Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-29
ANENT WEATHER CHANGES.
Capt. Rfxey of Montana Recftes 81
Single Mornings Experience.

Capt. Rfxey of Montana Recftea n
Single Mornings Experiences.
I'VE are having wonderful weather." re-
marked Mr.. Scatterly of 10Th street this
morning in tone of suggestion to Capt.
Phineas Rixey of the far west in general
and Montana In particular. Il never knew
Sc many remarkable and varied changes"
"Wunnerful weather." repeated Capt.
Rixey, scornfully; "markable changes"
he reiterated with sniff 40 remawks.
Scat, air on'y another indicayshun Nv tn
iEsfar fgnance ov tn east. On the weather.
ez on other subjecks, you are 'techfh' in yo'
simpiicerty. This amt no wunnerful
weather an n.! these amt no 'rparkable
changes; you'd know it, too, eff, you'd a
bin out In TIL Scoocheehoochee country an
eroun' waterway, 18th me and Jim Bodfish
IN 30 Then you'd a see some weather
mat wuz wunnerful an some changes
seorched off like mine wuz. NH
iWuz IN Orgus this yere .reepisode
WIN. viii / m goln' to tell took place. We wuz
Prospecktln' on the west side o. tn Scoo-
eheenoocnee divide. me an Jim wuz. an
a 1olier1n COLE float ter locate th' lead.
seems ter me now tibet it wuz th'osevingth
Nv tn month. We slep' unrter blankits-
reglar Navoyoes-durin' TIL night an had
ter crack skin Ice In tn criclx sose ter
wash in TIL mawnin' -9-1-
haa er ovvycote, yaller on tn outside
and skunk skin on tn in an when we
broke camp l had er outlined clean up T.
my nose. 18th tn hair On tn outside. an
durn eff that ere facial ornyment wuzn't
purity nigh froze.
Bout . erclock tn sun come I'D over
IN Gosnomish mountings, an, tn fust
thing l know I was smelln' burnin' hair
yes sum- ournin' hair. Then it suddint
,lke seemed ter nee tibet my podner wuz
holdin' er sun glass ergin my back. If got
81, 80 ourh not, an l turned ter sposterlate
lth i'm. when tn sun hit me fair In the
lace, ana durn eff tn skin didn't roll off'n
my nose like tn peel off'n er oringe
see IN smoke rollin' up 'roun my podner's
too-and durn eff all tn skunk hide on him
weren't curlin' up an sizzlin' like er piece
er salt meat in er fryin' PAN Then /
scovered tibet my gyarmint was undergoin'
tn same thing.
Iharc was a crick down ter TIL bott'm
NV IN mil an we both broke fur it ter put
ourselves out. Jim jumped in an l fol-
Tered, an 'ithout thinkin' under we went
ter bile. ''''''
1T looked like it was all I'D 18th us. but
all Nv er suddint er cloud come a sailin'
up Tn Scoocheehoochee canon 'Twuz ez
black as tibet old niger barber on 'Leventh
street thet cut my chin las Satd'y, an we
uioh nave more'n ennuff time ter git under
q rock when she bust. Durn eff hail stones
didn't come down biggern a bari, an we
nad ter bundle them skunk skin cotes I'D
cioser'n cat-hops in Utah farrer deal ter
Keep frum freezin' ter death. When tibet
sto' m was over me an Jim had ter git
back ter camp on snow shoes, Thet's what
makes me say tibet the ignance Nv you east
foxes on tn weather is Jest like it is on
ev'rything else. 'Tw'udn't hurt you all a
little bit ter size up ergin tn glorious west
fur awhile-not er little bit. Why, Scat"
But Mr.. Scatterly had separated and
Capt. Rixey was alone and triumphant