The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1894-02-21
WEDNESDAY,. FEBRUARY 81, 1894
The Tramp's Letter; or, The Electric Cow,
BY Erred 8.

Il Eh6D -
After allowing that famous tramp,
cred Nike" the freedom of the pottery
for the night, | was permitted to copy q
letter that he had written to a former
chum, TEX Coon" who is supposed to
be making his way from New York City
to Chicago, over the N. Y. G. and L. s..
& M. S. Rys. This letter is to be placed
in the hands OF the "Omaha Kid" for
delivery, at the tramp never uses the
mails. RED" will meet the "Kid" a
few miles below town rs he went ahead
to look after some bread that he ("Red")
put to soak in a we'll last June, when
Colorado Pete" and he make flying
trip we the G. P. He remarked that
he hardly thought the water had pene-
trated it, and If it still remained in its
petrifed state, they calculated to label
it. waterproof bread from Placer
county" and place. it with that county's
exhibit at the Midwinter Fair. l could
hardly keep from laughing when he
told me about girls down there having
calloused hands, caused from bread
making, and that their best fellows wo. 0
armour to guard against body blows.
But, Mr.. Editor, | will not occupy
your time and that of the readers of the
News Messenger any longer with my
interview. Here is the letter, and for
the permission of the pottery watchman !:
"LINcoLN POTTERY, Feb.1, '94.
"Frien6 Tex Through the generosity
of the Waterman in giving me a paper
sack that he had bfouht his lunch in,
and the loan of a pencil by the head kiln
burner, Malone, | am enabled to drop
you a few lines, and give you an account
of myself and wanderings since our sep
aration in Galveston, last March. Well,
Tex, l must tell you OF a little experience
| had up in the Pocatello country. 1t
was about twenty miles on the Frisco
side OF Pocatello that it all happened.
| was riding on the top of the observa-
ton car, near the cupola that let's the air
into the perishable freight, when a
brakey came along and asked me where
| was headed for. l told him / was
bound for the Midwinter Fair. He spoke
about the walking being good, and asked
me if l did not think a change would be
good for me. | thought not but when
he called his pard, and they both insist
ed that they knew better what was good
for my health than | did, | gently slid
down the stairway OF car 1853, Pocatello
division of the N. p. Il. r., and found
myself once more on terra firma. l
hardly expected to be put off when l
took quarters on this car, as / noticed a
placard on the door reading, This car
must not be side-tracked; it's contents
are perishable.' l thought l fitted the
perishable part to perfection, as / had
not eaten anything since leaving a little
station called Norwood, out in the
Leadville country. | called the brakey's
attention to this card, and he remarke |
tlldb tiiC al EHid AOti'iii6 ROOub VI
tracking the contents OF the car. 1t was
the car that had to keep moving.
"Well, l commenced counting ties.
| hardly think | had %journeyed more
than a mile, when | noticed a break in
the wire, and here is where | made the
mistake OF my life. l conceived the id, q o.
splicing the wire, and then running to
the nearest telegraph office, report what
| had done, and have the operator ask
the superintendent to pass me over the
line. But, old boy, | shall never forget
the day that | undertook that job. 1t
was all right when l picked up N end
of the wire; but, Tex, when l took the
other end in my hand [ felt as though |
was running in opposition to the Mackay-
Bennett ocean cable system. The wire
hung to me, and danced me around as a
mother-in-law dances a dude son. At
the time | made the connection, Dole's