The Progress., 1889-01-26
IN THE FAR WEST.

4 q SO -
IN THE FAR WEST. 6
A had Man From Psnnsylvania Runs
Across u had Man In Wyoming.
One day we stopped by little creek
near Fort Fetterman, Wyo., for dinner.
Another covered wagon. headed west,
was already camped there, and q boy
was taking cure of tho horses, while q
girl about fourteen years old was busy
frying some bacon over fire near the
wagon. We managed to SECURE an
acquaintance with the girl, and asked
her if she and her brother were travel-
ing alone.
20, no. she replied, ''pap and mann
are in the wagon. Pap's laid up an
nlam's 8 doctorin' him.
"Hurt in an accidentp''
Eyes, nll bunged up. Other fellcr
was q sight quicker n pap lowed he
was. Lor', but he did make soma
lively motlons!''
What was the troubleP''
20, jes' fight Say, want to know
It the men keep gittiu wuss the turder
\ Wesb you elts
well, it's hard to say. Do they
seem top
That's about it. When we lived
back II Pennsylvania pap lowed he
could lick my man in Mifflin County,
an he used to do it, too, 'lection-days,
| an FOnrth Of Julys, an camp meetin's.
Three months ago we pulled out for
the West, an says pap: i shall leave q
line q men on crutches from Lewiston.
Pa, to Bozeman, Mont. I shall
tie together the Alleganers and
the Rockies by line o. Grip
pies! I shall unite the East
an the West with spawned an busted-
up fighters! I shall shut up the OPP
tics and fatten ont the smellers Of
these Western galoots an learn en-
that the bad men don't all roost west
o the Miss 'ssippi' Pap said he was
pizen on Western blowhards, an they
wanted to sing low when he had his
boots on.
'Well, was he as successful as he ex-
pected to be?''
''Not by good bit. He pounded 3
man all TO pieces near Pittsburgh, an
licked two more crossin' Ohio, They
seemed to get tougher in Indiana, but
pap whaled 4 livery-stable man at De.
catur an chased a Tippecanoe County
farmer a mile an half. When we
struck into Illinoys they 'peared to git
still wuss, an pap only kinder tired
out three or four Of 'em an didn't lick
EN- reg lar. Then we crossed the
Miss ssippi at Burlington an q man
that was loadin' lumber down by the
river kinder tired pap out. Then at
Ottur11wa q man that run s'loon pert
ty near licked pap reg lar, an at Osce-
ola he'd a got pounded If he hadn't
"a run. Still he didn't git hurt much
till we struck Newbraska.' .
They got still worse, did theyp''
That amt no name for it. At Ere.
mont one of the county commissioners
come down where we was eRfnpcd an
put it all over papin about ten minutes.
an at Long Pine pap shook his fist at
the conductor of passenger4train that
was gUin' past an the conductor
stopped his train an come over an
whaled pap till he squealed. At Yal4
| entine the principal Of the schools
chased him out o. the schoul@yard
when ws tried to camp there, an at
Chadron he picked on the mayor d
little while they was tryin' to trade
hosses, an the mayor up'n' soehed il
to him 'tllout pullin' his coat or sayin',
q word. Still pap wasn't laid up till
we struck Wyoming. Back hgrB at
Lusk pap got talkin' with little feller
bout religion. Pap jumped up q
couple q times an told the little fellgr
to look out cause lie was d comm.
An then pap went for him with his
head down an gosh, you orter seen
the motions that little feller madel
Pap was licked fore he got his secon'
wind, but somehow the cuss was 80
little he KEEP a-aghtin' him in place q
rnnnin' Ike he orter, an the eonse-
kence Was me II mann had TO b ist him
into the Mag'n an fix up SOME plasters
for him I'm rub him with hoss lin 'ment:
don't know what's guin' 20 become
g pap II he keeps asrttchin' into 'tn.
It pears that tile furder west we git
the Wuss they git, an II looks 'sif fore.
we git UP to Bozemart that we'd have
to bury pap. Pap lows II la could
strike = Quaker settlement lie would
be all right, but there don't seem to be
none ont this way. TO man Up a
tree i looks sif pup was q busted colti-
munityP'z=F. II Carrutby ~ Chica0s
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