Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-04-20
An Account Of the
Depisss Boom

T II was Il well -hlcAchod human skull
IL y.


that the Lazy Y boy mad taken ont
of his saddlc-bags and handed
around for the admiration Of the
men in the stage barn. The stock ten
der seemed to he the only one whose
interest was not excited. ut am 10
curiosity" he said, scoimfully. "Thcr"'S
whole gravcyardS full OF EN- back
East. You can get all you want o! 'cm
for the diggin' if the authorities don't
get on TO you
The old bulwhacker took the skull
in his hand and regarded it "ontcm-
platively. "TO think he said, "thAt
this once looked like YOU an me an
mebbe lied an clewed Other peoples
terbaccer like you. Where dyou
catch it,"
"Over on the south fork of Running
Water answered the Lazy y boy.
II was lopin along easy piece Off the
trail to get look at the brands OF
some horses seen at the foot Of Med
icine Buttcs, which,
"The cayusc kind O. kicked against
It an YOU. SEEM suthin' white, took Il
notion to see what it WAS. an scrapin
away the 'arth unkivcrcd this myst-
erus relict of Il former age
II didn't see nuthin' of you there
said the Lazy y boy with Il wink ut
the stock tender.
81 dunno whether that is straight
talk or whether my trackle'tacrd,
knock -kneed brother is opnratin' his
baZoO with two tongues observed the
old man. calmly. "but assoomin' that
it's straight an that there is no nsin-
ooation that I'm Bad Lands fossil,
own up that l wuZn't there. 1t WIZ n
guess founded on an experience that
makes it double sinchP.,
you've got another GUESS comm"
"You wuzn,t diggn' well, So III
have to let the ante go an pass. Cross
your heart. Bud, didn't the little horse
kick agin it?'
"Nary kick: he amt got no elastic
| leg an it was two rods off. seen 1t,
an | knoved what it was as soon as
laid eyes on it,
lest knockin' around loose, WIZ it.
Bud?'
"That'S whatever
"It don't seem probable to me, which
amt sayin' that l don't believe 1t
ony it reminds me of the 'S.l crop OF
petrified men in Benissc County. You
remember when Jake Benisse started
the town by indoocin' Cliff Rrnkcrlloi
to freight in two barrels Of concen
trated difficulty from Sidney. | ricol
lect it becuZ l done the haulin. an,
there was jest as much Ticker in then
barrels when I delivered them to Gill
as there was when | started
"If YOU hadn't seemed so anxious t.
have ithat understood l wouldn't have
asked you what you put in them bar
rcls to make up the Shrnkage.' oh
served the Lazy boy.
"You amt the only one wanted It
know that" reioncd the old bull
whacker, but them questions is i'm
material an not proper cross cXamna
ton, b'gosh. as Judge Frye says. Ro
niSsc started the town. anyway, an
plated it an croSs-platted 1t an mad
| IL
school site an free sizes fer Tn
churches an Il few Main street corne
sites to be sold for advertising expenses
an then, Std of plantin' the Stat
institoot fer mimi an agriculture t
Eaters an onions an waitin' fer INN
grafton he set to work an organize
Eenisse County,an' had Nick Boland n
shorty Spooucr and cliff Brinkerho
elect him to the territorial Legislature
by triumphant majority, the oppos
ton bcin' Dutch Charlie, who wa
afeard Of taxation fer Improvement:
That gave him grub stake fer til
winter an chanst to see high life ;
Yankton an mi; an haze capital al
immigration to Bcnisse.
Head him off, Bud: he's brcakin
from the bunch with his tail up" sal
the stock tcndt:.
! Il WIZ jest atmln' to tell you abol