Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1895-10-30
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-'At tANs@4tA N~@s1 AAt @H pt0W&At@&
upon % take : ride on Aho cars 10
Boiae City. However, Ne relcnled
and Of his visit 10 thas city che
Statesman says: eyes, boys, I'm
over 70 years old. and / never saw
a train Of cars until . day or 60
ago Ut Mountain Home. I'm =
back number and no mistake. 1
didn't come from the ark. though,
and / know what q smile is. Let's
smile" Il was Judge ]. B Barn
hart. Of Atlanta. Who delivered him
selfof these words to a crowd Of old
and new friends at the Overland
yesterday, and then all hands
smiled.
Judge BarnhaFt has lived In At
lanta, the Elmore county mining
camp. for 50 years, and during that
time be has never been over 20
miles away from home. He went
) to Mountain Home the other day,
and there he saw for the first tune
in his life q locomotive and a train
Of cars. They we're a revelation to
him and he Was completely bewii-
dered. Some one suggested that
he take q ride down the road. but
the aged Judge was Mortified nc the
very idea Of any one proposing such
q hazardous undertaking, "You
can't tell where the blamed thing
might light" he said
The Judge became more familiar
with the iron horse during his brief
stay in Mountain Home and finally
consented TO come to Boise on the
cars provided Joe Helfrich would
come along. Mr. Helfrich consented
and the two boarded the cars and
started over the plain at speed
that seemed 10 the judge TO be moth
ing short Of terrific. The judge
anchored himself I'd a seat and held
on like grim death for some time.
He finally relaxed HE hold and,
becoming accustomed to the noise
and the motion, agreed to 60 through
the other cars. When the trainmen
were told by Dir. HelfriUh, who is
an old railroader, that the Judge
was taking his FIRST train ride they
insisted upon taking him through
TO Hnngtington and Portland; but
the Judge positively refused In
due time the Judge arrived In Boise
and has since revealed in the glories
Of town livin'.r
Judge Barnhart went around the
Horn and landed in California in
'49. He sailed an old tub Of yes
eel between San Francisco and
Portland for some time and in 1854
moved to Oregon. The placer dig
gings Of Idaho attracted his atten-
ton and he started for them. but
stopped ct Walla Walla, where he
opened q store. later he came "a
Idaho. arriving in Atlanta on the
IN Of April, 1865 He was elected
: justice of tho peace there 20 wears
? ago and has been reelected az Fegu-
larry III the time rolls around ever
since. nm getting tired Of that
Office, said the Judge yesterday
D '.and / don't believe / will accept
+. Il again. It's time as youngsters
. we're aspirin 10 something higher,
: he continued with a merry twinkle
] Of his eyes.
Judge BnrnhRrt's general appear
D Rnce Is that Of i typical mountaineel
+ inued to the hardships and danger,
h and exposures Of life in The wilds
Y Since sstne days Of old, the days o
I gold, and DAYS Of 49'," he bal
Y roughed II, and nothing short of aE
iron constitution would have pre-
= served him 70 such ripe old age
I One Of his friends said yesterday
4 the Judge was still as hearty as /
4 buck aud offered to wager that b
e could throw any man in the crowd
The Judge sports a luxuFioul
growth Of whiskers which give hin
I dignilied look be6tting his judi
! cisl position.
7 Some Of the boys tell q story O
the Judge something like this. A
he was standing ON Main street on
y of the electric cars passed down th
y street at q pretty fair speed. Th
y Judge cared in amusement at
/ for moment and then cried out I
the crowd, stop FER, boys, she
ne runnin' away without the engine.
y Another story told at the judge
e, expense Is that he took of his COS
o 10 trash > policeman who was force
to handle a drunken man a lit
%. roughly. The judge only laugh
ot at these little things and remark
& that the boys will have their ia
Dn with him. Judge BaFnhart owl
several good mines at Atlanta At
A. is possessed Of sufficient Of th
W world . good's to carry him throug
81 he should live TO become cent
marian.