Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-04-26
HE OBEYED THE RULE
WHICH WAS, STRANGERS MUST MAKE
BUSINESS OR TRACKS.
The story They Tell of the Very
Lively Half Hour or So That Mark
ed the First visit of BunaIo nil to
the Lite Town of Cnnnnr. KIM.

The little town OF Connor, Kan, now
known as Wolcott has many traditions
which the change OF name cannot wipe
out. One is that OF the visit of Colonel
William +. Cody, Buffalo Bill" Any
winter day when there is a crowd i'll the
/ country store n stranger who has not
heard OF it may learn the story by sim
pie question. One Of the old timers will
give it in about this language
"It WIZ in the early days when | WIZ
young reckless cuss an didn't care for
nothin. Hc-that is, Buffalo Bill, come to
see John Keller an renew old acQuaiut
ancc, as him an John wuz in the same
regiment dom scout duty durin the war
Conner WIZ a purity tough place them
days. an on account of some chicken
stealth an other little thicvery that had
been goin on there us fcllerS thai lived
in the town had made rule thai Il
stranger had to either make business or
make tracks. an we gincrnlly give him
about II minutes TO do ii in.
"'rhe day that Bill come here old John
Russell, Mack an Al Spainour, John Kel-
Ter. Ed Owens an me an George Roman
ough, a brother TO Bay, WIZ all in the
back room Of Kcller's store.
George was one of them scicnced fol
lers, an no common bruiser had any biz
ness to monkey with him We wuz all in
the back room. You know, it is divided
off from the front part by n archway
door, with 4 bar in the back part an gro
ccrics in front Well. sir. we wuz ali set
tin there playin cards. when Bill walked
up an set down on the porch an kinder
lent his back up ag'in a post As soon as
we seed him with his long hair we course
wondered who he wuz an told George to
go out an see what he wanted. We al
ways sent George, cause he wuz so
handy with his fists.
We'll, George he went out an asst Bill
what he wanted an Bill said he didn't
want nothin. Well George says, I'm
sorry, but our rule is that strangers must
either make business or tracks, an I'll
give you just ~ minutes 10 do one thing
or t'othcr.' Bill he looked up an says:
We'll, | never asst you to come in this
town. an I'm not goin to asst you to go
out, an by that he got up an come into
the store. We wuz all gittin Uneasy
about George fer stayin so long, so we all
started in from the back room jist as they
come in the front door. Old man Keller
seed him, but didn't know who he wuz,
an Bill never made hisself known. When
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