Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1915-11-18

time OF purchase. One who
was not in the Slope country in
those days can hardly believe
that such a low condition pre-
vailed in what is now one of the
states prettiest, most substantial
and most progressive cities.
1t happened that the weather
in Chicago that spring was sim
ply horrible ---sleet, rain, mud,
snow, and cold and chilly. Wear
ing the same clothes | wore in
Bismarck up to February, / suf-
fered more from the cold in the
big city than ! had in the smaller
one. To make it worse, every
letter received from your
mother told me of the bright,
clear, sunshiny weather. She
said that, while the mercury de-
noted cold, it was a comfortable,
exhileratine cold that she liked
much better than the Chicago
brand of cold. She sent me the
money she had received from the
cash payment of Mr.. Faunce,
and advised that 60 to a type
foundry, pick out a plant condi-
tionally, return to Bismarck, visit
Emmons county, and, if the out
look was passable, start paper
there. | did so, and early in
June, 1884, the first number of
the Record appeared.
Money was a very scarce ar
ticle after paying for the news
paper plant and the necessary
expenses in getting started. But
we must have a COW. Cows were
costly in "a, although goodness
knows they got very cheap a few
years afterward, good cows at
one time selling down to SIP or
SIS. Mrs. Streeter heard of a
COW for sale up north of Bis
marck. She went to see the peo-
pie who had the animal for sale,
and succeeded in trading her $50
gold watch for the COW. When
! saw the COW pretty nearly
tainted, as had to get her near
ly forty miles to Billsport. The
fount of our prospective milk and
butter supply had lived principal
ly on brush all winter. She had
no hair to speak of; she was
lousy; she was very weak, she
swayed as she walked, and she
looked thoroughly downcast and
dissatisfied with life.
After getting back from Chi
cago looked around for a way
to get to Williamsport, but could
find no transportation other than
"Shanks' mare So | took the
Fort Yates stage as far as Post
master Robinson's, at Glencoe,
and after dinner (noon) started
on foot, Mr.. Robinson walking
over to the trail to get us started
right. | say Gus" as a little shoe
maker weighing about ITO
pounds, who had arrived from
England few weeks before, and
who was also looking for place
to grow up with the country"
was with me. 1t was raining
hard when we started on the
tramp, and the little shoemaker
growled a good deal. 1t kept on
raining, and when we got to Rob-
bert Buchanan's place we STOP
ped. Bob was a bachelor then,
and his sod abiding-place was not
as large as the court house. The
late Jack Goughnour was his side
partner, and the two were doing
the cowboy act for Don Steven
son, whose cattle then ranged
from the river at Glencoe up to
the neighborhood where the town
of Braddock is now located. We
were invited----and accepted----to
stay all night, occupying one of
Bob's hunks or shelves. Itseems
to me, more than thirty years
later, that the eating at Mr.. BIS
was the best | have ever had
good coffee with cream, milk
and cream were scarce articles
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