The chronicle=news., 1912-11-22
"Reminiscences Of
The Frontier Days
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The night was yet young on that
eut1umnal evening in 1873 and the
orchestra in the Coliseum theatre on
Chtsemt street In Leadville had
completed an overture from Semiro.
mide or something like II and Al IT.
tus was tuning up for the Spanish
Cavauer Which the seric-comIc Ida
May Hudson was about to sing. when
In staik.d the famous Dillon broth
for only the day before they had
sold their fractional Interest In IN.
Little PittsburK on Friar HIN for
100000. As this was the first sale
of any consequence In the Carbon
ATE camp the Apostolic brothers.
James ami John-less meek and low
ly then their worthy ma r.esakes in
Judea-concluded to celebrate the
event in a manner that would cause
the ropulace TO sit up and take no.
tice. and they did.
They had rounded up and brought
In with them all the good fellows of
the camp and the house OF Joy was
transformed into n most extraordin-
AIRY temple OF delight. They did not
seem to want things wide open. for
they asked Con CadaEan and Charley
Search TO close the big front door as
tight rs that bankers heart. so those
Heterogeneous soldiers Of fortune met
meath the sounding rafters to mock
time rs II files" The place certain
ly looked cheerful that night anu
even the tawdry decorations cleaned
forth lik, the rainbow tinted flowers
about which LORD Buiwer wrote. As
Eugene Field said OF Cascy's table d.
ho,e at Red Hoss mountain. the liq-
uor flowed Just like water. The
rogue roses on the girlus' cheeks
were he pInks Of perfection and they
seemed 10 care not the least that they
were locked In the stable with sheep.
The Dillon brothers ordered th.
house to serve everything iu sight.
They began with Mumn's extra dry.
which cost eight dollars u cork In
thoae dasI. and proceeded TO wade
throus.: the Pommery Sec. then on
to the ten dollar Piper Heidsick and
finally to the yollow labeled Widow
Cliquot. The champagne cocketlis
from the xhimmerIng fountain OF the
bubbiinE water worked all around
the bush before the ORGY really got
In full .,rot. During the jambros-
Billy De We're. . popular vaudeville
artist and .onE writer Of the day.
was appointed poet laureate OF the
occasion and In commemorat!on OF u
now strike Ten Mile out kokomo
way. which promised to drain Load
VILE OF all Its Inhabitants. he dashed
off this touching ballad with apollo
sies to l.onsfeliow:
The shades OF eve were falling fast
As up through Leadville village
passed
A Mick who bore through mud and
vice
A hickory shirt with this device
T.n Mile OF bust.
His ha, was slouehed. he'd one cross
eye
Which piped off every paxserby
The bootblnck shouted. Have n
shine"
But Mick replied. "ril hunt n mine.
Ten Mile or bust.
The dancing girl said stop and try"
A little drop Of our dance hall rye.
I'll be your little darling dear IA
1elle."
The Mick replied Just go to hell.
Ten Mile or bust.
Beware Ct the pine trees withcrcd
branch
Beware of that deadfall called Chalk
Ranch
TWAS Hoodoo Browns last good
night
The Mick replied far up the height
Ten Mile or bust.
Next morning as the Ten Mile stage
Was passing up the narrow gauge
A hickory shirt hung on the rail
With these words painted on the tail.
Ten Mile or bust
The hilarity was something more
than the usual run Of wine. women
and wassail all through the tortuous
Joys Of the livelohg night. Leadville
never before nor has II ever since en-
joyed such potpourri of elastic
pleasure and the carrousal kept up
until broad daylight. Then 1t was
Ciat the Dillon brothers came
through as underliners and paid the
bill. How much do you suppose 1t
was? Exactly eighteen thousand
dollars with no charge for the brok-
en- glassware nor the mussed-up con-
dition Of the house.-Field and Farm.
Every homestGader on the plains
knows that an omntv stomach hag no