Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-12-15
WILD WESTERN YARN.

There's a big difference ~ doe'of'' J
tell ,ou." said an old timer 10 me the
other day. "yoo think YOU sno~ some
hing about EN-. but you are s,ill In the
Aft and bloom and sindsrsafisn 81 life.
Val, ull you've been through what
have
..Wh.r.. for i~nstsneetF ssked him.
"wsll, saying nothing about sny'hins
el.e, Just look ., the doctors -e had IN
the var We had . doctor IN our resi-
msnt that looked a. Il h. kns~ 20 much
,h., /, made him unhappy. iound out
.n.r.srd ths, ks rsn hind Of coo
founding asylum IN Utah bs'or. The ~a''
.od -hsn be- hsd 10 prescribe fOf q hu-
man being IL seemed TO kind u rattle
him.
II fell Of my horse early 10 the cam
psisn and broke my lss. fieholsei' sno
he GOT the bone lie thought nat ihs
bone ought 10 BE- sst similar 10 q hsn
NJ made ~hat be- called god splice
hu, The break "a. above The knee. snd
he 20, the cos idea in'o BIZ bad IN .
Va, that oct tie Knee bshind. That vas
bad.
II told him one day ,hA, he ~ss a
blamed fool. lie gave me = cigar and
told me I must b. = mind reader.
"For several week. our Colonsl could
q "a, anything. and seemed 10 feel Aind
Of bilious. he diin't kros what the
trouble va. tll he vent 10 the doctor.
he lookod a. The Colonel = fec minutes
sraminsd hi. ,onsus. and told him right
n that he bed los, biz oud.
"Hs Dragged q good deal on his 5iss
nosis. he .sid he would like 70 see the
disease be oouldn', diagnose With one
hand tied bshind him.
ellie 49,. sl~sy. telling hos be hsd
ususciisied . man they hung ovr Al ~
City IN The sa'ly day. lie ~ss huns By
mistake, II secmsd. Il ~as . dark nigtt.
and the vigilance COMMITTEES ~as In some
hing Of a hurry. having aroiher party 90
hang over II Dirty Momsns ranch thai
ni.ht, and - they eftonsoasly hang a
quiet Young fsllo~ from Illinois. ~to had
been scot Ws,i % cur case u bfou-
ohit.. Tie as ushi 10 the middle 81
an explanation when the head sigiian's.
Kicked N. board from undsr bin and
broke hs nsck.
''All A. ooce some one said My Cd.
~e have made . ridiculous bluudrr bIi''
-e can't b. too c.f,ful about h%ar.ins
total stranger. A ie- more such breaks
q. these. md people iflm The st,' ~ii
hesitate about coming hefc 10 msse ihrif
home. w have al~sys olsim'd that Tbs
81. . god county fof truteniii', bui u
se ~nie D. lllin0i. And tell this yons 'sl'
lsr'. parent. The facts. -e nssdnt 10 = io'
a ,sry large tsgir. from Illinois nsst 49,
.on. Ibc eantyoi Do anything Or ihi'
yosns msnF
"fhsn ihi. physician ''epPrd iof-srd.
be- .s,s. and put hus snse on ihe bsek Of
ths 10y. nsck. gave o. q hrlr push. a.
The ,ams time pailed the head back 9Th
a .nsp that ,traighiensd The uscs. and
ths yolns %i,llo~. ~ho ~as IN ne Md.
DE of q arg, word. something lise con
ismsly. ~hsn the barrel uppei over
fni.hsd oat The ~ofi and sent fisht on
-uh The ~tspl.nsron. The to-iof .sii
b. lis,d q god many ys.fs. mi 90,
owed and esteemed By al Who kne-
him
Tie doctor Va. sl~ays telling Il be
tiamph. m .a,s,D H. 80 save q
good many hives. 100. toward che co'e
Of ihc val IL dd % % IA odd Wy.
TOD
lie had about one yea mofe 20 sf'e.
and. ~iih hu. dociofing on one side, sni
its hostility Of the enemy on the oih'f'
our regiment "a. sore do~n o. about
i've hundred men. Esefybody al ~
couldn't stand u more than sno'h'r year
Oue day. to-esef. The doctor had Jl''
measured q man iof = pofols plssiei. and
had lad the stub u his cigar catrilil
do-n o. tie top Il Aied po~ter krs.
.hsn there 80. . ,lisht alHosph'uc d.
,arbsnce. the ,m-ll u burnt clo'hs'. and
our regiment bad to apply ior Rev 'uf'
gson.
The wife u our late surgeon wrote
70 have h,f husband. remains iof~sfded
10 her. bat ! told her ii -Oald b. very
difficult 10 DO -. owing 10 the nature Of
the accident. ssid. to~ev'r. that 49,
found On upper set u teeth imb,dded in
/. palmetto Tree near by. and bad burned
them With military honof,. erecting over
TIE grave a large board on ~hien "a. IA
,cnbsd the name aud age u the deceased
and this inscription
"'No, dead. bat spontaneously Dis
iurbcd. Gone 10 meet his giouhei
thing q patients. Il. "a. win world
Hill Nys in TLs DsHrer Opinion.