Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-05-27
BIG JIM LEES sCRAPE.


vile. Ky. He weighs 250 pounds, all
of which is fine muscle, sinew and
ligaments. Not pound of fat turks
about his immense anatomy. He is,
among other things politician. and
as he mas demonstrated time and time
again that he is able to whip any two
men in the country. it will readily be
surmised that he is an Influence, "
He not only has pull but has
Jerk. shove and a '.Snock-dOwn'
whenever he is in the proper mood
for such things.
II on election day his party is buy
ing votes, he laughs and says that
while he does not approve of such
things generally. che guesses all is
fair in love, war or politics. If, on
the other hand, his party is a little
shsrt OF money. and the other side is
saush. he declares in tones of ruInb-
ling thunder that selling votes is a
crime that is more far-reaching in
disastrous results than any other
known TO She law; that such a prac-
tics is IA open road to government
decay. that it blasts love OF country.
bids for future disintegration aud
breathes into the body of treason a
living soul.
Accordingly, he feels it duty ne
owes to his country TO prevent such
fellows from voting. He knows every
mans politics, and il one whom he
knows belongs to his party attempts
to vote the opposite ticket, he is sure
the fellow sold his vote, and he
promptly prevents with his is0
delivery Of he goods. Often he takes
a club. and thus preserves the purity
Of the ballot with the billet Two
years ago at an election, he learned
that an old man and four Of his sons
had knocked off their votes to the
highest bidder, which bidder hap
pened to bs on the opposite side Of
their political fence. big Jim
fastened 20 them Immediately, sprang
il snous them like wolf among
sheep. AMI whipped all so terribly
that they had to pay out all the
money they got for votes TO settle
doctors bills
But Il he Is a terror among men he
is not always so among the opposite
sex. a. a late experience Of his in
Letcher county win abundantiy dem
Onstrate
Two 1r three weeks ago he left for
Ictcher county with the view Of pur-
chasing ! drove of young cattle. He
had wandered from the main high
ways one day and found himself rid
lug along slender byway that
chased ligzag little stream that
wiegled itself between two preGiVit
Gus mountains. Near the head o.
the stream. 10 a deep. shadowy cove
ne espied a little cabin, about eight
feet high and twelve long, surmount
ed by broizen-baeked roof He rod;
up in front OF il and yelled 'Bells.'
A minute or two later the clap
board door began 10 scrape til,
puncheons A minute or two more
and an old voman's head was eau
tieusiy pcotruded.
What ~ want. Stranger" sh,
asked
lis ths man OF tho house aDout?'
''Nah sic, not now; wat sc wan
vii hum9"
'rm hunting cattle to buy. Fla
he got ony?"
'Yasi got ole Muley, ole spec a
their calls
Would he sell emu
''Yas he'd sell anything, 'thOut /
wuz me. an I wouldn't put hit nucl
past hin ter sell me
II wouidn't. either. When will h,
he inP"
.Im looSia' for him all the time
81 guess I'd better get down AN
wait for atm.
.'Guess y had, ef you want tie
SEQ haze.
"Big Jim" got down, nitched hi
horse 30 The limb of tree. and en-
tered the cabin. The DAY was rathe
cold but only handful Of fire was i
the Fireplace A heap Of straw la
ia corner at the rear Of the housC
covered BY greasy quilt. This wa
the bed. ard the only one. Lon
strings Of dried pumpkins festoone
the walls on all sides and swung fror
the rough ioists overhead. Tw
broken chairs and badly cripple
board tabIs constituted the furniture
Soon after Big Jim had seated himsel
in front Of the preteuse of fire, tn
old won2n took a seat in the corner
She took > cob pipe from the jamt
rock fllno it full of homespun &c
bacco. dipped it in the ashes, ar
then brought It to her mouth. He
lips bsgsn 30 pull vigorously at tn
stem. roalxiug a noise similar to tina
produced BY cooking mu5h She ha
an Old dirty red handkerchief woun
about her head from which her III
kempt .on-gray hair struggle
wherever II could find an opening
The outlines Of her face resembled
rough triangular framework Owe
suread with vet rawhide Her eye
were set deep in cavern-liko socket
and whom they would look at ri
Jim they sminded him, he said, {
venomous snakes heads peeping frol
snUt-h3es.
"Whar ar so from, stranger?n 81