Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-07-14
EARLY TIMES OUT WEST.
Horace Greeley's Experience in Col
orado Hotel-Unconvent
Court Conduct.

In his "reminiscences Henry Willard
tells Of Horace Greeley's visit to Colo
fado, says the Chicago Daily News. He
and a companion went in one of the
express stages and had met with a sin
gular and perilous accident. In driving
through a herd Of buffaloes the animals
probably maddened at the sight of the
red color of the coach, had attacked and
upset it. Greeley had received a severe
cut below his right knee, Gripping him
for several weeks Being confined to
his room in the hotel by his wounds
Greeley was greatly disturbed by the
sound Of revelry by night that rose un-
ceasingly from the barroom. Willard
writes: His wrath eliminated on the
third night Of his tortures. | was for
tunate enough to be with him and thus
became an eye and ear witness of what
happened. About ten o'clock he got up
and insisted on limping to the barroom.
His appearance, though his presence in
the building was generally known, Gre
ated surprise and instant silence. He
begged for chair and Friends said
he, / have been in pain and without
sleep for almost week and am WELL
nigh worn out. Now | am a guest of this
hotel, | pay high price for my board
and lodging and | am entitled to rest
during the night But how can / get IT
with all this noise going on in this
placer Then he addressed one of the
most pathetic appeals | ever heard to
those around him to abandon their Vi |
cious ways and become sober and In
dustrious. He spoke for nearly an hour
and was listened to with rapt interest |
and the most perfect respect. He sue
ceeded, too, in his object The gambling
stopped and the bar was closed every
night at II O'Clock as long as he re-
NAMED"
During this period of his life Willard
got a glimpse Of western judicial ma
shinery and gives this vivid picture Of a
ERIN in June THE judge presided
Without his coat and with unbuttoned
shirt thrown wide open. He sat thus
isarrayed, tipped back in his arm chair,
With his legs on the desk before him.
The attorneys naturally followed his ex-
ample and made themselves as cool as
possible. One marked incident has re-
NAMED fixed in my mind. While one of
he most loquacious attorneys was maxi
ng a fiery argument he was interrupted
y the Judge, who called to him: Jim.
-ou had better keep cool in this hot
weather. and give me bit of your to-
aeco' The pleader stopped, pulled out
is plug and carried 1t to the Judge, who
ook hasty bite, whereupon the pro-
eedings we're resumed.
OF his own arrival in Colorado Willard
rites: we brought a mail Of several
undred letters and newspapers. the an
ouncement Of which fact drew three
leers for the express company. 1t was
great boon, the last news from the :
lssouri river being nearly five weeks
Id. or course, was the center Of at
-action and overwhelmed with cues
ons. Some one proposed that | should
ri the news from the states to them
i, and | was made TO mount a log and
ntertain the audience for half an hour
18th what had happened during the four s
eeks before my departure. for which
got vote Of thanks and which secured
le at once the good will Of all the set
ers." {