The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-11-22
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Interesting Letter From a Former
Manchester Man 10 the Editor.

Manchester Man 10 the Editor.
Two weeks since The Journal, II
Publishing . couple Of stories inad
vertenily lef, of part Of each. an'
II there are those who think that
country weekly is not read just e
them perusc the following from fal
on Nevada, letter from former
Manchester boy. Charles II. Burritt
son Of the late Dea. Edwin Burritt Of
old Factory Point days
We have heard from this error on
eur part from various sources and We
are this week running both stories
over again so in case anyone should
have q desire to read the stories com
plete they may do so.
Mr.. Burritts letter is typical of the
man in its historical value and breezi-
NESS. Mr.. Burritt went TO the wild
and wooley west in the old pioneering
days and the cali Of adventure has al
ways held him in the west, excepting
the years when he followed the flag
and went to the Philippine Islands
during the Spanish-American War, as
an officer in the Wyoming militia and
later on serving as Judge in the
Court Of First Instance on the Island
of Mindanao, until his return TO this
country some years since
Reno, Nevada. Nov. 10, 1917.
Otto X. Bennett,
Manchester Journal,
Manchester, Vermont.
Ny dear Bennett:
Kindly turn TO page of Number
30, Vol. LVII of THE JOURNAL and
note the sudden halt in the story of
ION THE TRAIL OF THE DOLAN
OUTFIT" a short story by G. B.
Dunham: and tell us--is that an acci-
dent or HAVE WE BEEN SWIM
DIED? Are we to be left In suspense
in this way?
Or Is 1t your custom TO start a story
and then at the crucial point in the |
Action proceed to bump US off" In
this abrupt styleg
The chappie who wrote that story
(so much as you have allowed US to
rrad) had sure been up on the North
Platte near old Fort Laramie and in
the earlier days.
Confound you, Man, recognize the
exact spot on the bottom---thc river on
the left and the cliffs way over to the
right on the other side Of the bottom
and even the little clump Of cotton
woods and the cabin beneath them.
That described just ONE WELL
KNOWN PLACE to mel was there
years and years ago. And if you had
allowed us to go on for a few minutes
with the Sheriff and his newly APP
pointed deputy in the search for the :
robbers cache of stolen treasure
would have known which ono of those
famous pioneer Sherfrs Durham was
writing about--either Tom Carr of :
Laramie County, or Old Boswell of ,
Albany County. Both men knew that ,
famous robbcr-roost cabin under the II
rottonwoOds up old Fort Laramie way i
The authors name is q give-away:
that must be GEORGE BURRlTT I
DuNHAM the young rancher who
,an1e out from Blue Earth County, o
Minnesota and settled on Horse Creek "A
half way between Cheyenne and Fort n
Laramie on the North Platte. and on a
he road from Cheyenne TO Deadwood \
n the 'Dreary Black Hills "
And It hardly seems true that it was b
nthose days, way back in The 70's, at "
he tail end of the rush to the Sioux II
ountry for gold struck that section. b,
Red Cloud, Sitting Ball, Young Man y
Afraid Of His Horses and their Hostile NJ
'ioux made life pleasant and Doc, nj
iiddletown the outlaw stage robber y,
sader kept up the interest in overland n
raycl. IL
Great change UP there since then, n,
'ennett. Was up there a year ago n
lith my son, Edwin, a civil engineer a.
Ie lives up there now where the Old ~
Ian lived last century II is in the ~
enter of tie great Wyoming oil fields ~
ow. and the boy is accretary-trcasur- 40
r and general manager Of tire Es- ~
Dnda-ScryelI Oh Company, and is Il,
,ring for oil UP there where his n,
lther punched COWS and hid from ae
ldians. ;s,
Say--we want the rest Of TINT story
come now And where Is GEORGE
URRITT DuNHAM? | have not
cn or heard Of him since 1886 or ~ n,
cYeabouts.
AIN sending part ore 10 uy boy at ~
aycee, Wyoming, with a copy of this ~, |'
,s-- 40 1. -a,-.,.,srr sl~4 49,. $50, iAaR