The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1893-08-05
The Higher Up the Mountain. Etc.

from Great Falls, having spent "a week
camping with relatives and friends in
the Tenderfoot district. While there he
wrote our editor a personal letter which
is beaming with good humor and for its
style so peculiarly characteristic of our
genial friend, we take the liberty to
publish it:
T~ENDEEFooT GREEN, Sunday, Don't
know the datel.
FRIEND ABBorT-As this is Sunday
and all about camp is in a state of re-
pose and torpor, | have plenty of time
to write you a letter,
This trip is a decided snap, the only
hard work being the carrying of fish.
There are seven in our company-four
males and three females, one tent for US
and Il tabernacle for the ladies. No
man, married or single, gains admittancc
to the inner court of the tabernacle. We
chartered two rigs at Great Falls last
Tuesday and sent them back with orders
to return next Tuesday. We brought
no end of provisions and Il hired girl,
who Is a bird to cook and is very ex-
cmplary in her habits.
Six birds of prey, resembling grouse,
attacked us and had to be DESTROYED.
But us the flesh was good for sustaining
human life they were cooked and eaten.
The evenings are passed very pleasantly
in singing, popping corn and smoking
pipes.
The heat has been severe, and | have
been going around in IA state of semi
nakedncss, but no remarks are made
because all are on a par. If had "A
couple of cayuses and $40 worth Of
grub | could roam around the noun
talns for an indefinite length of time.
Yesterday caught some fine fish, one
trout weighing one and one half pounds
and a white fish weighing over two
pounds. We catch loads of them, and
the mount Of brain food consumed is
awful.
| fell in the creek at an carly hour
this morning, clothcd in my right mind
and best suit Of clothes. am working
the double act Of writing this letter
while | dry out. The water where |
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enough to give a feeble minded person a
severe jar. We love the excitement of
camp life, however, and | have secretly
resolved, before this trip is over, to save
the hired girl from Il watery grave.
At times | feel quite gay and
forget all about the low price Of silver,
my mining claims and personal effects
in Neihart, which probably have been
by this time attached by the sheriff. In
stead Of taking Dick Brennan's medi-
cine for Il reaction, | simply recall some
OF the jokes ESQ called) which we per
pctrated at the church concert and i'm
agine the suffering they must have
caused and | at once gained strength.
How do you boys live during this de-
preston. If things become too corky
we would better make a pool of what
few remaining shells we have and strike
out into the mountains. What with
berries, fish, grouse and deer we could
live well Il long time and come out fat.
1t would be a select crowd, as no one
who draws flies would be allowed to
join.
The process of evaporation is working
well and before this is written | will
have regained my normal SIG and be no
longer in soak. If you find any puns in
this letter please attribute them to the
excessive fish diet and high altitude,
which have increased the grey matter.
My nose has also developed into IA COR
geous organ, which, if it retains its color
will be he envy of all you d%runkards,
who have spent years and much money
coloring your probosces. While fighting
off the beetles and flies | am reminded
that much to our sorrow we have left
the jug Of snake remedy in the cellar at
town. | am now dry both outwardly
and inwardly and am listening for the
long expected dinner gong. Take Piso's
cure for consumption and believe me
Yours Sincerely,