The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1888-02-25
FT. STANTON.
Fort Stanton. N. NJ.
Feb, Is, 1889.
EDITOR LEADER

tton OF improving the sanitary con
dition Of this post, by the intro
duction of sewage system, wa
made the subject Of long and ex
haustive report to the Surgeon
General, U. S. Army, by our en-
ergetic Post Surgeon, M. E. Tay
lor, Captain and assistant surgeon,
n. Gancey. Nothing however
came OF this first report, but a ref
erence Of the papers from one bu
reau Of War Department to anoth
er, until it was finally sat upon,
with the report that no funds were
available for the purpose TIE
Doctor, however, followed the
subject persistently, and was re-
wardcd at last with an approprla-
ton sufficient for tie purpose.
Early last December, a large
force was put to work making the
necessary excavations, and by the
middle of the month the Post was
cut up in every direction by lines
Of bitches 3 feet wide by 4 feet
deep. About the same time, 80
car loads of sewer pipe commenced
arriving by oX-trains from Lava,
n. M. These pipes were disposed
Of about the lines of bitches pre-
paratory to placing them in posi-
ton ; but there they remained for
nearly two months-and every
body was wondering why no move
ment was made to lay the pipe and
close up the gaping bitches, which
had become an eye-sore to every
body. The fact was, the cement
used in Theoretically sealing the
joints had somehow been delayed
and until its arrival We Nad to
grin and bear the situation. Travel
i'll and about the post was impeded
in most directions, with every here
and there an outlet Tor wagons,
which however, 1t was as difficult
to locate as the channel in the up
per Missouri River.
Many are the stories told Of noe
turnal adventures among these
bitches. Parties travelling along
by day were sure to flud them
selves brought up short, on their
return trip at night, against one OF
these bitches, or perhaps find them
selves suddenly precipitated into,
and houndcring about at their bot
toms. How many inverted pray
ers were said on such occasions is
hard to say, that such were offer
ed on particular occasion, your
correspondent can substantiate by
affidavit. Under certain circum-
stances, the use Of extraordinary
and effective language is held per
missible by most men. For in
stance, when one has a pet carbun-
Gle serenely domeshcated contigu-
ous to the spinal column, does |
occasion ever arise, when the use
ct emphatic language relieves the
hapIess victim Of much suppressed |
ioelingl Suppose that identical .
takes a notion to play at [
hide and seek all over ones anat-
ony-a game peculiar to carbun-
cIes in goneral-when we sit down
that carbuncle seems to get on the
chair before we dove arise for
reliet, but 1t seems in the mean
time, we have grown ten feet tall
9r and find that same carbuncle
against the ceiling. In
despair we seek our couch and
take Il horizontal position, but the
is there before us-it
seems to be ommpresent. What
10 we do then ? Do we pucker up
our lips and whistle selection
rom Pinaforc! Not much, DO
We get our vocal chords in order
and warble soft melodies ! Not If
We know ourselyes-we Just get
lown to- business, and in about