Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-02-28

and Allen told him to sit down. The
lawyer refused to obey and talked
sassy" to the judge, and right
there the misguided fellow made the
mistake of his life. Allen calmly rose
from his seat and said: Gentleman,
| adjourn this court for five minutes. y
Shucking his coat he walked down tc
where the lawyer stood and in less
than two minutes the disciple Of
Blackstone looked like he had been
run through a sausage machine. The
Judge then went back to his desk and
after he had put his coat on he said
"By God, l am horse! Now If there
is any other dam-phool lawyer in Mis-
souri, who thinks that he can monkey
with this court just let him come
along and try it," Horse" Allen
he was always called by that name
afterwards crossed the plains in 40,
and in 1850, when the Squatter riots
broke out in Sacramento he was keep
ing hotel on the American river on
the north side of the canvas city. Al
len was against the Squattersand they
swore vengeance against him. One
day bloody battle was fought on the
Plaza by the officers and Squatters in
which the Sheriff and several other
men were killed and that night the
Squatters went out to the hotel to
kill Allen. Rushing into the house
they found him sitting by the bed
side of his sick wife and they opened
fire on him as ssoon as they reached the
door. On shot broke Aliens arm and
another killed his wife. With fury OF
a tiger he sprang from his chair and
made a rush for the door. He knocked
every man down that stood in his way
and, with bullets flying thickly past
his head he, ran to the river, and
plunging into the water, he quickly
disappeared in the darkness. The
bank of the river was lined with a
dense growth of willows, and after
swimming quite a distance down the
stream he caught the branch of tree
and clung to it. The Squatters pro-
cured a lantern and searched the bank
of the river and although they passed
within ten feet Of him several times,
they failed to find him. The next
morning found Allen among the mi
ners in the mountains, he having
walked all night TO get there. After
the miners heard his story they swore
that they would stand by him to a
man and they sent word to the Squat
ters where Allen was and told them
that If they wanted to take him to
just come right along and try it. /
will now go back to the ferry.
About 2 O'Clock in the afternoon
two wagons came in from the desert
that were owned by two brothers
named Crabtree, who, with their fami-
lies, were on their way to Oregon.
During the night one of the brothers
had died on the desert, Of mountain
fever, and his dead body lay in his
wagon when it reached the river. In
the other wagon was a little black
eyed, chubby-faced kid that was
destined to become a great actress.
1t was little Lottie Crabtree, and six
years later her father, with his fami-
Iy, came down from Oregon to San
Francisco. The family being in re-
duced circumstances, little Lottie
took her tamborine and went out to
sing and dance on the streets with
the hope that she might drive the
wolf from their door. And this she
easily did, for at every place she stop
ped crowd would quickly gather
around her and when the men saw
what a comical little genius she was
they would fish their bottom dollars
from their pockets and throw them at
her feet. A manager saw her per-
forming on the street one dayand at a
glance he knew that she would prove
to be a drawing card for him and he
gathered her in. From the very start
she was the leading attraction of his
theatre, drawing immense crowds to
the house every night, and the boys
all went wild over little Lottie Crab
tree, She was great friend of the
and they fairly worshiped
her. She afterwards played all over
this country and Europe and realized
a princely fortune.
In San Francisco, on Market street,
at the foot Of Kearny street, there
stands the best patronized drinking
fountain / ever saw, and thousands Of
thirsty mortals, whilst quenching
their thirst at that beautiful fOun-
tain on hot summer days, have from
the bottom of their grateful hearts
blessed the name of the little woman,
for it was built at a cost of $1,000 and
given to the city by Lottie Crabtree.
Along Green river large numbers of
petriiied fish are found in the sand
stone and the only large geode ever
saw was taken out Of the sandstone on
this river. 1t is the petrifed section
of one of the first trees that grew on
earth and is now in the National
Museum in Washington. 1t is about
8 inches in diameter by u or II inches
in length, and the inside of the hol-
low is lined with beautiful crystals
that shine like diamonds. These
trees were all hOllow-like the blow
weeds that all OF the boys here are
familiar with-and they wonld come
up and grow to height of sixty feet
in a single night. In many places
they grew so thick on the ground and
their foliage was so dense that not a
single ray Of sunlight could penetrate
it. For hundreds of miles Green
river flows between high bluffs and
crested buttes and thescenery along il
is grand and beautiful. When we got
across the river, about 4 O'Clock in the
afternoon, we drove down along the
shore about a mile TO the mouth Of
Fontenelle creek, where we passed
around a high bluff and, following W
the stream a mile or two, we came to q
pretty little valley where the graS