The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-11-21
CRYSTAL FALLS. MICHIGAN. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 81 1891

Young lady oi sixteen years OF age, who
n undoubtedly the wife spoken of above.
The girl was handsome blonde and
marked striking contrast with the old
man With his gray lmir and heard. his
red nose and sixty odd years. II was
developed later that the Girl was Eighty.
had n very bad aud disag,peable tempen
and was not the right kind Of a wife FOR
mn old man who knew no trouble and
WAS always in for ~ good time, no matter
what the cost or who il injured. One in
stance where she acted very unladylike
and showed plainly that she was not n
III companion for a real nice old gentle
man with 4 highly decorated proboscis:
One night the mercury in the Roying.
tom house thermometer, Iron River. reg.
isteled f0rty-two degrees below zero Iron
River always was n chilly place and the
Boyington ~ the wnrnest spot in town.
II u, perhaps. needless 10 say that this
was IN the winter time. Captain and his
young vile We're temporarily dOmiciled
at the BOyington. On the night i'm uncs-
tion the erinison-nosed old sinnergot ont
with Nelmcr ana several Others ~ the
boys and had high old time. NewEng-
land rum aud Old Tom gin were not very
plentiful at Iron River mt that time, so
the old captain did not object TO the
liquor OF the realm and the result was
that he became benstly intoxicated and
did not care who knew il, either IL WAS
IN this condition that llc presented linn
self TO lis wife Ia the small hunn of the
morning. The little lady oi jectcd 60 his
conduct and he fprihNiil tinerely to
show that he wae in nnthofiiy1 ts,nk "A
butcher knife and drove hcr from the
room and out oi the hn,lse ontn the
street. with nothing 60 euvvr her budy
but her mgilt rni1cs.
Aud right here she showed TINT Ahe
WAS rot the kind nf ~ Woman fnr a eca-
lring man with a brilliant hcak and an
Iron River jag tlrsn River jugs come in
the same packages ~ they did ten years
ago aud when YOU SEE the Jag ol to-day
YOU see the Jag uf n decade past l--sle
actually got mad and left him; her c,in-
duct was, OF course. inexcusablc. but she
left him and went to the homo Of her
parents at Appleton.
The captain followed her there and
made several attempts 60 gut her TO re-
turn Ia his loving arms bat she did not
do 40 within the memory OF the writer.
In The spring of 1883 the old mn went
TO Appleton and mnde quite n scene IN
one of the hotels uf that city, by attempt.
ing Go shoot his wife after nsingall pussli.
his manly bosom and breath words oi
love eternal into his ear. lie has either
picked up another vile or reconciliation
has been affected with the Appleton
lady.
The old captain had a rather peculiar
method OF settling with the men he eni-
ployed in the woods-an original meili-
cd. In the spring when the boys came
ont 81 the woods they went 10 him for
settlement lie would get out his book
and read each mans camp account to
him; il would bc something ia this man
ner
zone pair Of boot pacs, So so; you
had them, didn't your
"Yes," replied the man, .but isn't
that little steep for boot pacs?"
Who's keeping these books, me or
you? And here is two pairs OF boot
pacs, $1,000"
But says the man. "I had only one
pair nf pacs.
"Wel, who said YOU Didn't: they are
charged to you and that's all want 10
know, yOu are not supposed 10 know
anything about my business
And the old rogue would continue with
the account until the poor fellow had
scarcely anything coming or WAS brought
out i'm the debt of the lnnibciman, and
then il the woodsmnn showed signs 81
cnnting a disturbance the captain would
level "A revolver at him and tell him 10
get out. Armstrong never killed man
on the range hut he made several horii-
bile bluffs aud made them all stick until
he became tangled up with Paddy Burke.
who WAS killed in n well nt Peterson 4
Gilbcrt's four years ago. The captain
undertook 10 make characteristic sct-
Element with Paddy. lbnt the revolver
bluff didn't work woNh n cent, aud the
AN old bluilci. ~
BY this and other lnca,,a ~Tjryliliarly
his own the old chap made himself very
popular amongst hiinseln during nis
stay of two or three yparS ON the range
He numbered nenr what is known ms
Armstrong lake. near Mastodon, the
lake bearing his nnme.
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