Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-03-02

~. esting Stories OF the Eariy
-. :. Days.
TIT Saturday afternoon Harry Ander-
The son, former clerk of the court and
Ia. auditor Of Lincoln county but who is
81 now resident of Boise and connected
ELI with the Syms- Y ork printing concern,
hss dropped into the Journal office to
tell us what good paper we were
:" getting out and leave a subscription
,.s. for the paper.
Anderson came to Shoshone to at
tend the celebration of the thirty
eighth anniversary of the Methodist
church. having been member of that
-A church in it's young and struggling
O~ dawn. Incidentally he was the first
u devil OF the Shoshone Journal and
VI relates with a reminiscent smile how
he used to ink the old Washington
Q@ hand press and receive the magnifi-
'nR cent sum of % cents a week for his
A 1abors Nevertheless, it was lot of
fun, he said.
sn Il was certainly tickled when I saw
in the Journal the story of the cele-
brat8on of the Methodist church and
q when / read over the names of the
pastors. / could recall some and some
had escaped my memory There was
one name there that I could only re-
call By a certain incident that has
remained in my mind ever since it
happened. There used to be an old
J. eccentric man with string of horses
I'm that lived in a tent near the bend of
the river near the Webb place. One
day one of the cayuses kicked the old
=, man in the solar plexus and caused
his death We buried him from the
Methodist church. The cemetery was
located block or two west of the
church at that time and we carried
the body from the church to the ceme-
" terry. The preacher at the conclusion
OF the services at the grave turned
~ to walk back. There was lady on
-. either side of him but that did not
: prevent him from reaching down in
his pocket and pulling forth a huge
chunk of Horseshoe tobacco and bit
Wv Ing of large chew. 1 never forgot
the Incident nor the man although
that IL all I can recall of him.
re- "Another preacher I recall clearly
to mind simply because one day
W / saw him chase a dog into cellar
1e and then shoot it, : 1t Is funny how
little trifles like these remain with
is you / can't recall another thing
about that man but remember that
u vas Knocked at his killing an in
offensive dog.
&C. w. Wernicke, A.. I. Mcmahon
and nayself were always pretty close
friends and there is one incident about |
u the bnf1ding of the church and fur
T nishino It that I recall. If you will |
d go over 70 the church and look at the
n chairs on the front row you will find
three seats marked on the bottom
r Mary, Grace, Verna.' c. w. Wernicke
q became the father of a daughter along
in February of that year and named
her Mary He was all swelled up
over the event and used to tell AL
and how proud he was Along in
April one morning the stork brought
= Girl to our house and we named
her Grace. AL was the county audi
tor then and I was his deputy. l was
- pse4d Of having a daughter that
4on9ht it would be all right for
nae e Hay at home that morning and
help around the house. About two :
O'Clock IN the afternoon | went over q
to the courthouse and found it locked J
up did not think much about II, !
eonc1pdjng that al had gone out on 2
sok9o bpslness so unlocked the place 9
An1 AHept out CWe did our own 5
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fapished whom Al came ia with >
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