The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08
OVERLAND FLYER.
THE Northwestern Puts on a New
Fast Mail Train for Miller's Special
Benefit.

day April 3rd. Thecause was an ex-
tensive washout near Wolsey. This
was the situation on last Saturday
when five brave citizens volunteered
to make the trip to Wolseyand back
on a hand car, forthe sake of getting
communication with the outside
world-taking down and bringing
back mail.
The party consisted OF d. Walsh,
conductor; q. w. Collins, engineer;
Stenographer Little, fireman; Co.
Treas. Olson, brakeman; and deputy
postmaster Mead as mail clerk.
They prepared themselves with rub
Der ~coats-and other munitions OF
war-and about 2 o'clock p. m, after
bidding the populace a fearful good
bye the crew set sail down the track
with all the yigor of a man who
starts out for the first time to fix
things right politically in his com
munity. The rain came down in
torrents, but with a "sail on, and
on determination equal to that of
Columbus, they pressed forward
signs of land being visible once or
twice on the route. Just east OF
town they discovered branches of II
bush or tree floating in the water, as
though there might be Il grove or
timber in that locality. The "honk,
honk'' OF some strange insect nearly
paralyzed Bill and Meady once or
twice, but Pete said it was only the
echo from DR.. Good Hopes last
lecture. Dan however. with the
unerring eye Of a man accus-
toned to surveying the clans at n
canclIs, said ne discovered two OBJ
jects perched in tree tops looming up
against thehOrrizOn-One resembling
the gracefully rounded form OF our
Engineer OF Irrigation, the other dis
closing the strong, square features
Of an ancient Greek warri0r-evidpnt-
~ all that was left of two powerful
factions. Our heroes luffed up
against the wind and stood as il
spell bound, waiting for the last act
in the horrible drama: The cost
OF votes, or how to prepare patent
cajf's food" Bill took out his pencil
and madea few hen tracks on Meady'S
shirt bosom, remarking that the
PRESS would pay good money for
such history; the engineer oiled up;
Pete turned pale and fell over board.
Suddenly a sound came from the IT.
rigation leader, Is John II. yelled,
We'll, Dan, we got Kyle, any how.
Gimme a match" An answering
echo came from John NJ: ats
false-I'm "a true pop.'-the seething
waters OF the raging Turtle closed
over them, and all vas still, as these
battle-scarred veterans silently float
ed towards that burn where snow.
drifts don't accumulate. The caI
sped on, and Gil whistled for Slick.
At six O'Clock they reached Wolsey,
lat. G3, long. 40, where they
anchored for supper.
Several days mail was piled ur
there, having been transferred across
the newly formed lake in u boat.
By rigging up the hand a with
boards extending ove each end they
were able to take on several sacks
of mail and u couple of passengers
for the return trip-Chas. Dryer, o
st. Lawrence and a Highmore man
They reached home before II O'Clock
that night, making the round trip OF
SO miles in less than ten hours-henct
on Sunday morning the people O
Miller had papers and letters to read
while every other town west OF Vol,
sey either had to go to church or &C
goose hunting. The Miller overland
Flyer and her crew are all right
slightly disfigured, but still afoat.
Newspapers OF this section OF the
state are considerably handicapped
during the extensive blockades and
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