The Goodland republic., 1907-03-15

DISPLAY or WORDS IN NEW
YORK PAPER.
VEvidy DesTfbes the Western life
with the Rev. BFmner Family
as Point OF Interest.


are great imaginings concerning the
/ territory called western Kansas
This region has become as eyes to
/ those that are blind in old New York,
and they see US strange creatures and
our ways as eXcitediy as a booze fight
er sees his snakes and less harmless
things.
How a big New York daily should
] happen to know all about the acci-
dent by scalding to the little Bruuner
I boy away out here in western kan
/ sas, whose almost fatal mishap in
/ the mothers kitchen perhaps is now
unknown to some people in the coun-
\ ty, is a little OF a mystery. That pa
/ per got IL just the same, and to show
/ their conception OF what GoOdland Is
and the country round about, We print
parts from the special dispatch in the
New York World, dated February 23-
All the inhabitants OF this town
! Clipped in for a special train yester-
/ day TO carry their pastors baby to
Denver for treatment. Billy Bruno,
/ the hve-year-old, had fallen into a
/ tub OF scalding water, and they sOITed
the problem in. the most direct way
/ possible. This is the latest example
OF the western spirit" which is q
| simple phrase meaning unbOunded
\ loyalty in trouble and unbOunded sym
i pathy. The loyalty is the kind that
/ doesn't stop at the pOcketbOOk.
/ GOOdIand is a collection OF houses
| on the Kansas prairie, where thu far
mers try to make q living weekdays
and go TO church regularly Sundays
1 There's only one minister in the town,
/ because they regulate those matters
| better out here than they do in the
| small villages OF the eastern states
j -,
port representatives OF all the denOm-
nations, and it would be mighty hard
/ to tell exactly what organized church
/ would claim the Rev 7. A Bruno. His
sermons are not very dOctrinal. They
don't trouble the hearer very much
with 'spredestinatiOn'' and salvation
through faith" and that sort Of thing
But they seem to have the knack Of
bringing the farmers and the occss-
ional cattlemen back Sunday after
Sunday.
Pastor and Family Won Everybody.
Perhaps it's the reverend gentle
mans way OF looking carefully the
other way when he comes across the
members when they blackslide at the
saloons open door, and the more than
occasional meal Mrs Bruno cooks for
the cattlemen of the range and a
long spell at the chuck wagon that
does it. Anyhow the people Of Good
land think they drew four aces when
Bruno and his wife camped down
here, the other aces being a girl Of
sixteen who is ''prettier than the pic
lures Of Evelyn Thaw," according to
the station master, and the little chap
whose mishap stirred the town from
center to circumference
Mrs. Bruno does her weekly wash
been able to find out. In fact this
fdiOsyncrasy causes more discussion
than infant damnatiOn.
Yesterday she was hard at it.
Sandy Horton, OF the Double Tri-
angle outfit, was obIigingly turning
the crank Of the washing machine and
shifting the air eagerly. Dinner was
toward and the crafty Sandy hadn't
forgotten the chicken fricassee Of a
former occasion. His COW pony nib
bled about the dOOryard, stepping On
his own bride, which meant TO the
horse that he was tied and mustn't go
far. On the floor beside the washing
machine stood a tub Of boiling water, /
and Billy, the five-year-Old, was rum
maging round ain the underbrush," as
Sandy described it Mrs. Bruno and
Sandy went into the yard with a bas-
ketfuI Of clothes to hang them up.
While they were gone they heard
Billy yell.
Baby TumbIes Into the Tub.
They found the poor little fellow in
the tub Of water
Mrs. Bruno grabbed him out and
Sandy didn't wait. He was on the
pony. and down the street before the /
baby's mother had sensed the thing, |
firing his guns as he went. Every |
body rushed to the doors, as Sandy /
had figured, and as he rode he yelled: /
Billy BrunO's scalded- All you wOm- /
en- 20 down there and all YOU men 80 /
to the store. We got to send the kid |
to Denver, and I'll 90 to the station /
and fix up a special train
Now, Sandy is a handy man in vari- /
Gus ways and it's indiscreet to oppose |
him Besides, nobody wanted TO.
CHere the article goes into detail /
showing how Sandy commanded the /
agent to send for a special train to /
ten miles away, and that 1
done, returns to the store where the Il
men are congregateds and says to i
them:)
Sandy Tells Everybody to Get Busy
Billy Bruno fell into a tub O. wa
ter and scalt himself quite some. Don't
look good to me for Billy. Shermans
telIfn' Coolidge that Wen bring the
Union Pacific in here II they don't
send Us a special for Billy and his I
dad and ma to take him up to Den
yer, where the medicine men can TX
him up some. Now, here, the parson
amt no sub-treasury, and he's good
deal Of q live one. And the Rock Is
land amt at All liable to send Us that
special without the foreman OF the
train sees the gold The lay is to make
an assessment, and here's my months
pay for a starter. Nobody needn't
make no contribution oDless he's sure
be wants ter"
Then his big Stetson hat went
around and when il came back it was
heavy and 5fngled delectably. Some
few men left the little bunch hurried
y Sandy knew, They we're going
home to dig it out Of old teapOts and
places ike that They al returned
md just then Sherman dashed up and
painted out:
Greet She'll be here in eight
minutes They give Us the new dOu-
Die compound"
SnOrting Engine in Waiting
Then there was another hustle, but
n eight minutes, when the big engine
pulled up with a snort san dy was at
he station riding without attention
% the pony. who had gone carefully, 1