The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1897-01-21

i seriously, although his narrow escapes
200 'nilec with four PONIES in twenty
one hours, aud rode at one time 80
mics without resting. Perhaps that
part ofhis ex periences which ismo vivid
to him is. one tlpr lie was lost in
blizzard. He wandered around in the
early part OF the night for several hours
and finally found Il board shanty with
| part of the boards gone. He led his
pony in. cleared away four feet of snow,
covered the pony with his blanket and
coat to keep it from freezing as the
night was bitter cold, and he knew that
his own life depended largely upon the
life Of his pony. He then started such a
dance as he saws, he could never forget
il he liyed 100 - Iis i,asinr floor
was a short piee .axsd with
ice, his music WI ga sra COM
posed of about ,y0tes, who
marched aroun ga, ers, If not IN
military process. :. 1t monotonous
sameness until morning, What they
lacked in harmony they made up in
continuity. he WAS always fond of
dancing and remembers with pleasure
treading the stately minuette, in halls
where the elite were gathered, and has
whacked puncheon floor with cow
hide boots on the frontier to the time of
"Old Zip Coon" tortured from squeaky
fiddle. But nothing could compare with
that dance of life or death kept up for
hours in that Nebias shanty. 1t was
either dance or freeze. but it saved his
life. When daylight appeared he mount
ed his horse and the instinct of the ami
NAL led him to a house where he was
cared for.
Were there enterprIsing gamblers in
those days? Well, few. At the time
of Lincoln's election the riders had
| orders to shorten the time between the
terminal points AS much as possible.
They made the trip of 1900 miles in
| eight days and eleven hours. The FIRST
rider out rode in the night when it was
| very dark and raining, and wen- with
two ponies 6fty-6ve miles In three
hours. OF course they had no means of
getting the news of the election at Sac
ramento but by the pony express.
When it was nearly time for the news
to arrive the betting fraternity of
Sacramento, through out horse ex-
press 100 miles long to meet the ponies.
The horses were the feetest in the
country, and were placed with riders
ten miles apart. When the pony rider
bearing the news reached the outside
short line rider, the news was taken up
by the horse express. They beat the
ponies in oy two hours, placed their
money and m ace thousands OF dollars.
It was during this time that William
Hickock had the soubriquet of viii
Bill" tackled to him which clu " TO him
the rest OF his lite. He took ( ire Of NJ.
Bottoms ponies at Rock Greek station.
Although he hi ei-sy- seer quiet
| and unassumit Msza eeiSert c.
cured there til r.seFs Eira to be
unknown to ard EssI ost
emergencies. Tn ,ere osG fssrtrs-
does had grunge against him and
started to do him up, Hickock was
| apprIsed Of the fact and advised to leave
the county, but would not So one
night an attack was made on him at
the station, and he killed all four and
never got scratch, and ever after he
| was kro wn as Wild Bill.
After the ponv express was aband oned
Mr.. Bolton went to Michigan and in
1873 married his present wife, Jane
Higginson, who was a widow with
/ three daughters. He came to Minneso-
ia and bought a tract Of land where the
village Of Willard nov stands. 1t was
while farming there that he received
injuries which resulted in permanent
lameness, having been run over by a
reaper. He shortly after mnved to
Sank Centre where he has lived ever
since. He is now seventy-tive years old
but looks fifteen years,younger.
| He IS generous TO fault, to much so,
| to have accumulated an over amount
OF this worlds goods. He is good
citizen an ideal neighDor, and would at
any time divide his last penny with a
friend. The world would be better and
life would he more pleasant if each of
us displayed the same neighbo,ly feel
| ing, as docs our old time citizen and
! friend, MIR. Bolton.
"My daughter, when recovering from
| an attack of fever, was great sufferer
from pain in the back and hips" writes
Louden Grover Of Sardis, KY. After
| using quite number of remedies with.
ut any benefit she tried one bottle of
| Chamberlain,s Pain Balm, and it has
given entire relief Chamberlainls
Pain Balm is also certain cure for
rheumatism. Sold by Scheldrup & Fies-
Ter, Drug gists.
| The Melrose postoffice has been raised
| to the presidential class i'm the third