The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-02
History OF = Lost Pig.

One Of the Widest stampedes that ever
took place from Alder Gulch, Montana,
was caused by the simplest thing one could
we'll imagine. It was In "a. Everything
was flush. It was neNly two thousand
miles to the nearest railroad and settlements
In between were scattering. Now, 1t ls |
characteristic Of human nature to sigh |
after the uuattalnable, In this particular |
case fresh pork was the unattainable. |
There was plenty Of bacon and plckled |
pork, but no fresh pork. Cariboo Tim
was the only one In oaulp who ever owned
a pig Tim was a very visionary sort Of a
cuss, who WAS not satisfied with working
along the gulch ut fifteen or twenty dollars
u day, but was etcrnally searching through
Z, > mountelns iii that region for place
Mheic he could gather up gold by the
shovelful. One day Tim returned TO camp
to learn that his pig had escaped from its
pom under his bunk. Ito did not tarry an
hour, but, packing all his provisions, start
ed on the pigs trail up the mountains.
Stra,ghtway two or three hundred men
decided to follow Tim, supposing that he
had struck It nlagnlfcently rich. The
leadet of the stampede kept track Of him
-one man keeping HIM in sight, q second
keeping the first in sight and so on until
tho gang stretched back for half mile:
behind this came the rabble. Tim seemed
| to know where he was going and kept
steadily on, This but served to confirm
his followers that he had already made the
rich find and was returning to 1T. When
night came Tim camped, His followers
did likewise, halt dozen men being dc
tailed to take turns standing guard, so
that he might not slip away in the night.
EARLY next morning tho march was resum-
Ell. On ward went Tim, unconscious Of
the men on his trail, for no noise was
made, the necessity Of silence having been
! impressed upon all the stampeders. From
camp they passed down the range TO the
Madison aud ON toward Norwegian gulch.
Again they camped and again were guards
stationed. The night passed quietly. The
first Of the stampeders to awake In tue
( morning crawled up tho hillside to a
point wherehe could see Cariboo TINS
r camp, and looking over saw that the
s guards were asleep and Tim gone. The
/ guards and the remainder OF the stamped
! ers were awakened. A. scene OF great ex-
] element followed The guards were
8 cursed up hill and down for their neglect,
8 which the poor fellows took with meek
Q submission
The gang now started hurriedly in tho
+, direction which Cariboo Tim had beer
( following on the previous day, hoping tt
Ii overtal1e him. Each man tried to ge
y ahead Of h,s neighbor and the rapid tim'
II made down the mountains was remarkable
l. all this time Tim had gone leisurely on
?. his head doubtless filled with Visions o
ID roast pig. Alter march of an hour o
e e e,xo2 .ss 9 at dow" or log to rest, Whll
=, onr"sgn an opening in Tho Timber no 81,
a tne blanket and grub laden brigade passn
10 rapidly along half mile away.
10 "A stampede, by the eternal" he eiacu
. iaIeo, sprlnging to his feet and hurrylpl
- on after them, with no further thought O
. his pig. after going two or three mile
e ne overlook the hindmost of the band ant
!, from them learned that new gulch hat
= oeen discovered. rich beyond compare
lhey dldnt Know where 1t was nor who
:, was leading and didn't caro- a tinker,
IN, only It was some fellow whom they
hao peen trailing for day and half.
matt was soon called at tho front, and the
stragglcre, including Cariboo lin, came
up. As lin approached the leaders, who
ol course Knew him, he was immediately
surrounded and earnestly besought to take
them them to his now digglngs.
why, the ones that you discovered on
/ your last trip and that you have been
, makiny for, was the reply, and thew then
( related to him how he had been watched
and finally followed, together with the sub.
seQuent circumstances OF the stsmpede
When lin explained the true object of his
search and wound up with "stampede be
Id ! was only looking for me losbt
plsl' tho remarks that were mada then
and there were OF too emphatic a nature
To DO appropriate for the columns of a
paper. ="
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