The Helena independent., 1889-10-30
An Old Seotchman Makes a Cheap
Trip From New York to
San Francisco
Three Weeks on the Road but His
Native Shrewdness Gets
Him Through.



Sun. he made u small forluae IN the grain
and hop business in San Francisco, took
his money home 20 Glasgow, and lost II.
year ago be- mndc up his mind 10 ~ bnck 10
FRISCO, aud had just money enough left to
pay bis fnrr from GLASGOW tu this city. His
wits and his countrymen, whom he oncoun-
,ercd en- route, then took hm on bis trans
continental journey, aud three weeks ago he
reached the Golden Gate after q series of
adventures which he has quantity put upon
paper. He knocked about the metropolis
thfee months before lac goi started ON his
trip. lie says
MY 6yercont aud ring had quietly gone
down my usuphapus or gnllct, along with
the occasional dollar, and wlthal was not
oNerfe1: far from II, waa losing hcSh every
day. My quasi friends or correspondents
we're growing tired uf me. and al last, one
after the other, they would give little with
look that said MS plainly as il they said II
in ~ many woids. "Scc here, W. give you
this, but that shuts the door. DO YOU un-
derst0ndY
lie goi stsrt finally in the shape Of a
ticket 10 Chicago from u ScOtchm n Whose
sympathic. were excited 10y his plight. und
the Chicago Grain Exchange gave hnu
another lin to st, Louis. "At thr point,
he Sans "hrlin luY very vert lnlr atiu,l-lc
to pct west. / WIS asked by p'niirnnn tp
god ,wn tine Mississippi fiycr lOmilts tu hls
pavement qunrrirs. he thought hr uiani
pet some work iYr mo al Apple tfcck,
Ilrr,. was nnthiu- He lrit mr Sticking
there | walked up tur bnnk oi il. glall
river Aoyt u m'los 10 the moonlight, aud only
fell int, ono slew ou tlp way. 'l tine Nils
sourl sid. | oaini' ,t last @" H yIilA4' Whrr
| stopped lill morning, licu I -d 0Nrf io
Grand luNrr, H., hy tie p.i7itrr boat
wherc le u VITA "a Scotch rnglue LrNrl
who gnyr me 'c;ist up on % sfrylc, tram tn
Murfreoshoro. ! found some good Scotitcs
i'm this small town. ! hld littl" money IA
my pocket, but preferred 10 keep II, ana
seeing three empty cans un 10 trun shout Ia
81 rl iom ~. Lpuls, ! lunpo In. ppt INTO a
dark corner and sit down 10 aWuu results,
got ua far Rs Mntorloo. no mils, where
the timer cnrs WoiV quickly shuntrd. THIS
wis my Lt.t ride IA q hmmi.' hnt nui my
last. Twenty two mllcs ~ II. Louis, Moth
ine dnuntrd. after puud sleep pcdvstr-
anllcd il ln SIX hours and twenty minutes to
the pustollicV. lhis gave nc mS hr-l irssuh
and hisi experience ut wlrt was h"iop
me-"
lie succeeded in reaching burlington by
,il,v stnpta aud thn MasoliH there put bim
through tu OmnhH, Where he WAS stranded
for IA month. Then fellow count yuan
who owns n l.tDn-ucre ranch near Columbus
gave hlm u lifi IA that town. Then hp had
10 rough H.
columbus WIS too small a. interest me
walked out 10 Duncan aud waited there
for a freight tram tu pass. luc nue along
soon. | SAW chance and Jumped IN. |
WAS actually undisturlcd and went straight
until We reached kearnry-a twu-hundfed-
aud forty milr free ride. | WAS walking
moo1ily along. wondering what was tV lnp-
pen neat, When happened 10 stumble INTO
4 store with a Scotch name over il. Ihis
IA luck would have a.. WIS nu other than
the mayors place of husinea,. lie calla
m the mnrahal. WHO Mis- 40 the duur. Now,
thinks l. I'm ia for it, lie SAYS. Give
this man guud dinner and ticket Ia thr
neal DIVISION w, Plum Greek. Mud tufu-
ing iu me. slys he. THAT all cln du for
yon as umyuf ui thrsr few rhunl'c-.' !
