Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1885-06-18
A COLORADO COLONEL.
lie Tells RIooa-Cart'li11g Stcry I,
Which He is tie Villain.

lie Tells q ElOod-ENrd'lag sstCIy Il
Which lie is tie Villain.
Jim Appleton, OF Colonel" Jim
Appleton, is in Denver The Colo
nel' is an old timer. He had crossed
the plains several times before tie
Seer tenderfeot, who are now harna
cles, throught Of the wild, wild West,
The Colonel has had many Ups and
downs in lie and va only plain JIM
until the Leadyille excitement broke
out. Ee went to Leadville with the
rest Of the gang, and while in The car
Donate camp displayed such wonder
fnl ability n helping 70 make the
place temperance town By removing
the cause that he was lreveted Colo
mel, > and afterwards promoted to the
title he now holds
THE OLDEST ''cCLoNEL' II COLORADO.
Jim has had money. He is one Of
those kind of fellows who stumble on
to a good thing once in a while, and
doesn't know how to keep it. The
'.colonel' made strike in Leadyille
once, which netted him 100000, and
afterwards made strike in the San
Juan country almost as large He has
no money now, but he has a tongue
and can tell an old time incident with
the garrulity of an old maid gushing
over q lace oyerskirt CT ne;ghbors
baby.
The colonel who, by the way, is
credited with having a dozen Ute
squaws for let handed wiyes-was in
the Jockey Club rooms, and was hold
ing forth between drinks to an inter
ested audience
ON THE SUBJECT OF IIvORCE
L didn't have anything to do to-
day" he said, and tcck a walk to the
court house When [ got there and
sat down / became interested in a
divorce case that was going on. A
woman was seeking a divorce. Cn
the witness stand she said she was
young and foolish when she married
the fellow; that she never loved him
and only married him because it was
the fashion to marry. Well, they lived
a cat and dog life for year, and fl
nally she deserted him e-ld when
home to her ma, and had been living
with her folks ever since, and tha5
her husband had refused to contribute
to her support. and that he was cruel
and
NEGLECTED HER, IND ALL SUCH ROT.
There wasn't any husband present
to deny any Of her charges. and as she
had complied with the law the Judge
entered a decree in her favor, and gave
her back her maiden name. She will
pose now as young and innocent
girl and will rope some fellow in, and
you may bet that he will be wealthy.
She wouldn't have any other kind Of
a man. Talk about women getting
fooled. When one woman get fooled
three men do.
AS | was going to say, I started out
to tell about q friend Of mine, Chaun-
cey Ellsworth, who lived near Green
castle, Indiana, about thirty years
ago. Chauncey was good big heart
ed fellow, and married little firt
named Sally Gentry, although warned
against it by his friends He was all
that a woman could wish Of a man.
yet she wasn't satisfied with him, and
led him terrible life.
The stories circulated around the
neighborhood were disgracefnl, but
poor Chauncey never heard anything
of what was going on. His friends
went to him, but Chauncey wouldn't
believe anything they said. He said
he knew Sally and that whatever she
did she would not disgrace his name.
It went on that way for about two
years, when Chauacey became the
laughing stock of the neighborhood.
This riled him, for il Chauncey was
anything he was proud His suspi-
cions were aroused. He watched and
finally became convinced that his
Sally was not altogether right. He
went home one night and found one
of his wife's loyers-a fellow named
Dick Lever. He spoke pleasantly to
Dick; chatted awhile with them very
pleasantly, and finally bade them
good night and left the house That
was sumner to his wife. She didn't
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