St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1899-11-25
A wH1TEwAsHING JOB.
How Hard Working MlssOurian
InnOcently Caused = Lot
OF Trouble.

"No more intrepid man ever lived OF
the plains of western Kansas than Bob
Wright, the present state forestry com
missioner" says one of our exchanges
But, nevertheless and Notwithstanding
there was once time when Bob
Wright showed the white feather, ant
the story may be worth relating.
Along in the early '70s "Mose" Wa
tiers. who later ran the post sutler'.
store at Fort Riley, was conducting q
saloon at Dodge City, and bob" Wrigh,
had store in the same block. 'Mose'
will be remembered by old timers al
Hays City, Dodge City and Junction
City as a red-headed Irishman who
would fight at the drop of the hat
While in Dodge City "Mose" became in.
terested in fast horses. and to house
his trotters properly he had built on
the lot in the rear of his saloon big
barn. the most imposing structure of
the town. and this barn was painted the
most brilliant red that ever was. This
was the situation when, one morning.
big. two-fsted Missourian applied to
Bob" Wright for job.
Can you whitewash? ?" said Bob"
Reckon kim" replied the Missouri
an.
See that big barn over there" con-
tinued Bob" "Well. l want that barn
whitewashed. ! had it painted red.
but somehow don't appear to like the
color now, and want you to make her
white from top to bottom.''
The Missourian was duly equipped
with brush and big bucket of white
wash. and was starting to his work when
Bob said:
by the way. there is a crazy fool in
this town that has got 10 into his head
that he owns that barn. If he comes
around interfering. you just chase him
off the premises"
"All right, boss" responded the Mis-
sourian. If that lunatic monkeys
around here he'll wish he hadn't"
This was in the early morning, and
soon the Missourian was siatherinp
whitewash over that beautiful red barn
in manner most ghastly to behold.
About ten o'clock "Mose" Waters, who
slept in the back end of his saloon. was
awakened by his bartender. who point
ed out to him the work of devastation
proceeding in the back yard.
In his stockings and trousers. and
with but one suspender over his shoul- |
der, Nose" bounded into the yard,
shouting: "Here. you blankety, blank |
-! What are you doing to that |
barn?''
Go way. lunatic." calmly responded
the Missourian. as he stood on his lad
der and slapped great gobs of white
wash on :he beautiful red cornice.
This is Mr.. Bob Wright's barn, and
he told me to chase yer off eff yer came
pesterin about yere. Don't git gay,
er yer mought git hurt
Bob Wright's barn, is it? You
blankety blank idiot! Well. I'll Just
Kill you first and then settle with Mr..
Bob afterward!" shouted ''Mose,' as
le seized the bottom of the ladder and
to twist it away from the
About the second twist the
big Missorrian seized his bucket of
and poured the whole con-
ents over Moses" head and shoul-
lers. and then slid down the ladder to
he ground. where the two mixed in one
# the prettiest fights the town had
yer seen. But the Missourian was too
much for 'Mose," and pretty soon he
lad the red-headed lrishman on the
ground with two black eyes and "A
bleeding nose. Then the crowd which
lad gathered compelled him to let
Nose up, and with howl of rage that
much abused man started for his room
nd his siS-shooters.
1t is needless to recount the subse-
uent proceedings. Ten minutes later
Bob" Wright was mounted on a swift ,
orse en- route for Fort Dodge. some five ,
,iles away. where he was proprietor ,
+ the sutler store. From this p0int of ,
antage he opened negotiations with r
Nose" In the course of week. as the
niger of "Mose" subsidized and his ewes
egan to lose their dark rims. the
umor of the situation began to dawn :
pon him, and at last he consented to !;
n armistice. which enabled Bob to !
.turn to the town.-Kansas City Jour
al