never WIS murc put out, ! expected tea
dlys."
ileil mHnuced to scrpo together mooney
enoupu ip pB bis faro tp Month i'lt{. Whro
he found mauy Glasgow hnNa. "Onr ou-
riue driver .eiys tn u,: he 40 hFml. Nud
wh,u tu, hrll rings iunp up ni .t io no.'
got ln lui, -hifg, a iUIOe DHNU tn'
Plltr. NcfA c0UluftihA, the v. t.tr lN
TINS trug hriNp mld and IIcnNle. 4
u.d uhrtl r0 utIHn tit pu plc u.Nrt
nHun, ln .lia nvuli"uH' Io thc na-
tAt 7.D.Dol ihr wood. lie diu ut 50 .p o.
julrshurg Witl hi- goodness. lul hll d np
the next DudUclor-enLmC pud clp,o.N.
butl Chai-r Ht,acu dlylsiUii- ud ut Nll
to otlkr uV Hlmg viii limi .p l, ldv my
FIRST ndI on c.hous, uild very ,puinrii-
bic u Wis irpm Juir-hug 90 iUNcuur.
nearly 2lu utes, loNcl and easy. The
Union J. cue company mlculnc shops are
bong hulli hcrc nhd somr vi them were n
full blast. luu may ru,s' there iuro. thHt
had little ddicudy IA eros =
ing thr paths of lots Of Clyde
laddics Ind YOU ever notice
thprr is u more dos, .nciiyp love ul country
not 80 much pltriut'sm rs usually applied,
hut positive lnyc ut co0ntry-a thnlhng oi
the heart IN the natives of huall countries,
sucl as Switzerland, Scotland Belgium aud
Holland. more markedly in the mountain
ous, ns lu the first two, hut decldedly in
them allS Is i because the confines ot the
state is not loo offensive tp bt enclosed
within the grasp nf the human heart. TN,
whole nation securing hut HS one family
I'm theso circumstances ! had no difficulty
after two or three days III gcitiugou Ia Lur
annie. had only tp wait till the night man
came up
1T wis ni Rawlins had my next e1per
icuce. Bcng thus left To MY own resource
at ltaWlius but also being determined Il
moyc west ut all hazards. ! got into a ca
loaded with harvesting machinery.
thought | WIS hidden and safe, hui no. Tn
hmkeuau had so'n me go in among th
Jagged arrangements. and when the ttai
WAS III motion hc came along tho roofs a.
the cars and looked squnrcly down upu
me. he asi. d;
"liayc you any stuaF
"SiuA' mlaHs uautN | tcrltlS iu
cowatdly sgd No." Thou hr sul;
"'luu must grt off next stuppler'
Next stoplmec | really did get oh, hut l
he did not come o. see that ! had got oi
aud M thc place WIS So weird nnd ou
landi IL, as the train hogan tu move
iump.d IN again. lie cnmt by ind ly. hoy
ever, stalking along the roofs pcain. lonk,f
so large tu my tcrrorHci and distract,
eyes that ! qunil,d ~ tue sight ~ hu
Didn't ] tell you - get od at lu-t sto
papoy Yes, and so did got on. but
you did not come along. | got on Hgui
thinking you had rcpcntcd ui your harS
ncsS mud would Not srt fellow down
such Wilderness IN see that YOU get
at the next stopping place. Ia about thr'
quarters of an hour the engine WAistl
The trRiu stops. prepare to dvsccndi
comes along, 'Ay, cuiup alpug. oui y
90. You old bum | answered uAught. I
place wis drr1ry in the extreme
huge round water tank, 10 VIII
the engine wis imbbing the nee
sAry huid and nothing more. 4
pump shAuty, about half a mile away y
the only other object 30 be seen. ] lay do
by the tank and watched the train tll
disappeared. Shortly | gathered mys
together and began 10 tramp al1ig after