Daily Republican., 1886-10-04
HOME AGAIN.
A WEST EkN METHOD OF DIRECT
ING A STRANGER.

ANU N 5AhAN0Eh.
Adjutant Kings Two Lsse Letsers Ds-
scriprive Of His Trip Homo from
tine Far west.
The following are the last letters
written BY Adjutsnt King on his return
from San rapcisco, which, owing to q
press OF other matter were crowded out
and are now published by request.
/ MILwAUKEE, Wis, Sept. Is, 1885,
Ny Last letter stopped off very short,
after leaving the Yellowstoae National
Park, and In com mencinR again / v Ill
say that arrived at Livingston about
O'Clock, and afte- having dinner left
on train on the Northern Pacific Rail.
road just here / will ray that there ia
one thing on that read which 10 very
pleasing to the passengers who travel
over 1t. and that 10 the fact of there being
no dust to trouble or annoy them. Tbii
is caused BY the trains running so slow
that they do not cause the dust to rise,
and II any Of the many readers Of this
letter should ever travel out this way
and be In . hurry, would advise them
not TO take that route. This evening
saw wild cat sneaking along the eide
Of the road.
We arrived In Dakota early on Mon.
day morning, September 9Th, some
what behind time, as the axle Of the
baggage car broke the night before and
caused o detention; still we did not
complain, and considered ourselves
lucky that no one was hurt. On Tues.
day 7th, the. train got us safe into Min
neapolis, MINI, about noon, and after
waiting until 4 O'Clock In the afternoon
Tor Train took my departure for Ex-
celsior which place reached at 3 45.
II 10 nice little town, situated on the
south side OF Lake Minnetonka, and Is
one Of the greatest summer resorts In
the West. The fishing cannot be beat
anywhere. After getting off the cars
started to 90 and see an old friend that
l became acqfinted with at the Ma.
tionsl Encanipment at Minneapolis,
named X. Foucb; he is o Grand Army
mr. a, aud one Of the best men / ever
me-. He is farmer, and lives about
mile and half from the town. Well,
trudg6d along until thought that l
had travelled about far enough to be Ut
his house. but every thing looked strange
to me.
1 met rnan leading COW, and asked
him IL 1 was anywhere near Mr..
Fouch's; he said that was Just oppo
site, but on another road. / forgot to
tell you that II had ralned nearly all
day, and that the road was very muddy.
as ked the man II he could direct me
the nearest way to get to Mr.. Fouch's
house; he replied that 1t WAS q right
smart ways. Well stuck to my qpes
ton, until at last ne said that II was
about three.quartsrs Of q mile, and
began to direct me in this wise: "Jest
keep slong that medder until you come
/ to them bushes over thar on that pint,
then you will see fence; well, foller
that are fence till You come to pAster,
and keep right along the fence till you
come TO Billy IS II forget the nsme)
field, then CROSS over that until on top
Of the hill near the brickyard.,
Then you must leave the brickyard
to the left. asked him II got to the
brick yard which way must 90 then,
and he said, "you won't see the brick
yard" / asked him the same question
three or four times but he always
evaded 1t and told me to Ego to the top
Of the hill and would see the Tamerei
woods; well, that is behind the house;
no 1t amt either, 1t is in front of the
house. Well, you must keep to the
right OF that; then, no by oracky you
must keep to the left, and on ont to the
road and you are there"
After giving me this very lucid di-
rection he looked at me q minute and
then said, "Why hello, you beleng to
the Grand Army, don't yon?" re
piled that did, and he said, $50 do
l." We 81 ook hands ON that and
again asked him the way from the
brickyard, when he said, "oh you
won't see 1t; where are you from?"
told him from Delaware, and after
thanking him for the very plain and
explicit directions he had given me,
started off to find my way the best 1
could. Well, couldn't get that brick
yard out ~ my mind and tried hard
though to follow his directions,
bnt darned II didn't come right
around corner and plump up
to that same brickyard; then 1 was
stuck, but started off and kept 1t to
my left, and the first knew I brought
| up in the same road where had met
the mau who directed me, and only
about 200 yards from the same place.
Phere was q house close by and went
In and inquired the way, when l was
directed and easily found 1t. When
reached Mr.. Fouch's 1t was dark, but l
was In time for my supper. This was
Tuesday night, the 7th, and 1 stayed
there until the 14th; We went fishing
and cunning every day, and sat up
each night until we couldn't talk any
more.
I'll just bet they are glad to get q
good square nights rest again, which
they did not get while was there
Such fishing as we had oh my, 1t was
delightful, and wish we had the same
kind of sport in Wilmington. We
caught some very nice ones and plenty
of them was lucky enough to catch
the biggest one, and measured 1t; 1t was
o pickerel, and was.two feet three inches
long. One day we ehot fine young
goose and had him stuffed and roasted,
and wasn't he good 1t made Comrade
Fouch think Of a dipner he had once
while he was In the army.
He said that about the time the battle
Of Frederick sburg was fought two large
eagles were fighting in the air above
his camp, and the com bat created quite
lively time among the soldiers, who
named one Abe Lincoln and the other
JEFF Davis. After fighting . good while
JEFF Davis lost all use Of himself and
fell to the ground, while Abe Lincoln
gave loud scrsecht and assembled high
In the air. The men went for JEFF, and
Con, ad Fouch was the lucky one that
| got him. He had been suffering all day
with the toothache, and just felt ss
though he wanted TO pick fight with
something or somebody.
He took satisfaction out OF old JEFF,
and yanked him around pretty lively;
he sk,ned him and put him into pot,
and when he was cooked served him up
to fourteen men, and there was plenty
for all. Old JEFF was pretty tough, but
he made good soup, and the men en-
loved the OhAnoe Now don't Won thin k