New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-06-27
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Speaking about stnb psopaa
ways reminds me 81 spooc Seth sGox okE
Indian Gulch, said an Old piona
from Mariposa county = IS loal,ed
against the bar off . a. u town hotols
last evening and : ttumh
r laps, though, 8 glancdngs
around inquiringly syou fellogs never
heard of him g
withered old miner rom Nevada.
county limited that s nebb Is US re-
lated TO the Bill CO.. who ypas hanged
at Red Dog IN 1856 1. 3 .ss
This the Mariposa man disputed on
the ground that Seth during his life
time was too square 8 man to have
even been = thirty ighth codsin to the
chap who had come tosuch an ignomin-
ious end at Red Dog.
Why, shol e Z he went on, turning
from the Nevada man to the four other
bystanders, s Seth was ~ square . man
as lever met III Cali fornia He would.
fight, IS necessary, and would drink IS:
much as the next man, and what more
WAS wanted IN those days?
But that ain what I was going to
tell you about Yen see Seth had one
fault, and that was stub bornness Of the
cussedest kind All one had to do was
to take q stand on anyt thing, and Seth,
would as naturally take q hitch on the
contrary side and outhDld your hand
somehow, even il you had all trumps
Seth was marshal Of Indian Gulch,
mp our way, as far back as 1852, and
being 50 stubborn he carried things
pretty much his own way. IL they
didn't go his way, they were not likely
to go any way. =
The man from the butterfly county
paused to gaze through the bottom Of
his tumbler for q moment, and then re-
sumed.
Now, shoi Just to give you an idea
of how stubborn Seth was, ] I'll tell you
| of a little inciden He had a discussion
| with a miner about turkey buzzards,
aud just because the miner said they
!: were shrinking things Seth maintained
that they were second to nothing in the
/ poultry line. Well, the miner thought
i he d take fall out Of Seth, and the
next day brought him q turkey bnzzard
and dared him to eat it. Yes, wageEed
him $40 on it; Did he win? Why, shot
Seth ate the buzzard, and as he was
picking the bones inquired if there was
ybody else around who was anxious
| to pay him for eating one Of the most
delicious morsels IN the world That
was Seth all over. He'd never give in
on anything he undertook, SHOP and
the Mariposa man reflled his glass.
One day, = he resumed briskly, just
as the Nevada man was about to say
some hing, q new miner, who said he
hailed from Chinese Camp, ambled into
the gulch and made himself quite popu-
lar before night, treating everybody
time and again at Red Ryan's saloon
As Marshal Seth thought it his duty to
make the acquaintance Of the strange
pilgrim who was SO well heeled appar-.
emily with dust, it wasn't long before
Seth and the newcomer. who said his
name was Dan Fletcher, were bucking
against each other at poker.
Now, sho, that was all right, but
Dan, while they were playing began to
tell how he had made the pilgrimage
All the way from Poor Shoat to Angels
and cleaned out every poker sharp on
the road. Seth, in his bullheaded way,
said he reckoned il he had met Dan on
that journey Dan would have had to
take to the wilderness for want Of.
clothes, he would have been SO cleaned
ont.
Then there was hurricane Of an.
argument, and finally Seth boasted that
he'd put every thing he had up against
all Dan had and play poker until one or:
t'other was busted. Dan jumped at the
offer, and arrangements were made.
The game was to- be played in q.
room at John Hanson's hotel, and each
man s wealth was represented BY 25S
$40 pieces, which they used as chips.
Seth, as marshal, proclaimed a holiday
il town until he had cleaned Dan out,
then he promised a big hurrah The
whole town was gathered around Han
sons place, and at intervals Of an hour
signs were hung out as to the game.
One time it would be Seth is q hundred
ahead, and at another Even game,
with Dams ante up There was lots of
betting On the result Red Ryan wa
gered his saloon against q claim that
Seth would win. And, sho, all the
time Seth and Dan sat there Tipping
their cards Like machines and not MOTTO
ing anything outside Of the game e
After stopping 70 clink glasses with
his Interested audience the man from
Mariposa took fresh twist ii his rem
iniscencea
About u. o'clock that night Dan VIZ
ont $500, and when some of the boys
took up supper for the playerA for they
shadn' T eaten any thing, Jou know, ho
erowled out to take it away, q no man
could play cards and eat and drink too
Seth was 50 stub that 10 wouldn't
stop either, tor fear Dan would think
he was weaken The boys aet down
the ana en- t1e i, <,r IN
ing brea was pnr down ride
the mi they anted
was hal new deckso
they had worn obi ffou, Iack k3shoi ~