Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1882-03-23

all thankful for that.
And l may say again that | am
very glad that, at that time, at least,
the telegraph had not been superseded
by the telephone.
They Let Him Stay.
In the early history of Cummins City,
when Calamity and Lengthy johnson and
Tapeworm Charlie We're The bon ton Cf
the new gold camp, there was man whom
We will call DR.. Farrar, who went there
partially to assay for the camp and par
TALLY to wear out his young life. DIR. Far
rar had Il pretty uphill job of it from the
start, for the mines hadn't doomed very
fast at first, and Il good many of the boys
sent their samples of ore To Salt Lake or
Denver for assay, and the rest of them
used to salt his fluX and get IL big showing
and then stand him up for his pay. One
honest miner gilded the pcstle one night
III the assay office, and sold his gopher
hole on Virginia Hill the next day on an
assay vi -I 900 w lllt tcll
After a while DIR. Farrar found that he
had to lock up his mortar and tiuX in his
trunk and sleep with his crucible>, or his
reputation aS an assayist would become Il
pilgrim with the plug hat, and the tender
foot would say "tie upon him." and spit
upon him and smtc him on the bu@le.
On top of all this an injurious report got
| out over the camp refiec,ing upon the
morality of DR.. Farrar. Soccty was in a
crude state and most every Stove-pipe in
town had been bored so full of bullet holes
that it wouldn't draw, and there was Il
general feeling of insecurity.
| Most every one said that unless steps
Were taken to quiet things Il little before
| long, there would be music by the entire
| band.
1t was generally decided that the vigi-
lantrrs would have TO begin Oh DR.. Farrar.
The town was getting Il bad reputation
outside, and something must be done. The
| committee, however, WAS not in working
order; as Il part of the number had gone
over toward Last Chance on Il placer
stampede, and half a dozen more We're in
Laramie on district court business. How
ever, it was decided that two members of
the committee, whom we will call Trust
worthy KcrSikcS and "'The Annihilator''
were delegated to arm themselves and
drive DR.. FarIar out of town or inform
him that they would shoot him on sight
Great care was used to prevent DR.. Far
rar from getting any premature notice OF
this arrangement, BECAUSE those who
knew his very shrinking and gentle diSpo-
Sition were sure that if he were TO drop on
the programme he would skip the camp
and the amusement would have to be post
poned.
/ 1t was therefore decided that Trust.
worthy KerSikcS and "The Annihlator'
should 90 down to the assay Office arme,
and prepared to either scare the aSsayel
to death or Spatter his quiverng flesh al
: oveI Pole Cat avenue.
About opposite the palatial dugout oc-
cupied by Calamity, the avengers met DR.
Farrar.
He had just been down to Sam Wood!
and hoisted in about six fingers of wha
was known ut that time as Vinegar Hill
: Sheep Dip. 1t was way billed over th'
) Union Pacific aS "liquid crime
: The avengers stood back Il moment t'
give the fugitive II chance to escape if H.
wanted to, but he didn't avail himself o
: it.
He seemed to cour; death.
| He simply walked up to Tru>tworth
= KerSikes and twisted the double -barrele
, shot gun out of his hands like Il flash
Then he pulled in on "The Annihilator
and told him to throw up his hands. Calm
ly as though he were making an assay O
Gilt Edge Blossom rock, DIR. Farrar Wen
c through the garments of the avengers. Th
( six shooters he slowed away i'll the bus
, of his pantaloons, and the double barrele
shotgun he broke over Il pine log an
threw it up on the woodshed.
Then he told the avengers that he woul
L spare their Improbable lives this trip, br
n if they ever tried to kill him again thel
u would be good deal of hilarity on I'll
main street. He said he was not of ro
vengeful or antagoniStic disposition, bt
'' that if this thing was repeated every ever
|, ing with matinee for ladies and childre
y every Saturday afternoon, he would get
h repeating hoe handle and clean out Il
entire vigilance committee.
:, DR.. Farrar said he hadnever beenl lOOkt
upon as quarrelsome or deadly man
IL all; he was just plain, every day style
t citizen without any consuming ambition
W fill the world with funerals and hang
,s sable pail of mourning over the land, b
~ if the vigilance committee wanted to nal
an example of him and would give hi
~ notice enough so that he could arm hin
re self with an old salt bag full of GONZALES
~ ent eggs and an old pick handle, he wou
III be willing to abide the result.
~ The committe turned in silent scorn a
left him, and the disagreeable subject W
never broached again afterward.
IN "
/ A Washington girl, Gertrude Nelst