The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-11
4 RIP TAN W1NKLE OF go.
Ton Stewart Arrives in sAa Francisco r-or,
New York by Mule Team.

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FROM fhs san ErdncLco E1dmtHey.
Mustang Tom" is in town. He Nigh
have been seen Yesterday driving about on
blackboard driven by pair OF small brown
mules. The rig is a curiosity in it's way. anC
tho appearance Of general decay that lingert
about 1t tells Of the hardships through which
1t has passed. While making a tour OF the city
yesterday Tom was the magnet that attracted
a. al eyeS, and when he nYIled up alongside Q
the curbstone long enough to visit convenien
saloon q crowd would gather to inspect the
odd craft
The blackboard has a seat large enough &c
hold Tom and his dog Boston" a watel
| spaniel OF uncertain lineage. On the back o
| the seat is strapped IA rusty army musket
which has been the close companion of IT,
owner for twenty years. Where the whiJ
s9rket should bo an old shovel Is securely tied
| with the handle downward. A roll of blankets
| in which ia wrapped an ancient trying pan, q
! coffee pot, and II few y, DIVISIONS, is tied on the
| huckbunrd over The hind axle, and completes
| across the plains, He loft New York ABOUT
elEntoeh mgnihs age. VISITED iilGnds in mis-
70 tombstone, Arizona, struck M north to
Idaho. went through Montana and eastern
Oregon. crossed To- Nevada and by slow stages
worked his way TO this city
When seen yesterday by an Examiner re-
porte: he was dressed in n suit badly in need
Of repairs. His head WAS crowned by wealth
or-leaten, broad hrim, slouch lat once white
nnd his ieet were encased in a pair Of army
hr1Eahhs many si%eS 100 oiG and Tn,led He L
himself together when questioned. and told the
following story;
Pennsylvania nigh on GA ears ago. I've been
across the plains three times and have never
ridden foot of the way on u boat or car. Tho
first time come over was in AZ, along with a
party from Boone county Missouri. ] went to
work mining and in SO came to Frisco with
fifteen pounds Of gold dust and $1,000 in slugs.
bought an outfit and went East again. but re-
turned the latter part of so.
worked about tho mines again for while.
rIHI n A Du Pc "a ITf1u
until my wife died, about twenty years ago.
leaving a baby girl. left her. with her grand;
me she's tine-looking likely Young woman
now. After my wife died commenced to wan
der nbout. and have kept It UP ever since.
The smallest of them mules is Jenny.
bought her six teen years ago, and pve kept her
ever since. She helped draw me around, and
tough one. she is"
How long have you been making your last
round trip -
Nigh on to three years. guess. In 1887
was in Idaho prospecting. | made O strike.
sid out for :l.Goo and concluded to 90 and see
hucKboard and a mate Tor Jenny, and started.
mem nn f ,S ,S any pToyision5 but bought
that cd m1ske, You see there 1 I've Carried 9s her
since loft Petaluma. and can kill with her at
lUQ yald1. went through Salt Lake City
lect the olher by cities | passed through. !
drove into New York. stayed there couple OF
weeks. an then Went and saw my uncle.
up one morning and headed for California. /
came by way OF Missouri and stopped over a
lew days AT Boone county to see my old friends.
but found them all dead or gone. | then drove
to salt Lake T Ci!y, and from there, turned and
struck nothing, and headed for Idaho.
From there | drove into Montana. That
was about six months ago, aud the snow began
snow. blockade. Nell, never saw anything
me- and by hard work got into Nevada trav-
eIed south for while, crossed the Sierra Ne
vadas, and was once again in California. l got
10 this town Saturday night. and expect TO
start off again for Arizona in q day or two"
Have you got any money"
No: don't need much. ] can get feed for
my, team, dog and myself most anywhere 60.
and that's all | want"
Have you many relatives living in the
We'll, don't know how many of them's liv-
ING, put there Wa lutte family Of us. My
YER. beth Union men, and got killed in the bat
tie 81 Bull Run. Jim. another brother was a
cavalry Bu Run I'm re sbe S too just @
much 50 now rs | over was. Jim and mes
good goo ones. tG! you. Jms running the Post
49, When leave this city I'm going mining
id Ora rather mine than eat; would"
Tom passed the first night In town in a room
OF cheap lodg nE house In narrating his ex- |
q >, That's the mrs, time I've slept in bed in
fifteen years. and don't want no more OF it. |
I'd rather lay on the floor"
, While driving down Market street. near
stockton. Yesterday. Tom got in front Of a car
Of the Market street line. The grirman rang
he bell. put Tom, without giving the least
heed to the gong. leisurely drove along. He |
a most caused blockade and five cars weie
strung out behind him, when the crpman OF |
ne ,lrst train Jumned OF, grabbed Jenny by
Why don't you take that thing off the
Tom placidly turned around intending to
oring tho musket into play. and responded
Well. why don't you 20 around me-"
, II TOOK the iniluece OF policeman 10 con-
mule teams.