Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-30
Truthful James.
Am Assembly of Noble Prevaricators Meet and swap Tough Stories.
 From the Denver Republican.l

An Assembly of Noble Prevaricators
 Meet and Swap Tough Stories.
 From the Denver Republicanl A party of rapchmen were seated around the stove in Bailey's corral last night passing the time away in telling stories. The wind storm on Friday last was variously comment ed upon. Some had seen worse storms and seme hadn't Among those who had was Jim Blanchard, '49er in California and a '59er in Colorado Jim is known as 'sTruth- ful James," and the story he relates is vouched for by himself. After taking 8 drink he proceeded:
 "That there storm Friday minded me of the zephyrs they have in Kansas and Nebrasky. I'VE SEED WORSE IN IOWA, and worse right here in Colorado, but kin der think that if a man wants to see the wind run a hundred mile race in half min ute stopping three times to spit on it's hands, he'd getter go to Cheyenne. That there place is just little the windiest this side he kneequater Its common thing there for the boys to hitch 8 log chain to flat car and fly it for kite. When I was ivin' there used to hitch good sized cable to my house, take up the anchors from the four corners, whenever 8 storm was comln', and go up in the hevings beyond the clouds. had cap stan in my house, and as soon as the storm was over I would wind up the cable and come down on top of the snow, nice and dry. One of my kids fell out'n the front door one day when we was above storm and ex- pected the poor thing was dashed to the yeth and mangled into 8 frightful corpse. It's nanny was cryin' and takin' on dreadful, when she looked out'n the winder and seed that kid
 FLoAr1N' ROUND THE HOUSE
 permiscuous like. She reached out and walked it in, and give it the derndest spank ii' it ever had. There was one time when a storm lasted for three days, and we got nigh ty short of water. I'd bout made up my mind to wind up the cable when 8 happy thought struck me I slid down the rope till reached the storm, then I commenced maxim snow balls and throwin' 'em up to nv wife, who was standin' in the door, and who'd keteh lem and stow 'em away in one corner. In that way got enough water to last me till the yelements was sufficiently i'm posed for us to return to the yeth. forgot to say that on the third day of that storm the top of it froze over solid, and as I was lookin' down saw drove of
 BLACK TAILED DEER FEEDIN' ALONG ON TOP"
 "What was they feedin' on?" inquired eyed miner.
 Jim paid no attention to the interruption, but continued
 catching old Bose by the tail, slid down the rope again, and had the purtiest days hunt i'm ever had in my life. killed seventy five deer and two bears. The bears was so fat they want fit to eat, so l just made a kittle out n ice, built 8 fire and melted lem mp inter taller. didn't know how to get that taller home, so just rammed both bar reis of my gun full of the, stuff and shot it up te my wife, who caught the candles and slowed 'en away. l kept on shootin', till my wife yelled to me the cabin wouldn't hold any more candles so had to quit, leaving at least two tons of as good bear grease as was ever rendered down. piled them deer and kettle together and when the storm was over and the thaw had set in, and we was back on the ysth, they just .34 SETTLED DOWN IN MY BACK YARD.
 opened a butcher shop and sold venison so cheap that I run every butcher in town out of business and got enough money to make a good start in life. ''
 E When Jim finished his story his health was drunk in silence out of 8 black bottle Af- ter 8 rest of a minute or two the. sore eyed miner took fresh chew of tobacco and said
 1T was in Cheyenne after Jim had got rich, and persuaded him to give me that dog of iis,n, Bose He was some on deer, and don't you forget it. II WAS out huntin' one day near Laramie when one of them hurricanes come up. and didn't know what to do. It was perrairie all around
 COULD SEE THE STORM AooMIN' but two miles of. If I run it would ketch me. If staid thar it was death. So jes took and showed ole BosePs nose agin bank and yelled rats' You orter have seen that dog scratch. He throWed dirt behind him