, 1902-02-06
IAN |MPUOENT BUCK
DISTURBS PEACE OF MIND OF
FORMER WELL KNOWN
LARAMIEITE.
Gets Into Judge Meidrum's Yard,
chews Up His Pansies. Tears His
Lawn to Pieces and Tears Down
Well Built and Handsome Wire
Fence-Pathetic Tale from Nation
al Park.

Inc AildSoIlud tNioHt.D otduudTu has
the following true and pathetic story
about a well known and highly esteem
ed former citizen of Laramie. now
United States commissioner for the
Yellowstone National park:
Judge J.. w. Medium, resident
United States commissioner in the
Yellowstone park, inaugurated the
new year by the use Of language not
laid down in the revised statutes. He
was justified. There lies in front of
the judges home the finest lawn in the
park. The grade is perfect, the turf
is the finest and the grass is the thick
est and richest of the kind that made
Kentucky famous. Further than this.
the lawn is kept in perfect condition.
No stray wisps of long grass are to be
found about the edges. no %unevenly
shapen spots mar the surface of the
verdant carpet. About the lawn is a
woven wire fence with an ornamental
gate, while within the fence and bor-
dering the sward are beds of pansies
and sweet peas. The lawn is the pride
of the good judges heart. the armira-
ton of the tourists and the envy of
the other residents of Mammoth Hot
Springs.
Last winter there came to the place
a family of black tailed deer. Fighter
ed from the usual haunts by some ma
rauder. Deeming the Judge their nat
ural protector they sought refuge on
his lawn. Perfectly treasured in the
shadow Of the temple of justice they
proceeded to devour everything in
sight, including a copy of the Yellow
linen. They digested its contents far
more perfectly than many a visitor to
Wonderland. On top of it they put a
portion Of pansies for a chaser. When
the ~pansies were all gone the black
tails dug down through the snow to
the blue grass. Every evening they re-
tur.,ed and by spring time they had dug
up the whole lawn and eaten even the
roots Of the grass and the flowers. The
deer were fine and sleek, but the lawn
was ruined. Judge Medium was pa
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