Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-01-07
IN BRUINS EMBRACE.
a Locomotive Engineers Experience
While In Route 10 q Convention.

j. w. Cutter is a trusty guardian of
the cab on the Cincinnati, Washington
and Baltimore. He commenced his
experience in 1868 as a fireman, and
has vivid ~rccollectIons of the days of
the civil war. In 1865 he was one of
anumber of citizens of Chillicothe, o.,
who burned the bridge over Payne's
creek to prevent the threatened raid
Of Johnny Morgan's band of maraud-
ers. The creek was in n shallow state,
and had Norgan's men been SO dis
posed could have easily waded the
stream. The citizens of the quiet Ohio
town, however, were crazy with cX-
element and applied the torch to the
only bridge in the vicinity, Morgan
changed his plans and did not bother
them, but pushed further north. Mr..
Cutter attended the last Richmond
convention and posed as "A star actor
in a l~aughable act from life in which
a bear aud linen buster won him ION
siderable fame as a joker.
Ii was near Sisterville, w. Va, and
the cindels from the locomotive of the
train upon which Cutter was "A passen-
ger flew thick and fast. Il was a dctri-
ment To white collars and 4 menace TO
light clothing. At one of the stations
a stop was made, and Gutter rushed
into a neighboriug store, threw down
a dollar and seized the first linen
buster within reach, rcgardlcs, OF size
or beauty OF artistic finish. Now Slr.
Cutter Is a short man, and. as luck
would have it, he secured a dustcr
that was intended for a man of giraffe
like proportions. Nothing daunted,
and amid the shouts of the other dele
gates, lie dOnucd the ddstcr. HIS.
thirty-Six inch breast was lost in the
forty-iogr buster, while its folds
draped loosely about lis hips and dam
gled just above his heels. The circum-
stances of purchase ntrred him to SUI
preme indifference, and he cared not
for conventionalities and laughed
mockingly at tailors' signs.
At S~isterville the train stopped for
an hour, waiting for connections. The
gay throng of eng neers and their
wives left the cars a I'd roamed about
the picturesque Wet Virginia hamlet.
In one street a wan lering son of Italy
was grinding a hand organ and direct
ing the May waltaes of a huge CHINA
mon bear. The bear became very
much enamored oi Mr.. Cutter'sduster.
The color was the same as the shaggy
hair of the bear, and the latter inn
agined that a long lost brother had
been found. Al once, the large, affec-
Tomato heart of the forest terror
thumped joyfully beneath his fifth
RIB, and he made a wild rush for the
unsuspecting engineer and the CHINA
mon colored buster.
Protestatlons were In vain. escape
was impossible. The huge arms of the
dancing bear firmly graspcd Mr.. Cut
t1rs, aud he was compelled 10 finish
the waltz with a very uncongenial
partner. The friends of the engineer
roared with laughter and even the
Italian smiled. At last the embrace of
the bear became uncomfortably close,
and, after a desperate struggle, Cutter
broke loose with the remnants of a
fully demoralized buster and his face
%quiyering with fright.
The Ohio engineers Endorsed this
bear story, and it is cheerfully given
as one of the incidents of the Rich
mond convention. Denver News.