The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-05-13
ONE OF the BOYS
Tells how the Force Is Getting Aloug--A
Funny Account.

Last evening an INTELLldENcER reporter
met Howard Bowman, a well known
young mill man, VINO was one Of the gang
Of men that left the city last Saturday
morning under charge Of Anthony Lally,
to work for Mr.. Kimberly. The reporter
hailed him, asked him how the boys out
the road were getting along and what he
was doing in the city.
II toll you, we have been having the
liveliest picnic over in Washington county
YOU ever heard OF, Talk about your life
gu the plains, tough life and all that sort
OF thing, you ought 10 sample dose oil
the life we have been having for the past
three days; It's rich, l tell YOU"
"Well, Tell me about IT."
In the first place, we are about starved,
and that's the reason I'm In town now.
Dave Rust-he Is our Cook-Allen
Ataloney and Jesse ShatIer came In with
me this afternoon, and we arc going back
In the morning with provisions. All the
boys, folks on the South Side are baking
bread, aud we are laying in supplies Of
heavy bologna, cheese, crackers and
canned goods, and looking out for tent.
l tell you, we have had tough luck. We
left here Saturday, you know. Well,
NO got to our camp about 2 o'clock that
afternoon. We had engaged big
tent and supposed that we would
find It there when we got there,
but the man who was to send
II out either didn't send II or put 1t on the
wrong train. Any how, 1t wasn't there |;
the other boys are looking for the tent
man now. There was one little tent there
that would hold about four people, and
we had TO uss that for cooking. Saturday
afternoon we put In the time getting our
Baggage from Taylorstown to the camp,
It's about nine miles. We had good sup.
per, rolled up In our blankets, and alter
kidding each other for while went to
sleep, for you can bet we were tired.
About midnight she commenced
To rain, and then the fun commenced:
We wrapped up In blankets and
stood up against trees, and laughed at
each other, Cussed the tent man, the COM
pany, Kimberly and everything ellie, In q
Jolly sort OF way, you know. Sunday
we loafed around, smoked, inspected the
country and eat. Monday we commenced
work. The ditch, instead OF being four
feet deep, ID about Eve feet, and the men
have 10 work In water up TO their knees,
After we get down about three feet the
water Just seems 10 ooEe out oil the sides,
and you work In mud.
"Up to Tuesday night we had done
about 500 feet; part was I've feet deep,
aud In other places the ditch amt over
three feet deep, because the water got 90
bad, And such a looking ditch as that is !
You ought 10 see tit looks like letter
8. There we're no stakes 10 70 by and 1t
was d go.as-you.please dig.
They told us before we left here that we
could board out there for 81 20 q week,
but as soon az those old farmers found out
we was gas tnen they Just doubled the
price on everything, and that's the way we
pot into our supplies faster than we
thought we would. Tuesday morn.
Ing provisions were scarce, dinner
cleaned Us out nearly, and supper took
the balance, l suppose the boys had to
forage to-day. Tuesday afternoon We
struck for 81 80 a day and got IT, The
company only wants 10 pay Us once o
month, and the boys are kicking on that.
We want pay once in two weeks, and Mt.
1ally is going 10 try and fix II 30 we can.
Mr.. Lally Ia q very nice man 10 work titl.
der, Some oil US thought we wonldn,t
like him, but he's not at all bad. We all
get along we'll with him.
1--WE had some fun Tuesday afternoon
when provisions was low. We deClded TO
hang out o distress signal, and one Of the
men took OF his red undershift and hung
1t up on pole by the road. A farmer
came along soon after, and we stopped
him and asked him II he knew what that
was. He said II was a red undenhlfa
"K'reOL; do you know what II means
said the boys, No. said the farmer.
Bread or bloodl yelled the boys, and
then you should have seen that lafmef
whip up his horses, We nearly died
Il went 10 a farm house to buy some
bread and had 10 pay thirty cents lot a