaintssd me 70 run for Gus'ner
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91 wafesbs1sss.6sre -ringgos mei1 sasni I
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f tE4WKydaanA yer slaJ thrs" f9a
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!. they 'Ieetsd u sffsc6paf Bishop, and 1t hu
= nv lungs ptss1dnyE Come West for \
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isu wen, rA'fmprovin.s -
dsFi fnd dn0e ress ven thu night. A d
VI Saise iada FKs 1ineh J ssssh ssssurn over
10 4 theif blankets I'D y6xh, the sAil one quie'
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